81' 320i US Spec AKA Tracy

[uwbuurman]

[Spoona_Jay21]

MORE NEW STUFF!!!!!!

new head set



and a new sticker from my friends Photography thing lol



nothing else new. should have another update this weekend. goin to be workin on it friday.

[uwbuurman]

Good luck!

[Old Man]

WOW!!!

I Mean WOW!!!!!

So when you going to start working on it.....

I meant it!


Great Work.

[Spoona_Jay21]

So things have been a bit Hektic this summer so there has been no update.

Anyway, we were aable to get the head off. not a fun process... and to be honest it has been so long since i did it, these pics mean nothing cause they aren't in order lol.

I Do have one question for our M10 powered Owners in Europe. is the Wiring loom for the engine bay routed through the Intake between runners? that's how it was done on mine, and i'm not sure if it was just to screw with us Americans or what!

In other matters, since i have been low on funds, i have been doin a few other projects.

Working on a Brazillian Rosewood gauge cluster bezell.


and i have been working on redoing my Valve cover.


anyway, for those who are watching, sorry for the lame update after so long, i will post up my pics from yankin the head this evening. just pics, i have no explainations

[Spoona_Jay21]

Now it is time for even more recent progress =P

here is more pics of that Brazilian rosewood cluster










All finished =D


and my repainted valve cover



















now thats for the little stuff....

[Spoona_Jay21]

Now on to what happened a few months ago. i'm just goin to post pictures cause i don't remember a thing. Rofl.



















































ANyway, as you can see the head came off. and isn't in the best shape =/ from what we can see so far...

[Spoona_Jay21]

then the other day i started to tear the head apart as i had nothin better to do.

















Exhaust Cyl 4






Exhaust Cyl 3






Exhaust Cyl 2




Exhaust Cyl 1. my future father in law kinda got to it before i got raw pics of it.






Intake Cyl 1




Intake cyl 2




Intake Cyl 3




Intake Cyl 4




Cylinder 4


Cylinder 3


Cylinder 2


Cyilinder 1


Almost bare head



and that is all i am able to get done for now. within the next few days i will be grinding all the Carbon off the valves

anyway, thats all for now. can't do much more until i get the head hot tanked and re-surfaced.

[Jeroen]

Detailed pictorial! Looks like both the oil and cooling system can do with some flushing as well. And how is the wear on the cam and rockers?

[Spoona_Jay21]

I saw no gouges or scroching. look good and smooth, with the typical wear pattern. I can post up some pics of the cam lobes and rocker arms if you would like.

and thanks for the interest =D

[Jeroen]

As you please haha, but with a close inspection of the head and valves, the cam and rockers should not be forgotten. A tough one when it comes to wear is always wear between rocker and rocker axle. Hard to see sometimes, but it can lead to a sound that is very similar to too wide valve clearances.

[Spoona_Jay21]

Everything looks to have typical wear patterns. nothing out of the ordinary. looks like everything was oiling well. i was able to get some pics of the cam.













also cleaned the Carbon off the Valves. didn't get many pics of those, but they all looked normal so i'm not too concerned.









along with that i sanded down and put some clear over some pieces



some pics of a few of the contacts on the rocker arms...









Then i got tired of everything being dirty and grimey. so i took some steel wool to the rocker arms and valve springs and cups













and gave the same treatment to the distributor. alnd painted the clips black. much better than what they were.





And i have one more question for the M10 guys out there, my rear Coolant outlet below the distributor if a bit corroded.



Is there a way to pull this out? is it screwed in? pressed in? I just don't want to mess up the head my trying to pull it off when it isn't supposed to come off.

thanks again for the help and support. =D

[Nick1984]

It is screwed in

[Jeroen]

And I've seen worse indeed, you need some luck every now and then as well!

[Spoona_Jay21]

Thanks guys =D