Michael. 2312 Report post Posted September 28, 2013 Awesome, your work looks to be exceptional. Pictures are really good too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apex Effects 3 Report post Posted September 28, 2013 What underlay did you use? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted September 29, 2013 What underlay did you use? can't remember the type of foam I used, I basically felt up every type of foam in the store and chose the one with perfect density, the old stuff was way to thin and was useless. ill let you know next week because I need more...I used 1.5mm water proof rubber (the one down from neoprene). It's about $37 per meter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) UPDATE: well the interior is done, \ another awesome example of DIY from previous owners. Magic This used to be rusty, it was pretty bad on the other side, all fixed now... Remove all the loom pins to retrieve the rubber seals She saw the sun today funny girl friend of mine Today was not so fun...I totally f*cked up the engine pull. set the crane up wrong, chains were wrong so pretty much did it red neck style and used some ratchets and ruined a few aircon radiator fins. Time to clean both the engine bay and engine parts, the new one shall be dropped in (correctly) soon Edited October 20, 2013 by _Matt_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1258 Report post Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) good work i remember those days , done about 4 swaps in my e28 since i have owned it , yea not much room lengthwise in a e28 engine bay , best to strip as much off the front of the engine as you can , fan , hub , p/s pump brackets etc etc look forward to the end result sound insulation should make it nice and quiet Edited October 20, 2013 by Brent HARTGE535i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 395 Report post Posted October 20, 2013 Very cool, Such a tidy e28 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 More Pics soon, here's the engine... September 2011 November 2013 Ill give the loom a clean up and wire it all up at the same time a sort out the transmission. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
central3 31 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 This looks like huge fun - love your attention to detail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
euroriffic 601 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 Interior came out amazing! Good work. You'll be hanging out to get the motor in and take her for a spin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yng_750 247 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 More updates im looking at the screwdriver holding the engine stand in place. yea the one sitting next to the pin thats meant to hold it. otherwise looks mint, loving this thread Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 Alrighty. After I pulled the B28 engine out this is what has been done. Water blasted the engine bay so it's a lot more red and shiny... New fuel, power steering, coolant hoses. Old, hard and cracked. New and flexible (still need to replace the power steering pump return) Mark offered is assistance to paint things (he f*cking loves cleaning and painting) Battery tray was getting a little worse for wear, nothing serious but I thought sand back and paint would be a good idea. - sanded - sealed - painted Same with the front axle support cant really see but some surface rust showing cleaned up Removed transmission... a huge assortment of torx bolts... lets hope the Bentley Manual tells me where to put them If you know about these transmissions you'll spot that the supporting brackets for the steel plate are custom, which is most likely why my shifter always hit my centre console when in 2nd and 4th...OEM brackets are on their way as well as trans mounts and throw bearing. Clean(er)! M30B34 red dipstick (had to find something for Mark to do) All new V-Belts Aircon mount fitted, I pretty much had to re-tap the blocks threads since it never had aircon. The threads had corroded a bit. random creative shot. I still have the starter motor, exhaust and loom to fit. And I'm waiting on my order on transmission bits. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) im looking at the screwdriver holding the engine stand in place. yea the one sitting next to the pin thats meant to hold it. otherwise looks mint, loving this thread haha good spotting, that's because the engine needs to be turned just a few degrees to the right in order for the pin to fall in. However it's happened to me to many times where I turn a top heavy engine and it falls very quickly 180 degrees. Edited November 3, 2013 by _Matt_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil-540i 166 Report post Posted November 3, 2013 Matt - you really should give up your life, get your $hit together, & put this gorgeous car back on the road again ASAP...................... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) I am officially on holiday, which mean this project WILL get done during the christmas/new years break. At the moment I'm tying up lose ends while waiting patiently for my last crucial pelican parts order which contains the crank position sensors. This was a slight hiccup on my part. The M30B28 was non motronic so didn't need crank sensors on the bell housing, that means I am missing the holes in my getrag 260. I am taking it to an engineer to drill some but I need sensors for the engineer to use as a reference. Since that is taking so long to arrive Brent has been nice enough to send me a second hand sensor to use. Apart from that set back, I'm pretty much ready to drop it in. When I first took the engine out i took a few reference photos incase I forgot where something went, I decided to upload them and place them beside todays photos, it's pretty cool to see the difference. Here's the assortment of update photos (sorry if there is no real order)... Old clutch on the right, new (more meat at least) on the left Detail photos (then and now) Then: Now: Then: Now: Then: Now: Small difference between the two blocks. No Biggie I guess. I've replace both input and Output shaft seal on the getrag. Put the old girl to rest R.I.P... Make way for the new girl... Then: Now: Then: Now: And here is something that is probably of interest to most people. My dad laughed at me when I told him about this….remove rust with electricity, water, and sodium carbonate. Result Painted and ready to fit What this method did to my air box (obviously surface rust underneath) Before: After: The air box is yet to be painted. I have various things still to arrive. copper nuts, clutch slave, PS filter, washer fluid hose/tee join, trans mounts, 1.9 Z3 shifter (F*ck yea) Lets hope the next pics and probably video you see is my engine in and started Edited December 15, 2013 by _Matt_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1258 Report post Posted December 15, 2013 looking good , love ya work, come do mine later if you want Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 clutch in The lengths I go to just to get the rubber boots on... This loom/engine is clearly from a 635csi, a few changes have been made to the loom to suit the E28 I think, just tidied up the previous owners twist and tape method... I decided to clean the garage and I found the crank sensors I thought I threw out, lucky my order was delayed so I canceled them and saved $100 then spent that $100 on an engineer to drill some holes hahaha First time putting a clutch/gearbox on and got it to slot in second time after eyeballing it. old shifter seal New shifter seal I heard the earlier version of this thingymajic is prone to leaking, later models had a rubber gasket, so I used my arts and craft skills to make my own. Shifter bits and bobs First things on the list, the shifter plate mounts…and small problem, the threads on the gearbox are M10 not M8 (same with the spare I have too) strange. no worries I guess. I was bored and couldn't wait any longer for the copper nuts from the US so just went out and picked up some brass ones and attached the exhaust manifold. I was going to go ahead and drop it in tomorrow but I need the locking washer to go over the output flange nut…I guess ill paint my air box or something instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1258 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 very nice , if you are going to lower it in complete like that , i would remove the ps pump and brackets , ac pump and brackets , front dampner etc , less likley to scrape you a/c condensor / rad support etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garett 103 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Very nice work matt it looks awesome!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Cheers guys, very nice , if you are going to lower it in complete like that , i would remove the ps pump and brackets , ac pump and brackets , front dampner etc , less likley to scrape you a/c condensor / rad support etc I have spent about and hour playing around with my engine crane perfecting how I'm going to drop it in. The AC bracket I think will cause the most issue and ill watch out for the dampner+PS pump. I also think the angle of the car it's self is quite important, if it's jacked to high it means the engine has to be on much more of an angle or else the gear box won't make it under the firewall and the dampener etc will hit the front of the car... I guess ill find out Edited December 20, 2013 by _Matt_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil-540i 166 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 I'd heard that if its not sitting in place by Xmas eve, Santa won't be stopping @ your house............ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 santa need to give me an early xmas present then one of these please. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adams202 1 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 Great work mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1258 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 santa need to give me an early xmas present then one of these please. looks firmilier ?? where is that from Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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kiwi535 538 Report post Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) awesome!Would it help if the car was jacked up at the back somewhat?I Or the front wheels of and car down low at the front?Is it possible for the whole front to come of the car or is it only some(like e34) that comes off? Did you get new carpets etc? And why the rubber over the underlay? Really love your attention to detail.Feel kinda sad the the 525 is getting destroyed Edited December 20, 2013 by kiwi535 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
