Progress and parts failures 

"Flyboy is FAA certified insane" (flyboy396) 07/13/2016 at 23:03 • Filed to: Repairs

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BMW barn find to daily driver update: electrical issues have been mostly mended. The power windows all work now, as well as the Speedometer, Radio, and interior lights. Only electrical issues that remain are the Non-functioning gas guage and the non-retracting power antenna, as well as the cruise control.

Had the main serpentine belt fail on me, so I replaced all three, however the power steering belt failed again on me after I realized I put the Power steering and A/C belts on in reverse after following the previous owner’s routing of the belts, which probably led to the failures in the first place.

Waiting for a replacement power steering belt to make it completely roadworthy. Not going to replace the A/C belt as there’s no charge in it anyway.

So yea, once the power steering is fixed this will be my daily driver, especially since I’m still trying to sell the crossfire.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 07/13/2016 at 23:12

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Have you tried lubing up the antenna?

LOREM IPSUM > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/13/2016 at 23:31

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That’s what she said.

gmctavish needs more space > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 07/13/2016 at 23:32

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What gmporschenut said, try lubing the antenna. The gas gauge not working I would assume is the sending unit, the gauges themselves aren't known to fail. What was the fix for the power windows?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > LOREM IPSUM 07/13/2016 at 23:35

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Only after it gets up

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > gmctavish needs more space 07/13/2016 at 23:41

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Yea I need to buy a new sending unit, but they’re like $300, so it’ll wait a bit. Power window fix was just to go through each central switch with a fine sandpaper.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/13/2016 at 23:41

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I have not but it couldn’t hurt I guess. I don’t hear the motor trying to move though.

gmctavish needs more space > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 07/14/2016 at 01:37

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Yeah fair enough, that's a lot. Oh that's awesome! About as simple a fix as it gets

petebmwm > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 07/19/2016 at 18:14

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Updates, i need daily updates!!!!

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > petebmwm 07/19/2016 at 18:28

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Lol nothing new to report. I’ve been driving it daily now for about a week and a half, no reported issues other than the fuel Guage, A/C and Cruise Control. Everything else was as simple as cleaning switches and replacing fuses. Car drives amazingly well!

The old girl can get up and move, too. It seems that all 195 hp are still there.