I think I mentioned the E46 electric pedal before but made no posts about it.
Well it was quite simple. I researched online and a lot of people mentioned cutting and welding mounts etc... Erghh, I'd rather not do that. Then I test fitted the bracket and it was very clear how to make it work. I needed to cut a little bit out of the E46 bracket as it's wider, and made a small adapter for the throttle stop bolt. 3D printed from PETG, everything fits perfectly. Time to get it made from aluminium on CNC, then it's done. Really simple stuff and fits like OEM, I truly don't understand why some people are welding up stuff
My issue with the box hitting the engine mount is now solved, so I could finally tighten down all the steering components, crossmember and start installing the suspension parts. For now, I had to remount the "original" parts that are absolute garbage. Shitty coilovers, and broken top mounts. I will change these later, money is tight right now, because we bought a new flat and still have to pay for everything inside
Maybe next winter. I just need to get this car running first.
Also check this out. While playing with the accelerator pedal I found some wires hanging from my seat. Hmm. Weird. Manual seats with 6 wires? I sent the pics to my friend who said it could be heating. I removed the cover on the side and vuala, the connector is there. Good news: seat heating!! YESS! On the other hand: WTF? Who covered it up? Or was it always there just covered by the factory?
Anyway, if someone has two E34 buttons in europe, lmk.
I bought a coolant reservoir from an E34/E32. Well fuck. On pictures it looked much smaller, that's because the E34 engine bay is much bigger. It barely, barely fits into an E28 but its hitting the intake manifold.
So I need to find a different solution. Obviously, this is easy because it's litereally just a tank, mount it and go. BUT, 1. it has to look neat and clean, I want to keep the engine bay tidy. 2., I don't want to weld more and more tabs - and as you can see, there's nothing left. I found some pics online I liked, so I will see.
How big of a reservoir could I even need? The stock one is roughly 4 liters from eyeballin, and it's filled to like 80% of the height so it's basically like 3.4 liters of water inside and only 0.6 liter for expansion room --> This is probably for safety if something leaks, there's a buffer, but I think I can get away with a much smaller tank.
I thought about a tank mounted next to the radiator, similar to what E36 guys do when they swap their built-in-tank-radiators for full sized ones, but I had nightmares trying to bleed the system with the E36 radiator. Also, since it would then work as two tanks interconnected at the bottom and the top, air would just go into the radiator and the cylinder head each time the car is stoppod. Noooo. That's why I like the E34 M30 design in the first place. Clean install and sits higher than everything else --> I am debating making one this style from aluminium, just smaller. Thoughts?
The reservoir I meant for E36s:
Like, I see no valve or anything, therefore air just flows back into the radiator every time the car stops?? Am I missing something or is this a shitty solution?
Final part of todays post
My handbrake is all shaky shaky. Upon investigation, I found that the sheet metal around the.. other sheet metal part is broken, bent upwards and cracking. I bent it back and its a bit better but still loose.
Shouldn't these two be welded together? Should I tack them in place? If you check the pictures, you can see some silver area - that's from rubbing as it's loose
