Melon wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:25 pm I ran in the cam, and changed the oil, the coolant is bled, and she hold a steady temp.
The valves make a lot of noise, to be expected, I'll put about 300-500 miles on the car before I adjust them, and it's idling about 1000rpm, should be closer to 700rpm, so I have to address that. Otherwise, once it ran there were zero issues, no leaks, no nothing. I'm pretty happy that I took an engine down to the rotating assembly, re-worked everything, and it worked the first time.
Coming up:
I got a 10-day break for Christmas coming up from work.
Going to get the interior wiring fixed, and tidied up, install the radio,speakers, headliner, and get as much of the interior done as possible.
After that, it's the rear end, and she'll be driving.
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Amazing job Melon!! Cannot wait to see the finished product!
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Now that's it's running, I focused my attention to the interior over my Christmas break.
Got the stereo wires ran, and lights working.
Installed the headliner.
Installed the windshield and back glass.
Installed the parcel shelf and rear speakers, rear seats and the rest of the interior.
I removed the rear suspension, subframe, and trailing arms. Cleaned up and painted up under the car.
Cleaned up the diff.
Painted the vent window trim and the rest of the exterior trim, and installed that, along with the mirrors.
I installed my OEM stickers, for that "all new and original" look
Finished up everything in the engine bay, this is the final "All done" shot!
Wheels with the UUC calipers.
New filler neck, and all new fuel lines for the overflow tank.
Got the stereo wires ran, and lights working.
Installed the headliner.
Installed the windshield and back glass.
Installed the parcel shelf and rear speakers, rear seats and the rest of the interior.
I removed the rear suspension, subframe, and trailing arms. Cleaned up and painted up under the car.
Cleaned up the diff.
Painted the vent window trim and the rest of the exterior trim, and installed that, along with the mirrors.
I installed my OEM stickers, for that "all new and original" look
Finished up everything in the engine bay, this is the final "All done" shot!
Wheels with the UUC calipers.
New filler neck, and all new fuel lines for the overflow tank.
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Air?
No!
Turn signals.
I got those installed. I took an E36 side marker light, chopped off the mount and added it to the Euro turn signal housing to add a parking light.
On the Euro models, the parking lights were integrated into the headlights, the USDM cars were part of the turn signal. The eurobumper turn signal only has connectors for the blinky lights, no parking lights.
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Got the rear brake calipers cleaned, and painted.
Installed the hood.
One of the half shafts was so stuck in the hub, drastic measures had to be taken.
Huge thanks to a local guy here who did the work for me, this was beyond my skills or toolsets.
I picked them up a few days later and painted them.
Got the rear subframe, trailing arms, as well as most of the rear suspension in!
Installed the hood.
One of the half shafts was so stuck in the hub, drastic measures had to be taken.
Huge thanks to a local guy here who did the work for me, this was beyond my skills or toolsets.
I picked them up a few days later and painted them.
Got the rear subframe, trailing arms, as well as most of the rear suspension in!