So its been a while from the last update.
Had a few hassles with breaking socket ratchets and extensions.
Bought a new power bar only to get home and find out it is to small for the sockets. :fencelook:, bought a new one and after coming home from my few days away last night I started working again and today a little bit.
Firstly a few pictures of the paint damage I found around on the body that I would like to get repaired when the engine bay rust is getting sorted.
1. Bonet needs a respray after wrap is removed.
2. Boot lid I need to get the wrap of, it needs to be resprayed and holes of previous spoiler filled up correctly, and spoiler needs to be put back.
3. Front bumper and the lip where the kidneys are in needs to be resprayed.
4. Either get the stock sideskirts resprayed to match properly or get some M3 ones and sprayed to match.
5. Mark on the front door that was there when I bought the car.
6. A bad mark and touch up on left rear fender at the bumper done by one of the previous owners.
7. Mark with some rust on left of rear window pillar.
8. Mark on front passenger door
9. Dent on left rear fender infront of rear wheel.
And some chips and scratches over the body(some was there when I bought the car and some got put there by jealous and spiteful people)
Here are some pictures of the motor.
1. Got the gearbox of the block itself.
2. Close up on piston nr 1
3. Close up on piston nr 2
4. Close up on piston nr 3
5. Close up on piston nr 4
6. All four pistons from top of piston
7. All four pistons from and angle
8. Block with pistons removed
9. And finally I was astonished to see this in a motor that has 300k kilos on the clock.
And just a recap of what I found must be done to get motor running again.
1. Pistons that I would like to replace(even though I`ve been told multiple times that I can probably still use them)
2. Need to get the head skimmed, valves I would like to get checked while they are out.
3. Have to get the blocks inner piping for oil and coolant cleaned out.
4. I need to get a new secondary throttle valve for the intake.
5. Get the power steering pipes from the reservoir to the pump replaced.
6. Get the aircon clutch checked out and replaced
check all the seals on the gearbox
7. Then while I`m working I want to do the viscus fan delete,(even though I haven`t had any problems with it.)
8. And then of course all the gaskets(Except for the one between the intake and the head thank you Francoisj on the forum)
9. And then prob some small stuff like flanges, pipes and connectors etc.
10. Passenger window to get moving fully up and down(not bit by bit)
The order I need to go as to get thecar running again.
1. Get it to a panel beater to get all paint and rust fixed.
2. Get the motor fixed part by part.
3. Put the motor back together and make sure everything is in place like it should be.
4. Get the gearbox seals and everything replaced and attach it back onto the motor.
5. And finally get the motor back in the car and get it started. :rollsmile:
Thank you all for reading once again.
I know this is a very slow build but I am doing it all myself and as I get time and funds.
Will update again once some new work has been done.
