Cylinder 2, 50psi... let the party start.

[632 Regal]

Nice garage! Now in all honesty how long did it take to clean off the work bench for this picture?

[Jr ///M5]

Ross, don't you remember this years E34 Summer Meet? That was Josh's....

[Jr ///M5]

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Our E34 Summer Meet host for 2008.....

Thanks again Josh, and good luck with that gasket. Keeping the ol' fingers crossed about the head.

Happy holidays my friend.
JR

[joshuagore]

Ross, don't you remember this years E34 Summer Meet? That was Josh's....

I did loose about 20 pounds since then, but that's hardly noticeable

Coincidence that I get an e34 and loose weight? Must be the lack of cup holders, and required maint.

Josh

[joshuagore]

Saturday update.

Little bit of a late start but I was able to make some progress in between being distracted by some other projects on my Grandfathers truck, my brothers sidecar and a fedex pickup as opposed to delivery. Fedex decided instead of delivering my BMA package to shipping/receiving they would leave a note on the front office door which was of course locked. Luckily they were open until 5, and my parts are in my possession, including a timing chain guide which was cracked in the heat of the moment.... including of course subsequent gaskets etc..

Tomorrow will prove to be more productive due to a lack of distractions from 7am to 7pm. A wife working Sundays can be a blessing and a curse.

The head after being stoned and inspected seems to be in good shape. I could be more elaborate in my inspection of the 'torched' area, including iron dusting and visual 'magnaflux', but visually after stoning away the soot and magnifying the surface it looks beautiful. There is the hidden risk of brittle aluminum, but I would likely see some advanced pitting after the stoning. I am using my best judgment including taking into consideration time/money constraints, and have decided to bolt it together.

Luckily coolant and oil didn't become friends, my head is very true, and my valves are within spec.... so no sense in getting to proactive especially since I have no reason to believe this head gasket was anything more than a failed part, and not a symptom of some other problem. The car in my possession had not been overheated. There could be a string theory relating to the cars life up until July being lived in Texas, and only recently seeing any temperatures below 32 degrees for more than a day. That's a theoretical rant best left to the suits in Washington..... (Brandon H should get that joke)

Pics of the projects hopeful completion to come.... tomorrow.

Josh

p.s. 32mm Craftsmen wrench must be ground... I mean customized.. to fit on the fan clutch.

p.s.s. No that shop picture was not intentionally clean. I like to keep the work area clean as to not cause any spite amongst my Dads shops employees

[632 Regal]

no torch burn on aluminum is a very very good thing. I saw burns on many iron blocks and heads so if the aluminum is clean than so be it. Sounds like a pretty straight forward project from here forward.

[Jeff N.]

You really want one of these for the fan clutch - 32 mm bicycle wrench. Makes especially short work of the fan clutch, zero room consumed in the tool box. It's my only "e34" specific tool after multiple engine pulls, tranny pulls, you name it.




http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012Q4EH6

Saturday update.

Little bit of a late start but I was able to make some progress in between being distracted by some other projects on my Grandfathers truck, my brothers sidecar and a fedex pickup as opposed to delivery. Fedex decided instead of delivering my BMA package to shipping/receiving they would leave a note on the front office door which was of course locked. Luckily they were open until 5, and my parts are in my possession, including a timing chain guide which was cracked in the heat of the moment.... including of course subsequent gaskets etc..

Tomorrow will prove to be more productive due to a lack of distractions from 7am to 7pm. A wife working Sundays can be a blessing and a curse.

The head after being stoned and inspected seems to be in good shape. I could be more elaborate in my inspection of the 'torched' area, including iron dusting and visual 'magnaflux', but visually after stoning away the soot and magnifying the surface it looks beautiful. There is the hidden risk of brittle aluminum, but I would likely see some advanced pitting after the stoning. I am using my best judgment including taking into consideration time/money constraints, and have decided to bolt it together.

Luckily coolant and oil didn't become friends, my head is very true, and my valves are within spec.... so no sense in getting to proactive especially since I have no reason to believe this head gasket was anything more than a failed part, and not a symptom of some other problem. The car in my possession had not been overheated. There could be a string theory relating to the cars life up until July being lived in Texas, and only recently seeing any temperatures below 32 degrees for more than a day. That's a theoretical rant best left to the suits in Washington..... (Brandon H should get that joke)

Pics of the projects hopeful completion to come.... tomorrow.

Josh

p.s. 32mm Craftsmen wrench must be ground... I mean customized.. to fit on the fan clutch.

p.s.s. No that shop picture was not intentionally clean. I like to keep the work area clean as to not cause any spite amongst my Dads shops employees

[joshuagore]

You really want one of these for the fan clutch - 32 mm bicycle wrench. Makes especially short work of the fan clutch, zero room consumed in the tool box. It's my only "e34" specific tool after multiple engine pulls, tranny pulls, you name it.




http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012Q4EH6

Ooops I have one of those. I am sure its in my bike box buried in the basement of my parents house. I am furthering the tradition of leaving crap at your parents house hoping some day its worth something. I don't see this wrench appreciating much, but it would have been worth $20 yesterday.

Josh

[Jr ///M5]

How's it fitting back up Josh? There's something I've been meaning to bounce off of you and I keep forgetting about it.

What are the possibilities of machining or CNC'ing the "BMW Motorsport" door handles? Would it be possible to make a clay impression of Kris' Daytona Violet M5's handles and produce a pattern for the machine to follow?

They are NLA (no longer available) from BMW, so the only way to get them is to make them ourselves. You've got the equipment, Kris has the pattern, all I've got is the idea and the need for a couple of nice embossed "BMW Motorsport" door handles. If this worked, you would be able to sell these things like hotcakes!

One of the major drawbacks is of course the labor intensive job of actually removing the handle from the door to do the work, but with a couple of seeds, you would be able to do the old "exchange program"....

Just wanted to see if it was possible....I sure would like a set of those babys.

JR

[joshuagore]

How's it fitting back up Josh? There's something I've been meaning to bounce off of you and I keep forgetting about it.

What are the possibilities of machining or CNC'ing the "BMW Motorsport" door handles? Would it be possible to make a clay impression of Kris' Daytona Violet M5's handles and produce a pattern for the machine to follow?

They are NLA (no longer available) from BMW, so the only way to get them is to make them ourselves. You've got the equipment, Kris has the pattern, all I've got is the idea and the need for a couple of nice embossed "BMW Motorsport" door handles. If this worked, you would be able to sell these things like hotcakes!

One of the major drawbacks is of course the labor intensive job of actually removing the handle from the door to do the work, but with a couple of seeds, you would be able to do the old "exchange program"....

Just wanted to see if it was possible....I sure would like a set of those babys.

JR

JR,

Interesting you bring this up....
A. My father and Three R Plastics currently make aftermarket 'latches' for BMW motorcycles.
B. I work daily with 3d scanners.... so no 'pattern' needed.


This week during my junk yard trip I will yank a door handle, and see what it will take to machine it from solid billet. If it seems to difficult its possible we could machine the stock ones, but I hate to remove material from an already weak part

Josh


p.s. re my car.... A family Christmas party today, and chasing fedex yesterday meant I only had a few moments to get stuff done. I decided since It wasn't being wrapped up today that I would extend the project to the next available weeknight. Seeing as the rush was off I decided to wrinkle paint the intake manifold, and coat the exhaust manifold. Our oven worked nicely to make it all look decent. It also gave me time to replace the timing chain guide without rushing. Breaking that was a project extender, but a good time to replace seals.