Phatputer

Well, seems like a great case where reasonable representation on your behalf will see this thrown out very quickly. This sounds very much a case where the police would like to "Make an example" out of someone regardless of the "facts"

Bluff is only 20 odd km from Invers, its good for a quick look see and on a clear day you can see Stewart Island. Other than that, the road from Invercargill to Te-Anau is all farmland unless you travel via Manapouri which I highly recommend.

Hmm, facelift version I have a pre-facelift Hartge front tucked away somewhere in the parents basement Doesn't look like much changed on the sides from the ealier to later versions, and the style of the rear only minor differences.

I need to move north to gain access to many of these deals that keep going on.

antil33t, I don't mind those ones, when they do get their Wizbang techno friend to "help" them, they become repeat business.

So you never managed to get the Mtech1 installed in the end. Hope she goes to a loving new owner.

Kinda have to agree with Clinton on this one, we did a similar road trip a few Easter's ago, absolutely stunning driving, almost identical drive although we skipped Kaikora and headed up under Hamner Springs to Nelson then back down the West Coast. Do not skip out Milford Sound, also best to hit Milford Sound early, they have a 10:00am ish boat trip out from there which all the bus tourists miss due to the Bus run only getting it around midday. You can skip the boat trip but it is one of those things you would regret later not doing. The trip down to Milford Sound however is worth the drive alone.

Mine looked similar when I swapped it recently, didn't have a huge problem getting the old one out though after a little persuasion.

Heh, that is rather cool Bet there were a few unhappy people getting beaten by a pretty much silent car

Some pre-sales would probably work better then, and really as we don't need Jan just make it a midyear - midyear calendar, so say March 2011 -> March 2012 Possibly go for a system only once a certain number of orders are in do we make a go of it?

Cheers for the info guys, if I had still be on holiday and not just a day off needing the car the next day, I would have followed this through myself.

Car has been running well for last few days, swapped heater hoses to sort heater not working, silly mistake. Resolved a few other small issues. Today Attempted swapping diffs, I say attempted as I managed to get the diff from the other car in about an hour including the rear sway bar and associated items. I then spent the next 7 odd hours attempting to get the diff out of the Coupe, all due to a locked bolt on the half shaft where it connects to the diff, initial attempts to remove just stripped the inside hex thread from the bolt. CRC, Vice Grips, Heat, Cutting a groove in the side and attempts to use a hammer with a screwdriver sideways, second attempt at heat, lots and lots and lots of different methods, wouldn't budge. Gave up, dropped the diff enough to allow easy install of rear sway bar, did that and put the Auto diff back into place... that was a day wasted I shall be visiting my mechanic and giving him that job , other diff is out and clean so I can just get him to do that and put the new diff bush in while he is at it.

Antil33t also had one a couple months ago when I was diagnosing a problem with mine, turned out it wasn't my starter motor and his spare one was working fine / having the same issues mine was having which turned out to be faulty relay

My 318i 1987 Coupe didn't come with a rear sway bar, Sway bar acquired, ends acquired.. just kinda need the mounts and bolts to actually connect to the car. Also, will need to do the other car at some point, so a full set of ends for the other car wouldn't go amiss

Engine runs in new body, that was a relief This morning An hour or so later Pushing everything up into the engine bay, had a second pair of hands till around lunchtime Then one engine bay was is, run all the wires back where they belongs, plug in accessories Turned over first time, didn't have exhaust on yet, Wow the 6 is loud without it Many many hours later Exhaust systems and mounts swapped between cars, installation of drive shaft and under car covers bled the clutch, interesting task with one person lots done that I just worked through till it got a bit late. Last thing for the night was put the bonnet on, found a nasty scratch I wasn't pleased about, oh well things happen.

Getting there. Lots of annoying little things today, pulled the dash out of the 4 door to try work out if I could swap the check panel.. that is going to be a little too annoying. Also re-wired in the starter wiring in the loom instead of the previous owners odd change where they had cut the wires in the loom and wired in their own starter relay, probably find it was for a reason later when trying to get the M10 to work in the 4 door. Cabling all tidied up Sway bar bushes and new links installed, engine mounts swapped over Pedal box mostly re-installed into the Coupe, nice to see a clutch pedal there Hmm, all this has to be back together tonight ready for engine tomorrow, this has been a long tiring process

Few updates for this mornings work while I have a coffee Exhaust manifold and new gaskets on Valve cover with new gasket installed Distributor cover and leads all cleaned up and reinstalled Intake cleaned up Intake manifold reinstalled with new gaskets, all looking like and engine again Injectors all plugged back in

Now back to project Spent the day in Dunedin relaxing, also took back some torx keys that were too small and ordered front sway bar link ends, picked up some paint for the exhaust. Antil33t also provided me with a better than the condition of mine rotor and dissy cap. Installed new clutch master cylinder High temp exhaust paint, might as well get rid of that rustic look Swapped back shifter linkage from the one the garage installed, the one that came with the replacement gearbox that had different shift arm and links etc, also had only just replaced all that with new things to tighten everything up, oh well, its restored now. Spent some time cleaning up the top half of the engine, and a very small amount of time cleaning up the bottom half, who really cares when you can't see that part. That's it for today, lots to do tomorrow, intake and valve cover to go back on to conclude the engine work, then a few things on the subframe. Onto the remaining engine wiring after that.

Well, Torx key - for whole cambelt change to allow removal of rotor, then after that its all 10's 13's 12's and a 22 for removal of crank bolt. Umm, some people remove the crank bolt by attaching a strong arm to it, levering it off the body of the car, then turn the starter motor quickly. You will need a couple of torx-e type sockets to get the gearbox off, then the stanard torx to get the clutch plate off, make sure you have an alignment tool of sorts for the clutch as you will need to take this and the flywheel off to get to the rear seal. There are a couple of gaskets one for the front seal housing and one for the rear, probably a good idea to grab these as well. In regards to burning them out, who knows, I just found it the easiest way of getting them out, burn them, while the whole thing is still hot give them a quick tap with a hammer and screw driver to get them out. Reinstall in reverse, bit of sealant round the outside and oil the inside before applying. I used the old seals onto of the new ones to reinstall to I wasn't doing any damage to the new seals. found the intermediate shaft and camshaft seals just pushed in, the crank front and rear needed a bit more persuading.

Welcome, another Dunedin multiple E30 owner here, have a pre-facelift 318i auto as well, any questions just ask here, there is plenty of knowledge and willing to help people.

I had a package of $380 US + Postage, took it around the $450 US ... shouldn't have, but got through customs to me without having to pay GST, just got lucky

Successfully long day or work, lots of small things, many more seals and gaskets replaced. Burnt out the camshaft and rear crank seals, just easier that way Camshaft seal ready to be installed New water pump and tensioner installed, double checking everything lines up, Timing belt installed, checked, reinstalled, checked again Rear main crankshaft seal, there was a fair bit of oil getting through somewhere on this unit Tightened all bolts and nuts on the front as pre reversal of removal Cleaned flywheel and clutch, these had been having a few issues engaging due to oil getting between the two. Old gearboxes which have been taken apart make great alignment tools Front back together Spent a fair while pulling the sump off, lots and lots of 10mm bolts I then spent the next couple of hours removing the old gasket from under the engine Mmm, clean(ish) New gasket and reinstalled onto engine Gearbox was cleaned as much as I felt was useful and installed back onto the back of the engine, slipped in like it had never left. Also replaced the thermostat and thermostat housing gasket, cleaned the injectors and replaced all the O-rings

Where has all the clutch gone? oh there it is, a fluffy mess on the ground

Another day, another missing tool Spent the day back in Dunedin acquiring spare parts from the wreckers + ordering a few new parts, that took up the morning although attempting to get home required the acquisition of a battery charger and 3 hours sitting at my flat watching movies while waiting for the car to charge. Did eventually get home with an armful of gear Started work late today Pulled the gearbox, clutch and eventually the flywheel off, need access to the rear seal Front -> reinstalled the old cam belt attempting removal of crank bolt, gave up and manufactured a custom bmw tool to allow me to do the job. Below was used to remove the fly wheel, used on the opposite side to remove crank bolt SUCCESS Cleaned and new seals installed, I burnt the old ones out Installed, and I did notice the f**ked up seal, this was corrected and checked again and again

I thought about doing it that way, but honestly it would have taken me a lot longer trying to be careful on the paint. Only took about 15 - 20min per item to mask up and cut out with a sharp craft knife, its easy as you already basically have ruled lines to go by. The sanding was the part that took the longest First step: 100 grit with a sander -> take it from rough to a flat surface 400 grit with a sander -> take it from flat surface to a smooth flat surface 1200 grit wet n dry -> take it from smooth surface to shiny smooth surface cut n polish -> takes it to a really nice shiny surface. Then washed all the crap that comes off the wet n dry and the cut and polish, took thinners to the whole lot to remove any remaining grease, then masked and painted.