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I'm possibly keen for a lil group orderl. Cbf looking back in thread for cheapest prices too lazy and tired... But if anyone else is keen to do a group order for next month some time?

If no one I will co-ordinate one myself possibly *prepare for disaster*

id be down for that. i wont be on here much in January though (road trip ftw!), though ill rape every opportunity of free internet ^.^

so nothing is going to come of this? i need some fairly soon like the next month so ill source my own...

saw this the other day 1993 316i rotary turbo

Always rice on plates like that

yeah no doubt... sell a lot of parts etc. i mean the standard buper + cash your way obviously. PM Jono51 (i think thats his name, he has some MT2 stuff for sale

enjoyed the last hour reading! excellent work thats some real dedication there! i like those semi-M3 flares and i might incorporate those into mine

sell me/trade me your rear bumper? i have a white one that would make the car match?

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Also have a manual m20 260 getrag gearbox 400$ Box only

I CAN HAZ?

Best to mail him on his work email, he doesn't check this thread very regularly. No need to quote the post above either.

sweet as. lol dunno what i was up to there!

+1 again for Gavin, sorted me all the parts I need to get my E30 back on the road, all the parts here in Wellington the day after the money cleared, awesome service and very helpful. Is an asset to the forum, especially with the discounts when everything seems to break at once . Thankyou

Heya got a clutch kit off you 3-4 months ago, do you have a waterpump? thanks

still have the euro filler and/or the basket weaves?

Gotta wonder why these dicks report you aye!!, it's happened to me afew times now, I still use trademe though purely because everyone uses it

Make a wanted listing and then put your contact details on it

They use a Getrag 240 yes, But the bellhousing is different on the m40's compared to m20/m50 etc.

So Yes it will convert an m40 to manual. No it won't work any of the small 6 motors, on the 4cyl ones.

thanks man. will edit

Hi Andrew, do some more homework, that box will not work with all the options you are suggesting, ask Ray.

I have the same box in my car and thats the parts that differed to make it fit for me :S Getrag 240 is Getrag 240 isnt it? doesnt matter if it came from an M20 or an M40? will edit listing if im wrong. its listed as M40 and i doubt anyone would get it for thier M20 anyway because of the other stuff you need to get/modify

so just leave it you reckon? it doesnt leak or anything. yeah i put new seals on the LSD, was going to buy some for the 4.45 but then the LSD came up at the yard so i grabbed it. good save

Glen: outer hub flange = hub on the trailing arm? also i couldnt find the attach photo button so i uploaded them to photobucket and did it that way. how do i make them smaller? is that on your end or photobuckets end? thanks

I have a Lada touring.. its awesome to drive. if you get the oppertunity to take one for a spin i definitely recommend it! its not that underpowered really. its quite torquey. yeah it only go's 160 (ive had mine to 100 miles an hour).

Was considering dropping the M20 in once it comes out to make room for the M50/52, but its going to take a lot of work... about 10% likely haha. If anyone has a Fiat twin cam lying around though...

Might be the wrong forum but..:

Swapping my 4.45 Open diff for a 3.76 (?.. around that anyways) LSD. Ive never touched the diff and axels before so previous owners mechanic or themselves did this. the other picture shows the untouched one

Am i going to have to replace this or will it be fine? the car has driven for the last 2 years since ive had it + god knows how long and doesnt seem to act strange..

edit: btw there is a diff leak on both sides, but more so on the side the buggered axle is on but ithink thats coincedence

Edit: Please resize your photos to 800 X 600 I'll leave them here till the morning... or they are gone

as per listing http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=259929400

Going to try this when i can...

Since we are on topic of bootlids and mounting.. What would make a boot lid wobble side to side? Should it be like that or what? It's not too bad but it does move about 1cm side to side. Can't remember if my 325i's boot was like this :S

do you have all four bolts in? that would be the most obvious reason. tighten them up as well and see what happens

extra weight possibly if youve added it to factory bootlid? never held a tech II spoiler so dunno if the weight would be a problem.

It probably weighs next to nothing.. its just fiberglass or plastic or something and i cant tell a difference in weight between standard with the little factory spolier and the MT2

You take both the rear torsion bars out of the boot and twist them to give them more tension in the lift position. They are made from spring steel, but over time loose there tension. There is NO adjustment

that explains it. thanks man

what can i adjust to make the lip pop open? my standard lid opened when you popped it, the MT2 you have to hold it open it wont stay open by itself. i cant seem to see any way to adjust the spring lever things at the back

Most of car companies sell the moulds for their old models to places like India and South America.

I hear tell you can still get a brand new xy ford falcon in Venezuela

I have a Lada touring (my thrash car/backup for when im working on the E30) so ive researched them.... the design was the Fiat 124 from the 60s or something, then sold it to Lada, and you can still buy them brand new today in Egypt

for the record, if you ever get the opportunity to drive a Lada, take it, you wont be disappointed

Are you sure? I thought on the European vehicles you could run both indicators from one side only?

sarcasm?

if not; the left and right signals are on seperate curcuits on every car. they HAVE to be. what you are probably confusing yourself with is the tails and brakes. on Japs the back the two tails are on the same curcuit and the two/three brake lights are on the same curcuit, while the front is the same. on euros however the left hand side is usually wired together (left headlight and left tail) and the right the same. think BMW (edit: E30) is independent in every corner though im not sure though i havent investigated that (edit: not sure if that helps on your car though)

The wiring digram shows all wire colours:

tail left grey/blue

tail right grey/green

reverse blue/white

brake left green/yellow

brake right green/blue

blinker left blue/red

blinker right blue/black

ground is always brown

should point out that you need to connect brake and tails on the connector plug to either the left or the right, not both. i made that mistake. probably the one that the high stop doesnt run off for the brake would be best put it probably doesnt matter

umm electronic seat controls + fixed back bucket seat = ????

i would think he means the sliding back and fourth only, not the relining or other features

The m20 TPS is just a switch, which tells the ECU, idle, partial load, or wot. It is not varible like on newer engines such as m50's and newer. M20's with an automatic transmission and selectable sport modes had a slightly different TPS, which included the normal TPS for the engine ECU and the variable one for the transmission ECU.

You can easily test your TPS, by checking for contiunity with a multi meter, im not sure of the pin connections, you will have to find that yourself, or trial and error. But with the throttle closed, 2 pins should be connected, with it partially open, none should be connected, with it at wot 2 should be connected (different to the ones when it was closed).

Sometimes they can fill up with oil and not make proper electrical connections inside, or they become out of adjustment and so it either reads partial throttle or wot (it wont sense idle). In my experiance this will make the engine run extrememly rich

Thanks very much! ill let you know how i get on with that