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Engine Specific Info and Questions => Non VW Group Diesel => Topic started by: Slave2School on August 16, 2007, 02:21:21 pm

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Post by: Slave2School on August 16, 2007, 02:21:21 pm: (http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/272108442.jpg)

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and the "project" portion of this possible purchase/endevour... :(

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Post by: burn_your_money on August 16, 2007, 05:42:55 pm: :twisted: YAR
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Post by: blkboostedtruck on August 16, 2007, 08:20:26 pm: no way!!! am i looking at that right? that BMW is a diesel? :shock:
thanks Duane
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 04:18:11 am: It sure is :) Not too many of them, but it might make a nice family hauler for me (if the orphan status doesn't leave me stranded haha).
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 17, 2007, 05:22:28 am: Holy frig!

I think I can pick out some NS inspection stickers on the windshields.....is that car in NS? I know you are in Greenwood and with the air force base there, I wonder is this a German model someone brought back after a posting to Germany. Cool project and I hope it works for you. Keep us posted.

Any VWs in that yard?
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 05:58:14 am: I'd have to ask my friend who works at the yard, I bet there are a few VW's. It is definately an import since he said it says 324td under the hood, if I am not mistaken we only ever got the 524td in 86-87 and that body style/chassis of the 324td is an e30 made from 87-91. My friend is in the process of negotiating with his boss for me. It will likely take a few dollars to get to safety etc, but it should be interesting. My father in law has a wrecked 1987 325 in Ontario witha full leather interior etc, so if I can and this works out I will tear everything I can out of it and install it into this car...eventually. I feel like little school girl and really really hope things work out as planned.
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 17, 2007, 06:50:34 am: Aside form the bump in the rear, it looks like it is in good shape, so safety might not be that bad. And it sounds like you have a source for some body/interior parts.

Hopefully the guy is reasonable and you get your project car real soon.

Keep us posted.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 06:53:14 am: Will do :) It is sort of a dream car for me, RWD diesel...I know I really enjoyed drving my father in laws 325 around :D So hard to not peel out at all the lights with it hahaha.
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 17, 2007, 06:54:37 am: Just what every family hauler should be able to do.....light the tires on take off. :twisted:
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 06:56:23 am: Hahaha yeah, the golf is pretty good at that now. Know anyone that wants a nice golf Auto for their wife? I would take 8K :D
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 17, 2007, 06:59:35 am: I know your Golf can tow a trailer (I've seen the pics) but it won't haul my 23' travel trailer, so I'm afraid I'll have to pass.

But if I hear of anyone in the market, I'll send them your way. Most people I know want the 5-speeds.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 07:22:44 am: I wouldn't tow more than about 2200lbs with the Golf, even with the tranny cooler it has :)
Yeah the 5spds are what most people want, but my wife insisted on an automatic for her :( It still gets great mileage though and goes like a banshee :twisted:
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 12:56:24 pm: Chris said it fired right up today with a fresh battery in it. His boss was out unfortunately so we couldn't discuss $$$
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Post by: Euro Nation on August 17, 2007, 05:03:45 pm: The bumpers tell me she's an import and a pre-88 car at that. While not a particularly rare car anywhere else... it might be one of the only ones on this continent.

Thanks to the common body and the engine being available here there shouldn't be a high degree of difficulty sourcing maintinence parts. A lot of BMW specific retailers also stock import parts because of the high levels of grey market cars here.

Your biggest trouble will be sourcing the technically proper rear bumper. Small european steel bumpers for early E30s aren't easy to come by... especially one end at a time.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 05:36:50 pm: Yes, I'm not sure what will be done there, it may end up slightly bastardized :(
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Post by: jtanguay on August 17, 2007, 06:35:19 pm: would be nice to own a beamer diesel... the only thing i would be worried about is parts availability and cost. you just can't beat the availability of vw parts and pricing.

good luck on the project!
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 06:43:36 pm: Thanks :) I think parts will be ok, I've looked online and it uses the same bits as the 325 etc chassis so not too bad at all. Some of the diesel bits aren't really cheap, but it will be a second car.

This engine was also used in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Mark_VII that ugly thing so I could get parts for the engine from BMW/Ford in theory. I have already found that it will cost about $250 for the timing belt, idler and waterpump so not too bad on that front. Some things like air filters are cheaper than for the golf :)

My main concern for now is the pump leaking/turbo eating itself after the body is done and it is safetied. If it needs it a giles pump would have to be done for sure. No rush though, one step at a time and see where this goes, it might not be worth it and be better to abort after my friend starts tearing into it. We will have to see.

If you are looking I spotted another one on kijiji.ca in my area with similar damage aparently but it is a 524td and an auto so it would likely only get around 38-40imp mpg at best. No price just an "obo"
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Post by: jtanguay on August 17, 2007, 08:35:48 pm: ford uses inline pumps on some models, but i assume this car uses the rotary pump correct??

man... i'm starting to like inline pumps better. the merc pumps don't seem to be much affected by ULSD as our VE pumps :(

i wouldn't mind driving a big honkin beemer if i was rolling with veg. that stuff is so abundant it is ridiculous! just need time to grab it and a place to store it.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 17, 2007, 08:38:45 pm: Yeah, I have plenty of time, but I don't think the military housing folks would like me storing 45gal drums of it out by the shed :D
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Post by: bigblockchev on August 18, 2007, 12:04:28 am: Wow is it a 4 or 6 cyl. Body parts and such should be a breeze to get as there are millions of 3 series Bimmers around . With 190k on it should be good for a long time. Very cool I'm quite envious. Good luck Dan
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Post by: Slave2School on August 18, 2007, 05:18:57 am: It is a 6cyl 2.4L only 115hp though. My friend wants to crank up the fuel and boost on it already!

It is a rotary pump, Chris says it looks the same as the volvo 6cyl pump.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 20, 2007, 03:08:55 pm: Ok bought the car :) Price was fairly reasonable after tax so hopefully another 2k-2.5k invested and I'll be under budget w00t!

Thank you Chris for you hard work, and the work yet to be done!
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Post by: burn_your_money on August 20, 2007, 04:21:49 pm: Since you bought it that means we will get more pictures right? :D
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Post by: Slave2School on August 20, 2007, 04:55:19 pm: You will, my friend will be getting it moved to his house so he can do more work to it in his off hours, he'll be taking lots of pics for me. He lives about 2.5hrs away so it won't be everyday I get to go help :(
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 21, 2007, 07:38:39 am: Congrats on the purchase!

Can't wait to see the progress on this car (and a couple of Caddys that are in the works).
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Post by: Slave2School on August 21, 2007, 07:41:22 am: Yes there are lots of wicked cars projects on the go!
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 21, 2007, 07:47:07 am: I agree. Unfortunately, due to a tight budget, the only project I'm going to undertake on my car anytime soon is a new paint job. Doing it myself to save some cash for some "new to me" wheels.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 21, 2007, 07:52:36 am: yes Budgets suck. For now I think the BMW will be a summer only car, so it probably won't hit the roads this year. Although my freind says he should be able to have the welding all done in a week of evenings when we get the other bits aquired. anybody know of a good shock/strut? I don't want to lower this thing and would liek the classic firm/sprty feeling I recall from the 325 (even though the front will wiegh about 150lbs more on this one!) :twisted:
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 21, 2007, 08:04:48 am: I know some guys that have had good luck with KYB shocks/struts.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 21, 2007, 08:19:33 am: I have them in the Golf and I like them, so maybe I'll try that route on the second car too. Firm but not too firm.
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 21, 2007, 10:47:34 am: That's what I'd like to put in the Jetta when the time comes. Thankfully, the ones there now are still good. Need rear springs though...they're starting to sag.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 21, 2007, 12:08:00 pm: Hmm reading around it seems I might have to get a big truck boost gauge. The M21 engine runs 1.9Bar ~27psi of boost from the factory.
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Post by: Jetta Fan on August 22, 2007, 06:54:06 am: :shock:

27 psi? And that's before you even start to "tinker" with it.
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Post by: Slave2School on August 22, 2007, 07:45:51 am: Yes, that is the only specs I can find on peak boost. I'm not sure if that is a typo or not!
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Post by: Slave2School on August 22, 2007, 04:06:44 pm: Ok update guys.

It is a 1986.

Chassis number    1815615
Vehicle code    1511
Series    E30
Model    324d
Body type    saloon
Catalog model    ECE
Production date    1986 / 06
Engine    M21
Transmission    Manual
Steering    Left
Catalyzer    NONE

(That is what the vin pulled up apparently)

My friend is going to gut the car and do a full tear down. We both agree that red is cool, but blue is better :) If it goes as planned we will go with something like Toyota Lexus Spectra Blue. I think it would look nice at least, and this car is for me :D er....the "family"
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Post by: Holeshot on August 22, 2007, 10:50:43 pm: Excellent find on a SWEET ride.

As others have stated - please provide LOTS of pictures. I'd do dirty deeds for a turbo diesel Bimmer. 8)

On edit: Is that M21 IDI or DI? I can't seem to find much info on that engine online...

Beers,

Matt
\x/ hillfolk!
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Post by: Holeshot on August 22, 2007, 11:11:41 pm: I think I read somewhere that the M21 had 16:1 compression - that would certainly seem like DI to me...
hrmmmmm.... :)

Thanks,

Matt
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Post by: Slave2School on August 23, 2007, 03:09:31 am: Yeah as you found in the other thread this one is idi, it does have ancie factory intercooler though.
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Post by: gldgti on September 01, 2007, 01:16:17 am: this is a great find! those beemer diesels are pretty solid little engines too, i reckon you could get it to be a fast car with the right amount of boost.... then you get the natural bmw sideways action aswell! yippeee!
Title: bmw
Post by: vixentd on September 01, 2007, 10:45:26 pm: I have a number of manuals for your car, as well as the factory diesel training manual. You can reach me at vixentd at gmail.com

by the way that enging with a turbo is in our motorhomes
vixenrv.org
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Post by: Slave2School on September 02, 2007, 05:31:12 am: Thanks! I will be in contact with you :)

We did some more work yesterday, the pump is screwed/gummed up from sitting so long :( I fed a bottle of powerservice through it (well into it) since the return seems to be blocked/suction pretty poor in general so the pump will likely have to come out to get rebuilt. It idles like a trooper though, no knocking to speak of and pretty dang smooth! Smoother than the tdi I'd say.

Anyway the battle continues :) I think this car has more in common with teh 318 since I have drums in the rear actually! That will be a project for after she is on the road since I need to swap the rear control arms with the ones from a real 325.

Also, not sure if she had an engine swap from crazy freaking german or not (based on the vin), since she has the turbo, oil cooler and the proper pump on it, along with a fancy after market intercooler setup that is probably 2ftx2ft with really nicely done piping. I'm sure there will be more surprises. But hey, the in car air temp computer, crank moonroof, and power mirrors all work W00t! My friend even found the euro hitch in the trunk :) It connects like an air coupling with ball bearings that lock into place.

Engine will be coming out for a rear main seal and other such maintenance/painting of the car along with most of the interior so hopefully there is nothing some money (ok lots of money) can't fix. If anyone has one of the pure mechanical pumps that are used on this TD sitting on a shelf somewhere let me know lol.
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Post by: bigblockchev on September 05, 2007, 08:06:27 pm: To get the crud cleaned out of the pump and the rest of the Injection system what works great is called "Diesel Purge" by lubromoly The mercedes guys swear by it , I have used it on a couple of my cars and it is really strong stuff. You feed it directly into the IP through a bottle. I suspect that this stuff is quite a bit stronger than Power service or anything else on the market.
http://mercedessource.com/node/708
If you can't find it locally Hopefung autoparts in Richmond BC has it in stock, I don't think it can be shipped from the US.
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Post by: Slave2School on September 06, 2007, 07:03:18 am: I can get it from my parts dude, but I fear the vane pump is actually seized up inside. The former owner of the car was a complete waste of skin (as far as diesel engines go) and had a totally half assed wvo system installed. As such it appears that there was little in the way of dewatering/filtering done and the *** that appeared in the bottom of the power service jug that I fed directly (with return line back to the jug) showed mucho dirt collection.

I plan on taking this car accross the country with me so I will probably end up with a full rebuild to the tune of $1K-$1200, oh well such is life with these things.
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Post by: bigblockchev on September 06, 2007, 03:40:48 pm: Well if you do get the IP rebuild maybe Gilles can do some tweaking to it. That would make the cost worthwhile. I would still try the Diesel purge since it is cheap , it will shake loose quite a bit of junk as well. Let us know how this is going. Cheers Dan
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Post by: Slave2School on September 06, 2007, 04:48:35 pm: If I were right at the car I would be trying an electric lift pump n it right now :( but my friend is a busy fellow with 2 jobs at the moment, so most of the trouble shooting must wait till the weekend when he has more time available.
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Post by: QuickTD on September 16, 2007, 07:23:41 am: I've been meaning to reply in this thread for a while. If you need parts for this engine I have a couple of complete engines, one good injection pump etc. PM for details. I also have a .pdf manual.
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Post by: Slave2School on September 17, 2007, 06:32:33 am: Sweet. Is the manual the one for the 524TD? I already have that one, but I got the lincoln continental engine training manual rescently :)
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Post by: Slave2School on September 30, 2007, 05:20:38 pm: Progress is slow but sure :) we are headed in the right direction. My friend has a digital SLR so I'll get him to send better pics than my camera phone when he can.

We ended the after noon by making the first initial cuts into the rear after we got the bumber/massive freaking hitch rebar off. The tar is also all coming out, a chunk as big as the average hand weighs at least 2lbs, it is damn heavy. Supposedly 50-80lbs can be shaved form the car by removing it alone depending on how thick and what year car you have.

The front yard carnage striping out the rear of the car to start cutting.
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281011872.jpg)

Front seat
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281011875.jpg)

Back seat (Note floor bumped up by the damn forklift at the wrecking yard!) Good thing the metal is thin there it is easy to hammer back into shape.
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281011886.jpg)

More back seat
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281011882.jpg)

Car backed into the garage, removing "bumper" and trailer hitch support (rated to 1800KG!)
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281011877.jpg)

That is about it for now. We did cut most of the offending metal away today, but I neglected to take pics, doh!
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Post by: Slave2School on September 30, 2007, 06:36:36 pm: If we screw up I will have the first diesel E30 caddy in North America :D J/K

(http://www.jimmy540i.com/moron9999999991.jpg)
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Post by: blkboostedtruck on September 30, 2007, 07:36:13 pm: Quote from: "Slave2School"
If we screw up I will have the first diesel E30 caddy in North America :D J/K

(http://www.jimmy540i.com/moron9999999991.jpg)

well i'm rooting for the screw up! L.O.L.!! :wink:
that BMW caddy's way kewl!! I can supply the axel if needed? from a vw caddy! just add spacers! oh wait those are rear wheel drive right? well you could use it as a tandem axel to haul extra weight!
well keep up with the good work!
thanks Duane
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Post by: jtanguay on October 01, 2007, 04:56:30 am: lol that thing is pimp
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Post by: Slave2School on October 01, 2007, 06:19:00 pm: More progress tonight, Chris was a busy bee. Shame he is two hours away really it is :(

This is/was the antenna hole.
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281204826.jpg)

This is um...well you can see lol.
(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/281204833.jpg)
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Post by: Slave2School on October 05, 2007, 10:54:48 am: This is the blue the car will be, not sure if I posted yet http://www.primequip.net/products/Project_427/blue_paint_choices.htm#3
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Post by: Slave2School on October 11, 2007, 01:28:39 pm: More pics soon, but here is the sweet trunk lid (that needs to be prepped) but check out the oem spoiler hehe.

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/282826205.jpg)

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/282826208.jpg)
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Post by: Jetta Fan on October 12, 2007, 05:06:33 am: Glad to see I'm not the only one that has car parts in the kitchen. :lol:
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Post by: Slave2School on October 28, 2007, 05:40:48 am: Progress is slow, but should speed up my friend took a week off of work so progress should be pretty good in the next week :)
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Post by: nkb on November 03, 2007, 10:33:30 pm: ive got injector pump parts all thru the house heheh. ive got a room here for just car parts, another room in my basement with two motorcycles ripped apart in it, plus a big ol garage out back, i love motors hahahaha
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Post by: Slave2School on November 04, 2007, 09:06:25 pm: Thanks Chris, here are some teaser pics hehehe

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/286882824.jpg)

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/286882807.jpg)

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/286882819.jpg)
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Post by: addautomotive on November 15, 2007, 07:48:07 am: That's Peter's old car! I've seen it (before the carnage), it's a sweet ride. Good luck.

FWIW, I'm pretty sure he imported it directly from Germany
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Post by: Slave2School on November 15, 2007, 08:28:57 am: Oh he must have it is Euro spec everything :) If you know any history of the car please share, also wondering the cicumstances of the accident. When it wrecked it was on SVO and that has made an aewful mess...
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Post by: addautomotive on November 15, 2007, 08:42:11 am: Sorry, got his name wrong, it is Klaus

He had the car on ebay at one point:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180123547214&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:CA:31

He got rear-ended back in nov 06
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Post by: Slave2School on November 15, 2007, 11:18:00 am: Hmm I couldn't check the link at work, but that isn't my car. That is a 524td and mine is actually the 3 series E30 Chassis with the same engine in it as that car would have had. Mine is also a 5spd :)
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Post by: addautomotive on November 15, 2007, 12:24:44 pm: weird,

How many red bimmer diesels running on SVO could there be in NS?
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Post by: Slave2School on November 15, 2007, 12:26:14 pm: I guess a few lol! It seems they like to be rear ended too! Bastards not paying attention taking out these museum pieces....It hink I may fit extra bright tail lights and a 3rd brake light as mine does not have that feature.
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Post by: jackbombay on November 15, 2007, 07:22:52 pm: Quote from: "Slave2School"

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1096/4465185/17489395/286882819.jpg)

So how does one go about fitting that piece back in off a non wrecked car? Looks like there is a small gap all the way around the new black piece and he'll use small pieces welded to both to bridge the gap and hold it all together? Will he use a
Flange tool (http://www.amazon.com/PUNCH-FLANGE-TOOL-INDUSTRIAL-TYPE/dp/B000MRJY8A) on both edges so the patch will be flush with everything else? What about around corners? [/body work noob]
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Post by: Slave2School on November 15, 2007, 07:44:05 pm: That is just resting on blocks not 100% trimmed in that picture so it looks alot worse than it is now.

He noted there are only a few spots with gaps and the rest will line up there won't be any need for much else other than welding and grinding afterword. I'm not much of a metal worker so I can't get into the specifics since that is his forte.

just talking with him on msn, he says he's going to butt weld it then add additional metal where there is anything strutural to reinforce that area (he already has one of those tools). Yes Chris is into serious hours on this car, I will owe him my 3rd born :)
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Post by: jackbombay on November 16, 2007, 10:01:56 am: Quote from: "Slave2School"
That is just resting on blocks not 100% trimmed in that picture so it looks alot worse than it is now.

He noted there are only a few spots with gaps and the rest will line up there won't be any need for much else other than welding and grinding afterword. I'm not much of a metal worker so I can't get into the specifics since that is his forte.

just talking with him on msn, he says he's going to butt weld it then add additional metal where there is anything strutural to reinforce that area (he already has one of those tools). Yes Chris is into serious hours on this car, I will owe him my 3rd born :)

Ahhh, cool, didn't realize it wasn't trimmed all the way yet. The fact that its an outside corner makes it a lot easier to get it to fit right, I have an awkward inside corner/floorboard/footwell to patch in my vanagon, not totally sure how I'm going to do it yet, very accurate measurements seems like the best way to go so far.
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Post by: Slave2School on November 16, 2007, 11:35:24 am: Yes Chris spent maybe 3 days measuring :) after each little trim he measures again so it is a slow process indeed.
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Post by: nkb on November 20, 2007, 01:20:31 pm: Quote from: "addautomotive"
Sorry, got his name wrong, it is Klaus

He had the car on ebay at one point:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180123547214&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:CA:31

He got rear-ended back in nov 06

this car was at my previous place of employment since late 05 so it couldn't be same car. different vin too
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Post by: giulianot on November 23, 2007, 08:58:54 am: Excellent progress !! :D this is a really cool project 8) does it have a lsd in the rear? my 1990 325is has one just wondering if the diesels have it to
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Post by: Slave2School on November 23, 2007, 01:08:28 pm: It does now :D I bought one on ebay from California, it has the nice solid rubber bushing already installed too. 2.93 rear same as the stock one actaully, just LS.

In other news, I appear to be going away for a few months, so I will be able to help Chris even less than I have been already :( I will likely be leaving early Jan to come back mid May, if my away period works I'll be moving to the Trenton, ON area.
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Post by: Slave2School on November 24, 2007, 05:47:05 pm: Crank scraper on the way Mwhahahahaha
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Post by: jackbombay on November 24, 2007, 06:31:28 pm: From where? I can't imagine that it would be worthwhile to make those aftermarket.
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Post by: Slave2School on November 24, 2007, 06:34:48 pm: http://www.crank-scrapers.com/bmw.html

The ETA 2.7L engine has the same strok as m21 and the owner/manufacture said according to his books his scraper will fit my bottom end. Seems like a great fellow to deal with and if there are issues it is just a small piece of steel that can be filed as needed.

Actually the turbo builders will use a m21 crank or the 2.7L crank in the "stroker on a budget" builds.
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Post by: jackbombay on March 01, 2008, 07:26:06 am: Progress?
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Post by: Slave2School on March 01, 2008, 12:55:48 pm: Not much, I'm on the west coast in training and my friend is changing jobs (taking trucker school). :( We'll get it done though :D I won't be home till late spring and he'll be home a bit before that. I've been gone since just after Christmas. To complicate life I'll be moving.

Pump at Giles shop. :lol:
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Post by: 935racer on September 02, 2008, 05:19:23 pm: Progress?
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Post by: Slave2School on September 04, 2008, 06:47:18 am: Moved, on hold. Likely forever :( I think my friend will take over the project entirely actually, which is good :) Bad is that he is out west working like a mofo like many eastern Canadians....
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Post by: arb on December 17, 2008, 09:54:18 am: Still on hold ?