So obviously, the motor's pretty screwed up. Compression runs from from to back: 75 psi, 5 psi, 0 psi, and 50 psi. Not good. I know the HG is toast, cause there was oil in the coolant. Haven't gotten the head off to check any other potential damage.
THE PLAN:
1.) Acquire M3 swap
2.) ?
3.) Drift
Anyway, here it was in my garage after the FOERST night of work.
Mike and I worked on it some and tried to pull the motor, but the trans uses all Torx bolts and while I have Torx sockets, I don't have external Torx sockets. We also couldn't get the drive shaft disconnected from the differential. I was discouraged enough to just drop it and leave it sitting for about 2 weeks.
Yesterday, I got a wild hair and decided to try a different approach. I went out to Lowe's and bought a pipe wrench, and detached the front half of the drive shaft from the rear half. At that point, I could remove the motor mounts and do this:
And that's where I am after last night. I'm thinking tonight, I'm gonna try and get the head off and see what other (if any) damage has been done.
