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.