Project: R3D3MPTION?

[D_Eclipse9916]

Next up:
Fixing transmission mount
Rear Main Seal
Clutch
Flywheel
SS Clutch Line
Transmission On
Install Engine in car

Life has been busy, I had to take a break from the project and paint the nursery and nursery bathroom. Now that is done, I realized I also had to finish up the movie room before really tackling this head on. Of course I get 75% done and realize I was a couple feet short of speaker wire (on a 100 foot roll), so that hit a snag and I had time to get a little work done on the E30.

Quick pic of the front subframe reinforcement before it gets all scratched up putting the motor in :lol: . I have gotten mixed signals from people as to which hole the engine mounts in so I did not complete the bottom. I will have to pull the rack back out once everything is in and finalized to complete.


Installed a couple things, rear main seal, pilot bearing, and general cleanup. Also got the SS clutch line in, deleted the charcoal canister, some miscellaneous brackets, and checked through the wiring harness.


Lastly took a look at the rust that was where the trans mount was. With a little work I got the trans mount actually off. This is the rust. Unfortunately it destroyed the inside where the bolts "hold themselves". I am going to clean up and instead of cutting out the whole section, going to line up the trans mount and do a couple spot welds on the studs to hold them in place.



Flywheel bolts came in the other day, I look forward to putting together everything and getting the motor in!

Missing Parts:
1.Power Steering lines from pump to steering rack (missing banjo on pump side)
2. Power steering line from steering rack to reservoir
3. Coolant Block drain plug (you finally drain something and then you lose the bolt! )
4. Coolant lines (gotta figure out what fits first)
5. Slave Cylinder hard line. This connects from the slave cylinder to SS clutch line