_Matt_

PM me about parts, most of the body is in good condition. Wheels are staying on for now.

it's a Pfeba front lip, not very common. Ill keep an eye out.

rightio, cheers.

I want to apply heat proof paint to the block and rocker cover but it wont adhere to aluminum on it's own, I would use etch primer but that wont be heat proof. Any suggestions?

I like the chrome tbh

nice car and camera gear jealous

what camera/lens are you using? I was about to ask if the DOF was Photoshopped, but then saw your following post.

I have a 525 body has everything except a block.

Ill be ordering about $600 worth of stuff in the next few weeks for the engine hopefully. Dunno if you wanna wait that long.

transparent indicators and colour matched front spoiler will = much cooler

had wheels alignment done, It didn't fix the leaning to the left problem, oh well. Booked in for service. Was told a valuation for insurance would take to much time so should ask someone less busy

any ideas on compressing the valve springs? those claw style ones pictured are useless. The C type compressors look like they would be just as awkward but I could be wrong.

I have another head spare with news paper in the manifold holes dating back to january 2001 so the cam and rockers in that might be better Ill PM you for a price if I need a cam. Cheers.

Photo Update. Looking at the Cam...not to sure on the quality... The worst looking rocker I pulled out, Don't think it should look like that... Super organised. popped down to the shops My box of completed stuff haha

It was running yes, the particular valve that has touched the piston has a lot more carbon etc on it that the others and the mark on the piston has old oil/carbon remanence over it as well so I don't believe its a recent occurrence. Ill make sure I don't make the same mistake as the previous owners as I am pretty sure they were a DIYers as well. note the sweet rocker cover haha.

I was planning on cleaning up the head, checking stems, new valve seals, lapping. No mods planned. Want to keep the budget down. I was thinking of getting new fuel injectors but they are pretty pricey.

I Think I'm going to need to made a make shift tool to bolt to the damper and then use a big pipe on my torque wrench. Id like to take it to DCH all cleaned up so they just have to adjust the valves etc. so I want to clean the and paint the timing case.

Removed the head, looks better than I expected. No bad corrosion, no gouges on the cylinders. Gasket was letting oil into the head bolts and the 1st cylinder has been in contact with the valve. All cylinders looks similar to this This comes in contact with the piston, how do I fix that? plenty of cleaning ahead of me. any DIY ideas to remove the vibration damper off the crank shaft?

good news.

cleaned some more stuff

an oil pan gasket is a simple job but will take some time, which is why it could cost a bit if you got a mechanic to do it. To be honest I have never owned a e36 so don't know how hard it is to get to the oil pan. to change the gasket you need to drain the oil, remove the 3 million bolts take old gasket off, replace and bolt back on. the hard bit is getting the oil pan out of the way. Other thing like tie rod, front axle support might need to be moved.

you might want to source where the oil is coming from first. Something as simple as an oil leak will probably cost a fair bit to repair as it is probably a gasket. have a look to see if the oil leak starts from the oil pan gasket.

Nope, If I have your tools they will be listed on your whiteboard. as requested old man.

Was going to do all of the above except the 282 schrick I am a little unsure of what exactly to check for when the head is off. All I know is that there shouldn't be gouges in the block, the cam nodes should be smooth...any suggestions on cleaning the inside the head with out moving the valves etc? lots of gunk in there.

Update, Step 2 Transport engine to my garage and leave big annoying car with no engine in brothers garage. Step 3 Pull to bits for preparation to clean the engine block. As I pulled everything off I can see I'm going to have to keep a list of things I want to replace. Not sure how this engine got so aesthetically destroyed. (any advice on anything, maybe do and don'ts during this whole clean up would be more than appreciated)