Most overlooked e30 repair

[volvolover]

Driveshaft. I've seen people say "eh, all E30's clunk a bit", and others talking about how much of a sweet fix it is.

Maybe I'm confusing "overlooked" with "time consuming and expensive".

Subframe bushings.

yes and yes!

Fuel filter & lines

currently doing that on mine before tending to this

Early stage rust.

[James Crivellone]

I'm going to take this one step further and say one overlooked e30 repair is the idiot in the drivers seat who..cannot..drive.

So many cars could have been saved if the owner took some of that stance/bc/whatever money and spent it on a drivers education day.

[15Michaeljoseph]

Cabin Filter

+1

Blinker fluid either too low or hasn't been flushed in 100k+


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[HennaE30]

Control arms or the transmission shifter bushings and that gear selector bushing.

Lol exactly what I have to do with my car. How can people drive with shot shifter bushings


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[roguetoaster]

Pedal assembly bushings and interior creaks/rattles.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Any and all rust.

[15Michaeljoseph]

Pedal assembly bushings and interior creaks/rattles.

my rattles are caused by the stock cassette deck cleaning kit in the glovebox, and loose screws on the headlight switch


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[Julien]

working antenna, a/c, a/c switch that still lights up properly, headlight switch bulb

[Shock(/\)ave]

We should either add D.I.Y. thread links to these submissions, or start a new thread with them included.

I'm pretty sure I'll need to do a lot of this stuff soon enough, and I don't know my way around E30s well enough to figure it out myself yet.

[jeffnhiscars]

Ok, I'll bite. What is a wiper damper?

Edit: Looked it up on real OEM. Looks like a rubber bushing for the arm pivots?

They go around the arm drive shaft and lock in to the cowl sheet metal

Oh hey, I think I need those!

Agreed. Didn't know about them until I read it in a post...Very easy to replace. Just grab your wiper arm and see if it has excess play in the base.

You guys made my point... Thanks !! :D

FYI theres a write up on these in my build thread and Im actually doing a tech session on them at the Blue Ridge BMWCC BBQ. You wont want to miss it ;D

[15Michaeljoseph]

broken 'oh shit' roof handles, and a powder blue rear deck


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[yaz3]

We should either add D.I.Y. thread links to these submissions, or start a new thread with them included.

I'm pretty sure I'll need to do a lot of this stuff soon enough, and I don't know my way around E30s well enough to figure it out myself yet.

I second that

[Eddie Haskell]

Drivers side door break. Steering Rack, Seat shocks, a/C system, Fuel lines, Oil pan leaks, bad idle, O2 sensor, engine vacume leaks,ck panel/ cluster shorts and odometer gears. Trunk and Rocker rust along with window/sunroof problems. Lastly crap paint along with dry rot ripped seat covering.

[GillesBigCowboy]

Racetrack time. The soul of every e30 chassis NEEDS fast closed circuit hours (verts, and maybe wagons, are excepted for a decade or two).

[Julien]

I'm going to take this one step further and say one overlooked e30 repair is the idiot in the drivers seat who..cannot..drive.

So many cars could have been saved if the owner took some of that stance/bc/whatever money and spent it on a drivers education day.

you mean fix the nut behind the wheel before anything else?