clarkson's e46 m3 and previous cars - lots of pics
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[U]UPDATE - WOOO ITS DONE[/U]
well got off my arse today, and got this finished in the loveley sun (burnt) , started up then died, started, died, started died, realised no fuel, lol so left it at that but its not getting drove till next month, fresh mot, tyres, tax , had a expensive couple of months but its worth t anyway pictures talk better than me:muttley:
need new hangers droops abit
wash time , polish and wax
took grills of to glue clips back on lol
must get a washer cover
polish and wax time
back hurts, beer time - happy as, all ive heard all day off the neighbours is it finally finished then? but yeh happy
well got off my arse today, and got this finished in the loveley sun (burnt) , started up then died, started, died, started died, realised no fuel, lol so left it at that but its not getting drove till next month, fresh mot, tyres, tax , had a expensive couple of months but its worth t anyway pictures talk better than me:muttley:
need new hangers droops abit
wash time , polish and wax
took grills of to glue clips back on lol
must get a washer cover
polish and wax time
back hurts, beer time - happy as, all ive heard all day off the neighbours is it finally finished then? but yeh happy
cheers lads, most m3's and e46's ive seen are that crusty underneath, i live right next to the sea so there bound to be bad with the rust , but its all down to previous owners, if id have had the car from new you would nevert see rust anywhere but some people to just get in and drive, and to be honest the the diff and subframe bushes wernt that bad, id rather change them for powerflex so i dont have to worry again plus the subframe was out anyway, and its not that bad on axle stands i did a turbo conversion for my mr2 swapping engines on axle stands(theres a build thread on here somewhere) , and i can never be arsed paying garages to fk up , i know most dont but ive seen some really bad work in the past .
but anyway thanks again guys will keep on updating as i go along
but anyway thanks again guys will keep on updating as i go along
mustdash said:
I am always impressed by people like you who have the balls / stupidity / knowledge / skills to do this sort of stuff (you clearly fall in to the latter two) to a car like this! Well played sir!
lol go and read my r6 enginged quad bike thread, ill fall into the first to aswell haha cheers mategoing to order some euro tips soon and sort the bent exhaust tips out lol
just thought id update everyone, well got diff fluid changed, brake fluid all changed for ate super blue, been driving around and enjoying it for once lol just get some pics up at last i almost forgot how everyone stares at the car when i go past!
lol was fun trying to level the car to put fluid back in
alignment done, what a massive difference
been spraying and fitting msport kit to my mates 530d , just lowered it all round and yes ive told him hes a gay with that m badge
anyway so yeh its been fun driving it , no wierd nosies feels tight as and all the polybushing has made a massive difference...so happy and can start modding again lol
lol was fun trying to level the car to put fluid back in
alignment done, what a massive difference
been spraying and fitting msport kit to my mates 530d , just lowered it all round and yes ive told him hes a gay with that m badge
anyway so yeh its been fun driving it , no wierd nosies feels tight as and all the polybushing has made a massive difference...so happy and can start modding again lol
thought i might aswell update this, tackled the headgasket on my drive....
tools for the fan clutch
and your gone
thermostat off
throttle bodies off
oil leak from the vanos area
2 bolts left nearest the steering coloum will tackle them tommorow its too cold now
alll the parts in the boot
goodnight
wasnt as hard as i thought to get here , just waiting on the timing tools to come in post and going to get head off , its honestly not that bad everything has been easy so far no bad rusty nuts unlike my old mr2's ha
anyway timing tools came today so cracked on with it
set at tdc
inlet cam locked
started removing vanos bolts
seals were flat and rock hard
exhaust cam retarded and locked
vanos off
no cam bolts were loose or threads damaged oil pump tab is fine, marked up for later
at this point i dropped the stupid washer behind the first cogs it dropped to the bpottom of the timing chain 40 mins later it was out so ive given up for today next is cams off then head
got the head off today , gasket gone in one place , lol found a piece of timing chain guide , soo lucky tht didnt get caught..anyway pics
it says set timing 30 degree left from tdc to remove cams when chain is off so
cams out
broken top guide
headbolts bye bye
top guide off
head off
sanded with 240 then 400 on a flat block to clean the surface after scrapping with a flat blade
going to hoover out the bores tommorow
where is went on head doesnt feel to bad
hole
hopefully my gasket comes anytime soon
couldnt wait started putting head toghether and cleaning bits
doing it in my bedroom , my mum wasnt happy lol
some bolts had loctite on them when i took them out soooooo
shims and rocker clips back in
thats all till my gaskets turn up now
well got the engine back toghether today most of it done, i swear to gof hardest part was new gaskets for exhaust manifold what a pain in the arse!! any way pics
all the bits
no rain
selfie in the gazebo
film of oil on headbolts and washers
headbolts being torqued
torque angle gauge for the 90 degree turns
my helper cleaning cams
cams going in..who needs special tools
cams torqued up
dinner
vanos on
throttle bodys on
getting there
well got it started today, exhaust gasket must of come off blowing loud haha had a bad misfire, plugs must of been bad put my old ones back in, alot better but still a misfire eml lights on, lamba will be going west with the manifold blowing and need to recheck valve clearences, oh one coolant leak but no nasty grinding or knocks thank fook!!!
i didnt have any jubillee clips on airbox to throttle bodys not sure if that will affect idle..most likely lol so still abit to do
oil and filter change
coolant going in..thn out of the leak lol:muttley:
well got it started today, exhaust gasket must of come off blowing loud haha had a bad misfire, plugs must of been bad put my old ones back in, alot better but still a misfire eml lights on, lamba will be going west with the manifold blowing and need to recheck valve clearences, oh one coolant leak but no nasty grinding or knocks thank fook!!!
i didnt have any jubillee clips on airbox to throttle bodys not sure if that will affect idle..most likely lol so still abit to do
oil and filter change
coolant going in..thn out of the leak lol:muttley:
well it works fine put 2 hundred miles on it since, only fiished it last, so far so good, time to get modding
tools for the fan clutch
and your gone
thermostat off
throttle bodies off
oil leak from the vanos area
2 bolts left nearest the steering coloum will tackle them tommorow its too cold now
alll the parts in the boot
goodnight
wasnt as hard as i thought to get here , just waiting on the timing tools to come in post and going to get head off , its honestly not that bad everything has been easy so far no bad rusty nuts unlike my old mr2's ha
anyway timing tools came today so cracked on with it
set at tdc
inlet cam locked
started removing vanos bolts
seals were flat and rock hard
exhaust cam retarded and locked
vanos off
no cam bolts were loose or threads damaged oil pump tab is fine, marked up for later
at this point i dropped the stupid washer behind the first cogs it dropped to the bpottom of the timing chain 40 mins later it was out so ive given up for today next is cams off then head
got the head off today , gasket gone in one place , lol found a piece of timing chain guide , soo lucky tht didnt get caught..anyway pics
it says set timing 30 degree left from tdc to remove cams when chain is off so
cams out
broken top guide
headbolts bye bye
top guide off
head off
sanded with 240 then 400 on a flat block to clean the surface after scrapping with a flat blade
going to hoover out the bores tommorow
where is went on head doesnt feel to bad
hole
hopefully my gasket comes anytime soon
couldnt wait started putting head toghether and cleaning bits
doing it in my bedroom , my mum wasnt happy lol
some bolts had loctite on them when i took them out soooooo
shims and rocker clips back in
thats all till my gaskets turn up now
well got the engine back toghether today most of it done, i swear to gof hardest part was new gaskets for exhaust manifold what a pain in the arse!! any way pics
all the bits
no rain
selfie in the gazebo
film of oil on headbolts and washers
headbolts being torqued
torque angle gauge for the 90 degree turns
my helper cleaning cams
cams going in..who needs special tools
cams torqued up
dinner
vanos on
throttle bodys on
getting there
well got it started today, exhaust gasket must of come off blowing loud haha had a bad misfire, plugs must of been bad put my old ones back in, alot better but still a misfire eml lights on, lamba will be going west with the manifold blowing and need to recheck valve clearences, oh one coolant leak but no nasty grinding or knocks thank fook!!!
i didnt have any jubillee clips on airbox to throttle bodys not sure if that will affect idle..most likely lol so still abit to do
oil and filter change
coolant going in..thn out of the leak lol:muttley:
well got it started today, exhaust gasket must of come off blowing loud haha had a bad misfire, plugs must of been bad put my old ones back in, alot better but still a misfire eml lights on, lamba will be going west with the manifold blowing and need to recheck valve clearences, oh one coolant leak but no nasty grinding or knocks thank fook!!!
i didnt have any jubillee clips on airbox to throttle bodys not sure if that will affect idle..most likely lol so still abit to do
oil and filter change
coolant going in..thn out of the leak lol:muttley:
well it works fine put 2 hundred miles on it since, only fiished it last, so far so good, time to get modding
Edited by clarkson22 on Tuesday 19th May 19:21
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