AND I'M TAKIN EVERYONE WITH ME.
Anyways.
90' 325i. 227xxx miles, odometer doesn't work, probably has like a billion miles on it.
Drove 1000 miles/19 hours to pick it up. Ran flawlessly on the way back, other than the fact that it died before I left, which revealed some jury rigged connector on the fuel pump.
Tires are SHOT SHOT SHOT. Debated driving back on them even. Replacing with Falken 912s on the bottlecaps.
Mechanically car is pretty sound, compression test came back allright, lowest was #2 @ 155-60psi, all others were around 170-180psi. Clutch and drivetrain feel good, no slipping or anything like that, shifts smooth and is noise free.
Biggest issue I'm dealing with now is the body, which from what I can see had apparently been towing a boat at some point, and the PO went to the dead sea and backed the car a bit to far into it, dipping the rear end in the salty ass water. Everywhere else is ok, but the damn rear end is just naztee. Probably going to end up replacing the whole tail section, and part of the left rear fender. Just going to try to stop the cancer from spreading.
Needs brakes as well, going to throw in rotors, pads, do a bleed with ATE super blue. Broken high beam, and a broken fog light are a few of the other minor issues. Also need to fix the gas gauge, and I think the temp gauge may be on the fritz as well, seems like it's a little cool. Either that or the t-stat is stuck open.
The pictars:
Works great and doesn't leak, which surprised the living hell out of me!
Say no to crack!
Those of you with younger viewers may want to have them leave the room, the following images may be considered graphic and/or disturbing...
So much for hauling bodies around...
This here is the battery tray area. Seriously, WTF?
Ewwwww.
This had tape wrapped around it, fuel level sending unit. Brilliant.
Annnd the fuel pump connector, also broken...
Managed to sand down and remove some of the rust spots for now, they'll return eventually, but I don't think I can stop the insanity that is rust. Going to just replace the whole tail section and the corner that I primed.
Planning to stroke and turbo it, as well as rebuild the suspension completely with GC coilovers and all the other little goodies. Will also be gutted and caged for super track fun time trial goodness.
On a side note, I'll have a bunch of nice interior pieces for sale over the next couple of months. :D
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Anyways.
90' 325i. 227xxx miles, odometer doesn't work, probably has like a billion miles on it.
Drove 1000 miles/19 hours to pick it up. Ran flawlessly on the way back, other than the fact that it died before I left, which revealed some jury rigged connector on the fuel pump.
Tires are SHOT SHOT SHOT. Debated driving back on them even. Replacing with Falken 912s on the bottlecaps.
Mechanically car is pretty sound, compression test came back allright, lowest was #2 @ 155-60psi, all others were around 170-180psi. Clutch and drivetrain feel good, no slipping or anything like that, shifts smooth and is noise free.
Biggest issue I'm dealing with now is the body, which from what I can see had apparently been towing a boat at some point, and the PO went to the dead sea and backed the car a bit to far into it, dipping the rear end in the salty ass water. Everywhere else is ok, but the damn rear end is just naztee. Probably going to end up replacing the whole tail section, and part of the left rear fender. Just going to try to stop the cancer from spreading.
Needs brakes as well, going to throw in rotors, pads, do a bleed with ATE super blue. Broken high beam, and a broken fog light are a few of the other minor issues. Also need to fix the gas gauge, and I think the temp gauge may be on the fritz as well, seems like it's a little cool. Either that or the t-stat is stuck open.
The pictars:
Works great and doesn't leak, which surprised the living hell out of me!
Say no to crack!
Those of you with younger viewers may want to have them leave the room, the following images may be considered graphic and/or disturbing...
So much for hauling bodies around...
This here is the battery tray area. Seriously, WTF?
Ewwwww.
This had tape wrapped around it, fuel level sending unit. Brilliant.
Annnd the fuel pump connector, also broken...
Managed to sand down and remove some of the rust spots for now, they'll return eventually, but I don't think I can stop the insanity that is rust. Going to just replace the whole tail section and the corner that I primed.
Planning to stroke and turbo it, as well as rebuild the suspension completely with GC coilovers and all the other little goodies. Will also be gutted and caged for super track fun time trial goodness.
On a side note, I'll have a bunch of nice interior pieces for sale over the next couple of months. :D
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