Getting my friends hooked on E30's.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Drove out to the bay bridge the other night and picked this up for my buddy for a smooth $900.

Turned out the return fuel line is clogged causing fuel to spit into the manifold. We got it running and he drove it the hour home. Had to leave it on the side of the highway at midnight and come back the next morning because of a sudden coolant leak. Ended up bypassing the heater core on the side of the road and it has been fine since.

Ill get better pictures later, but the car is a hell of a start for his new DD.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/2851475686.html

[JasonC]

Is that silver or bronzit? And nice find for the Crimson int!

[navid41691]

That's a damn good deal.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Bronzit.

He almost didn't buy it because he wasn't sure if it would make it home.

Luckily I brought a fire extinguisher so I threw it in the back seat and told him if he didn't buy the car for that price I would kick his ass. I was a little concerned with how we ended up rigging the fuel system just to get it home... I really would rather not admit the drastic measures we took.

Edit, because I know you will ask.

We decided that breaking the fuel pump would still be more cost effective than a 50 mile tow-truck ride. So we blocked the vacuum port on the FPR, and drove that bitch home pushing as much pressure as the stock pump can put out. Surprisingly it went the whole way without a hiccup, besides the overnight delay.

[N2MYE30]

What an odd color combo. Killer deal!

[JasonC]

Very odd color combo! But good deal on the car and a story to go along with it!

[nickflic3]

Cardinal on Bronzit actually doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. Nice find!

Story sounds like a day in the life of my e30 haha

[JasonC]

Cardinal on Bronzit actually doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. Nice find!

It's not cardinal!!! :hitler:

[TurboJake]

http://club-s12.org/v3/index.php?topic=34508.msg365025#msg365025

He has another one for sale too.

http://club-s12.org/v3/index.php?topic=34769.0

I already posted up about it in the New england section...

[Click]

Edit, because I know you will ask.

We decided that breaking the fuel pump would still be more cost effective than a 50 mile tow-truck ride. So we blocked the vacuum port on the FPR, and drove that bitch home pushing as much pressure as the stock pump can put out. Surprisingly it went the whole way without a hiccup, besides the overnight delay.

I was really hoping for a garden hose running into the filler neck

[Exodus_2pt0]

http://club-s12.org/v3/index.php?top...5025#msg365025


He has another one for sale too.

http://club-s12.org/v3/index.php?topic=34769.0

I already posted up about it in the New england section...

You know this thing may have switched hands from him before we got it then.

The guy we picked it up from floated the title, he was a younger guy and thought the ECM was bad. It was sitting at a park n' ride where he ended up leaving it because it died.

Sounds like the car had an interesting last few days. It has a brand new FPR on it too, whoever put it on didn't catch the clogged return line. Alternator ended up being fine, just had the dreaded bad ground strap.

EDIT:

Just read through that thread, what an awesome history to this vehicle. I'll have to let the new owner know its roots.

[Exodus_2pt0]

I was really hoping for a garden hose running into the filler neck

Brilliant, wish I had thought of it.

[TurboJake]

You know this thing may have switched hands from him before we got it then.

The guy we picked it up from floated the title, he was a younger guy and thought the ECM was bad. It was sitting at a park n' ride where he ended up leaving it because it died.

Sounds like the car had an interesting last few days. It has a brand new FPR on it too, whoever put it on didn't catch the clogged return line. Alternator ended up being fine, just had the dreaded bad ground strap.

Might have been his son. They work together on buying, fixing, and selling older cars.

He bought it from a guy who was deploying overseas for 2 years. They probably had it all of 3 days so they probably didn't get to do much work on it, if any at all.

[Exodus_2pt0]

I would love to run around that yard for a day... I can certainly understand his secrecy though.

On another note, that trip cost me my wallet with a decent bit of cash in it. :(

[CoreyZ]

I've got three down so far, fourth and fifth in progress. It's easy to pass on the addiction, they are such awesome cars.