Engine bay cleaning has begun...

Engine bay cleaning has begun... 1 hour later one side done.

Holy Grease....This car will never see grease like this ever again.



heavy degreaser, mineral spirit and lots of blue rags


started taking out the firewall sounds insulation and front lights with trim...





Air conditioning removed ( really clears up the engine bay) I dont think I will put back in I like the clean engine bay the less things the better

THE BIG DAY motor/trans removal....

Today was a BIG day I had a FULL 6 hours available so what did I do....



Amazing what a few hours of no distraction can do.



Removing the engine/trans by myself for the first time was quite the experience...lol...thank god I bought the engine tilter (very recommended)




Degreasing time...I hate grease...going to start degreasing, derusting, preping/priming/painting the whole front end including inner fenders which I will be removing next along with all the trim...

Engine removal prep in progress....

Had some spare time today so I did some engine prep for removal

Drained and removed radiator, filter assembly, power wiring, Power steering....

Still lots of work left....but its a good start

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On to the Engine bay ....

On to the engine bay...

I removed the hood and removing grease from the hood latch support to see just how much grime am going to have to clean.... its a lot but its ok I got some nice solid metal under all the grim which will receive the same treatment as the trunk and floors (cleaning,derusting, priming, painting)

I'm mostly cleaning the garage, getting all my tools in order, draining the coolant..etc.. until friday when Danny comes over to help me remove the 2.7L....oh and the garage beer fridge is now installed too :) lol....

Good times are coming...I also decided it will be a stroker 2.7L only as my budget is way to small for a good 5 years but should still be a lot of fun to drive

FINALLY INTERIOR FINISHED...

FINALLY INTERIOR FINISHED...

It looks really good in person...I am happy with the results but I hate doing trim work...4 hours later..just happy its done so I can move to the hood section and motor :)

Cleaned, painted and rustproofed inside out...

Damn it too long...but I left no nut or bolt undone...

And now on to fixing my father in law brand new 335i flat tire...:(

More interior done...almost done

Got more interior done today....managed to finish/install the passenger seat, transfer all the guts of the doors from the "E" to rusty's doors, major cleaning/degreasing, rust proofed it and installed all my painted trim.

Being alone to install the door was a pain but I managed to get it done.

You can see why am changing the door...

4 hours later....one side done...

DAY OFF... Random Pics of my son, E30 and my father in law new 335i...

DAY OFF ---

Random pics of my son and my E30 work in progress...








... Random Pics of my son and my father in law new 335i..LUCKY MAN :)