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 :)

Pedals and drivers seat done...

Today I finished the pedals...steering wheel and drivers seat....



The center side panel (shifter panel) just mounted temporarily with my new shifter



I feel like I have been trying to finish this interior forever....

1 more week and I should be done

Various pic of the day ---- Why I hate damn inground pools....Just had to share! #@%$#@!T%!#$@$!E@RWQ my frustration!!


Why because of this...

More interior stuff done...getting there...

Got my used Sunroof from my main used parts supplier Alex from "Alexgoesracing" on ebay cant say enough good stuff about him...good prices and fast delivery cant ask for anything better.

Alex is also a PRO racing driving instructor him in action (white E30)... next year am going :)

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Sunroof with very very little rust which I cleaned up good, painted underside and filled the inner frame with FLUIDFILM in my opinion the best rustproofing fluid out there.



Just notice that by painting the small trim I kind of made a half E30 front ,,lol....


Just a test fit....will be hooking it all up soon



Door trim is finished... will be transfered to rusty old doors soon to be installed but before I have to build adapters for the seats...its in the work I already know how am going to build them very very easy.

Also finished the glove box...(its actually works used the old hardware from rusty)



Took some time to finish the rear bumper gravel guard and bumper mounts (cleaned, rust converted and paint) not pretty dont care its all hidden I just wanted to protect it.







Also got my brakes/pads with Stainless lines awaiting to be installed..



My interior with the white gauges... and almost all done.

Dash is in with few molding and door trims almost done...

Today I got the dash back in (painted/dyed) it was a pain in the A@@ but its done. Just needs to be cleaned but I have to admit it looks really really good in person..

I also did the glovebox just not installing it yet as I will be removing the engine soon..



Door being painted/dyed..





Drivers side trim installed along with my momo hub...

Should be done with the whole interior this week including doors so I can move on to the fun stuff removing the engine and same treatment for cleaning and painting underhood

other door well done...

Not much to report today I only had a big 20 minutes to work on the car so... finshed the other wheel well, installed cheap M carpets they will do for now

hand brake trim just to see if it has enough color..

Door trims ready to be cleaned and painted/dyed also installed plastic door trims

removing tape after paint...

Good dash being cleaned and ready...

With my limited time am going fast and just a quick cleaning, derusting and painting but in 5 years its going to be a Full restoration