I'm sure the showroom isn't the right place to chronicle my endeavours with my new-to-me e36 328i so I'm going to dump my load in this thread instead.
I have no grand plans for this, it was cheap and in pretty average condition but it's a good (enough) base for a point-to-point daily driver for me. I was originally thinking of a 318 for cost reasons but when this 6 cylinder popped up for a couple of grand I couldn't say no even though I knew it would need another thousand or so (hopefully n
Dropped the front subframe today to get at the oil pan, a couple of issues I'll need to work through tomorrow:
1. Can't detach the control arms from the subframe, nuts are off but the bolts won't slide through. I've sprayed them with lube and will check again tomorrow if they come out. It's not essential to get them out I can just hang the subframe down and work around it but it would be easier with it out entirely.
2. Some of the sump bolts are really difficult to get to and I'll need