hi,
Finally got round to starting the engine conversion today.
managed to get on pretty well this afternoon.
The plan of action that i have is to take out my old nackered 2.25 diesel out of the series 3 and fit in it a nice 2.5N/A. Looking at tge state of the chassis i am also going to fit a new front xmember and dumb irons because as u shall see the chassis was rotten as hell.
got to give engine a new cam belt and tensioner before it all goes in as well just to make sure i don't have any future problems as well.
here a few pics of what i have done this afternoon,
decided to build my self a little out side workshop this morning with some sheets of ply and a gasibo to make the job a little easier and dryer!!!
so this afternoon iv managed to get front wings off, radiator off, then sort out all the linkages. ended up having to take out the floor inside the cad as well to get to the last of the bell housing bolts but that needed a clean so thats off as well. Then finally managed to get the engine out as well with easy, came off pretty well in end which was not what we were expecting but it is all done !!!!
next job is to wait for parts to arive from paddocks then fit new front chassis and fit cam belt which shall be fun indeed!! hehe
then start the rebulid!!
pics in gallery
me xxx
