The '74 TIi has arrived - now the "fun" starts

[SydneyTii]

4 minutes ago, tdskip said:

 

Thank you gentlemen. I assume a high heat semigloss black would be in order, correct? 

Yep thats what I'd did to mine

Edited April 17, 2018 by SydneyTii

[PaulTWinterton]

1 minute ago, tdskip said:

Thank you gentlemen. I assume a high heat semigloss black would be in order, correct? 

 

Yes, and if you want to be really correct get the copper (coated) bolts too.  

[penth2o]

Yep. That one won't be powdercoated. 

[tdskip]

Thanks.

 

This raises a good question - where to source bolts etc from so they are correct? I'm not a 99 point kind of guy but I do like to do things right.

 

[PaulTWinterton]

I had no luck sourcing the copper bolts locally or from metric fastener suppliers.  I ended up buying them from the BMW dealership.  Try harder to find them somewhere else.  The dealer is too expensive.

 

Belmetric.com has most everything, but they didn't have the copper bolts.

Walloth & Nesch sells a complete yellow zinc nut/bolt kit to rebuild an engine.  

 

https://www.wallothnesch.com/en/nuts-and-bolts-set-for-engine-2000tii-264-pieces-all-original-yellow-zinc-plated-11-01-00.html

Edited April 17, 2018 by PaulTWinterton

[penth2o]

Or you could gather all your stuff to be plated  and send them in when you know what you want and have all your parts that need it. 

Are you going to tear this whole car apart? If so, you will have a lot more parts  to be plated and powdercoated. 

Edited April 18, 2018 by penth2o

[harold]

Go to Belmetric, search "copper", and you'll see lots of copper nuts.

[ray_]

6 minutes ago, harold said:

Go to Belmetric, search "copper", and you'll see lots of copper nuts.

 

And not many copper bolts.

 

;-)

[harold]

Ouch.  I misunderstood. 

[ray_]

3 minutes ago, harold said:

Ouch.  I misunderstood. 

 

I haven't done that many times since at least ten minutes ago, I think

 

Cheers,

[Son of Marty]

McMaster Carr has them. whoops sorry those are brass not copper.

Edited April 18, 2018 by Son of Marty

[tdskip]

Cracked exhaust manifold removed (as being discussed elsewhere).

 

 

[tdskip]

Drained the oil in preparation of the engine block coming out.

 

Looks like I am missing an exhaust locating bracket.

 

 

['76mintgrün'02]

yeah, my car is missing that too.  I did buy one a few years ago and plan on installing it, once the 02 sensor bung is installed, for the gauge I bought five years ago.  no cracks in my manifold yet, thankfully... although I bought a tii manifold four years ago, to use as a replacement... seeing a pattern?

 

Apparently, it adds stress to the manifold, not to be supported at the transmission.  I wonder if that could have encouraged the crack you have.  

 

You might consider welding a bung in the down pipe while it is out.  Exhaust analyzers are very useful tuning tools.

[tdskip]

Good morning, thanks for the response.

 

I am seeing a theme there!

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2018 by tdskip