some of you may remember a month or so ago a thread in the general section where a guy broke his oil pan in texas driving between florida and california. i ended up trading this guy the mtech for my 91 325ix.
the car is sitting on slammed suspension. these are the pics of the car as i received it except these are not the wheels that came on the car. when i first looked at it, it had some 9 inch wide by 15" rims with tires highly stretched to the max. i didn't want anything to do with that crap, so the deal i made allowed the previous owner to keep them. these alpina copies were the wheels i was running on my ix.
as you can see, the car is missing its front valance. in the trade the guy i got the car from said he would send me an almost new freshly painted alpine 2 valance to go with the car. unfortunately, it hasn't arrived. after giving him shit, about it, he now says it was lost in the mail and that it was in bad shape anyway. basically, i am getting fucked on that part of the deal i guess. i would have thought he would have wanted to hold up his end of the deal considering the circumstances involved. i checked with mercedesbmwparts.com and they sell new oem units for about 325.00. i think shipping is free on orders over 100 bucks. not too bad of a price but still, it pisses me off that i need to outlay for this when it was to be included.
it had some knock off momo "racing" type steering wheel that was about 9 inches in diameter. it totally sucked. i installed this nardi classic woodline. doesn't exactly go with the car, but i love it anyways.
someone attempted to roll the fenders and screwed the shit out of them
here is the...ehm...skid plate or what is left of it that was under the car. needless to say it's not too effective on a car that drags the oil pan on the road.
the damage goes all the way up to the mounting flange
this is the new junkyard pan. i took it down the my local machine shop and had it tanked.
both motor mounts were broken. i guess this could have happened when the car smashed into the curb and spilled its oil all over the road.
while i had the pan off, i pulled the #1 and #5 main caps to check the bearings. praise the lord and with good fortune, they turned off the car before it ran out of oil
the previous owners did a lot of odd things to this car. so far i have only changed the oil pan, radiator, and the front struts/brakes, etc. this is what i have found so far.
cooling system:
leaky radiator. i changed it out. as you can see, it is full of rust from someone filling it with tap water.
one of the aftermarket control arm bushings was jacked up. does anyone know who made these? i was thinking of contacting the company to see if it has a warranty.
for the time being i put a set of treehouse cabs on the car.
these were eibach springs before a p.o. cut a few coils out of them.
i was wandering the junk yard a week or two ago and found a set of bilstiens. i ended up harvesting the entire strut assemblies because i needed some sort of spring to get the chassis off the ground.
this is the wear pattern on the front left brake pads
here is a pic of what both front brake lines looked like.
i have a set of "ate" brake calipers/ carriers, so when i changed the brakes, i also removed the gurling calipers/carriers/ brake lines and replaced them.
three of the 4 caliper bolts were loose. one of them wasn't even the right bolt as you can see.
every boot on the front suspension is torn up from misuse of a picklefork.
the front struts are koni adjustables except one of them isn't adjustable any more. as i mentioned above, i changed them out with bilsteins.
the rotors were looking a little worn, so i replaced those too. while i was in there, the front bearings got changed as well.
for the time being, i plan to roll on stock springs. i am going to look for a set of springs that will lower the car about 1.5 inches. certainly not the 4 inches lower is was sitting when i got it.
the car is sitting on slammed suspension. these are the pics of the car as i received it except these are not the wheels that came on the car. when i first looked at it, it had some 9 inch wide by 15" rims with tires highly stretched to the max. i didn't want anything to do with that crap, so the deal i made allowed the previous owner to keep them. these alpina copies were the wheels i was running on my ix.
as you can see, the car is missing its front valance. in the trade the guy i got the car from said he would send me an almost new freshly painted alpine 2 valance to go with the car. unfortunately, it hasn't arrived. after giving him shit, about it, he now says it was lost in the mail and that it was in bad shape anyway. basically, i am getting fucked on that part of the deal i guess. i would have thought he would have wanted to hold up his end of the deal considering the circumstances involved. i checked with mercedesbmwparts.com and they sell new oem units for about 325.00. i think shipping is free on orders over 100 bucks. not too bad of a price but still, it pisses me off that i need to outlay for this when it was to be included.
it had some knock off momo "racing" type steering wheel that was about 9 inches in diameter. it totally sucked. i installed this nardi classic woodline. doesn't exactly go with the car, but i love it anyways.
someone attempted to roll the fenders and screwed the shit out of them
here is the...ehm...skid plate or what is left of it that was under the car. needless to say it's not too effective on a car that drags the oil pan on the road.
the damage goes all the way up to the mounting flange
this is the new junkyard pan. i took it down the my local machine shop and had it tanked.
both motor mounts were broken. i guess this could have happened when the car smashed into the curb and spilled its oil all over the road.
while i had the pan off, i pulled the #1 and #5 main caps to check the bearings. praise the lord and with good fortune, they turned off the car before it ran out of oil
the previous owners did a lot of odd things to this car. so far i have only changed the oil pan, radiator, and the front struts/brakes, etc. this is what i have found so far.
cooling system:
leaky radiator. i changed it out. as you can see, it is full of rust from someone filling it with tap water.
one of the aftermarket control arm bushings was jacked up. does anyone know who made these? i was thinking of contacting the company to see if it has a warranty.
for the time being i put a set of treehouse cabs on the car.
these were eibach springs before a p.o. cut a few coils out of them.
i was wandering the junk yard a week or two ago and found a set of bilstiens. i ended up harvesting the entire strut assemblies because i needed some sort of spring to get the chassis off the ground.
this is the wear pattern on the front left brake pads
here is a pic of what both front brake lines looked like.
i have a set of "ate" brake calipers/ carriers, so when i changed the brakes, i also removed the gurling calipers/carriers/ brake lines and replaced them.
three of the 4 caliper bolts were loose. one of them wasn't even the right bolt as you can see.
every boot on the front suspension is torn up from misuse of a picklefork.
the front struts are koni adjustables except one of them isn't adjustable any more. as i mentioned above, i changed them out with bilsteins.
the rotors were looking a little worn, so i replaced those too. while i was in there, the front bearings got changed as well.
for the time being, i plan to roll on stock springs. i am going to look for a set of springs that will lower the car about 1.5 inches. certainly not the 4 inches lower is was sitting when i got it.
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