So I was perusing craigslist one day and stumbled upon a listing for an E30 about a mile away from me for $450, Email the guy. He tells me whats wrong with the car. i call him, and HE talks me down to $300...
I ask my parents they say no, they rather have me drive around in an 03 Corolla, I'm going to New England tech in the fall for automotive, I need something to work on. Fuck that. So I bought this(My girlfriend payed for half of it, as a two year anniversary present) as something to restore whilst I'm going to college. Parents still don't know, would register it but i need insurance. So I'll wait.
The car runs and drives, quite well actually. Well Except for a giant exhaust leak, that made driving 30 miles to the two car garage my friend is letting me store it/work on it in scary as hell, in an uninsured, unregistered, uninspected $300 car. Luckily I didn't see a friggin cop on the way up there.
So, this car has a working ODO, 160k on the clock. Leaks Oil, Leaks Power steering fluid, leaks a minuscule amount of coolant, found out tranny output shaft seal is leaking. I think the rear main seal is leaking, causing the clutch to slip. I have a spare clutch off a 88 325i, don't know If I can use it tho? Oil Pan gasket is leaking. I allready ordered a whole bottom end gasket set from Pelican. The first owner apparently hydrolocked the first engine and this si the second one.
Also the guy hit a dear, which is why the hood has a crimp in it, and the passenger fender is flat black.
But, i haven't gotten to the worst. there's a hole in the trunk, I took off the exhaust to get a better look at it, started rubber-maleting away with it and a large amount of rust fell out.pretty much the whole bottom of where the spare tire jack is kept is rusted out.
which caused massive amounts of surface rust in the trunk.
now, how do I go about fixing that hole? Not parting the car out, don't bother asking. No rust in the spare tire well surprisingly.
I have a completely disassembled and cleaned M20B25, should I just throw that in, or should i part it out? The head on it's brand new...and I've got the tranny to go with it.
One last thing, Im trying to separate the transmission from the engine, which I presume involves drive shaft removal, now how the fuck do i get to the fucking bolts on the other side of the guibo(Tranny side), I've heard I have to lower the tranny a good two inches, is this true? how do you guise go bout removing it....
As it sits...
good day.
I ask my parents they say no, they rather have me drive around in an 03 Corolla, I'm going to New England tech in the fall for automotive, I need something to work on. Fuck that. So I bought this(My girlfriend payed for half of it, as a two year anniversary present) as something to restore whilst I'm going to college. Parents still don't know, would register it but i need insurance. So I'll wait.
The car runs and drives, quite well actually. Well Except for a giant exhaust leak, that made driving 30 miles to the two car garage my friend is letting me store it/work on it in scary as hell, in an uninsured, unregistered, uninspected $300 car. Luckily I didn't see a friggin cop on the way up there.
So, this car has a working ODO, 160k on the clock. Leaks Oil, Leaks Power steering fluid, leaks a minuscule amount of coolant, found out tranny output shaft seal is leaking. I think the rear main seal is leaking, causing the clutch to slip. I have a spare clutch off a 88 325i, don't know If I can use it tho? Oil Pan gasket is leaking. I allready ordered a whole bottom end gasket set from Pelican. The first owner apparently hydrolocked the first engine and this si the second one.
Also the guy hit a dear, which is why the hood has a crimp in it, and the passenger fender is flat black.
But, i haven't gotten to the worst. there's a hole in the trunk, I took off the exhaust to get a better look at it, started rubber-maleting away with it and a large amount of rust fell out.pretty much the whole bottom of where the spare tire jack is kept is rusted out.
which caused massive amounts of surface rust in the trunk.
now, how do I go about fixing that hole? Not parting the car out, don't bother asking. No rust in the spare tire well surprisingly.
I have a completely disassembled and cleaned M20B25, should I just throw that in, or should i part it out? The head on it's brand new...and I've got the tranny to go with it.
One last thing, Im trying to separate the transmission from the engine, which I presume involves drive shaft removal, now how the fuck do i get to the fucking bolts on the other side of the guibo(Tranny side), I've heard I have to lower the tranny a good two inches, is this true? how do you guise go bout removing it....
As it sits...
good day.
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