John Deere ERTL 520 Pedal Tractor Restoration
Life comes at you fast. One minute you are graduating high school and the next you are restoring your childhood John Deer pedal tractor. With my boys growing up quickly,…
Life comes at you fast. One minute you are graduating high school and the next you are restoring your childhood John Deer pedal tractor. With my boys growing up quickly,…
After many months of researching and purchasing new parts, it was finally time to install the new transmission. I had all of the parts and pieces ready, now it was…
With the transmission, exhaust, and driveshaft removed, it was time to buy some car parts. This is always my favorite part of any project. Coming home from work with tons…
After addressing all of the glaring safety and mechanical issues with the car, it was time to change arguably the worst thing about this car, the transmission. This E30's transmission…
I decided it was time to install the pilot bearing extension. As stated in my previous blog posts, the T5 transmission input shaft barely fits in the pilot bearing. We…
After the successful install of the auxiliary fan, I had realized the headlights had been upgraded in a cheap way. I already had the front valance off the car, so…
From when I first bought the car, I really wanted to start to dive into the manual swap but there were some glaring issues with this E30 that had to…
The car was now officially mine but I needed to get the car insured. As soon as I got the car home, I called up my insurance. The first question…
I have been thinking about purchasing a BMW E30 since I bought my first E36 M3 in 2014. There is something lovely about this little car and yes, it is…
In preparing for the removal of the engine, I began disassembling the cooling system. The one thing that always bothered me with this conversion was how the radiator tied into…
The car was now tuned and running great. The car moved through traffic incredibly well. The gearing and RPMs of the engine were perfectly suited for zooming around town. Even…
At this point in the project, the car was running, registered, and ready to hit the road. With a new set of tires, we decided to ensure the car was…
Since we were going to be driving the car more, we decided to finally get a decent set of tires. The old tires were old and dry rotted. The old…
The chrome had come back from refinishing and certain parts were being installed on the car. The car was starting to really come together and become the car we hoped…
After focusing on getting the car running and assembled it was time to indulge in some good ol' fashion bling. The car was functional but as is the case with…
If you have been following along with the build, you will know we screwed up. Not royally but enough to be a problem down the road. We decided to put…
The car was running but far from complete. There are tons of small projects that needed to be done. People don't really realize that restoring a car is not just…
Since the car was now officially running, it began to feel like a mad dash to get the car somewhat road legal and safe. From the last post, I had…
We were getting fairly close to driving the Sunbeam. It was Winter of 2020 at this point and we had just about everything prepared to get the car running. The…
The Sunbeam had started to build momentum. Many small projects were adding up to big wins in getting the car at least to running condition. The engine compartment was getting…
Huge progress was made in the last blog post in the engine compartment. We were gathering momentum and the progress made in the engine bay began to slowly spill over…
With the engine bay coming along nicely it was time to decide on the fuel system delivery. Until recently, there wasn't much choice in terms of non-carbureted options. In deciding…
The Sunbeam had now returned to my house after leaving the body shop and exhaust shop. This only left the fuel system, cooling system, clutch, brakes, dash, driveshaft, interior, and…