My M20 Swap

[tinkwithanr]

Any reason to go with the 4-speed in stead of a 5-sped aside from availability?

[Deutschman]

The 240 is a 5 speed from a m42 powered 318i.

[tinkwithanr]

Oo okay. For some reason I thought it was the 4-speed attached to the M20 powered e21's. Good to know.

[Deutschman]

It should bolt up to my m20, and with a bit off good old 5# hammer massaging, fit into my tunnel as well. The mounting points will be slightly angled do to the way the trans will bolt up, but that is easy to correct with the right trans brace.

[FrancoisDillinger]

keeping an eye on this thread, can't wait to see progress. i plan on doing this in the next year or so and also hate wiring :/

[pink]

Looking good!

[Deutschman]

Thanks!

I just ordered a whole mess of m20 refresh parts from Steve at blunttech.com

I also got my engine stand in the mail today and put it together. This weekend will be spent cleaning and painting the bottom end.

Pictures soon.

[Deutschman]

Got to cleaning the motor up today. Started stripping it down more, cleaned the oil pan and painted it, and cleaned the top end off a bit.

I am going to continue tomorrow.

Bottom end

Top end dirty!

Top end clean!

Oil pan cleaned and painted

I realized I forgot to get a few things from Steve when I put in my last order. Who needs a alternator belt anyways? hahaha

It is also nice to see what a dishwasher can do to a oil pump! I am going to have to sneak more parts into the dishwasher later on.

[Deutschman]

Got some more work done today.

I took some more stuff off the motor. Right now I am still trying to get the front crank shaft cover off, but I am having a hard time pulling part of the crank shaft pulley off. The oil pump pulley came off easy. Ones that sucker is off I can finish cleaning and painting the block.

Whats the best way to get the freeze plugs out?

Valve cover cleaned and painted.

Cleaned of the oil sensor thingamajig.

I get sick pleasure out of doing all this cleaning and reassembly! lol

It really is satisfying.

Sadly the rain cut my progress short today. Hopefully it clears up a bit tomorrow.

Cheers guys!

[Deutschman]

Got some more work done today. Finished cleaning and painting the block, along with sticking the oil pan back on. I also cleaned the oil filter housing inside and out. Sadly the seal kit for the filter housing I ordered from Blunttech did not show up in the order so I could not put it all back together yet. I think the seals got confused with another part when I placed my order or something.

The drivers side motor mount has one hole that is not quite right as well, so I will have to do some work on that next weekend.

Well my dumb ass put this on upside down and thought it had miss matched holes.

Till next weekend.

[Frenchee]

Damn dude, you got those mounts from Manimal? Cus I have em too. I wonder if the wholes were calculated right on all of them.

[Guest]

Dude, you have it on upside down...rotate it 180 degrees, the portion that stick out should be in the upper right hand corner, not lower left.

Btw, that block looks really good, what color paint?

[Deutschman]

Hahahahaha lol topical me! Well that saves me a lot of work!

Thanks man. The color is some sort of VHT silver engine paint. I threw the cap away so i can not tell you what the exact color is.

I like it.

More work will be done this weekend. I need to find a good machine shop in near me to look over my head in SF, but I need to order my cam first so they can install it for me.

[Frenchee]

Deutsch you scared me for a second...

[Deutschman]

Sorry...

Got my new HOMAK BK01032101 3-Drawer Tool Box yesterday. It is raining really hard today, and the rain keeps blowing into my shed sideways while I am working. I can not make any progress till this passes and I get my lower timing cover in the mail some time next week. It looks like I am working steady Monday threw Friday as well.

Sins I could not work on the block, I spent some time wiping my tools down and putting them away in their new home.

I really like this box so fare and it was only about $56 w/ shipping on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/HOMAK-BK01032101-3-Drawer-Chest-Black/dp/B000K6DLHI/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1

The sliders seam strong and sturdy, it has good room, and it came with drawer mats.