Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 3:12 am #7829

Misc projects:

Swapped M3 springs with original touring springs, as they’re taller and a bit stiffer:

Delete broken antenna:

Fuel pump failed, so I replaced it with a Walbro 255:

Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 3:09 am #7828

Window Regulators are a pain in the ass. First I replaced the front two, then the rear right, then the front left failed, then I replaced all 4.

Now my driver’s window motor is going out…

Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 3:03 am #7827

September 9th, 2019:

The wagon’s first drive.

Suuuuuper wide:

Getting an alignment and emergency fender roll:

Washed:

Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 3:00 am #7826

Swappage:

I’m just going to let the pics do the talking here. This post covers the span of two weekends.

Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 2:52 am #7825

Other things replaced:

ZHP steering rack rebuild:

New transmission parts:

New control arms:

Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 2:44 am #7824

Engine breakdown:

I pretty much replaced all of the seals, sensors, and regular wear items.

Sent the injectors off for rebuilding and flowmatching:

Replaced the rod bearings with WPC treated OE bearings:

Cut off the rubber hoses from the composite fittings, then installed viton o-rings and silicone hoses:

Replaced the timing chain and loctited the oil pump nut:

Rear main seal:

AN fitting for the updated oil return line:

VANOS rattle procedure and bulletproofed the whole VANOS system (again):

Spark plugs:

Getting put back together:

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Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 2:23 am #7822

M3 Breakdown:

I checked the compression in each cylinder and here are the results:

Cylinder 1: 180 psi
Cylinder 2: 185 psi
Cylinder 3: 190 psi
Cylinder 4: 175 psi
Cylinder 5: 160 psi
Cylinder 6: 180 psi

Cylinder 5 was a little worrisome. It’s still higher than 75% of 190 (142.5 psi) so I didn’t install a new head gasket or piston rings.

Taking apart the front end:

Yoinked the engine with Zori’s help:

Yoinked the rest of what I needed:

Bye bye M3!

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Redline Wusky

January 16, 2020 at 2:03 am #7819

February 10, 2019:

This is when I built my Harbor Freight mobile garage, where all the magic will happen. It took about 3 hours to do solo, including the extra step of taping up the pipes for peace of mind.

The beginning, around 8:45am:

This is where the instructions say to get help from an assistant:

The complete frame:

Front door and back ‘wall’:

Starting from the rear and moving towards the front, I tapped each slip joint into place and wrapped it with electrical tape to keep them together:

All assembled:

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After a trip to Costco and running power, this was the workshop as it standed:

Redline Wusky

January 17, 2018 at 7:32 pm #457

Saaaaaaaaaaaah, it me.