Black & Tan 332iT

[usdmej]

And to anchor on that contrast, here's a slicktop orient blue wagon with manual, heated, sport natural brown interior at the Oakland junk yard:

curious what the "dibs" etiquette is for something like this at the junkyard? i've only pulled smaller parts but have always wondered what would happen if multiple people were hovering over a desirable spec vehicle

[George Hill]

curious what the "dibs" etiquette is for something like this at the junkyard?

First come, first served.

[usdmej]

First come, first served.

Ah so let's say if you're pulling the front seats from a desirable complete interior, someone is well within their rights to swoop by and snag the rear?

[George Hill]

Ah so let's say if you're pulling the front seats from a desirable complete interior, someone is well within their rights to swoop by and snag the rear?

The car is yours, the etiquette IMO is to ask the person pulling parts what they are getting and if its not something you want then tell them what you want and if you aren't in their way go ahead and pull them with their permission.

[Bry5on]

Finally tackled the oil pan gasket. Fun job!



Also while I was at it, I replaced the AC condenser, as a last ditch effort at helping the car cool better on steep uphills on hot days. If this doesn’t do it, the logical last thing to check would be the head gasket, but there’s no lost coolant over tens of thousands of miles, so I’m a bit stumped.



Also in the interest of getting the cooling system in line. The M3 belly pan has a plastic support bonded to its top side. This bonded piece supports the bottom of the radiator duct to prevent it from blowing air under the oil cooler. Well, the non-m belly pan sits about 3/4” too low to support this, so I blocked it up with foam to achieve the same effect as the M3. Anyone with a swap car should do the same!


And last, swung by a friend’s place and found two very clean LSB CSL replicas there. One in the middle of getting CSL cams and valves. Nice cars.

[0-60motorsports]

CSL Cams and Valves, Only thing missing from my car LOL