"Ross Kraz" (ropstafer)
04/20/2016 at 17:34 • Filed to: $400 Bimmer, Bimmer, bmw, 530i
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"Ross Kraz" (ropstafer)
04/20/2016 at 17:34 • Filed to: $400 Bimmer, Bimmer, bmw, 530i | 5
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Progress has been slow on the
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that I picked up, non-running, for a set of Ben Franklin quadruplets. This is partly because of the cold weather for the past month and partly because Rock Auto thinks parts fit when they really don’t. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so happy about the
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after all.
Those little caps on the spark plugs from Rock Auto aren’t removable (trust me, I tried) and the plug wires need to connect to a bare threaded stud, like on motorcycles. Even the new wires they sent me will not fit on these plugs. Fortunately, these were cheap and AutoZone had some correct ones in stock.
Anyway, the weather was finally gorgeous this past weekend. I already had the intake taken apart to put in new injectors, and since I didn’t have the gaskets I needed to put it back together, I went to work with a little elbow grease and engine paint.
The old gaskets on the right. The new ones from Rock Auto on the left. Granted, there are three sets of “intake gaskets” on this car, so it is possible that these go between the engine and manifold, but then they don’t sell the ones I need.
What all of these surfaces looked like before cleaning them up
After taking a wire brush to them
The valve cover cleaned up
Optimus primer
Gloss BLAAACCK
After spraying orange, taping the raised stripes, and spraying black. Touch ups and clear to go.
Immediately after spraying clear, hence the cloudiness
I also drained the oil, started to replace the plugs, and swapped the starter (easier said than done).
Sludgy old filter.
The new filter sitting next to the canister it will live in soon.
I decided to clean up and spray the oil filter canister as well.
Hopefully I will have this thing ready to crank over soon, and find out if it is worth saving or if all of my time has been wasted so far...
JustAnotherG6
> Ross Kraz
04/20/2016 at 18:04 |
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Good Luck!
I had an ‘84 320i I wish I never got rid of that I picked up for $300 back in the late ‘90s. If only I wasn’t in college, living in an apartment, and had a little more sense back then.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Ross Kraz
04/20/2016 at 18:06 |
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Mechanicals are unimportant if you have a gorgeous spray-painted paperweight.
Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> Ross Kraz
04/21/2016 at 01:11 |
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I bought a $450 BMW once. Best $450 I ever spent.
Although mine was a little bit more running than yours.
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Ross Kraz
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
04/21/2016 at 10:05 |
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I like a challenge. What kind was yours?
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Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> Ross Kraz
04/21/2016 at 10:15 |
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1985 325es. Fantastic little car. It had been to the moon and was on its way back(360,000mi) when space restraints forced me to get rid of it.
I traded it for an AK-47 carbine.
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Ross Kraz
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
04/21/2016 at 10:18 |
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hahahaha I did not expect that ending. The question is, which have you had more fun with? The car or the AK?
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Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> Ross Kraz
04/21/2016 at 11:17 |
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Good question. I haven’t really shot the AK much yet so I’ll say the BMW.