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Most likely corroded connections in the plug where the door loom goes to the car body. Rubber seal failed or whatever.

Hah. Classic. Do a skid

Congrats thats awesome!

You love it

Thats hot. Alpine pfl mtech-1s are where its at

Are you sure its carbd? My 86 318i was injected... 2 e30s is pretty ambitious, just get a ring ding ding put scooter.

Ah just as I thought. Might have to get the shop to do it then. Or I might just araldite it for now then sort it properly when I get my license back. I'm driving to Melbourne at the end of the year so I'd better have it good then ay.

I've got one, took it off my fl 318i. I think I might use it now that you've reminded me

Don't worry, everyone knows what you are talking about as most of us have had to replace ours lol. Good luck

fwiw, I separated my drive shaft when I did my manual conversion and put the longer front half in. I didn't get it aligned and it drove without any noticeable vibrations..

Repost sorry bud.

Love it, thanks for posting.

Cheers I shall try that. I won't take the oil pan its not really worth sending it all the way over here, I've got an option on one locally anyway. How hard is it to replace that pan? - I think I've read somewhere that you have to lift the engine up, is this true?? Got my check control working. pimp

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Cheers poony but I've actually decided I'm going to keep the tails

See pics. Black and purple wires are from the reverse light plug on the box.

Shady....

Awesome. Theres some nice e30s in chch!

The volvo lip is farken amazing! And I actually think the eyelids look alright (usually im not really a fan). Love your work bro.

page 2 because of the photo limit: Probably the next biggest job is to fix the rust. Its through the battery tray, under the rear passenger window and under the boot seal. I dont know how to make it go away, all I've done is coat the areas with fish oil to so it doesnt progress. I suspect it will be a while until I cbf doing some proper work on it. After digging away: Though I had more rust photos. oh well. Moving to the interior now. I got an m-tech 1 wheel, it was $50. The handrake surround centre console thing that the last guy made will be getting kept, fighter jet style ignition button and all so hah. I did however get rid of the white faced chrome dial mph ebay cluster. I put the one in from my 318i which made for some interesting rpm figures (try it, your friends will wtf). The metal accelerator pedal is a keeper, the AC Schnitzer step panel is not. I discovered fl seatbelt holders don't accept pfl seatbelt clips at a somewhat inconvenient time :S The scarey hole where the glovebox goes, I had a go at putting it in but there were all these fiddly plastic bits and screws and I didnt know where they all went and it required far too much logic so I gave up: Check control doesnt work. why? Electric sunroof does and it gets mad props in WA Anything catch you eye amongs this pile of e30 junk in my boot? Oh shi- Thats all I can think of that I have done. The to do list goes vaguely as follows, in chronological order: 1. Drain sump again, clean area around sump crack, emery paper area around sump crack, araldite sump crack, cross fingers. 2. Find two nice pfl front seats. 3. Bolt the exhaust up properly, might have to get the muffler welded to the pipe, its currently attached with a sleeve and two muffler clamps. 4. Get the high beams working properly 5. Fit 6 cylinder cluster. 6. Wash etc Some more photos that didn't really have a place: <---- that arch flare is detached cause it had some scratches which i'm filling then repainting. <-- greasy hand marks from me sliding in and out from under the car. <-- toolbox and light from the 318i <--- euro plate filler from the 318i <-- one 15" weave ($30 bargain), need 3 more lol. Cheers!

Ok time for a proper big update now that I've got my hands on a camera! If you have bad internet do not even bother. First, some photos of how it looks as of this morning.. I finished the manual conversion on Wednesday, using a getrag 240. All the bolts were normal 19mm bolts (17mm for the starter), it being a 1983 car. I reused the clutch, pressure plate, slave cyl and master cylinder. I bought a new release bearing and spigot bearing and new rubber tranny mounts. I had issues with the starter not meshing properly with the flywheel so I ended up taking the box in and out a number of times, in the end the problem was I was missing the 2 little locating dowels that go in the holes for the two lower bellhousing - motor bolt holes. For anyone wondering, it IS possible to do the entire thing yourself on the floor but if you've never dove it before I seriously advise against it! The pedals came out of my 318i and bolted straight in using the longer bolt - only hiccup was I don't know where to put #16 here..? My shifter is also a little sloppy. Heres some phone photos I took when I was doing it, note tiny garage: On a side note, heres what happens to the shifter mount rod in e30s when they hit big things front on at speed: Oh and I got some leather M stitch gaiters from that ebay store: I also tried to fix up the crack in the sump with some ultra blue silicon gasket maker stuff. It didnt work. Apparently 24hour araldite might do the trick? That's what i'm going to try next. Exhaust... I measured the pipe and its a 2.5" with a munted centre box and a 2 tip muffler. The muffler came up a treat Before: After: Its not bolted together properly so its making purrrdy noises off throttle I also mounted the pod filter, did a fantastic job see: I've got a k&n panel filter and most of a stock m20 airbox to put in at some stage: Got some headlights: drivers side are the smileys off my 89 318i, passenger side are brand new pfl lights. Brand new lights do so much towards making an e30 look good: Unfortunately I closed the electric garage door on the nose of the car and it caught on my mtech bumper, dragging it down a bit on the left as you can see in that ^ pic. d*ck.

You can just paint the needles with a red marker pen too lol, thats how the ones in my cluster were done.

I dont know why you lot want to pay so much for m-tech2 wheels. Mtech1s are just cool in a different, more old school way!

Good stuff as usual. I got some boots off the same ebay store after you posted the link up. Went for the leather ones though.

HB Mark