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[SteelBlue]

YoungCR said:

Stock air box and cruise share that bracket but you aren't using either. Pressure washing will be fine. 

Off she goes then. I think I might use the pressure washer for a final light spray, but otherwise I'll put some water in a spray bottle and use it that way for better containment.

Had the boys @suspenceful and @GunMetalGrey over tonight rippin a couple Dustin Johnsons and eatin some tacos. Ben said that I don't need the oil cooler, so out that came.

Here's a current pic of the bay as of tonight. Thinking a good cleaning will really help the overall appearance of this and not make it look so old and decrepit.

They thought I bought a new brake booster but I just wire wheeled, primered, and painted the old one.

Second clevis wire wheeled and ready to be welded on to the existing one.

MC and reservoir cleaned up and ready to be installed after the clevis is welded.

I am going to call Gibsons to try and arrange for the E36 to be hauled off on Saturday. Might not go to IMSA or will go late that day. Hate to miss the event but I need to get moving on the motor and get out of this storage unit. I need to remember to grab the FPR off the frame rail before that thing gets scrapped.

For all the work that has been done so far, I feel like I'm not even halfway with whats ahead with this motor. Will be difficult, but a good learning experience.

[Rekpoint]

Damn.... Have enough Canada Dry? 

[suspenceful]

Gonna have to smash a couple Rona's once this beauty is buttoned up.

[SteelBlue]

Rekpoint said:

Damn.... Have enough Canada Dry? 

My parents got 8 bottles of 2 liter soda when they bought the E90. Weirdest promotion ever.

[jc43089]

SteelBlue said:

My parents got 8 bottles of 2 liter soda when they bought the E90. Weirdest promotion ever.

Hah!  Here's some diabetes to go with your new car.

[Rekpoint]

suspenceful said:

Gonna have to smash a couple Rona's once this beauty is buttoned up.

Helluva lot better than that Bud light you drink

[suspenceful]

Rekpoint said:

Helluva lot better than that Bud light you drink

Pshhh, I'm a simple man. Dilly dilly.

[SteelBlue]

Is there a gasket for between the firewall and the booster? It looked like there was one when I took it off, but I’m not finding much when searching for one.

Drilled and cut the firewall for booster relocation, not pretty, but it doesn’t have to be.

Cut the CC and airbox bracket. Don’t have a great angle for grinding this portion of the bracket off. Still looks better than before though.

Next task at hand is getting the clevis welded. Now that the hole is drilled and cut, I just need that taken care of so I can attach the brake pedal. I’m sure doing that and reattaching the booster from the inside is gonna be REALLY fun...

[Earl]

How does your jaw feel from opening up that hole?

[SteelBlue]

Earl said:

How does your jaw feel from opening up that hole?

My jaw? My hand felt fuzzy from holding the drill and angle grinder for awhile.

[Earl]

Ah...I thought you gnawed it open

[Jdesign]

Dang, Earls coming with the jokes this morning!

And Yes @SteelBlue there is normally a foam gasket. You can get away without it, but you can also just buy material at a hardware store to make one. Its mostly for noise and moisture protection in the cabin.

[SteelBlue]

Earl said:

Ah...I thought you gnawed it open

Yeah I just took an angle grinder to it. Figured it’s easier to make it a bigger hole for trying to maneuver it in there. 

Jdesign said:

Dang, Earls coming with the jokes this morning!

And Yes @SteelBlue there is normally a foam gasket. You can get away without it, but you can also just buy material at a hardware store to make one. Its mostly for noise and moisture protection in the cabin. 

That’s what I assumed it was for.

[SteelBlue]

Put the E34 throttle cable in. Is this thing supposed to be a mile long? I am assuming you could kind of route it to make it work.

Airbag computer and airbag impact sensors removed from the bay.

Painted the brake booster hole I cut so it doesn't look so heinous.

Scheduling the E36 to get picked up on Saturday hopefully. Then bringing the motor home that day.

Need to get the clevis welded and then the bay should theoretically be ready for the motor.

[GunMetalGrey]

You will appreciate the throttle cable length later

[SteelBlue]

Had a few too many beverages Friday night at Mile of Music, cancelled my scheduled time to have the E36 picked up. I'm gonna have to leave work early one of these days as I do not want to wait until next weekend to get it hauled off.

Not to waste the entire weekend, I cleaned the engine bay. Pretty much bagged and zip tied any open electric end or anything I thought might not like having water around it.

Made a world of difference.

Before:

After:

[YoungCR]

Wow! That cleaned up great, what did you use?

[SteelBlue]

YoungCR said:

Wow! That cleaned up great, what did you use?

Just some Mean Green degreaser with a brush and then the pressure washer.

[SteelBlue]

Not wanting to pay hundreds of dollars to swap the interior black, I decided to give the interior dye a shot. I chose a flat black in anticipation of the gloss maybe looking a little "spray painty". Will have to see how it looks once its cured for a night and bring it out into the sunlight to see. I will be doing this for all the door cards, the carpet, rear deck lid, and the rear seat. I am only doing the rear seat mainly for visuals. I don't really anticipate anyone riding in the rear, but I feel like the very few times someone might, it will hold up. I will also be re-adhesiving the leather that has become a little loose around the edges

I don't expect this to be a perfect solution, but for how cheap it is, it will get the look I am after. Down the road I will look into getting some actual black door cards. I think the lighting in the pictures makes it look a little splotchy.

Front seats get too much use I think for this dye to last. I could be wrong, it might be really great stuff and be really durable. For seats however, I think the general abuse would cause this to wear off. Which is why I will be looking at picking these up over the winter as the new front seats.

[SteelBlue]

Car was pulled from the storage unit. This dude pulled this thing out in a very unlikely circumstance.

Got the motor home and have been in the process of trying to remove the trans. I’ve got it so it separates by an inch, but will not come off. I don’t know if I just need to pull on it harder or what. Is there a truck I’m not doing or am I supposed to just yank on it harder?