Lifted E30 V2

[YoungCR]

Awwww yeahhh!!!

[GunMetalGrey]

Pulled this little guy out last night, hoping to fix my coolant leak in the cabin.

Drilled the heads of the rivets off an opened it up, weird little thing.

This part is what normally cracks and leaks, but there were no cracks to be found.

It's out of focus which is annoying

I put the two halves back together with some machine screws, after cleaning up any sealing areas.

I put it back in the car, and am crossing my fingers that it doesn't leak. I need to remember to plug it back in as well. 

Motor looking like a hot mess as always!

I'm looking into running a water/air intercooler due to space and piping constraints, but the only downside is that they aren't cheap! I wish there was more room to pipe an intercooler inlet and outlet to the same side on these chassis!

Until next time!

[HipMF]

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[GunMetalGrey]

I came here ready to talk about not doing a top mount.

You did not disappoint.

[straight6pwr]

in the two heater valves i've opened up, it was the seal between top and bottom that had disintegrated. considering this seal is not a part you can buy separate, and it's a really strange size, i wasn't able to fix them. i figured maybe i'd buy a sheet of rubber and cut my own, but i gave in and bought a 3rd used unit instead.

[GunMetalGrey]

straight6pwr said:

in the two heater valves i've opened up, it was the seal between top and bottom that had disintegrated. considering this seal is not a part you can buy separate, and it's a really strange size, i wasn't able to fix them. i figured maybe i'd buy a sheet of rubber and cut my own, but i gave in and bought a 3rd used unit instead.

This is good to know, as I was wondering what to do if it continues leaking. 
There was a bit of buildup on the seal so I cleaned that all off, maybe that was the problem all along.

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Did you inspect the green o-ring on this pipe? I had a dribble coming from mine and fixed it with a new o-ring. I think they shrink over time.

[Daggerty]

You can by rubber washers for sink screens and drill them out.

[GunMetalGrey]

Jdesign said:

Did you inspect the green o-ring on this pipe? I had a dribble coming from mine and fixed it with a new o-ring. I think they shrink over time.

I had replaced all the o rings when I did the heater core, but I will be watching the o rings closely this time.

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

I had replaced all the o rings when I did the heater core, but I will be watching the o rings closely this time. 

This  might sound dumb, and I would assume you already know, but be careful on what o-rings you use where. There are different materials and they all degrade at different rates as they are made for different applications.

• Buna-N O-Rings
• Nitrile O-Rings
• Viton O-Rings
• Neoprene O-Rings
• Polyurethane O-Rings
• Silicone O-Rings

https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/hardware/o-rings-material-makeup

If its not an OEM ring, it might not be rated to hold the seal as well or as long as one might think. Ask me how I know. 

[GunMetalGrey]

^ Thank you for the awesome link!
Just yesterday I was at HF looking at various assortments of things and I realized I didn't know what materials are good for what application of O-rings. 

In the case of my heater core I ordered OEM o rings, so I would hope they use the correct material.

[GunMetalGrey]

I threw a power steering belt on last night, along with getting the rest of the cooling system in and hooked up.

I need to crawl under the car and connect the driveshaft, and I keep not wanting to get under the car. That is tonight's project, so realistically I should be able to take it for a quick spin up and down the street to make sure things are in check!

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

I threw a power steering belt on last night, along with getting the rest of the cooling system in and hooked up.

I need to crawl under the car and connect the driveshaft, and I keep not wanting to get under the car. That is tonight's project, so realistically I should be able to take it for a quick spin up and down the street to make sure things are in check!

[GunMetalGrey]

Donor, meet your transplant patient.

So it's looking like everything was successful at this point, I took it up and down the road the shop is on a couple of times, and it was quite enjoyable. 
The new motor feels much healthier, and the turbo sounds just as good  
It could use a valve adjustment, but that isn't anything major. 

It looks so tiny next to the truck, but the side steps on the truck are 12.25" off the ground, and the rocker pinch weld is at 12.13" off the ground, and I am very pleased by this! 

I'm surprised at how much the tires are still rubbing the chassis after doing the "body lift", so it looks like the 3lb sledge will need to fix that.

Next is to finish buttoning things back up and get it road worthy! 

Until next time!

[Jdesign]

LOVE IT.

[suspenceful]

Can you please have this thing ready and reliable before winter for once?

[GunMetalGrey]

suspenceful said:

Can you please have this thing ready and reliable before winter for once?

Tall order to fill, as I already started messing with adding more power... 

Yeah, I'd prefer to have it ready to rip this winter, I will keep modifications to a minimum at this point. 
I will add an intercooler, but that's nothing drastic. 

Anyone have power steering stuff for an M20 laying around? I've got a fairly good leak from this one,  not quite sure where right now, but I know there is duct tape on some of the hoses so I can't imagine it's going to be anything good! 

I plan to work on getting more of the car back together this evening. 
After that the welder comes out and we add some plating underneath for skids and such!

[HipMF]

[GunMetalGrey]

This thing made it to the meet, and that was cool. 
I need to clean some botched work by the PO with the cooling system, but everything went well on the trip. The turbo is obnoxiously loud on the highway and earplugs are damn near required. 

The diesel will be on hold / beater duty for a bit while I get a couple other cars finished up. I've got some work ahead of me!

Should be fun!

[GunMetalGrey]

I added the block heater plug to the car, which will come in handy with the dropping temperatures.

Just flip the cap open and plug in the female end of an extension cord!

I also added new marker lights on the bumper, I think I will be adding a few more, as I quite like the way it turned out.

Andrew Noggle (Noggs photography) took some photos of Jason and I this weekend, they are looking pretty damn cool!

I took this photo awhile back, and just looked at it again the other day and decided to take the color out. 
I think it looks quite cool now.