Zach Wolfs E28. $840! What? Yep. $840.

[zxert]

Phenomenal thread man, your posting style is awesome. Im rooting for you, it seems like you've found peace. People go through their whole lives without finding it. Good work outta you!

Thank you Jesus!

Great thread!

Nick

Why the hell would somebody paint aluminum silver? A nice polish would have been much nicer. But it's your car. Feed us with more updates!

Its all good. I like my pan!

Love it!

-spatakula

Thank you and I love spatulas.

lol i like how you said fuck that wicker table and painted right on top of it.

I walked around for 10 minutes looking for something to hold my stuff off the ground while I paint it. This is now known as a paint table.

More work last night.

Here is the pan in daylight.





Clean enough. Honestly I wasn't too worried about the inside. I mainly just wanted to get rid of the crap at the bottom.

Flywheel cover came out beautiful.






I took those pics and then made myself a manly dinner.

I said EFF BUNS and made my own. Make sure you put mayonnaise in between each piece of bread.



Then I got my fat body out to the garage and started working.



Pan looks good

I attacked the shift linkage and seal.

Old:



YUCKY!



Old leaky seal



New seal. ARK ARK ARK!



Wait. I mean.






Leave the old seal in place and pound the new one in with the smallest socket that will fit over the end of the shift input dong. In my case it was a 15mm

Thank you to Jay3 for letting me drive over to his house at 830pm to pick it up. Pretty hilarious as we were outside talking these kids were playing night soccer and they kept hitting his euro 7 series. I saw him go from happy go lucky to hulk smash angry in about 5 soccer ball hits. LOL.





New shift rod joint and foam. That little foam pad provides stiffness to the shift rod joint. Since it costs less than a dollar. Just replace it.



Installed.


I've been putting it off, but now its time to tackle the broken exhaust manifold bolt.





I broke two harbor freight drill bits to get this far.



I bought these for 2 dollars at walmart. Little did I know they are completely BADAZZ and ate through this stud.



Broke through to the other side of it. The paint is peeling because of the harsh chemicals I was using to break it free.



I had to stop at 1030 for the night. Did not get the stuck stud out

Heres how I left it.





More updates coming!

[C-Hutch]

lol seal

[NorCalFocus]

lol seal

Seal?



The paint job looks good man. Are you using a left hand drill bit?

[zxert]

I've been kissed a by a rose on the the cheek!

Seal.

[aeion]

All of this seal talk is just downright silly.

[Tubaman]

[zxert]

So its Friday. I didn't finish the e28.

This is how I feel.



Poor car. If it weren't for my ability to get distracted by netflix, it would be finished.

But alas! Good news is coming.

Since I couldn't finish by last night I have a full 3 day weekend to get it done MY WAY.

Which consists of cleaning EVERYTHING, drinking cactus cooler, taking pictures, listening to thrice.

Its amazing how many times I can listen to Thrice on shuffle and never grow tired.

Have a listen to my favorite song if you like. This is called In exile.

Thrice - In Exile



If that tickles your fancy, which is gross, sicko. Try this one.

Thrice - Promises

WARNING: BEARD CONTENT BELOW



Now that I'm done shoving my music tastes down your throat.

I picked up some more parts.



This weekend I'll be doing an intake manifold refresh. New gaskets, cleaning, painting.

So now the entire outside of the engine will have been touched by my obsessive hands.

Monday is labor day. Thats a whole extra day of obsessive cleaning.

Last night I did get the intake cleared and bolts broken. So tonight that will be done.

Also I spent about 30 more minutes trying to break that broken bolt. It is 100% stuck. I broke every one of my Harbor Freight drill bits. Drilled 4 holes, rounded off 3 easy outs. I believe its welded in there.

So I need to buy a new drill bit and a tap and just start from scratch. I really do not want to helicoil it.

Heres how I left it. All reamed out an leaking penetrating oil. Just like your mom.


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!



Just kidding please don't beat me up.

[_Cooze_]

Have you tried applying heat?

[CubbyChowder]

hahaha booooomm!! Good luck with that stud, I'm doing very similar work to my M10 at the moment. Keep it up buddy!

[InfinityRitz]

Hey man next time just use an extractor bit to make your pie filled life easier. Ive used one twice on my sr works great and takes like 5 minutes. heres a shitty link to bore you

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMrDYJvY0Ts&feature=fvwrel"]Screw extractor | easyout | broken bolt removal - YouTube[/ame]

[BennyJr]

Hey i know this is kinda off topic but...how much gas mileage where you getting?

[zxert]

My Odometer is broken so I can't measure the exact mileage. But the OBC says 21mpg.

I tried 3 different sizes of extractor bits and rounded them all off. Thank you for that video, I was a bit worried last night I was doing it wrong, But I did exactly what he did down to using a cresent wrench

[zxert]

This weekend was pretty alright.

Went to San Fransicko and did some stuff.

Aquarium.




Sea Lions. Lazyness.

YOU NEEDA JAWB!



Very self explanatory picture.



Bad picture of SF. Thank you Steve Jobs.

I got home and got ready for a hard days work on my e28.

Get prepared with bacon.



Fresh Grilled Chicken Breast
Cheddar Cheese
Bacon
Mayonnaise
Delicious White Bred



Got to work.



Attempting a drill and tap since I could not extract the screw. The problem was that I didn't drill exactly right on the stud. So when I tried to tap it and remove the tap, the remnant of the bolt came with it and the hole was too big.



So I said F-That and used a Helicoil. Here it is. FINALLY DONE!



Next was the manifold.



Removed and cleaned the head and ports.

The intake manifold needed some assistance.







Cold start valve will be deleted.



Good snacks are important. These pork snacks are soooo tasty.



I tried to clean the manifold using a recommended method by a friend of mine. Be very careful with this crap as it displaces oxygen and will kill you. Put your shirt up over your nose, wear glasses and gloves.



Can be had at any dollar store.

This is as clean as I could get it.





1st coat



3rd coat.



Back in place with new gaskets.



Also painted the oil canister and block connector jobby.






New filter seals and washers.



Heres the cold start valve port. Basically the cold start valve is only necessary in colder climates, in which I do not live.



I buttered it up with Permatex 3



I made a block off plate of an old dishwasher housing but did not get a pic. I'll update this post with one tonight. Also of a pic of the oil canister housing as well.


Also I helped my brother in law adam install some new headlights. In true vw fashion we had to remove the whole front bumpter to do the lights.

Befores and afters

b4

after


b4

after


Very nice.

[zxert]

Sup buddies!

Welp. Here goes nothing.



My father in law and brother in law with the passat, helping me drop the engine.

Heres a pic of an engine.



I mean.



Dropping her in!

Someone please find me a good shape fuse box cover, I'll paypal you some $.



Sitting on mounts!!!!!!! Yayeah!

CELEBRATE!!!!!



CELEBRATE!!!!!



New manifold on!!
New gasket
New hardware
New paint

Hopefully tonight I can wrap it up.



I feel so victorious. Thank you God that engine is in the bay.




Oh come on with the native american insults.

More work coming sirs.



This post does not reflect the actual views of the poster. He may or may not be of native american descent. Calling someone an engine is dumb

[Bronzit]

Lololololol. Engines.