DFD

muh stang:



muh dirty30:



muh turbro mkayduece



muh mkayuno



muh grombler:



muh dozer. h&s tune w/ full polar bear exhaust.



muh space:



muh golf course cruisers

dang, can a mod move this. Too many subs...

Thats not your grom

That massive carport area seems pretty cool.

Big Brain Bradley wrote:Thats not your grom

oh dang! good catch. I will replace said photo.

troyguitar wrote:That massive carport area seems pretty cool.

yeah, i will get to work soon. Got the 6x6s to expand the patio. All i have to buy is the concrete now. All while being unemployed is a bummer. I miss my garage expansion thread.

troyguitar wrote:That massive carport area seems pretty cool.

its not bad. Will be better with patio and functioning door system for BMW storage

track grom

Dozer rolls coal, can confirm.

You currently own all of that shit?

Desertbreh wrote:You currently own all of that shit?

yes, only the mk2 doesnt have a plate/insurance.

Track grom is best grom.

if or

D Griff wrote: if or

i went full on waxer and wasted a ton of money in a shit pile e30....

new tank
new HP fuel pump conversion
new rear brakes and lines.
mother fucking rust repair... ongoing
new tail lights soon.
installed new motor mounts, but HEY. THE FUCKING SUBFRAME IS CRACKED.

bringing rabbit to someone i trust to finish the megasquirt.

I'm liking this e30 business... megasquirt?

Apex wrote:
I'm liking this e30 business... megasquirt?

Don't tempt him, it runs, leave it running.

Melon wrote:

Apex wrote:
I'm liking this e30 business... megasquirt?

Don't tempt him, it runs, leave it running.

Only time I've known people to run megasquirt on old bmws is for boost; so I'm intrigued.

Melon wrote:

Apex wrote:
I'm liking this e30 business... megasquirt?

Don't tempt him, it runs, leave it running.

against my recommendation, the rabbit got megasquirt...4 years ago? has not moved under its own power since. at least i talked him out of putting the big money full retard motor in it and to get it running and tuned on the old tired block.

Ohhhhh, megasquirt isn't for the E30. Makes more sense now.

UPDATES:

WELP. mother fuck.

to everyones best guess as to wtf broke on my e30 2 months ago, we've all been wrong.

Bad metal grinding sounds once clutch is starting engaging and car starts rolling. Almost like dragging exhaust or driveshaft. diff seems fine, it was JUST installed 1 week before fail. inspected, new seals/fluid. Drive shaft and supports/bearings seem fine, spin freely. Wheels spin freely. Motor spun freely. Nothing stuck or frozen, can spin 5th gear from wheels in air. Car idled fine when sound happened, leaving a stop light. I did notice about 1 mile prior to light I ground a 1-2nd shift, which is pretty rare. I retrived with trailer and even loaded it on trailer on its own power with down hill assist. made noise while moving, felt strange, but moved, reved and idled. Trans shift into each gear normally.

fast fwd 2 months. go to pull car off trailer from sitting. Dead battery, typical. Charge it up. Zero start, barely a solenoid click. battery showed 11.3 volts after sitting on charger. pull starter (its 1 year old) seems to spin slow when direct to battery. solenoid engages. could be weak/dead cell battery. having starter checked out at rebuild shop this week, now that I have no more work after tomorrow....

removed EVERYTHING. headers/ exhaust, driveshaft. then dropped trans.

The clutch, although 30 years old and original with wear, NOT FUCKING FAILED.... springs there. no cracks. no chunks. pressure plate in ok shape. nothing bad wrong.

will drain oil in trans and look for metal, like suggested.

I did find a strange suspect snapped bolt in the front section of exhaust pipe. its a large 17mm head, snapped right at thread start. Alan didnt snap anything, and I havent either.

so potentials:

-trans partial grenade
-diff grenade
-starter cereal fucked?
-i missed some badly failed bearing.
-hidden clutch issue.

Fresh idea just popped into head while writing and thinking.

partial slave failure? but that would explain grinding noise while locked into first and moving.

Your description of the issue is terrible.

Its drivetrain related. No noise on clutch in. he can ride the clutch all he wants in 1st with no noises. Full clutch/ near full engagement (load near idle) results in a sound that can be described as a grinding, but its periodic, like a click-clack click-clack click-clack.

This is what lead us to believe its a failed clutch / hub spring / DMF. Part engagment ok where the material itself is taking up the power pulses.


Are you sure its not a dual mass flywheel? IE that the dude that did the swap did it right and did not pair a sprung clutch hub with a DMF?

Other that that, the KISS principle suggests its the diff. The sound was not coming from that area of the car, but its the only thing we changed recently that is drivetrain related.

I'd be looking at the pilot bearing, personally. Sounds like textbook pilot bearing failure.

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:47 am I'd be looking at the pilot bearing, personally. Sounds like textbook pilot bearing failure.

but the noise is only present when the clutch is fully or near fully engaged?

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:56 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:47 am I'd be looking at the pilot bearing, personally. Sounds like textbook pilot bearing failure.

but the noise is only present when the clutch is fully or near fully engaged?

Oh, fully engaged? Pilot bearing will make a racket as you engage the clutch. I misread.

Sounds like your clutch plate theory is the best. Just because it doesn't look broken, that doesn't mean it isn't. Same re: springs on DMF, etc.

If the clutch is original, I'd change it anyway. Can't be that expensive, and doesn't hurt to do.

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:09 am

Big Brain Bradley wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:56 am

but the noise is only present when the clutch is fully or near fully engaged?

Oh, fully engaged? Pilot bearing will make a racket as you engage the clutch. I misread.

Sounds like your clutch plate theory is the best. Just because it doesn't look broken, that doesn't mean it isn't. Same re: springs on DMF, etc.

If the clutch is original, I'd change it anyway. Can't be that expensive, and doesn't hurt to do.

1. sachs clutch kit ordered last night. has to verify which flywheel i had to get correct clutch. it should be here friday.

2. there is no DMF. its a solid flywheel found on the IS models. The 89 IS swap checks out as all components have been correct.

3. going to check out throw out bearing too. Although that gets replaced with the clutch kit.

dubshow wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 2:05 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:09 am
Oh, fully engaged? Pilot bearing will make a racket as you engage the clutch. I misread.

Sounds like your clutch plate theory is the best. Just because it doesn't look broken, that doesn't mean it isn't. Same re: springs on DMF, etc.

If the clutch is original, I'd change it anyway. Can't be that expensive, and doesn't hurt to do.

1. sachs clutch kit ordered last night. has to verify which flywheel i had to get correct clutch. it should be here friday.

2. there is no DMF. its a solid flywheel found on the IS models. The 89 IS swap checks out as all components have been correct.

3. going to check out throw out bearing too. Although that gets replaced with the clutch kit.

pilot bearing =/= throwout bearing.