04-24-2006, 10:43 PM
Its a love/hate relationship with this E30... and right now I'm not loving it.
Good news is we got in all my suspension and brake components this weekend, but when I went to bleed the brakes I absolutely cannot get fluid to come out of the 2 rear calipers! I called Chan and he said to bleed the lines right at the master cylinder, which I tried. I then took out the bleeder screws to make sure they weren't clogged, but still no fluid will come out. The front 2 calipers bleed fine. I bought a pressure bleeder and it wont' even build up pressure... so I'm thinking its the master cylinder that needs to be replaced. I'm going to order a 25mm master cylinder kit from Bimmerworld (a performance upgrade thats even bigger than the E30 M3's) but I'm a bit concerned it isn't Spec E30 legal. After thinking about it, who cares at this point... I'm not racing for a while so I'll just get this and see if it solves the problem.
Any other ideas on why I can't get fluid to the rear lines?
Also the gauges I had working now are not. It blew the fuse again, so it wasn't as easy as I thought.
In other news we pulled the engine from our parts car. I need to create directions on the "Chris and Eric way to pull an engine". Lets just say it involved lifting the body of the car up in the air by using a ratcheting strap attached to the roof of the barn, and dragging the engine on a palet with my dad's 4 runner and his John Deere tractor!!! Pics up soon!
Good news is we got in all my suspension and brake components this weekend, but when I went to bleed the brakes I absolutely cannot get fluid to come out of the 2 rear calipers! I called Chan and he said to bleed the lines right at the master cylinder, which I tried. I then took out the bleeder screws to make sure they weren't clogged, but still no fluid will come out. The front 2 calipers bleed fine. I bought a pressure bleeder and it wont' even build up pressure... so I'm thinking its the master cylinder that needs to be replaced. I'm going to order a 25mm master cylinder kit from Bimmerworld (a performance upgrade thats even bigger than the E30 M3's) but I'm a bit concerned it isn't Spec E30 legal. After thinking about it, who cares at this point... I'm not racing for a while so I'll just get this and see if it solves the problem.
Any other ideas on why I can't get fluid to the rear lines?
Also the gauges I had working now are not. It blew the fuse again, so it wasn't as easy as I thought.
In other news we pulled the engine from our parts car. I need to create directions on the "Chris and Eric way to pull an engine". Lets just say it involved lifting the body of the car up in the air by using a ratcheting strap attached to the roof of the barn, and dragging the engine on a palet with my dad's 4 runner and his John Deere tractor!!! Pics up soon!
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