Between you and M539 Restorations, it's making me want a BMW money pit of my own and I don't know how to escape this feeling lmao

Respect for this guy as he is way smarter than the average car youtuber! I enjoy learning from how you walk through solving problems even if some are your mistakes. We all make these mistakes.

it's very good that this guy also shows his mistakes. That way we know what we should look out for when rebuilding these engines.

This guy is not afraid to dig into any BMW project 😅 Respect

Congrats on getting your first newborn running in the new shop. Doing great Josh, keep it up!!!

Beautiful video Josh. Had me dying with some laughter when you found out what that silly annoying noise was from the PCV😂😂

Great job! Now you have one more thing to do. The M60B44 requests, or I should say demands a 6 speed 420G. Go for it!

Ohhhh boy😂 the flex plate realization was too real. Similar issue myself, got new motor running and rear main gave when bleeding coolant. Gotta love cars!

Anytime mate 👍

No video is as accurate as this when it comes to expressing the anxiety of starting up a fresh swap or rebuild LOL.

Jeez...And I thought the timing chain guides was a tough job on my 540i. Good job bud!

Great series on this rebuild! Alot of thorough work! Makes me want to find an e31, hopefully 850i to experience the complicated m70.lol

Fabulous work! Amazing content thank you for sharing 👍🏽

Those cars look gorgeous in white.

All lovers of older bmws love this car!! If you know you know the F1 of the sharks!! Worth all the blood and tears!!

Oh dude, your E9 is SO gorgeous. An E9 is gonna be my next nightmare, I mean project.

Great video!!

Awesome stuff man. Watched the whole video start to finish, love that you keep the mistakes in the video. Great to learn from. Crushing it with unique, informational and entertaining videos.

yeah you could hear the "gallop" when it was turning over with the cam timing off and there was lack of compression on some cylinders.

You are an animal! Congratulations and that was a joy to watch. Your determination and love for these cars is inspiring. E31 is my dream car, But at least I got a m60b40/6. Such an amazing engine.. enjoy my friend. You deserve it and earned it. Take Care my friend!

Kudos, brother! Loved watching the whole build process. Glad I'm not the only one struggling with the M60 ;)

Great job josh im really happy for you cant wait for the next video and every days a learning curve and im loving these detailed longer videos

Fuck yeah bro. Josh in the V8 31 😏

Hello & welcome to Timm’s BEEEEMW repairs and information 😂😂 That guy has some good content I came across when re-gasketing my m60 - where you came across the tech w/ the added washer on the VC grommets for a better seal (in conjunction with old VC gaskets)- Very interesting his in-depth video (and forum posts) discussing the ~55mph shimmy on e31/e32/e34 can ALSO be contributed by under inflated front tires - the solution is to inflate to ~42psi or so

I run that catch can! Works nice!! S50 e30 87 vert with hard top, roll bar coming this spring!!!

Yellowstone episode 2 👍

brave man ! bravo

Mad respect. Keep up the good work. U and M539 2 best bmw channels.

hope the joy of driving it ends up more than worth the wor! great video, i just replaced my pcv valve i wish i had seen this video before i did to install that catch can. when i saw the function of the valve and how gunked up it was when i pulled it off i was amazed. that terrible sound you were getting where it sounded like an alien robot was the exact same sound i had on mine prior to taking it in for a pcv replacement

Nice work Josh. We all make mistakes and for some reason E31’s seem to like to be difficult to work on. Have been working on my neighbors 850i on my channel and it nearly broke me. Now the trans has shit the bed - no reverse. So that’s gonna be fun. I was bidding on a manual 850i last week. Kinda glad I didn’t win. Sold for $4250 (plus 13% buyer fee) no title no keys. Looked like it needed a lot of work so I bowed out after a long bidding war. Keep up the awesome content!

Great work! Educational! Love the E31!

good video. great content. good to see you wrenching again. gotta order the CHF online only; if you buy it in the store, its 3x the price. I have a slow leak on mine, been buying it for a couple years now (SUPERcheap online). great practice with the flywheel; v8 might be better with an automatic anyway. great diagnostics, this is your element, man. don't get frustrated; it's not the car, you're a little rusty.

Nicely done bro. Cant wait to see how it runs.

I did the exact same thing when timing my m62, the crank was at tdc, but the cam numbers weren't showing, luckily I noticed. It's expensive, but I. The future is also recommend German auto solutions timing kit.

gotta love frankenmotors

Profesionalism like M539 Resto

I have the exact same ebay catch can on my turbo 325i. I actually like the design and overall built quality of it a lot and it didn't cost much. But the inlets are way too small for a catch can imo

Great news, very well 👍🏻

Looking good

This vid is the exact representation of BMW ownership and repair😂 sure is fun when it's done but it takes some years off your life to get there.

Building an M62TU as we speak for 2000 540i 6 speed in my garage in Gurnee. Was going to keep all the 62TU components and do M60 intake manifold, big bore TB & 4 inch maf, but after watching your build series I really wanna copy what you did since it takes the best of both worlds. I have 3 m62tu’s but no m60s lol do you know where I could get one locally around Chicagoland I can’t find anything

Most people who do this often remove their front clip (bumper, radiator and everything in between engine and license plate)

Any plans on a q & a or live chat or something? That would be cool but you are prob mad busy.

Since you’re upgrading the compression 11 to 1. Is there a tune needed for the computer to know the proper air fuel mixture. Or will it learn as it drives.

No need to chip the ecu ? It works with the old tune for the 4 liters ?

Is the oil pump and pcv behind the timing cover m62 or m60? Thank!

I've always believed that you and M539 one day will be tirer and migrate to Benz, has been like this with myself and many of my friends lol

Any chance you have some front seats from an e23 or compatible?

180 degree fly wheel sitting on the wrong engine.

@m3nameisjosh Are E31's steering box like E34's?