Just when the finish line is in sight do we stumble yet manage to keep our feet under us and complete the race!! You're in the stumble stage so keep on with your good work and you'll be rewarded! Love this thread Robert!! JIM
2.2 engine replacement project
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Thanks. Priority had to go to my bro though.
It will be there for another day. Lots of fun to have on hols first
It will be there for another day. Lots of fun to have on hols first
Every body needs some R&R Rob, recharge the battery and get done when you can. Thoroughly enjoying this thread mate. Have a great holiday!
Tony.
Tony.
All too much for Jimmy. He's worked like a bl**dy trojan through his summer holidays. Z3s, his Nana and Grandad's garden and now his Uncle John's flat.
He soaks up all the learning and I told him today he should never be short of a job.
He soaks up all the learning and I told him today he should never be short of a job.
He's a good lad Rob, sounds very like my boy Gary, a grafter !!
Tony.
Tony.
He is that Tony. He also never complains. He even does the washing without me asking!
He's woken up now btw, I mentioned a curry on the way home...
You will have to open his bedroom window tomorrow morning when you wake up, my dad used to do that......
Yeah, now you remind me ................................................. 
Me and my 2 brothers shared a room at one point
Tony.
Me and my 2 brothers shared a room at one pointTony.
For pity sake! You couldn't make this up. I bit into an onion bhaji and a viciously hard piece of onion embedded itself in my palate. And caused it to swell immediately.
I didn't fancy 4 hours in A&E with the Saturday night dross so me and Jimmy did our own procedure.
It was awful trying to keep my mouth open, not breathe on the makeup mirror inserted into my mouth and taking up most of it without gagging, Jimmy shining the iPhone torch in and me probing with a tooth pick. It had caused a cut and a pocket under the palate. It was only a few fragments but that's what was causing it and left there it could have caused a nasty infection.
Absolutely unbelievable.
I didn't fancy 4 hours in A&E with the Saturday night dross so me and Jimmy did our own procedure.
It was awful trying to keep my mouth open, not breathe on the makeup mirror inserted into my mouth and taking up most of it without gagging, Jimmy shining the iPhone torch in and me probing with a tooth pick. It had caused a cut and a pocket under the palate. It was only a few fragments but that's what was causing it and left there it could have caused a nasty infection.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Serves you right for eating crap, try French cuisine in future old chap....
Serves you right for eating crap, try French cuisine in future old chap....
Sshh we nicked it from Jasmine's bedroom
Final problems sorted out and I'm going to try and book the MOT for Thursday!
The SRS problems were resolved with a 2nd replacement module. I must have fried the first replacement one somehow. Unlike the 1st replacement it apparently didn't need any coding. Well the light went out, the errors went. Strictly speaking I should compare the 2 config dumps with NCS Dummy in case something important has not been carried over. I will do that.
I had a rear wheel sensor error. Naturally the old one snapped off trying to remove it. So it took me an hour drilling out the old one. And in with a 3rd party item. Not Delphi this time as even Delphi is too expensive on the rear. It was an unbranded one for £30. The seller on ebay had sold bucket loads with perfect feedback. It's working currently, we'll see how it goes.
The real headache was the misfire. But after several hours I solved it and that's recorded here.
https://zroadster.org/threads/clearing-adaptations-with-inpa-after-m54-engine-swap.19500/
Then I actually got to drive it! It ran well. Phew! There's a couple of subtle noises from the engine bay now I can hear beyond the lumpiness of the misfire. One a little worryingly appears to be coming from the Vanos. But I might be mistaken. There were no noises when the engine was in the donor car so I'm hoping nothing serious.
Tomorrow night we're going to do a few final bits and bobs (refit some interior trim, check gearbox oil level, centre the steering wheel, tape the crack in the rear screen).
Then hopefully in for that MOT Thursday
The SRS problems were resolved with a 2nd replacement module. I must have fried the first replacement one somehow. Unlike the 1st replacement it apparently didn't need any coding. Well the light went out, the errors went. Strictly speaking I should compare the 2 config dumps with NCS Dummy in case something important has not been carried over. I will do that.
I had a rear wheel sensor error. Naturally the old one snapped off trying to remove it. So it took me an hour drilling out the old one. And in with a 3rd party item. Not Delphi this time as even Delphi is too expensive on the rear. It was an unbranded one for £30. The seller on ebay had sold bucket loads with perfect feedback. It's working currently, we'll see how it goes.
The real headache was the misfire. But after several hours I solved it and that's recorded here.
https://zroadster.org/threads/clearing-adaptations-with-inpa-after-m54-engine-swap.19500/
Then I actually got to drive it! It ran well. Phew! There's a couple of subtle noises from the engine bay now I can hear beyond the lumpiness of the misfire. One a little worryingly appears to be coming from the Vanos. But I might be mistaken. There were no noises when the engine was in the donor car so I'm hoping nothing serious.
Tomorrow night we're going to do a few final bits and bobs (refit some interior trim, check gearbox oil level, centre the steering wheel, tape the crack in the rear screen).
Then hopefully in for that MOT Thursday
MOT next Wednesday. They seem to be unusually busy.
In fairness they also need to re-fit the exhaust that I couldn't get right. And sort out the tracking for me.
Now that to me sounds like the sort of time I'll need to finish off breaking the donor car. That will free up precious space on my Parents' drive and relieve us and the neighbours of the increasing eyesore.
Any rumours it creates space for me to buy another Z3 are of course completely false Seriously I really do have to move on the next 2 project 2.2s to free funds up.
I'll start new threads for them where appropriate but in summary:
In fairness they also need to re-fit the exhaust that I couldn't get right. And sort out the tracking for me.
Now that to me sounds like the sort of time I'll need to finish off breaking the donor car. That will free up precious space on my Parents' drive and relieve us and the neighbours of the increasing eyesore.
Any rumours it creates space for me to buy another Z3 are of course completely false
Seriously I really do have to move on the next 2 project 2.2s to free funds up.I'll start new threads for them where appropriate but in summary:
- Willy, Topaz Blue 2.2 Sport - Gorgeous car but has electrical issues. When this car is finished I will be tempted to keep it as it's the nicest of any of my Z3s. I'd have to sell the Titan Silver 2.2 to do that (ie the car from this thread). I don't want to do that as it means so much to me personally as it was the car I was rebuilding for my mate with cancer who went down hill unexpectedly and died a few months ago
- Kodak, Topaz Blue 2.2 Sport - Needs new camshaft sensors (OEM bargains from ebay in hand). Not a bad car but has a couple of rough edges. Have to decide how much tidying up to do on this one as I risk getting sucked into it otherwise and I don't have the time. The intention is to turn it round quickly for a budget price and leave that work to the next owner
- Jgeffie - Boston Green 1.9 pre-facelift. Nice solid, well maintained car. But paintwork was destroyed being kept under an outdoor cover. This is going to be my guinea pig car for a full, or at least substantial respray. I enjoyed doing an engine bay in rattle can and fancy a go with my compressor and a decent gun. I've been looking at 'Gunman' s videos on Youtube. Worth a look! This was going to be the car for my other half's son. But that didn't work out so I'll be selling that one in due course too.
Just read all this thread, great work and very informative. Well done for saving another Zed.
Thank you. Because that is definitely the aim here.Just read all this thread, great work and very informative. Well done for saving another Zed.
It's a nice car and was a whisker away from being broken. It came from a breaker. Some breakers occasionally get a car in and decide to spin it quickly if it's saleable enough. But that's a rarity.
If someone else had bought it they could have still broken it, as I could, and made decent money from it. If I sold this car tomorrow I wouldn't make a penny now! But that brings me back to where I started and doing it for the love of the car.
Just gutted he never lived to enjoy it. But I'm hoping his widow will want to see it and go for a spin up to the cemetery in it. That would be nice.
This is a Lovely thought.
Dropped off at MOT garage tonight. First time I've driven it properly. Drove nicely Fingers crossed for tomorrow
Fingers crossed for tomorrow 
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After all your time and effort there surely can't be anything to go wrong. Hoping so, anyway.