Jacko

Minter!

New dash, steering wheel and Sr2's. Enough money and time wasted on the inside now, time to stick the M50 back together. At least sitting in it doesnt remind me of being inside a dog kennel now

Bump. Dash and seats will be going in the skip if no one wants em.

Wondering if anyone can recommend me an insurer, 85 Tech1 e30 coupe with M50 swap etc. Wanting an agreed value policy, that isnt gonna screw me if it all turns pear shaped (ie state....) Have clean full license, no crashes etc and am 28. Most of the regular insurers wont cover me due to the non standard car, and NAC dont do agreed value. Any recommendations, maybe a broker is the go.

Looking at the car list, a few newish bimmers, lotsa old Nissans/toyotas (pre 80's skylines etc), and some italian super cars. No E30 M3 But there is an A110 Alpine

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=317326183 This monster was created to win a design and engineering challenge, it smoked the competition! Since winning the trike has been from auckland to cape reinga and back, 1072km, so it is VERY well proven (in addition to the curbs we jumped with it!) Its got over 1300km of testing and racing on it 50% of the proceeds of the auction go to child cancer, the bike has already generated $2600 in prize money and sponsorship for child cancer, the auction of it is the final lump to them. The other 50% of the price goes into making Mk2 for next years challenge. Its awesome to ride BTW, like pedalling a roll cage! Sits low, corners hard! Montage Vid of the build and its first win Much appreciation for pumping this auction up as hard as you can. We wanna break 4k to charity.

Yeh just turned up in Auckland, 5min ago it was sunny, now its dark

Will do, thanks. C5A on the nuts? Looking at realoem the nuts are supposed to be copper? Mine are definitly steel, which is probably why it was so easy to remove the studs

Hey, I managed to wind out all but two of my exhaust studs out of the M50's head, wondering if anyone has a preferred thread locker for when I bang them back in. Im a loctite hoe, but cant think of one that'll take uber temperature, does the flange/studs even get that hot?. Or is there another product to use?

That'd be Brent (Brent HARTGE535i user name) If its the 525iX that was in his yard a few weeks, someone has already beaten both you and me too the booster

Awesome, Thanks mate.

Cheers, is #12 the right thing?, the diagrams kinda vague and has 3 different p/n for the same thing.

Im after some of the little screw/clip things that hold the panel under the steering column on, anyone have some handy? Ive got no idea what they look like, 3 off them. Im assuming some half turn doofa? #12 here maybe? - http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=...hg=51&fg=30

Bonus! It still works, and no smoke escaped! apart from being thick and putting the steering wheel back on all on the piss, successful mission

Nah the clio one is a smaller diameter, fits the E30 master cylinder and the mount bolts are the same Lots of different radiator options, im using a E36 328i one with built in tank. You will have to go electric fan, theres no clearance at the front of the engine, so fan goes on front side of radiator. Whats the Z3 for?

Dash - Full of cracks, but the vents are still good! - Free 4 spoke steering wheel, good nick - $20 NIB Steering rack end - $30 Coupe front seats (not recaros), Drivers side bum pad is totally shagged (needs recovering/seat cover), other than that they are not bad - Free

Sweet as. Successfully (well it looks right) hacked out the alarm. This is the random plug, its behind the cylinder head up against the firewall, runs along the top of the engine loom - The 3 wires up the A pillar are still unknown, car has the checklights and electric sunroof, but they run up the passengers A pillar, and they all work anyway. Im guessing it may be remants of an old cop detector, as there is some sorta random bracket attached next to the check lights. EDIT - For anyone who cares, ive never read this before, but theres some difference between a facelift and p/facelift dash. Flift dash loom has male plug, P/flift has female loom plug, and the glove box catch brackets between the too are slightly different (took me awhile to figure out why it wouldnt close )

The dash I bought came with a loom attached, just the one the runs along the top, but the plugs dont seem to match the old dashes one, so Ill play swapsies. If you want this one its all yours, guessing its out of a newer model than mine. Got a whole swag of wire splices and am gonna start chopping obviously wrong shed out tommorrow, hopefully through ellimination it gets simpler too look at, and makes some sense. Fingers crossed Still totally confused about the 3 wires that run up the A pillar, and the random plug thats against the firewall on the engine side. I never realised how many bulbs there are under the dash, nearly all of mine are blown. Its gonna look like a friggin christmas tree once finished

I knew there was an alarm installed in my car due to the siren under the bonnet, but its never worked while ive owned it, so thats the last I thought of it, apart from thinking I should pull that out some day. Roll on Dash swap day, and hello, some clown has made a mess of my cars wiring. Can someone help identify whats needed, whats alarm rubbish, and WTF ? This is what we have to deal with - Stereo stuff (my guess is 3 different stereo installs, easy to sort out) Whats this plug, and why is not plugged into anything? What was plugged into the alarm box, Im pretty sure I can cut most of this shizzle out. Any idea what the green white with red band wire is? upper left of the first pic. These jumped heavy gauge wires dont look factory , but they seem to end up at factory wiring, so I should be able to just remove them and stick the factory wiring back together. Is this wire here factory? it runs from the fusebox right into the alarm loom. Im guessing I can ditch it. This cut wire (3 wires) was jammed under the DME mounting screws, any idea what its for? Its runs up the drivers A pilar Im impressed that the whole alarm install was done by twisting wires including the wiring for alarm loom off the battery terminals Cheers for any guidance on whats what.

Shweet man, be keeping an eye on this one. FWIW my 85 323 has a metal airbox and is german assembled. From the research ive done, and people ive talked to in the UK, the Renault Clio booster from around year 99-01 (your after one from a clio with plastic front gaurds) is the better booster of the lot in terms of feel/performance. Its straight bolt in, and much newer than any of the other options. One of the wreckers in auckland has some on the shelf, its on my list of things to do to go get one from him. Cant find his name in my M50 swap notepad ( ), but he specialises in renaults and jags which should narrow it down. Im not 100% but id put money on a 944 booster being identical to a VW golf one, I had a 944 for 4 years and theyre a VW partsbin on wheels, when it wasnt catching on fire it was a cool car though

Styley

Does look like super glue, id carefully slice off the chunky bits with a razor, Acetone and some elbow grease will eventually dissolve CA, but be gentle as it could wreck the paint underneath if you get carried away.

That thing is nucking futs. Is it the stock gearbox/4wd transfer??

Chur!

If I didnt have a M50B25 and a whole swag of engine swap bits for my tech 1, Id be dead keen. That thing looks so slick, Good luck!