Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[keefy6]

..Seems the good Dr. parked the car consistently directly under the sprinkler system. All my glass now is permanently watermarked.

Ironically, I don't want to replace them. Even though I've modded my car a little, I'm still an 'original' (as much as I can) kind of guy. The VIN, etched on each piece glass, call me crazy.

[Madhatter]

Attempted their own wiring. Full fucking stop!

Ill post a pic tomorrow, but they cut circuits that didn't need to be cut, they bypassed the factory power window circuit for a shit alarm install, stripped wires then twisted them together and taped them over instead of soldering them, and instead of replacing the ignition switch, went to the trouble of wiring in a bypass button.

Ohh, they needed power for the alarm under the dash so they cut the wiring going to the fog light switch and used it for power (who needs fogs?), then when they needed power for the control unit for the power windows, they cut the wires for the factory cigarette lighter and used those. Didn't even bother to splice into them, just snipped the spade terminals clean off.

[Freakshow]

..Seems the good Dr. parked the car consistently directly under the sprinkler system. All my glass now is permanently watermarked.

Ironically, I don't want to replace them. Even though I've modded my car a little, I'm still an 'original' (as much as I can) kind of guy. The VIN, etched on each piece glass, call me crazy.

Try claybaring the glass that should work. Some people will be against this but use steel wool and Windex if that does't work.

[CrazyJew89]

I second this. Most people don't realize it, but you can polish glass, just like everything else

[G-Man]

My former Euro spec 1970 E3 2800 was imported to So Cal in the early 70's before all the gray market rules came into effect so it still had speedo in KPH, no side markers or any federalization done to it. The PO of the 2800 removed the Euro 5.75 H4 with city lights and replaced them with sealed beams, go figure. The H1 high beams were still there when I bought the car in 2004. I took some searching but I found some H4 with Euro city lights for the E3.

G-Man

[Madhatter]

From this mess of bullshit wiring.



Back to the few factory plugs and relative neatness.

[AdamPlaysDrums]

My car had an allegedly "rebuilt" m42 in it, which at first seem fantastic. Now, though, I've discovered VR gaskets used, aftermarket parts that are constantly breaking (block coolant pipe and fuel pump did so rather catastrophically), three different brands of belts, power steering belt tensioner installed backwards, alternator belt tensioner destroyed...and it appears the head gasket was made with RTV sealer. May be doing this one over.

[QUKBMER]

PO had a shopping cart wing on the trunk lid,it was gone when i bought it but the holes were still there.He also painted ONLY the intake manifold fluorescent bright orange WTF ? It was not the white e30 in my sig pic thank god !!!

[mrmckie]

autolite spark plugs.....:tsk:

[henryki]

Managed to get rust on the drop hat to form on the shock? so gotta replace the whole strut, then heated all 4 springs.. -_-

Also when I bought the car he had me waiting with no response for 5 hours, the only reason I hung around the area was because I drove about 2 hours to see this thing and I wasn't about to just go home without seeing an e30. ended up shooting his price down from 3,900 to 2,000 but first thoroughly insulted him with an offer of 1,000. Ended up being so pissed off with the deal because it didn't pass smog like he said it would. SO craigslist personals men for men mustve had a field day. Also so did 4chan. All i gotta say is fuck that guy.

[Freakshow]

Dumb previous owner welded them on i guess the belt broke before and bent some valves.
They were too lazy to replace the head and did a temp/cheap fix.

I know its not smart to keep driving like this, will the other ones break soon as well?

[TurboJake]

^
Nope. As long as it isn't consuming oil, which I doubt it is. Run it. Worst case scenario at this point really is leaking after however many heat cycles since. Head might crack, but doubtful. Or more might chip off and you fuck up the head some more.

Heads already fucked, so anything after this is the same outcome. New head.

[Freakshow]

Thanks for the help. Going to get a rebuilt head from CA tuned.

[88e30is]

Not really stupid but, my whole car smells like gas inside because when he changed the fuel pump he either didn't seal it or there is a hose loose.

[tifosichris]

Cup holder drilled into my e30s perfect and crack free dash. Took it out immediately but the holes are still there. Makes me cry inside