What did you do to your E9 today?
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OOPS! Am I seeing things or is that trans in upside down?
Seriously. Great work!! Congtratuations!
You had me for a moment there...OOPS! Am I seeing things or is that trans in upside down?
Seriously. Great work!! Congtratuations!
But no, all is in and in the next few days I reinstall the shifter mount, the lower transmission mount and then being to reconnect all of the things that had been disconnected upon removal. My only regret is that I had purchased the engine mount restraint plates from Alvaro and 1) didn't realize that his set (unlike CoupeKing's) is only one side, since I think it includes a forward restraint and a lateral restraint and 2) hadn't drilled those holes into the subframe yesterday before I installed the engine. Not impossible to do now but just a little more annoying.
Installed fuel filter
What starts as an easy project somehow turns into a hard one… that ends up being easy after all. Maybe that’s exactly why working on cars is so addictive.
Just wrapped up installing something surprisingly my 71 2800Cs never had. The final step was cutting into the gas line to hook it up, and everything I’d read warned it would be a very messy job. So naturally, I braced for chaos.
I made the cut… and nothing. Not a single drop of fuel. No smell, no leak—nothing. Cue the moment of panic: Did I just cut the wrong line?
To double-check, I temporarily hooked up the filter. Turned the key, and the car fired right up on the first try. Relief.
Then came the irony: when I removed the filter, it was completely full of gas—which promptly spilled all over the duct tape I’d used to keep the clamp from sliding down the hose into an unreachable spot.
In the end, the mess everyone warned me about didn’t happen where I expected—it showed up later. And somehow, the hardest part of the whole job was cleaning melted, fuel-soaked duct tape off everything.
What starts as an easy project somehow turns into a hard one… that ends up being easy after all. Maybe that’s exactly why working on cars is so addictive.
Just wrapped up installing something surprisingly my 71 2800Cs never had. The final step was cutting into the gas line to hook it up, and everything I’d read warned it would be a very messy job. So naturally, I braced for chaos.
I made the cut… and nothing. Not a single drop of fuel. No smell, no leak—nothing. Cue the moment of panic: Did I just cut the wrong line?
To double-check, I temporarily hooked up the filter. Turned the key, and the car fired right up on the first try. Relief.
Then came the irony: when I removed the filter, it was completely full of gas—which promptly spilled all over the duct tape I’d used to keep the clamp from sliding down the hose into an unreachable spot.
In the end, the mess everyone warned me about didn’t happen where I expected—it showed up later. And somehow, the hardest part of the whole job was cleaning melted, fuel-soaked duct tape off everything.
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I received a large red screwdriver from a dear friend as a gift for my upcoming birthday.
Though it's a bit newer than the one that came with my 2800CS, it's in much better shape.
All I need now to complete my tool kit is a valve adjusting tool and some pink BERU plugs.
Though it's a bit newer than the one that came with my 2800CS, it's in much better shape.
All I need now to complete my tool kit is a valve adjusting tool and some pink BERU plugs.
Very nice pics! Surprised no one has asked about the Lancia?
Ian--The tool holder on my car had all of the tools except the large Heyco screwdriver. I even have the Beru pink plugs. I bought the screwdriver on the forum. Then one day I dropped something on the passenger floor. And there under the seat was the large Heyco screwdriver....which I sold to another forum member.I received a large red screwdriver from a dear friend as a gift for my upcoming birthday.
Though it's a bit newer than the one that came with my 2800CS, it's in much better shape.
All I need now to complete my tool kit is a valve adjusting tool and some pink BERU plugs.
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Big day for the E9 today. Transmission was in but put in driveshaft, connected everything, new guibo, etc so I theoretically have a functioning clutch to driveshaft to rear wheel combo for the first time in 4 months. Also removed and replaced the hard fuel lines as well as any of the rubber fuel lines to which they connected. Installed the shifter as well. It's starting to come together now. I know I'm making progress because the number of things in the parts bin is getting smaller - makes finding what I need easier and feels like when you reach the end of the lego set. I suspect it will be just like a lego in that there will be some extra pieces and I'll have to make sure that those are ones I actually replaced rather than just...forgot...
I also know that despite trying to take lots of photos during the disassembly and trying to follow the realOEM site, there's likely something I didn't do right, so if you see something, say something.
Should add that I ordered 100 feet of this 5/16” cunifer fuel line and only used about 25-28’. I’ll post the remainder in the parts for sale, probably as two separate 36’ bunches, more than enough to do both fuel lines, but if anyone wants some let me know. It’s a copper-alloy mix snd generally recommended nowadays for fuel or brake lines. Bends easily but still strong and doesn’t rust.
I also know that despite trying to take lots of photos during the disassembly and trying to follow the realOEM site, there's likely something I didn't do right, so if you see something, say something.
Should add that I ordered 100 feet of this 5/16” cunifer fuel line and only used about 25-28’. I’ll post the remainder in the parts for sale, probably as two separate 36’ bunches, more than enough to do both fuel lines, but if anyone wants some let me know. It’s a copper-alloy mix snd generally recommended nowadays for fuel or brake lines. Bends easily but still strong and doesn’t rust.
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I see an MGAn in the background...
My first car was a Morris Minor 1000 Convertible . My next car was a 67 MGB GT. Wrenched both those cars from the ground up.
Relative to discovering the odd forgotten part:
I was 16. My dad gave me a Morris Minor 1000 for my birthday. ... It needed work.
I rebuilt the engine, but the trans was toast.
I disassembled the trans using nothing but the exploded view of the trans in the thermal copy version of the manual my dad gave me with the car (those copies on slimy thermal paper that faded if they got hot).
Undaunted, I disassembled the trans, identified the broken parts and saved up my pennies to buy bearings and a new countershaft.
Got the parts and reassembled the trans...
One stray bearing ball left in the box. No idea where this goes. Assume it is from some other project...
Car drives great, then I stop. Start from first, easy, shift to second - CRASH....
Call Mom from a pay phone. She tows me home behind our VW Bus using a rope.
Pull the trans. Discover the errant ball was an interlock to prevent shifting into second and fourth at the same time....Ooops!
Dad has mercy and buys me a new set of bearings and a countershaft. I reassemble the trans, and drive that car for 4 years through HS and into university...Replaced by my beloved MGB GT (on which I also rebuilt the trans!!)..
MOWOG!!
My first car was a Morris Minor 1000 Convertible . My next car was a 67 MGB GT. Wrenched both those cars from the ground up.
Relative to discovering the odd forgotten part:
I was 16. My dad gave me a Morris Minor 1000 for my birthday. ... It needed work.
I rebuilt the engine, but the trans was toast.
I disassembled the trans using nothing but the exploded view of the trans in the thermal copy version of the manual my dad gave me with the car (those copies on slimy thermal paper that faded if they got hot).
Undaunted, I disassembled the trans, identified the broken parts and saved up my pennies to buy bearings and a new countershaft.
Got the parts and reassembled the trans...
One stray bearing ball left in the box. No idea where this goes. Assume it is from some other project...
Car drives great, then I stop. Start from first, easy, shift to second - CRASH....
Call Mom from a pay phone. She tows me home behind our VW Bus using a rope.
Pull the trans. Discover the errant ball was an interlock to prevent shifting into second and fourth at the same time....Ooops!
Dad has mercy and buys me a new set of bearings and a countershaft. I reassemble the trans, and drive that car for 4 years through HS and into university...Replaced by my beloved MGB GT (on which I also rebuilt the trans!!)..
MOWOG!!
Nice! Yes it is a great car; was my first foray into any wrenching. I had had a mechanic do a lot of the basic upgrading but then last year with my son we rebuilt the engine and installed a 5-speed and supercharger. I just got it back from having a new paint job thus it is also slightly in a state of re-assembly. My daughter keeps telling me to stop working on the BMW and get the MG out back together since the weather has turned nice. She is probably right.
My first car was also a 1967 Morris Minor convertible. Great fun for my brother and I.
I was on an afternoon date once and was climbing a long hill at about 30mph. I said to her, "what to see how fast this car can go up this hill?" NO! she said loudly.
"Too late. I've had it floored since the bottom of the hill." She stared in disbelief. "That's it?"
"Yup, it's a one liter engine."
That was our only date.
i also had a BGT - a '73. fun car which was replaced in 1980 by a 2002. great move
I used to drive that car flat out on the freeway in LA.. 55 mph was all it would do...
In CA the sun would fog up the plastic back window after about 3-4 weeks. So I cut the window out. Then, of course it rained. I was driving some friends home from school one day, put on the brakes and whoosh, a gallon or two of water came rushing forward. My solution was to drill holes in the floors. Worked great until I was again driving friends home in the rain, and hit a big puddle. Water came squirting up from the floors, getting us all wet again..
I sold that car to my dad for $500 to raise cash for the MGB. He did a crappy paint job and the next week sold it for $1200.. Never quite forgave him for that..
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Definitely an upgrade. I too sold the 67 BGT and bought a 2002! So we seem to have been on the same track!
The other half of the Morris story was before the transmission saga.. My dad had bought the Morris for $35 from some guy. It smoked so badly he got a fix-it ticket on the way home. So my 16th birthday present was a British Racing Green convertible with a tired 1 liter engine and a crapped out trans.
I somehow located another Morris, a hard top, that had been partly stripped. It was sitting in the back of a gas station somewhere in Orange County. I bought it for $15 with no title. I rented a car towing setup that clamped on the the rear bumper of my friend's VW bug and towed it home. I am amazed that I did not rip the bumper off the bug doing that.
Anyway, I was able to use the engine and various bits from that car to get my convertible running (one set of bits were those precious hood hinges that would crack just by looking at them...)...But then, since the car had no title, no junkyard would take it. So, I did what any other enterprising HS student would do. I rented a cutting torch, and cut up the car into pieces small enough to fit in our trash can. There was a pile of rusting car metal in the driveway for weeks! Every week I would fit as many bits into the trash as I could, and slowly the pile dwindled. I think the neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief when it finally disappeared!!
I somehow located another Morris, a hard top, that had been partly stripped. It was sitting in the back of a gas station somewhere in Orange County. I bought it for $15 with no title. I rented a car towing setup that clamped on the the rear bumper of my friend's VW bug and towed it home. I am amazed that I did not rip the bumper off the bug doing that.
Anyway, I was able to use the engine and various bits from that car to get my convertible running (one set of bits were those precious hood hinges that would crack just by looking at them...)...But then, since the car had no title, no junkyard would take it. So, I did what any other enterprising HS student would do. I rented a cutting torch, and cut up the car into pieces small enough to fit in our trash can. There was a pile of rusting car metal in the driveway for weeks! Every week I would fit as many bits into the trash as I could, and slowly the pile dwindled. I think the neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief when it finally disappeared!!
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I disposed of several VW beetle bodies that way. Eventually the city said auto parts were no longer acceptable in the trash pickup. I like to think I had a hand in that decision. Yes, I made my neighbors a bit unhappy too.
I spent hours last night reinstalling my brake booster and brake master cylinder. I used the brake booster gap measuring tool to determine that I needed to sand down the little "cap" at the end of my rebuilt booster shaft, then put everything in before looking over and seeing the BMC O-ring sitting on the fender. Unscrew, place O-ring, redo. Bend all of the brake lines into place and secure them with the little plastic clips, then realize that the bracket that secures the booster to the sidewall won't go on if the booster is fully in place. Undo screws, install, redo. A late evening which perhaps could have been made shorter if I knew then what I know now. Reattached various wires and ended up with one green/white wire with the box connector on its end with nowhere to go. Forum search revealed messages from 2009 with the title "what is this extra green/white wire in my engine bay?". There is nothing new under the sun and none of us are born experts. Maybe I'll get there eventually. New appreciation for the concept of dropping off my car in the past at a mechanic for what seems to be a pretty significant job for a non-mechanic (change a clutch or full brake job) and picking it up a few hours later all done. I don't think there's anything I can do in this car that will be "only a few hours"
Next is the clutch master cylinder. I'm not sure with only two regular-sized arms how one pushes the bolt in from the engine bay and at the same time threads the nut on the other end of that 16mm bolt way under the dash on the firewall. I either need to enlist my daughter or get creative.
Next is the clutch master cylinder. I'm not sure with only two regular-sized arms how one pushes the bolt in from the engine bay and at the same time threads the nut on the other end of that 16mm bolt way under the dash on the firewall. I either need to enlist my daughter or get creative.
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