Wespe my 1990 318i Touring

[Porthos]

Finally got my rear plate mount.

I am also having problems with spark plugs. I am trying to figure out the right ones at the moment and it is proving to be kind of a PITA.

[Porthos]

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[alas]

PM me if you find a replacement for your OeM radio!

[Porthos]

So I had the power steering fluid flushed, also had a new fuel filter installed, and finally found the correct spark plugs. I also picked up a used alternator that I had rebuild to bring it back down to the correct amps. Everything is going good with the car minus a few random dieing out and a hard timing idling at warm up, which I attribute to having the wrong amp alternator on the car. Here is some pics of new spark plugs vs old:



And the rebuilt alternator

[Porthos]

[ClassThirty]

The touring sure looks great in white!

[KSanchez]

We actually bid on this while it was on eBay haha!! Love that I can follow it here now, looks awesome!

[Porthos]

Did some rust patrol today and well there is some good amount of rust on the hatch.







I am in the process of getting osfo, some primer, new trim, and some paint to try and slow it down. I am going to rock that for awhile until I can replace the whole hatch or have it fixed properly.

[Porthos]

Found some more rust. A trip to the body shop is in order.

I am doing initial damage control and saving up for the fix.

[stonea]

Sweet touring and mini's!

[Porthos]

Doing a little bit more work on the hatch today.

Also I found these doing a little cleaning inside.

[animal]

wow - lucky! Where in Cali? Would love to meet up and see it!

[Porthos]

Sorry I moved back to Florida this month so I am no longer out there. Though I was in San Clam down in Orange County.

[bradnic]

Great job catching the hatch area rust! Definitely the weak area in tourings from what I've read.

Alpine is just perfect in tourings... More so than any other E30 I think

Enjoy!

[Porthos]

Thanks, I only have a couple of hours to work on once or twice a week, so that is going to make it take a little longer than other people. Friday will be the next day I can work on it and that will be some bondo and maybe some priming. I also ordered new trim to fix the broken and damaged pieces. I really need to finish this so I can work on other areas like diagnosing my vacuum leak.