Howdy all,
So last night I pulled the trigger on a 88 325ic with a 5speed for $1,200. Runs and drives fine, has a few little quirks but for the price I felt it was a decent buy. Car idles a little rough and acceleration was poor. I asked when the last time the plugs, wires etc were changed and the lady did not know. Body in good shape has some hail damage and slight surface rust on front driver fender but otherwise in good shape, clear coat started to peal but I'd rather deal with that than rust. The top will be needing to be replaced. The back plastic window was shredded and the material is not doing so hot. Engine had the top end rebuilt about 30k ago and new clutch was put in about 15k ago. Total mileage on chassis is about 180k. Most of the other general maintenance items where done and PO had receipts for most. Has a few electrical gremlins that in my reading are not unusual.
Anyways enough rambling. I want to get the car back in prime shape and know I need to do a few things. I have put below what I would like to get done (for now) any advice is appreciated.
1- Tune up: water pump, timing belt w/tensioner, rad hoses, belts, spark plugs, plug wires, fuel filter, air filter, all fluids (diff,trans,oil etc), thermostat, VC gasket and distributor cap/rotor. I've read an everyone says go OEM parts a much as possible. I've pieced together the parts on RMeuropean and rock auto for about 415.00 shipped. All parts are bosch or OEM.
2- Replace top: Would this be easy enough to do on my own? If so where should I purchase a top from? Or should I just take it somewhere? I am fairly handy, have a garage and tools.
3- Chasing some electrical gremlins: The driver window is very "sticky" when it comes to working, PO said she would spray electric cleaner on the button and it would work then stop, she spray it again and it would work then stop. She did that until the window rolled up. Any idea on what this may be from? The odo doesn't work, the gauge cluster was swapped and after that the odo stopped working. I think I would have to swap in another gauge cluster to fix this? Heater and AC work but the blower motor sounds like a pissed off chipmunk. Was thinking something maybe stuck in there or I may have to just swap the blower motor.
Cheers
So last night I pulled the trigger on a 88 325ic with a 5speed for $1,200. Runs and drives fine, has a few little quirks but for the price I felt it was a decent buy. Car idles a little rough and acceleration was poor. I asked when the last time the plugs, wires etc were changed and the lady did not know. Body in good shape has some hail damage and slight surface rust on front driver fender but otherwise in good shape, clear coat started to peal but I'd rather deal with that than rust. The top will be needing to be replaced. The back plastic window was shredded and the material is not doing so hot. Engine had the top end rebuilt about 30k ago and new clutch was put in about 15k ago. Total mileage on chassis is about 180k. Most of the other general maintenance items where done and PO had receipts for most. Has a few electrical gremlins that in my reading are not unusual.
Anyways enough rambling. I want to get the car back in prime shape and know I need to do a few things. I have put below what I would like to get done (for now) any advice is appreciated.
1- Tune up: water pump, timing belt w/tensioner, rad hoses, belts, spark plugs, plug wires, fuel filter, air filter, all fluids (diff,trans,oil etc), thermostat, VC gasket and distributor cap/rotor. I've read an everyone says go OEM parts a much as possible. I've pieced together the parts on RMeuropean and rock auto for about 415.00 shipped. All parts are bosch or OEM.
2- Replace top: Would this be easy enough to do on my own? If so where should I purchase a top from? Or should I just take it somewhere? I am fairly handy, have a garage and tools.
3- Chasing some electrical gremlins: The driver window is very "sticky" when it comes to working, PO said she would spray electric cleaner on the button and it would work then stop, she spray it again and it would work then stop. She did that until the window rolled up. Any idea on what this may be from? The odo doesn't work, the gauge cluster was swapped and after that the odo stopped working. I think I would have to swap in another gauge cluster to fix this? Heater and AC work but the blower motor sounds like a pissed off chipmunk. Was thinking something maybe stuck in there or I may have to just swap the blower motor.
Cheers
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