Project Overly Ambitious

[jpod999]

You know why that happened right ? Car read this thread, and wanted to teach you a lesson for even thinking about selling her. ;)

Welp. Baby #2 will be born today, baby #1 is 16 months old. Gonna be busy for a while.

[Jean]

You know why that happened right ? Car read this thread, and wanted to teach you a lesson for even thinking about selling her. ;)

[jpod999]

I took the car out yesterday thinking it may be the last time before baby #2 arrives- I got 1/4 mile down the road and it died on me. Immediately prior it kind of bucked and lost all power momentarily, the check engine light flicked on during each instance. When it finally did die, I was able to coast the car into a neighborhood and pull over- tried cranking a few times but no luck. I walked back home and grabbed a gas can. Dumped two gallons into the tank and it started back up. On the way back home I put a mile or so on it and it bucked one more time, only happened under load- it would drive normally under steady driving.

The tank was low and I was on my way to the gas station, but the light wasn't even on! I haven't yet done any further investigation, I'll probably have to wait for a while as we are expecting the baby no later than 3/14.

[jpod999]

As much as I would like to, probably not.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Would anything else you buy get tracked sooner?

[jpod999]

Thanks dude! It almost seems like false advertisement at this point as the photo is from 2010ish and I don't have the wheels anymore

I'm still going back and forth. On one hand I've hard the car for almost 15 years and it's my first car that I've put a lot of effort into. On the other hand it almost never gets driven and most certainly won't see a track for another couple of years.

[jeenyus]

Well your the car in your signature has been the most beautiful thing for me to look at while scrolling through posts. A second baby is going to be a handful, certainly. I have a 3 year old and she deserves a large allocation of my time. Two would most certainly give me grey hair. But that's a small price to pay for a family unit as well, especially when it's a place of joy and safety.

[jpod999]

When in doubt, get both

That’s the ideal situation for sure!

[ArtFoodBMW]

Agreed- the fact that it works at all is a big win in my book as this is my first swap ever.

The draw of an ‘01 740i Sport is very strong though.

When in doubt, get both

[jpod999]

Agreed- the fact that it works at all is a big win in my book as this is my first swap ever.

The draw of an ‘01 740i Sport is very strong though.

[ArtFoodBMW]

Hah it’s really just all in my head. I enjoy driving it but can’t stop listening and waiting for things to break. It kinda ruins the experience. Maybe I’ll get over it?

Hahaha honestly expect things to break but don't let it distract from your enjoyment of the car. My valley pan gasket has gone twice on me, my electric fan (before it broke and damaged my a/c condenser) would blow the fuse, one of my catalytic converters got clogged, one of the a/c lines has a hole in it and i still haven't figured out why it runs rough when it gets hot (heatsoak maybe?). But every time I turn the engine over and it roars to life, I'm reminded how awesome this car really is. Plus, it's a project car, you knew that when you took the original engine out. :D

[jpod999]

Hah it’s really just all in my head. I enjoy driving it but can’t stop listening and waiting for things to break. It kinda ruins the experience. Maybe I’ll get over it?

[ArtFoodBMW]

-ignore urge to sell car

Ahem, what? Why would you make such threats

[jpod999]

Not sure how I missed your post Jean- my bad!

I haven't done anything to the car except drive it a few times in the last two weeks. It starts and idles great each time I get in it.

Things I need to do:
-mount relays
-route O2 wires
-add spacers to column (steering wheel has a slight wobble now)
-mount brake ducts
-purchase/install fog blanks
-alignment
-ignore urge to sell car

[Jean]

How is it going ?