E28 Alpina Build - by Pedi

12 minute(s) of a 211 minute read

A new isolation-mat in place. Needed to be glued, but that is ok...



The original rug looks like shit, but some shampoo made it at least better....





Hung up after washing, to dry up...





Some harness in position, while waiting for the rug to dry up...





Summer is getting closer, and I am busy at work. Here I had a couple of days off, and we enjoyed a Taco-meal outside in the nice weather...



2 grown-ups, 5 kids og 3 cats (Read: The Pedersen Family) are spending some quality time.

Here is a pic from the summer night in Norway, this is my garage,,,



Me an my GF went for a ride tonight... Lovely...



Some new parts:



Aaaaand finally!! I found a door in the USA, and it has finally arrived...



Old fuel and brake lines:



Pernezz doing some cleaning:



Some new parts....



All in!!



Looks original? Well, almost.. There is hiding a Bosch 044 fuel pump in there...



Cleaning the fuel tank:.



Auch, rust! oh no!!



Ok... Time to skip the idea of using the tank with Alpina elbow. Here is the 518 tank...



Promising, looks better...



Crap! Rust again!!!



New tank from BMW - $1350


This just made my day, I cannot pay that much money...

Making a room for my air-compressor... Double isolated walls...





Turned out good. Almost no sound... I am satisfied..



All done...



Sept 2011: Battery cable needs to go in.





And through the floor...





ABS in position, used pipes, but nice. I do not want to change them.




Clutchpump and master brake cylinder/system with a new "bomb" installed.


It is lovely to install new parts in a new-painted engine bay



Some new parts:





Check out the wrapping for the little part





Alpina dash... Cracked, ofcourse...





Cracks.......





518 dash was clean-looking! Lucky me!!







I like it!

Rug from B7, heater and dash from 518:








Nice!





Damn, fan was broken - I had not checked that. Not remembered that the heater controls from 518 is manual, and B7 is electrical.. Dash out again..




Look at the wear. :wink:





"New" fan...





Rod broken, and screws (2mm) was missing.






Drilling and tapering up to 3mm works, and with some spare-parts from my old Traxxas T-Maxx, a brand new End-Rod did the thing:





Satisfied, that I am





New wire for the hood






Some new parts...





Dash back in, with correct heater controls and a functioning fan




I recieved the new tank, and I needed to weld on the alpine elbow.




Filling pipe:





Welding the elbow:





Welding part II





Cleaning the weld...





Sanding the "transport-primer":





2 layers of 2k primer to prevent rust:





The other side:






And 2 layers of paint...





Close-up.... Sorry bad pics, reflections from the lights are killing me...





In the end, a couple of layers of protective mass:





My friend is happy with the finish, hehe..




Before I installed the tank, I had some paint applied to the gas-filling room






New tank is getting together...





But of course... Rusty pre-pump pipe...





Sometimes you wonder when bad luck should end... I just see my money fly away...

While I wait for the new pre-pump, I just put the tank in position (it takes so much space on the floor).




Installing the new drive flange, it is good to complete suspension parts





New stabilizers





Original Alpina rear brakes (temporary brakes) - of course it had to play games with me....




Well, drilling and tapering again.. And with some O2 and Acytelen, the bastard came out




Temporary brakes rear even got some cheap paint :





Front calipers needed some care ass swell. New gaskets etc, combined with brakeyumyum from ATE:





New vents in position - and mounting kit is on its way in the mail...





Suspension looks better with brakes...





Still waiting for some clips etc to my brakelines and cables: