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One of those valve stem seals is not like the others. LOL. No wonder that thing was burning the oil it was.
 

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Fixed. Happy new seals.
 

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And little bits getting ready for powder coat and ultrasound, respectively. I didn’t know that panel had lights. Stands to reason. Gonna look for LED bulbs for them. Can’t imagine taking all this out again to replace incandescent bulbs.
 

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Here’s something interesting. An E28 seat motor driving one of the rear window mechanisms via a cable. It works very well indeed.
 

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Happy Halloween. Ooooh. Scary.
 

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Some random pics from the engine bay as it goes back together.
 

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I smell a long CS drive up Highway 1 coming up in the near future :)
 

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More engine going back together photos
 

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Needed to grind out some new precision 6 mm holes in the gear sprocket to get to 32 BTDC, called for on the 282 cam. And so that’s what happened. Easy.
 

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Transmission and drive shaft going back in place for the final time this go around, I hope
 

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Decent progress today. Always nice when they start coming together :)
 

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Car’s out and running. It sounds superb. Next stop upholstery shop midweek for about 4 weeks. Some more gratuitous pics.
 

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Hi Manthri, The stance on your car looks perfect. Mind if I ask what springs you are running to get that stance? It's exactly what I'm looking for.
Thanks
I was told they’re Carl Nelson springs. I don’t have too much other detail. They were “lightly used”, as I recall. But I don’t have anything more specific on them, I’m afraid. They do stance the car nicely.
 
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