E30 Touring resto - Pic heavy

[d.parker]

damn! doin work!

[Jozi]

Thanks Zach, it's just to hard not to do certain things while I'm at it, lots of bad before I put up the good pics also.

Engine is back in the old shell, no clutch on her. Next I need to get the tank back under her and plumbed up, plug in all plugs and stick the battery on the charger before I can see how she runs :dance: Only took 6 attempts, 4 on my own, to get her in, helps if the engine mount is the right way round!

Hoping to go see how the sprayer is getting on next weekend, he's some work done, plastic preped, wings preped, he started on the roof which was painted with a brush at some point.

[Zach!]

Wow, can't wait to see it painted man. Your attention to detail and skill at DIY is amazing

[Jozi]

This evening I kinda forced the crank a little more than I previously had and she goes round again by hand. Will be assembling the engine so I can fit it and get her running, hopefully no damage was done!

[j.e30]

looking good mate, thats going to be one clean e30, id love to do this to my 325 but i dont have anywhere to put it and i think id be too scared to drive it afterwords . I know its too late now but for grinding back welds where you cant get an angle grinder in the tungsten carbide bits for a dremel work a treat, they are a bit expensive but well worth it.
and good luck with the engine

[Jozi]

Progress has been slow the past month because of a few RL things (and maybe lazyness?).

I've neeb slowly building up the few engine bits I removed and giving them a clean, hada bit of trouble late last week that didn't just end with me struggling to remove a stuck/broken bolt. Having some problem with the engine, I was turning it over by hand when it suddenly stopped, turning it the other I can got about 180deg and it also stops. Thinking maybe that the chain skipped a tooth, not really sure. I've been away since Sunday and it happen late on sat so not really had much time to look into it.

Paint-wise, I spoke to him 2 weeks ago and he had started on prepping the bumpers and cills etc, he was to start on the body this week. I'm probably going to head down to him next week at some point to see how he's getting on.

[CubbyChowder]

any updates on this? dying to see how this turns out

[Jozi]

Finally got the lend of a engine hoist this week and started by pulling the engine from the old shell



Nothing could just be straight forward with this build : The oil filter cap refused to come of, after trying a few different things I eventually wrung the hex nut and proceeded to remove the cap with a little more violence :laughing:

If anyone has one spare, I'll take it of your hands.

Engine is now back on the stand and I think I'll spend some time cleaning it now and just hope she runs when it all goes in the car.

[Jozi]

Why dont you cleaned the engin bay ?

I will be (with the painter) trying to neaten things up a little bit and I intend to re-route some of the wiring to make it all look a little tidier. I thought about smoothing things out but I'm not a fan of it for this project, maybe another time. All will look fairly stock but a little cleaner.

[WhiteLove]

Why dont you cleaned the engin bay ?

[Jozi]

Pretty confident it will be done right and that I can enjoy it for many more years! He seems like a very thorough guy and has a good rep.

[Bra1nl3ss]

10 weeks is a pretty long wait but as long as it's been done right you'll stil have years of driving fun.

[Jozi]

Yes and no. Whats 10 weeks when I've been at it for 18months now? But I'd love it back sooner so I can drive it sooner as it will be close to winter and I don't think it will be driven then. He talked me through his process and he leaves the primer and fillers settle for a week or so before another rub down and more primer, leaves it settle again, same with paint and clear so there's a few weeks straight away where he won't touch it to let all settle.

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He will be lead loading before filler where ever required, so not just fillers which I think was part the reason for choosing him to paint it.

[P78]

damn, 10 weeks that must SUCK

[Jozi]

Looks like this is heading in the right direction to be a pretty sick car, keep it up.

Thanks

Back on the ground , can't wait to see more.

is right

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Time for a proper update, not had much chance over the last 2-3 weeks to post up pics of progres.

2nd coat of primer


Underseal and then a coat of paint

I'm not to happy with the underseal I got (aerosol from BMW, great for touch-ups though1) so the painter is going to be sealing it up again while he has it.

I had a few of these bits painted with hammerite hammer finish paint, it didn't match the subframes so I cleaned them back again, etch primed and paitned them last week.


All the chassis and suspension parts to go on to get the shell rolling again.


A moment of scratching heads trying to figure out how to get her down of the spit :


15mins later :dance:


And finally this morning


Of for paint she went :dance: I won't see her back for another 10 weeks now but I'm very confident when she's back it will have been worth the wait.

A thread should appear on autostadt's forum with pics from Marty as work progresses, I'll copy everything across as/when they get posted :dance: