goodolarchie
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Howdy folks, been a while since I've posted anything. I have both time and shop space now, so I hope to make semi regular project updates on my CS restore.
Here's a few photos (click for album) and notes from the pull over the weekend: http://imgur.com/a/Bc9bC
-Guibo was torn. Looks like it has been this way for some time, as the bolt has endured a private hell.
-Driveshaft, Ujoints in good shape. Too bad I can't use it with a 5spd.
-Motor came out with trans just fine, even with the selector fork still hanging off it. This was with everything but the master cylinder removed in the engine bay, which will be stripped and painted anyway.
I have 3 candidate engines/trans combos to use now:
What's next:
-Pull the other engine/trans from the remaining cars and get them off my lot. Going to part them to fund the new body metal.
-Continue disassembly of e9. A bit of the interior is still around, including the dash. I had to wait until I had more space for storing all this stuff, so now.
-I need to strip all the awful old undercarriage coating, then seal and paint my floor pans. Any suggestions on the best way to remove the stuff without going out and buying a $600 vacuum sand blaster? Wire cup brush on the grinder seems to work well but it also spins it into a fine white hairy-strand junk that gets all over the shop.
-Finish rust repair on the bulkheads, fender substructure and put the new fenders on. This part is a time and $ vampire.
Long term questions:
Motronic or L-Jet?
265 CR, 265 OD, with which ratio diff?
Which head/block?
Here's a few photos (click for album) and notes from the pull over the weekend: http://imgur.com/a/Bc9bC
-Guibo was torn. Looks like it has been this way for some time, as the bolt has endured a private hell.
-Driveshaft, Ujoints in good shape. Too bad I can't use it with a 5spd.
-Motor came out with trans just fine, even with the selector fork still hanging off it. This was with everything but the master cylinder removed in the engine bay, which will be stripped and painted anyway.
I have 3 candidate engines/trans combos to use now:
- Stock 3.0L from the E9. I haven't pulled the head yet but it was getting about 60% compression on Cyl #4.
- M90/Getrag 265 CR from '81 635csi (euro) - I believe it has a blown gasket. Still starts, runs with a bit of throttle, but I dare not let it get warm enough to test. Will be pulling this out next and most likely candidate. Only 78k miles!
- M30b34 from '86 535i+ 265 OD. Runs strong after 240k miles.
What's next:
-Pull the other engine/trans from the remaining cars and get them off my lot. Going to part them to fund the new body metal.
-Continue disassembly of e9. A bit of the interior is still around, including the dash. I had to wait until I had more space for storing all this stuff, so now.
-I need to strip all the awful old undercarriage coating, then seal and paint my floor pans. Any suggestions on the best way to remove the stuff without going out and buying a $600 vacuum sand blaster? Wire cup brush on the grinder seems to work well but it also spins it into a fine white hairy-strand junk that gets all over the shop.
-Finish rust repair on the bulkheads, fender substructure and put the new fenders on. This part is a time and $ vampire.
Long term questions:
Motronic or L-Jet?
265 CR, 265 OD, with which ratio diff?
Which head/block?
