Picked up an 84 325e a few months back, then a motor/trans from another r3v member in San Diego.
~70k miles on the motor, bought all new mounts, new hardware, gaskets, seals and bushings. Finished the swap and drove the car around for a little over a week and it went to hell http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=179292Cliff notes: Cranking it over made a single loud crack/pop sound and started running like crap, still runs/idles but something's wrong.
I'll get compression numbers this week, the car now barely runs, lopey sounding, no metal on metal, or grinding or crunching, was able to drive it from garage to parking space about 50ft. When the car was driving the whole drivetrain felt great, it was smooth and the motor pulled strong. The tie rods needed to be replaced, was going to do this with the steering rack. The control arms are likely shot as well. There's small spots of rust, nothing rusted through, all can be repaired.
M50
G250
Silver label
Rebuilt Driveshaft
New CB
3.73 LSD w/ new bushing
New trans mounts
New motor mounts
E34 Oil Pan
Welded OPN
New H2O pump
New 88c Tstat/Housing
New spark plugs NGK
Not installed:
Minty Dash
E36 M3 Steering Rack
I currently have about $1800 total invested, so I'm looking for $1k obo, trade for something interesting (DSLR, MTB, make me an offer)
~70k miles on the motor, bought all new mounts, new hardware, gaskets, seals and bushings. Finished the swap and drove the car around for a little over a week and it went to hell http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=179292Cliff notes: Cranking it over made a single loud crack/pop sound and started running like crap, still runs/idles but something's wrong.
I'll get compression numbers this week, the car now barely runs, lopey sounding, no metal on metal, or grinding or crunching, was able to drive it from garage to parking space about 50ft. When the car was driving the whole drivetrain felt great, it was smooth and the motor pulled strong. The tie rods needed to be replaced, was going to do this with the steering rack. The control arms are likely shot as well. There's small spots of rust, nothing rusted through, all can be repaired.
M50
G250
Silver label
Rebuilt Driveshaft
New CB
3.73 LSD w/ new bushing
New trans mounts
New motor mounts
E34 Oil Pan
Welded OPN
New H2O pump
New 88c Tstat/Housing
New spark plugs NGK
Not installed:
Minty Dash
E36 M3 Steering Rack
I currently have about $1800 total invested, so I'm looking for $1k obo, trade for something interesting (DSLR, MTB, make me an offer)
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