"Bob" (rjjablo)
11/14/2020 at 16:35 • Filed to: None
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"Bob" (rjjablo)
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Might as well get one in before Oppositelock goes away
After Driving my buddies hot rodded VW Golf turbo lowered chipped etc etc etc I decided to get a BMW. Led down the path by Jalopnik I bought a 2001 BMW 525it Wagon. I fixed all the problems on that, cooling system, subframe bushings, throttle body, CCV. Wanted something better with lots of depreciation and lots of car for not a lot of Money.
Bored at work one day I threw a low ball Bid on this and won the Auction.
Now the E31 is notorious for being expensive and this one was cheap. Transmission work was mandatory, Interior bits and pieces and unknown code from a car I never inspected etc.
Drove to NY to get it and this happened on the Way Back in Gary Indiana, new Tires Etc at the Happy Way Tire Shop. Good Prices, Service and Selection
Thought the Trans might be the Valve Body Cleaned it
It wasn’ t, Got a New Used Trans from a guy in California who said It was from a Car in Japan
Upper Oil Pan Gasket was leaking, remove and replace front suspension, brakes etc
front suspension, brakes etc
Needed A fender E-Bay Pre Dented
Bad Staked U-Joints get them Welded
Go thru entire ignition and fuel system to get it running Decent, including resealing intake manifold and safety wiring banjo bolts.
L ose the Water Pump
Replace every fuel line including the hard ones above the tank
Resealed the Steering Box
Clear Was baked, Wet Sand and Rattle Can
Can’ t Forget the Heater Core and AC Compressor Dryer expansion valve and Evaporator
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> Bob
11/14/2020 at 17:12 |
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I’m sorry...did you really get an 850 for $3k? Amazing find, and great job restoring it.
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Bob
> BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
11/14/2020 at 17:49 |
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$2956.00 and the stack of cash did have a dollar bill in it. Lots more than that since then
HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
> Bob
11/14/2020 at 18:26 |
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How much did it cost to repair all that ?
Stef Schrader
> Bob
11/14/2020 at 19:07 |
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Wow. I love it.
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Bob
> HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
11/14/2020 at 19:10 |
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Working on $ 15K. Plus my labor. Bonus is with the mileage it already has it is not a garage queen. 10K miles on it since I bought it.
Tohru
> Bob
11/15/2020 at 00:58 |
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but if you’d bought one for 18k it’d still probably have a lot of these issues anyways, right?
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Bob
> Tohru
11/15/2020 at 06:54 |
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Likely not as many since it would have had fewer miles, but a lot of the problems are age related, fuel lines, rubber pieces etc etc. A lot of its problems were deferred maintenance which is why you can get them cheap, people run into problems with no easy solution and dump them
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HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
> Bob
11/15/2020 at 09:07 |
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Wow. Hat tip to you. If I had $15k for my 7 I’d be able to finish fixing everything, do all my mods and still probably have some left over to get my ‘95 running. Either way, cool project. Good to see another golden era BMW get saved.