BrentNZ

Doing a restoration on my VDO cluster that has multiple issues and I need one of these... anyone have a broken cluster that may have the part lying around? Thanks

Thanks.. Understood, I do support mechanical sympathy so should be fine.... have one on other M54B30 and so far so good.

Pretty much as per above topic.. Will a G220 from a E36 1.8 4cyc M43 bolt up to a M54B30 correctly? with normal angles? Thanks Brent

IT's ALIVE !!!!! never straight forward, engine out again to sort a couple of things, still wouldn't start, had spark and fuel but wouldn't fire, had the computer double checked for the EWS delete and all was good there. Had my electrical guy back and he looked into the injector firing and we had no power there when cranking, so bridged a wire at replay and vroom So now we can put the interior back in, seats, dash and console back together and go for a whip around the block, clutch doesn't feel perfect as it's very close to the floor so may need to lengthen the rod more to get the engagement up. All going to plan this weekend we will finish off these items and I can get a wheel alignment booked this week ready for cert... Will update after weekend of how the test drive goes.

Thanks all, yeah had read about the suspension travel requirements, also I certed a car last year and I had to supply wheel alignment report within certain tolerances of the factory spec's... like 1/2 a degree I think? Need to make a decision on what size 15" tyre I'm going to change too... 205/50R15 or 205/55r15

I had the car at my electrical guy last week and he wired in the loom in good time so all is working there we believe, he gave it a kick and thats when we have found the starter issue as below. Finally got a chance on Sunday to remove engine and gear box and look into the slave cylinder issue. Basically not enough throw in the push rod we think, fully extended it's not reaching the fork. Have made some measurements and going to remake a push rod that is 30mm longer, should solve the issue. I really should have sorted this before I fitted engine, there seems to be no exact combination to say what length you need as it depends on what Flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing and slave cylinder you use. I had the original M54B30 Starter motor fitted which doesn't work as I have a M20 Flywheel, so have sourced a M20 starter motor, I needed a Facelift or 87- model from 320 or 325 as they are the smaller design like the M54... should arrive in a day or two so will install that before fitting gearbox up again. Have developed a small water leak in the front pulley area, traced it back to water pump it seems so will replace that this weekend, as they sit for a while without use they sometimes decide to start leaking I've heard. Purchased a pair of driveshaft loops, since spoken to cert guy and he only requires one on the front driveshaft so will look into the mounting of that once I get the engine and gearbox back in hopefully Sunday. Do need to get a smaller hoop as it's pretty tight there under the gearshift linkages. So still a bit of work to do but getting closer to having it a runner which will be great!, getting sick of taking it places on a trailer.

Best place to get the longer throw out bearings from?

Few good bits of progress but a couple of steps backward Got all the pedal box's and mod's done as part of the manual conversion, bleed brakes and clutch.... more on that later. Exhaust all done Bumpers completed and now they at the painters. Front seats reupholstered, ready for collection but easier to leave there so they don't get dirty. Fennix radiator installed and hoses sorted. Pretty sure I have all the other heater, radiator, power steer hoses and earth straps also done, O2 sensors are in as well. Laid out the loom and my connecting harness, seems to make more sense the more I look at it.... working out all the items that can be removed from E39 loom is the hard part. Clutch.... installed reservoir bottle, bled, all seemed good, felt the clutch pedal and it was quite light, got my son to give it a couple of pumps, reservoir kept dropping then I hear fluid piddling out the bottom of the gearbox!, I think the piston pushed itself out of the slave cylinder. So gearbox needs to come out, thinking of trying to do it with the engine in car as it's 95% hooked up, will see if I can get all the bell housing bolts out first. Not sure why this has occurred, new slave cylinder, did have the white plastic thingy on end of piston..... can the fork be installed wrong? I have had to remake my clutch pedal and master cylinder attachment so this could be stuffed up but I'm pretty confident this is good, its like the piston has slipped past the pocket on fork which also seems impossible... wrong thrust bearing? Any ideas? I'm away for next two weeks, home in the weekends and all going to plan I drop it to my electrical guy to finish off the wiring for the 2nd week so can't do a lot till I get it back..

Based on the Red46 page, they have 5 different ones, based on pictures it varies for the sump bung? or height for clearance of the different engine options. so I'm thinking a universal fit won't work. I will keep hunting locally, If I can find something I'm happy to facilitate a group buy..

Did this go any further with getting made locally? I need one.

Will post some pic's again when back at car. Very familiar with running low clearance on my vehicles, but yeah this will be too low, just checking if there was a number under 100mm for the cert minimum. Will wind it up some over the weekend to get some more clearance and check guard gaps. Will look into a sump guard... thanks people.

Curious what height people are running at lowest point? I've got the car sitting on 195/50R15 Tyres, XYZ Coilovers wound down to roughly where I want them, the sump is 60mm off the ground. I know you can get cert under 100mm but I think this low is going to cause quite a few issues that I'm not yet aware of. Options are; Taller tyre, 195/55 or 205/50-15 but I think that will cause turning clearance issues plus additional width at guards which is marginal as well. Raise the coilovers heights 10-15mm And both of the above? Suggestions or current clearance heights with a LVTA cert?

Thanks Marcus! Yeah your LSD is painted, fluids, fitted and torqed up ready for some action.

Decent amount of progress in past month or two. M54B30 engine Trial fitted G220 Gearbox and standard factory manual mount sorted. Gearshift linkages too long so shortening those 60mm Then measured driveshaft and having front section lengthened 180mm Bumpers are all now Fiberglassed back together and all mounts glassed on, now for some sand/fill work and painting. Porsche 911 SC Brake booster modified and installed XYZ Coilovers fitted to front struts and installed Front wheel bearings were shot so fitted new wheel bearing hubs Medium Case LSD fitted Front seats are being recovered with Factory Pacific Blue material, hope to get those back this week. Modified the E30 steering linkage to suit the Z3 rack but it's just not working, hitting exhaust manifold hard. Picked up a Holden Astra linkage on Friday which I have started modifying to fit while engine is out, will get that sorted this week . I suspect manifold may still need some massaging. Lots of other things happening along the way to keep things moving, engine currently out while sorting the heater lines and also refitting clutch slave cylinder and gearbox plus sorting Radiator and hoses which I think I know what i'm doing with that. Hope to have engine and gearbox back in for the last time on Sunday if time allows, then will get the exhaust made up. After that its the Wiring harness, which will hopefully be sorted by my Auto Electrical guy. Steady progress, project has escalated a lot from original plans :), was something my son and I are building for him to learn to drive in.... yeah that's not going to happen!

Don't think BG Marketing deal with Ruff.

Hi Hunter, I Import wheels and Tyres as my business so added them to another container... ANZ Wheels & Tyres, only grabbed the one set, can check if they have more or would possible part with these if really keen.

Wheels arrived today... 15x8.5 4/100 +17P Hyper Silver with Machined Lip

Already have the 911sc Booster and it's fine, bolts straight in stud wise, clevis and rod needs extending so just dealing with that now. Have my steering rack spacers sorted for the Z3 rack, hope to sort revised power steer lines next week as they don't fit and the pump end fitting is wrong on the supply side.

Will get there once I get it running, will give some thoughts to Brakes. Yeah I import K-Sport Suspension so have that covered.

Thanks, will keep it in mind, only planning on bumpers at the moment... they are enough of a drama so far.

Other than a Brake Booster change I wasn't planning on any brake mod's at this stage. Suspension is looking like full adjustables, all shocks seem stuffed so not much different to put adjustables in compared to springs & shocks.

Figured ZF wasn't necessary, 220 was recommended to me and would be sufficient for street use.

Well bit the bullet and have gone the M54B30 route, sourced a motor last week so just need to swap sump and a few other mod's to make that happen. Have a E34 sump ready to swap over, just need to mod the oil pickup and dipstick tube a bit. Removed the Aircon unit as our 83 doesn't have AC Ray from HellBM hooked me up with a Getrag 220 and pedals plus a few other items required. Ray will also remove the EWS in the MS43 ECU for me. Picked up a M20 Flywheel, clutch setup off TM. With Waitangi day tomorrow we will remove the old M20 engine and start prepping the E30, have a Z3 steering rack to swap over, install Clutch pedal, master cyclinder and Electronic Drive by Wire pedal ex E39. From what I've read will need to swap out the Brake Booster for a smaller OD, I read one post somewhere that they used a Porsche 944 item, I have a 911 SC left over from a earlier project so I'm going to look at that swap first, if not suitable will look into some other options. Over the past week we have been working on fitting a Fibreglass Mtech2 kit, what a mission, front is too wide, need to narrow approx 30mm. Rears are too long in length towards the rear wheel arch so have shortened those by about 50mm... Rear is back in one piece, fibreglassing went great, will need some BOG work to make pretty Want to locate a Medium LSD in the 2.93 range if anyone knows of one available? Yet to start on the wiring which is not my favorite so if anyone has any recommendations for someone in CHCH that can do it on the cheap? Will get around to putting some pic's up at some stage..

I'm after a E30 Driver seat from 2dr... has the blue cloth interior.... or a rear seat that I can pinch the cloth to fix my base? Do you have? Where are you located?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1526277297&ed=true Pulling this engine out in next few weeks and have no need for it, TM link will tell you all the stuff, $300 no reserve. Engine/ Auto is in Christchurch, currently in car so can be test driven, just driven back from Auckland with zero issues. Brent