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1973 142 - The Stepchild of a Stepchild!

Thanks Derek.
Visited a machine shop near me for lunch. Now I need to put the trunk liners back in my daily 330i. Changed the struts & shocks a couple of weeks ago. Getting to the rears required removing the liners. Getting them out wasn't bad, getting them back in is a pain in the ass. Guess I'll be doing that tomorrow so I can load my block, head, crank, etc. so that everything can be cleaned / checked before I order bearings. I picked up std. pistons off Rockauto on clearance, hope I don't need to oversize the bores! I couldn't pass them up for what they sold for.
Steve
 
Block, head, crank & rods delivered to the machine shop (finally!).
Going home tonight to start removing the rear end for cleaning.
More updates will be coming.
Steve
 
Intake manifold before & after. Looking for my cold start valve gasket. One doesn't come in the head gasket set, going to check the bottom end set.
Now, for the intake porn......
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Intake manifold looks great; what did you use to get it looking like that?

First, I cleaned it with a citrus cleaner, can't remember which one. I soaked it in our laundry sink over night and then rinsed it really well.
Then I ran it thru the dishwasher (this took some coaxing.... :lol:).
It still wasn't clean enough for me, so I sprayed it with Easy Off oven cleaner. I let it sit for awhile, then sprayed the runners & inlet again. I stuck a kitchen brush into it & scrubbed those. They still have some carbon, but I got them clean enough.
After about an hour or so, I sprayed it off with a Chinazon high-pressure hose attachment.
Then I put it away for a couple of weeks.....
I took off work yesterday & today, so I got it out, plugged all of the inlet holes & sandblasted it with glass bead.
I blew it off with compressed air, made sure to get any that may have gotten past the plugs into the runners. Then cleaned it with Eastwood PRE and gave it a couple of coats of VHT High Heat Satin Clear paint.
The rest of the nipples, throttle plate, yada yada yada, were soaked in lacquer thinner then bead blasted. I used a brass wheel on my drill to shine them, cleaned them with denatured alcohol, then painted them with VHT High Heat Gloss Clear paint.
I used some Teflon tape on the nipples.
Thanks for the complement!!!
Steve
 
First, I cleaned it with a citrus cleaner, can't remember which one. I soaked it in our laundry sink over night and then rinsed it really well.
Then I ran it thru the dishwasher (this took some coaxing.... :lol:).
It still wasn't clean enough for me, so I sprayed it with Easy Off oven cleaner. I let it sit for awhile, then sprayed the runners & inlet again. I stuck a kitchen brush into it & scrubbed those. They still have some carbon, but I got them clean enough.
After about an hour or so, I sprayed it off with a Chinazon high-pressure hose attachment.
Then I put it away for a couple of weeks.....
I took off work yesterday & today, so I got it out, plugged all of the inlet holes & sandblasted it with glass bead.
I blew it off with compressed air, made sure to get any that may have gotten past the plugs into the runners. Then cleaned it with Eastwood PRE and gave it a couple of coats of VHT High Heat Satin Clear paint.
The rest of the nipples, throttle plate, yada yada yada, were soaked in lacquer thinner then bead blasted. I used a brass wheel on my drill to shine them, cleaned them with denatured alcohol, then painted them with VHT High Heat Gloss Clear paint.
I used some Teflon tape on the nipples.
Thanks for the complement!!!
Steve

That was a lot of work but it paid off. I've got mine set aside and have yet to really start working on it...maybe next week. Thanks for the tips!
 
Differential is out. Had to cut one of the lower control arm nuts, it was stuck! I don't own a real torch, so I tried my MAP that I've used for some plumbing but it didn't get it hot enough.
Pulled the old exhaust and sat it by the alley dumpster. It should be gone tomorrow, the scrap metal scavengers will get it.
The underside is really clean on this. The shock mounts are rust free, as is the whole underside and wheel wells. Soaking the front rear control arm nuts / bolts in Kroil overnight. I hope I don't have to cut any more, that was a PITA!
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Nothing too exciting today. Got the upper & lower rear control arms out, the parking brake cable removed, & the brake proportioning valves out.
Here's where anal-me allows a little more scope creep. I'm going to remove the brake & fuel lines and clean them / clear coat them.
I need to press out the control arm bushings, but it got cold today (upper 30's) and I'm feeling lazy today. Besides, it's warm in the house and the Yankees are playing the White Sox, so I'm relaxing the rest of the day.
The scrap metal scavengers already got the old exhaust, figured it would make it till Monday but thought wrong!
Here are some boring pics of the fuel & brake lines. The car was undercoated after these were installed. All of the brackets / lines are covered in it. I'll cap the ends and scrub them with kerosene and a Scotchbrite pads, like I did the front lines.

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Did what I've been dreading....... Drained the fuel tank. Flipping gas running up my arm, stinks, I hate dealing with it!
Ordered some plug sockets, of course I didn't get a set that goes large enough to remove the tank filter.
Back to Amazon.....
One thing I wasn't planning on replacing, because it works, is/was the fuel pump. When I removed the shield, it looks like it is leaking. I'll have to give it a good inspection when I take it off.
Might have to look for one at some point, don't need it right away.
Steve
 
One thing I wasn't planning on replacing, because it works, is/was the fuel pump. When I removed the shield, it looks like it is leaking. I'll have to give it a good inspection when I take it off.
Might have to look for one at some point, don't need it right away.
Steve

Steve - check in with Planetman for a fuel pump solution that won't leave you hunting for one of the Bosch units....I went with his solution.
 
Paul,
Yeah I will definitely check with Hiperformance.
I've read that the Datsun 280Z pump is basically the same pump also. But that's going to be down the road a bit for me.
Thanks,
Steve
 
Removed the fuel lines & cleaned off all of the undercoating with kerosene. Works pretty good, but man, my hands are sore. I used to play drums & now starting to get arthritis. Time to go get some Aspercream!
Anyway, I'll finish cleaning them and the brackets the a brass wheel on my drill, then shoot them with some high temp clear.
Steve

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No pics but big progress last night.
My trunk lock somehow locked and the key no longer works. In all attempts to open it, so I can remove the fuel tank, I thought "remove the rear seat".
Easier said than done!
I have read "remove the seat bottom, bend out the tabs, and just push up". Well, I don't know if my car is an anomaly, but that isn't the case.
The seat back has hooks that fit into the package shelf steel, with rubber grommets in the steel. Everything I've seen / heard was that there are clips secured to the rear bulkhead & the seat clips onto them.
I pushed & pushed before I finally figured out what the hell was going on. I inadvertently tore up the fiberboard package shelf cover before I figured this out. Nothing that can't be corrected, but still....
So finally, the seat is out. I had been told on the FB 140's site that I could unlatch the trunk with a coat hanger. This may have worked, except I still have the fiber trunk covers in place. Couldn't see the latching mechanism.
But I could see the two 1/2" bolts holding the trunk lid strike plate. I had to use every 3/8" extension that I own to reach into the trunk just far enough to remove those bolts, and viola! The trunk is open!!
Tonight will be removing the fuel tank.
Oh, before I started this, I power washed the belly of the can with Purple Power followed by high pressure water. Once the fuel tank is out, I'll be finishing the underside.
Then the new exhaust, the cleaned fuel / rear brake lines, & differential go in.
Steve
 
Saw someone post some emblem decals on the fakebook 140 group, being made by a gentleman in Sweden, so I contacted him about making some for a US 140 with the "FUEL INJECTION" emblem. He responded back with a pic, so these babies have been ordered!
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No other updates, just cleaning the rear brake proportioning valves & have some brackets in self-etching primer.
Steve
 
Guess I'll be pulling the seat & carpet sooner than I wanted. Found a rust hole in the driver side floorboard.
I was rolling around under the car, taking out grommets and there it was.
Probably from years of wet shoes, and looking at it with the undercoating around it, I need to patch 2" - 3" square.
I know what I'm doing tomorrow...... :grrr:
Steve
 
Got the engine back from the machine shop today. Going to clean oil passages, rods, crank & head tomorrow after I take Dracula to the vet for his annual check-up.
B20F porn coming tomorrow. Dracula porn today.
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After I get the block in primer, I'll start on the rust that I found the other day. I'll need to go get a new bottle of gas before I can do any welding, but I can get it cut out & get the patch ready.
Steve
 
About 4 hours of cleaning & masking later, the head has been primered.

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Back is bothering me from leaning over the table to mask this thing, so going to watch the Yankees.

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Yankees getting their asses whipped, so I painted the head.

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