Got it in with my wife’s help. Bonus is that her helping made my many hours in the garage seem more appropriate.
What did you do to your E9 today?
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That is where a wife comes in handy! I hold the bolt on engine side and she turns the ratchet.
Wife played the role of second set of hands during the week so the clutch master got installed. Today was another big engine day, essentially hooked everything else back up. All hoses are reattached, wires are reconnected, etc. Radiator is back in, fan is installed. Filled the engine with oil, no leaks. Filled the transmission (the new 5-speed) with the recommended 50/50 mix of MTL and 80/90 gear oil, no leaks. Filled the power steering reservoir and oh yes leaks. The high pressure hose that I got from Alvaro is leaking at its insertion into the pump. It's not leaking around the threads but instead around the actual pipe so may need a replacement.
Still waiting on brake calipers to be sent back from being rebuilt so that will be a limiting factor to driving the car. I also tried to remove one of the rear springs to replace it with my new ones, that was a fail. I had the much safer larger spring compressor tool but just couldn't get it around the springs it was so large. Will have to borrow the double-clamp widow maker type from Autozone this week and try again.
Still waiting on brake calipers to be sent back from being rebuilt so that will be a limiting factor to driving the car. I also tried to remove one of the rear springs to replace it with my new ones, that was a fail. I had the much safer larger spring compressor tool but just couldn't get it around the springs it was so large. Will have to borrow the double-clamp widow maker type from Autozone this week and try again.
Heavy wires are your friend. Tie the spring clamp bolts together through the spring, so they can't slip off. They mayn't prevent a total fail, but they will at least slow down the fail. I've done 8 springs with my set, and I'm still here!
I don’t know, somehow this one just seemed so inordinately painful to do. I started to try one of the front ones and my daughter was watching and said “dad, that’s looks dangerous”. Between that and how painful it was, this may be a job that I bring the shocks (when I eventually get them) and the springs to someone and say “do this for me”. We all have our breaking points I guess.
Meanwhile have been fashioning the heat shielding for the exhaust this evening, will be bolting this back on in the next few days. One test bracket on there, each piece will have two to secure it.
Meanwhile have been fashioning the heat shielding for the exhaust this evening, will be bolting this back on in the next few days. One test bracket on there, each piece will have two to secure it.
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Exhaust is in. I manufactured a bracket to hold the exhaust onto the 5-speed transmission. This involved bending a piece of metal into a U-shape, powder coating it so it won’t rust, securing one half of the U to the fork on the tranny that isn’t being used and then the other onto the original bracket which I trimmed down to fit. Works well and is very solid. Heat shielding will go on tomorrow. Is there some other bracket that sits under the muffler portion and secures on to the bottom of the transmission tunnel? There seem to be two bracket receptacles there but my car didn’t seem to come with anything holding up that part.
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Not as much with the E9 this weekend, just got the MGA back from the painter so had to reassemble a lot of it. But got that done and it drives beautifully now - 5-speed and rebuilt engine done over the last year, painting and interior was this spring’s project.
Did get the hood back on the E9 so it’s looking more like a car getting a tune-up rather than a project. Waiting on a hose and an o-ring, hoping to have it running by next weekend after 4 months of refurbishing
Did get the hood back on the E9 so it’s looking more like a car getting a tune-up rather than a project. Waiting on a hose and an o-ring, hoping to have it running by next weekend after 4 months of refurbishing
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Is going grocery shopping in a coupe considered sacrilege? These cars are amazingly practical cars. I'm trying to drive it as much as possible as a daily this Summer, our driving season here is so short. It loves to get out and is running great w/ fresh tune, valve job, new seals everywhere, tie-rods, etc.
And is it only me, or when you purposely park a mile away from any car in a huge parking lot, that when you get done with whatever you were doing, there is the biggest POS parked 2" from your driver door when you get back? I am beginning to think people do this on purpose to piss people off. It didn't happen here, but has certainly happened many times in the past and it can't be coincidence. One time I had to get in through the passenger door. Drives me absolutely crazy!
It's not just the paint I worry about, it's the door dings in the aluminum trim. Luckily nothing major in that regard has happened....YET. Knock on the wooden dash!
And is it only me, or when you purposely park a mile away from any car in a huge parking lot, that when you get done with whatever you were doing, there is the biggest POS parked 2" from your driver door when you get back? I am beginning to think people do this on purpose to piss people off. It didn't happen here, but has certainly happened many times in the past and it can't be coincidence. One time I had to get in through the passenger door. Drives me absolutely crazy!
It's not just the paint I worry about, it's the door dings in the aluminum trim. Luckily nothing major in that regard has happened....YET. Knock on the wooden dash!
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Not sacrilege....
But yes, parking well is an art - a necessary one if you have a nice paint job.
But if your strategic vehicle-avoidance-pattern of parking still finds you cozying up to the derelict RAV4, then most assuredly that was an intentional act from the other party.
Irritating, isn't it?
But yes, parking well is an art - a necessary one if you have a nice paint job.
But if your strategic vehicle-avoidance-pattern of parking still finds you cozying up to the derelict RAV4, then most assuredly that was an intentional act from the other party.
Irritating, isn't it?
Your car looks great! Love that you are driving it around to do errands. I need to drive mine more but the e24 euro that I bought last fall seems to be the go to fun car right now. Its whole AC system was new when I bought it. I haven't tried it yet, hope it blows cold when I hit that button.
Thank you for the compliment. I was pretty shocked that my A/C is still working pretty decent considering we all know the A/C in many early German make automobiles was never GREAT. I put the newer A/C, Sanden pump, bracket etc. in the Bav and it blew ice cold but this A/C hasn't been converted to R32 (I think it is R32 now), may be off on the number but the old boat anchor A/C is still doing the job, 52 years later. Kind of crazy. I'm going to probably do the R32 conversion soon because my luck with that can't go on much longer.
Here in Idaho, it's not usually a RAV4, it's usually a really beat up old truck, or even worse a big dually. I'm not making that up. Or like a Nissan Maxima that looks like it just went down a ravine and rolled a few times. It's unbelievable.
I feel your pain Shane. Same thing here in Vermont. Strategic parking is a serious artform
I 100% support driving it to the grocery store. We need to see these cars out and about. One great thing about driving a beautiful classic car is that it brings a smile to people’s face when they see it - you get a thumbs up in acknowledgement, they’re happy, it’s like a win-win
Have been refinishing my air dam which had gotten a bit beat up prior to my owndership of the car. Body filler, sanding done, painting this weekend. The car came with this 635-style as well as a CSL one, going to take a few of the ideas here to make them easily swappable - 4 bolts to remove bumper and then two push-release bolts to drop the air dam.
Have been refinishing my air dam which had gotten a bit beat up prior to my owndership of the car. Body filler, sanding done, painting this weekend. The car came with this 635-style as well as a CSL one, going to take a few of the ideas here to make them easily swappable - 4 bolts to remove bumper and then two push-release bolts to drop the air dam.
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had a little fun over the last 24 hours, connected my megasquirt harness to the main harness - removed the tails of the wires no longer used (that went to the program tester). had to untape some of the harness i had already done ... and retaped it. looks better the 2nd time. while i was there, i added a relay for fog / driving lights (the wires were already in the harness to the lights).
then i removed the intake manifold and replaced the injectors with new ones and connected the injectors to the megasquirt harness. going to do a few other things while the intake manifold is off that is much easier with the extra room - run a few brake lines and get a few other things in place.
then i removed the intake manifold and replaced the injectors with new ones and connected the injectors to the megasquirt harness. going to do a few other things while the intake manifold is off that is much easier with the extra room - run a few brake lines and get a few other things in place.
I’d love to see some pics of the air dam mount once it’s on
When is “first light”?
Talked with @sfdon who went and assessed my car at the body shop. His report: “Ugly car, but good bones” I told him crappy thin black paint over Fjord was the latest trend! They are going to media blast it before replacing the floors and rockers, but the rest is surface rust.
Suspension is off, and the car is on a dolly, so we are now off and running!!
I have to say it is great working with Don. Such a fountain of knowledge, but he also respects what I know, and can do (or want to do) myself, so it is turning out to be a great working relationship. Helps that I am local..
Suspension is off, and the car is on a dolly, so we are now off and running!!
I have to say it is great working with Don. Such a fountain of knowledge, but he also respects what I know, and can do (or want to do) myself, so it is turning out to be a great working relationship. Helps that I am local..
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good question ... don't have an answer yet. a lot to do ...