I made a $200 mistake the other day. and here it is:
And here is the reason I picked it up.
So here's the deal, This car has HIGH mileage, 271,000 miles, it has some rust, and it hasn't run since 2006. The owner said that his mechanic said it has a "Computer issue" that was keeping it from running. He said he was sick of looking at it, and told me to make him an offer. The rust is in the trunk lid, and the bottom of a few doors. The trunk is a loss, it has some bad cancer, but the doors are salvageable. Their is a 1990 740il in a junk yard near me that has a good trunk lid, and good doors that are the some color as this thing.
I cleaned it up a little, mostly just knocked the funk off it, I got some small dent issues to deal with on the right side. The good news is everything works, with the exception of the powered headrest on the drivers seat, and the radio.
Today, I decided to mess with the motor a little. Good news was had:
This is using a shot of starter fluid in each TB, and a battery boost from my F150. But it does fire.
At this point, I'm still paying off the credit card I used to finish my M60 swap on E30. So this thing is really on the back burner, and any updates will be mostly about cleaning, and testing parts, until I can afford parts.
Whats the plan? I bough the thing for the motor, and I planned on building my own Gristle Hammer (http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=386577) But after messing with it, I'm thinking this thing is too cool to just use it as a donor. I'm thinking I may VIP this thing, and airbag it, color change to black, tint the shit out of the windows, and a nice exhaust. Nothing too crazy with the drive train. Something that is super comfortable, that I can use for road trips and long drives. This is going to be another long term project.
The Glorious Bastard
And here is the reason I picked it up.
So here's the deal, This car has HIGH mileage, 271,000 miles, it has some rust, and it hasn't run since 2006. The owner said that his mechanic said it has a "Computer issue" that was keeping it from running. He said he was sick of looking at it, and told me to make him an offer. The rust is in the trunk lid, and the bottom of a few doors. The trunk is a loss, it has some bad cancer, but the doors are salvageable. Their is a 1990 740il in a junk yard near me that has a good trunk lid, and good doors that are the some color as this thing.
I cleaned it up a little, mostly just knocked the funk off it, I got some small dent issues to deal with on the right side. The good news is everything works, with the exception of the powered headrest on the drivers seat, and the radio.
Today, I decided to mess with the motor a little. Good news was had:
This is using a shot of starter fluid in each TB, and a battery boost from my F150. But it does fire.
At this point, I'm still paying off the credit card I used to finish my M60 swap on E30. So this thing is really on the back burner, and any updates will be mostly about cleaning, and testing parts, until I can afford parts.
Whats the plan? I bough the thing for the motor, and I planned on building my own Gristle Hammer (http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=386577) But after messing with it, I'm thinking this thing is too cool to just use it as a donor. I'm thinking I may VIP this thing, and airbag it, color change to black, tint the shit out of the windows, and a nice exhaust. Nothing too crazy with the drive train. Something that is super comfortable, that I can use for road trips and long drives. This is going to be another long term project.
The Glorious Bastard
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