I purchased the car with 225K miles on it in February 2011 with a blown motor. I did the following to the car to make it my wife and 3 year old daughters daily driver; only to have my wife decide that she did not like having a 20 year old classic BMW station wagon as a daily driver. My loss your gain.
Material costs / no labor
Front and rear brake rotors and pads
Alt cooling hose
Air intake boot $324.62
Spare key $34.63
Used Motor $500.oo
All belts tensioners & pulleys
Fuel Filter
Thermostat & Housing
Water pump $227.22
O2 sensor $73.87
Spark plug connectors
Heater core o-rings
ACC Cabin filter
Auto selector bezel
Idle control valve
All breather and Cooling hoses
Air filter
Oil dipstick seal
Oil level sender o-ring
Valve cover seal washers
Throttle body gasket
Valve cover gasket
Intake man gasket
Oil filter stand gasket
Exh man gasket $370.42
Power Flex rear subframe bushings $111.90
Tranny mounts
Pitman arms
Sway bar end links
Control arm bushings
Tie rod assemblies
Idler arm bushing $392.52
Various parts and
Salvage yard parts $145.67
Crank shaft pulse $122.76
Throttle position sensor $82.92
AC condensor (used)
All AC orings in system
AC dryer
AC charge $61.54
Fuel pump $225.35
Tail gate shocks
Tail glass shocks
Sunroof gaskets $175.42
Headliner $175.00
Top side painted $1814.01
Second used motor $250.00
Install second used motor ($1468.77)
Coolant level sensor
O ring $27.44
Radiator $200.42
Rear muffler $295.00
Exhaust seals and hangers $67.95
Tranny Filter kit $41.70
Wheels & Tires
Summer $300.00
Winter $300.00
Spare $48.04
As you can see, I have done a lot to the car in the past year. I have $3277 in parts alone that are in the car not including both sets of wheels, the paint job, first used motor or labor for second used motor install because it was being used daily at that point and I had no time to do it myself. I understand that the majority of this is maintenance items and you don’t get your money back from them, but all of these parts have less than 5000 miles on them and are still new. As well everything in the car works as it should.
We did not paint doors or fenders because I was going to put different doors on and wanted to wait, but the top and hood needed painted first.
The next project was to replace all of the power steering and SLS hoses. Everything works but leaks a good bit. It causes the coolant low light to trip every now and again when it gets too saturated and I have to clean it up again. But the SLS works.
Yes, the drivers seat was upgraded to a working heated seat.
I do have the ashtray, just easier to plug chargers in w/o it attached.
Both sets of tires have more than 60% tread life left
I am asking $3500 and you will get some spares as well. I do need to sell as we have already purchased a different vehicle please feel free to make offers.
I am in Columbus Ohio. 614.725.8482 8am - 8pm
Please see 139 pictures here;
Material costs / no labor
Front and rear brake rotors and pads
Alt cooling hose
Air intake boot $324.62
Spare key $34.63
Used Motor $500.oo
All belts tensioners & pulleys
Fuel Filter
Thermostat & Housing
Water pump $227.22
O2 sensor $73.87
Spark plug connectors
Heater core o-rings
ACC Cabin filter
Auto selector bezel
Idle control valve
All breather and Cooling hoses
Air filter
Oil dipstick seal
Oil level sender o-ring
Valve cover seal washers
Throttle body gasket
Valve cover gasket
Intake man gasket
Oil filter stand gasket
Exh man gasket $370.42
Power Flex rear subframe bushings $111.90
Tranny mounts
Pitman arms
Sway bar end links
Control arm bushings
Tie rod assemblies
Idler arm bushing $392.52
Various parts and
Salvage yard parts $145.67
Crank shaft pulse $122.76
Throttle position sensor $82.92
AC condensor (used)
All AC orings in system
AC dryer
AC charge $61.54
Fuel pump $225.35
Tail gate shocks
Tail glass shocks
Sunroof gaskets $175.42
Headliner $175.00
Top side painted $1814.01
Second used motor $250.00
Install second used motor ($1468.77)
Coolant level sensor
O ring $27.44
Radiator $200.42
Rear muffler $295.00
Exhaust seals and hangers $67.95
Tranny Filter kit $41.70
Wheels & Tires
Summer $300.00
Winter $300.00
Spare $48.04
As you can see, I have done a lot to the car in the past year. I have $3277 in parts alone that are in the car not including both sets of wheels, the paint job, first used motor or labor for second used motor install because it was being used daily at that point and I had no time to do it myself. I understand that the majority of this is maintenance items and you don’t get your money back from them, but all of these parts have less than 5000 miles on them and are still new. As well everything in the car works as it should.
We did not paint doors or fenders because I was going to put different doors on and wanted to wait, but the top and hood needed painted first.
The next project was to replace all of the power steering and SLS hoses. Everything works but leaks a good bit. It causes the coolant low light to trip every now and again when it gets too saturated and I have to clean it up again. But the SLS works.
Yes, the drivers seat was upgraded to a working heated seat.
I do have the ashtray, just easier to plug chargers in w/o it attached.
Both sets of tires have more than 60% tread life left
I am asking $3500 and you will get some spares as well. I do need to sell as we have already purchased a different vehicle please feel free to make offers.
I am in Columbus Ohio. 614.725.8482 8am - 8pm
Please see 139 pictures here;
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