Holy shit - thought you'd never get that thing sorted! Kind of painful to know it was something small like a distributor, but it's just good to have to running well and road legal. Curious to see what happens with this one.
I need to put in a vote for an E36 in the future. Selfishly, I'm new to E36 and it's been fun learning about all the intricacies of the chassis. Content on it would be awesome :D
Glad you finally got the car sorted. They seem to be selling for decent money these days. I agree and think Bring a trailer would be a good platform to get good money for this car.
What an awesome surprise to wake up to! Always a good morning with a Day Off DIY vid! Congrats on finally passing smog!! Now you can enjoy it and it’s no longer sexy lawn art. The fuel pressure bleed is probably leaky fuel injectors. Kinda common. For some more engine compartment access, you can disconnect the shock on the RF hood hinge and the hood will rotate forward a bit more. Hopefully this will sell quickly. It’ll make a nice lil toy for someone for sure.
Great idea. maybe i should throw a gauge on the rail and see what things look like after i turn the engine off. gunna get back onto the e30 soon and get her cleaned up for listing
Alec, where did U find the distributor,????....I have a 1994 318i, and some of the parts are getting harder to find....glad U were able to solve the problems U were having....
The engine will want more advance at higher rpms due to the time it takes for the spark to produce the power and pressure from the exploding air/fuel mixture. Old Chevy's back in the day had about 12º initial timing at idle and up to 36º of advance in either mechanical (weights and springs) or vacuum at high rpm. Too much advance and the piston fights the pressure on the way up and too little advance keeps the engine from making maximum power as the piston is already moving down when the explosion of the air/fuel happens. You want more advance at high rpm and less at idle. As for a computer controlled vacuum advance with a relay, you're on your own sir ... Good luck.
the Portland metro area requires any car newer than 1979 (not sure why) has to pass smog emissions. Medford is the only other city in Oregon that does but it's only if the car is newer than 20 years old. everywhere else in the state you don't have too.
@glock22357 Texas ev driver just busted texas for $15 of an inspection fee of $30+ for passing smog test. So oh now it is fixed and 1995 or older is no smog test. Duh! No cars back then were smog tested. Lol.
Nice Video man i love old BMW's! so i was wondering if it is legall to test drive a car that isn't officially legal on US roads? because in Germany you get yourself into trouble by doing that :D
FINALLY! YOU GOT IT ALEC!! 🎉 I have seen how this car got you demoralized after all that hard work. At the End you won!💪 Good job buddy. Such a nice cruiser that E30. Hopefully you score a wonderfull Price for that puppy. Thanks for your nice content again.🙏 Can't wait for another one.✌️
Outstanding! I got lost when you ear timed the engine and smelled the exhaust for idle mixture… on my points and carbureted Mazda 1000 from 1982 I set idle speed and mixture in the carburetor after setting the idle spark advance. But never in a fuel injected car.
Woohoo finally, you did it! It reminds me of an old Rhodes piano I bought with the intention to restore (also older than me), but got stuck due to several reasons. Like getting bad spare parts supplied (and not knowing about it), or partly vague manuals. I ended up selling it half restored, which was for the better, because it apparently was just not my area. Anyway, you got yours working properly now, good luck on the sale!!
I would love to see you hold onto this car and really make it nice these e30,s are one of the best driving cars ever made.
I remember that feeling, getting something to pass smog after struggling with it for months! 🔥
5:25 love sage being the guard keeping the chickens out of the garage
That little moment of appreciative silence at 13:40 with some revs. Such a good feeling.
Congrats😀 After three months of intense spannering my old 316i also passed the MOT here in Norway👍
Mate I'm so glad to see that issue resolved, it must have been driving you nuts! Another great vid man
Thanks man me too! She still needs some work but she’s legal!
Holy shit - thought you'd never get that thing sorted! Kind of painful to know it was something small like a distributor, but it's just good to have to running well and road legal. Curious to see what happens with this one.
me too Liam! gunna get her cleaned up soon, been having a lot of fun with the n54 :)
I need to put in a vote for an E36 in the future. Selfishly, I'm new to E36 and it's been fun learning about all the intricacies of the chassis. Content on it would be awesome :D
Hugely stoked man! The satisfaction must be huge!!!
Glad you fixed the E30! Hope you get top dollar for all the work you put in
Alec, you’ve done a great job here! It’s great to see you wrenching again.
Glad you finally got the car sorted. They seem to be selling for decent money these days. I agree and think Bring a trailer would be a good platform to get good money for this car.
HUGE win brotha!!
Awesome! All the months of hard work paying off! Super happy for you man
Hell yeah Alec!!! Let’s gooooo!! Wooohooo!! HUGE WIN!!! 🤙
appreciate you!!! :)
Congrats! Your nightmares are gone. Nothing like an inspection sticker after all the fight for it. Yahoo.
Im really happy for you and that lovely E30! Great video as always:)
I'm so happy for you, Man!!!!
Congrats man! This is exciting! Hopefully it goes to a good home
Hey Colby! I hope so too. Bring a trailer might be the move. Gunna try to do a little fine tuning before then
@@DayOffDIY I agree! If you post it, I’ll definitely follow the auction.
What an awesome surprise to wake up to! Always a good morning with a Day Off DIY vid!
Congrats on finally passing smog!! Now you can enjoy it and it’s no longer sexy lawn art.
The fuel pressure bleed is probably leaky fuel injectors. Kinda common.
For some more engine compartment access, you can disconnect the shock on the RF hood hinge and the hood will rotate forward a bit more.
Hopefully this will sell quickly. It’ll make a nice lil toy for someone for sure.
Great idea. maybe i should throw a gauge on the rail and see what things look like after i turn the engine off. gunna get back onto the e30 soon and get her cleaned up for listing
Great job man
I’m so glad you got that beautiful white E30 street legal. I hope you enjoy driving it. You’ve done a great job getting it to this point.
Nice job and very interesting
Good job !!!
Alec, where did U find the distributor,????....I have a 1994 318i, and some of the parts are getting harder to find....glad U were able to solve the problems U were having....
Respect man! ❤😊
The engine will want more advance at higher rpms due to the time it takes for the spark to produce the power and pressure from the exploding air/fuel mixture. Old Chevy's back in the day had about 12º initial timing at idle and up to 36º of advance in either mechanical (weights and springs) or vacuum at high rpm. Too much advance and the piston fights the pressure on the way up and too little advance keeps the engine from making maximum power as the piston is already moving down when the explosion of the air/fuel happens. You want more advance at high rpm and less at idle. As for a computer controlled vacuum advance with a relay, you're on your own sir ... Good luck.
How much you selling the e30 for? How can I find out about it .
Snog on a 1984. Sounds ridiculous
it is rediculous... i gotta get out of CA!
Please do not sell that car!!! If you rest ore it’s pain , that can be a amazing weekend car!!!
Where the fuck do you have to "smog" a 40 year old car? Ridiculous.
the Portland metro area requires any car newer than 1979 (not sure why) has to pass smog emissions. Medford is the only other city in Oregon that does but it's only if the car is newer than 20 years old. everywhere else in the state you don't have too.
Dude I'm so glad you got it sorted
dude me too! it took a new distributor and a little tuning, but so far so good! still got some more work to do though but were making progress
@@DayOffDIYshould be much easier to flip it now
I must say, this advance system...is pretty advanced.
Yeah... 1930's technology though
That's great, I'm pleased for you. I would love to see you do more with it
@glock22357 Texas ev driver just busted texas for $15 of an inspection fee of $30+ for passing smog test. So oh now it is fixed and 1995 or older is no smog test. Duh! No cars back then were smog tested. Lol.
Nice Video man i love old BMW's!
so i was wondering if it is legall to test drive a car that isn't officially legal on US roads? because in Germany you get yourself into trouble by doing that :D
FINALLY! YOU GOT IT ALEC!! 🎉
I have seen how this car got you demoralized after all that hard work. At the End you won!💪
Good job buddy.
Such a nice cruiser that E30.
Hopefully you score a wonderfull Price for that puppy.
Thanks for your nice content again.🙏
Can't wait for another one.✌️
You know it man! Yeah it was very demoralizing, but we got her legal so I can breathe for a little while I work on other things around here :)
congrats bro
Congratulations
Yup, huge win and congrats to you!
Outstanding! I got lost when you ear timed the engine and smelled the exhaust for idle mixture… on my points and carbureted Mazda 1000 from 1982 I set idle speed and mixture in the carburetor after setting the idle spark advance. But never in a fuel injected car.
Woohoo finally, you did it! It reminds me of an old Rhodes piano I bought with the intention to restore (also older than me), but got stuck due to several reasons. Like getting bad spare parts supplied (and not knowing about it), or partly vague manuals. I ended up selling it half restored, which was for the better, because it apparently was just not my area.
Anyway, you got yours working properly now, good luck on the sale!!
amazing car!
Glad you like it!!!
Haha, took me awhile to notice the Lost Coast Hoodie. That my favorite brewery
E82 1 series next!
Good job! 👏