Cheers Ozzy, I have been very lucky with this car so far. It's had plenty of rust to deal with but in the grand scheme of E30's I've been blessed with a solid shell.
You are doing an outstanding job 👍🏾 Keep up the good work✌🏾 I was surprised to see the underside of your E30 just as clean as mine is, although my car is 100% rust free, your underside is just as good now 👏🏾
Great video, thanks. Could you talk me through what each of the 4 lines at 6:50 are? I know the two rubber ones are the fuel feed/return. Is the silver painted line on the right hand side the breather?
Cheers Mika! 😁 Sure I can. You're right about the fuel feed and return soft lines. The silver line is a fuel vapor breather line which routes all the way back to the fuel vapor expansion tank - found hidden beside the fuel filler neck in the wheel arch. The thin black line in the background is simply rear brake line. In an earlier video I did more of an explanation about that vapor expansion tank setup and its lines as I had the whole rear end and fuel tank off the car. Hope that helps!
Great work mate , I don’t the same on my Mercedes W202 ended up doing the whole car with an angled Grinder, 50% of the studs broke on mine so I ground them all off and used rivnuts in a fit of rage 😂
Thank you Jason, sounds like you had a battle with the W202 then! 😂 I think if so many of my studs had broken off I'd have done the same trick with rivnuts. I've never done them before but I always think they look ideal when I see them. I'll finally find an excuse to get a set one day!
@@SPANNERRASH you can get rivstuds as well so of you want to keep the OE clips for pipe work just get the correct diameter rivstud and the clips go straight on
Great video and series. I know your pain with that horrible Schutz coating. My 309 is/was covered in it, got most off but it's so thick, plus it's horrible to work near but I've found engine degreaser to be quite good at removing it, I tend to work it in with a brush and let it soften. It's a messy job without a doubt.
Cheers mate! Indeed it's bloody awful sticky stuff. I'm still unsure if it's a factory addition or if someone came along and coated it afterwards. As annoying as it is, it's likely a contributing factor in the car being generally solid underneath. Maybe if I'd let it soak in for longer like you, I'd have had more success with products like that, but I do get impatient! 🤣
Love how this is coming on, doing a real good job! I've been trying to find a welding course near me because I'm in no doubt my E30 is in a similar position :)
Thanks man, still making progress! A course sounds good, you could get a huge headstart doing that rather than burning loads of time wondering why it ain't working like I did. 🤣
@@SPANNERRASH I still don't have anywhere to weld though, so not sure it'll help me quite get 😂 probably going to have to pay someone to sort out my rear inner arch for this year's MOT
My e30 unfortunatelly needs a bit more welding attention underneath. You mention a breather pipe which seems to be completely disconnected on mine and rotted out--how is your one routed?
The hard 3rd hard pipe for the fuel? Yeah its a breather for the tank it routes from the chassis rail at the front right down to the fuel tank, then I'm pretty sure it cuts across to the other side of the tank and connects to soft line into the port on the tank. its kinda hard to describe, I'm pretty sure I covered it in a bit more detail in a later video so it might be useful to check that out. 😄
Good question Mo, I've been mostly using 1.2mm sheet steel for external body panels, but I've used some 1.5mm in places where things are a bit more structural chassis related. I actually had a very hard time finding sheet metal, luckily I found a nice local engineering shop and when I gave them a ring they were happy to sell me some off-cuts. I have also seen sheet metal sold at auto-jumble style events. Hope that helps!
Cheers Dean, yeah I really should take better care, just find them a bit awful to work in. Hopefully not too much more of this type of thing at least. 😄
Just wanted to say, despite doing body work, your shop is very clean.. like how mine used to be! Props!!
Haha Thanks! I literally can't think of anything in the world that makes more of a mess than bodywork. 😂
Thank you for this new episode! Great work! 🙂
Cheers pal! 😃
And yet another great progress! Love to watch your videos , cant wait till the next one , grts from Holland!
Thank you Frank! Momentum is still carrying the project along.
The body looks very solid, my congrats on this.
Cheers Ozzy, I have been very lucky with this car so far. It's had plenty of rust to deal with but in the grand scheme of E30's I've been blessed with a solid shell.
You are doing an outstanding job 👍🏾 Keep up the good work✌🏾 I was surprised to see the underside of your E30 just as clean as mine is, although my car is 100% rust free, your underside is just as good now 👏🏾
Thank you for the kind words mate, I really appreciate it! 😁
Great video, thanks. Could you talk me through what each of the 4 lines at 6:50 are? I know the two rubber ones are the fuel feed/return. Is the silver painted line on the right hand side the breather?
Cheers Mika! 😁
Sure I can. You're right about the fuel feed and return soft lines.
The silver line is a fuel vapor breather line which routes all the way back to the fuel vapor expansion tank - found hidden beside the fuel filler neck in the wheel arch.
The thin black line in the background is simply rear brake line.
In an earlier video I did more of an explanation about that vapor expansion tank setup and its lines as I had the whole rear end and fuel tank off the car.
Hope that helps!
Great work mate , I don’t the same on my Mercedes W202 ended up doing the whole car with an angled Grinder, 50% of the studs broke on mine so I ground them all off and used rivnuts in a fit of rage 😂
Thank you Jason, sounds like you had a battle with the W202 then! 😂 I think if so many of my studs had broken off I'd have done the same trick with rivnuts.
I've never done them before but I always think they look ideal when I see them. I'll finally find an excuse to get a set one day!
@@SPANNERRASH you can get rivstuds as well so of you want to keep the OE clips for pipe work just get the correct diameter rivstud and the clips go straight on
@@ChopperMeir Rivstuds! now that is news to me, I'll definitely check those out, cheers for the heads up!
Great video and series.
I know your pain with that horrible Schutz coating. My 309 is/was covered in it, got most off but it's so thick, plus it's horrible to work near but I've found engine degreaser to be quite good at removing it, I tend to work it in with a brush and let it soften. It's a messy job without a doubt.
Cheers mate! Indeed it's bloody awful sticky stuff. I'm still unsure if it's a factory addition or if someone came along and coated it afterwards. As annoying as it is, it's likely a contributing factor in the car being generally solid underneath.
Maybe if I'd let it soak in for longer like you, I'd have had more success with products like that, but I do get impatient! 🤣
Love how this is coming on, doing a real good job! I've been trying to find a welding course near me because I'm in no doubt my E30 is in a similar position :)
Thanks man, still making progress! A course sounds good, you could get a huge headstart doing that rather than burning loads of time wondering why it ain't working like I did. 🤣
@@SPANNERRASH I still don't have anywhere to weld though, so not sure it'll help me quite get 😂 probably going to have to pay someone to sort out my rear inner arch for this year's MOT
@@Keats.Garage Good point. It might upset the neighbours a bit to be fair! 😆
Great stuff
Cheers Logan!
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Glad to have you on board pal! 😁
My e30 unfortunatelly needs a bit more welding attention underneath. You mention a breather pipe which seems to be completely disconnected on mine and rotted out--how is your one routed?
The hard 3rd hard pipe for the fuel? Yeah its a breather for the tank it routes from the chassis rail at the front right down to the fuel tank, then I'm pretty sure it cuts across to the other side of the tank and connects to soft line into the port on the tank.
its kinda hard to describe, I'm pretty sure I covered it in a bit more detail in a later video so it might be useful to check that out. 😄
Loving your content mate! Do you plan on upgrading the steering rack?
Cheers pal! Definitely planning on swapping it for either E46 purple tag or Z3 1.9L rack. At which point I do that though I'm not sure.
Nice job m8!
Cheers Marios! 😁
What is that spray u use on bare metal after welding?
I often use etch primer just to prevent flash rusting.
@@SPANNERRASH thanks for respond bud!
the lungs must love you 🙂
They have survived luckily! 😅
What gauge steel for floor panel ?
I think it was simple 1.2mm sheet steel
what thickness sheet metal do you use for the patch jobs mate, and where does a hobbiest like myself obtain that from.
Good question Mo, I've been mostly using 1.2mm sheet steel for external body panels, but I've used some 1.5mm in places where things are a bit more structural chassis related.
I actually had a very hard time finding sheet metal, luckily I found a nice local engineering shop and when I gave them a ring they were happy to sell me some off-cuts.
I have also seen sheet metal sold at auto-jumble style events. Hope that helps!
Might want to get a mask or respirator if you're going to keep doing that man. Keep pushing though.
Cheers Dean, yeah I really should take better care, just find them a bit awful to work in. Hopefully not too much more of this type of thing at least. 😄
Was waiting to see when health and safety department would chime in..
Wear a mask mate.. you don't want to be breathing in all that underseal
I should listen to your advice as it's bloody awful stuff. I might pick one up but they are horrible to work in...
@@SPANNERRASH yeah totally get that as well..
I think you should wear a respirator mask whilst taking off all that nasty chemical under neath the car, nice videos though, thanks
Thanks for your concern Steve, I definitely do agree with you!