introduction 1974 Bmw 2002

[roadhog0]

Nice 02! I'd hate to see you put flares on it... Solid straight car. But what you're gonna do you're gonna do. And you can work on cars in the winter here... It aint that bad LOL!

[mike472]

+1 on Patrick at Midnight Motorsports. He is truly a standup guy. He helped me get my MS project started with lots of good advice. If I lived out your way I would not hesitate to use him.

[ck_74tii]

AIs that a tii? I cant read ur badge on phone but square lights. Did 2002 have square lights?

sweet ride and price

[John_in_VA]

AIs that a tii? I cant read ur badge on phone but square lights. Did 2002 have square lights?

The '74 tii has square tail lights.

[Daniel Khyvat]

It's not a tii, I wish haha.

[glemon]

Looks like an awfully nice car for the price, especially if minimal rust.  Obviously subjective, but I really like the color, looks to be a pretty well maintained original car, if me I would figure out the safety and reliability items that may need attention (if any) and start bombing around in it.

[Daniel Khyvat]

Update

 

I've finally gotten the car on a lift and found some concerning spots nothing that will condemn the car but I have never cut and welded on a car -  how hard can it be? Here they are:

 

^^^(From underneath) This is the drivers side foot well, the accelerator is mounted in this area and thus will need to be removed, the area will be cut out and butt welded with 20ga steel and pedal remounted with a hinge in stead of current mechanism.

 

^^^(From underneath) Rear passenger side back seat, cut and replace.

 

^^^(From above) Inside the trunk at the spare tire well, I can move the spare tire mount protrusion but its not crumbling. Was considering removing it all together and replacing with a flat sheet, but the next picture makes me want to try to replace it as is.

 

^^^ It was in the well like this and it just looked so right beside the fuel tank, and there it will remain after the well is repaired. I'm considering a fresh powder coat and tire further down the line.

 

^^^Center console was rebuild with a piece of plywood and had a modern pioneer cd player in it, I don't think I will be re-installing this as I prefer the look of the interior without the center console. I'll mount the hazard switch in the dash.

 

^^^ I'm going to let this floor panel dry out take measurements and make a new one out of some plywood.

 

^^^ What is this tank??? I tapped on it and it's empty. Request identification!

 

That is all.

[bnam]

Tank is for fuel vapor recovery.  When hot, the fuel vapors go into tank and when you start car, vapors get sucked into air cleaner.

[Daniel Khyvat]

 

So I pulled up the carpet on the car this morning, and with the carpet the gas pedal came off. I'm excited because the hole that was left was really clean I started to cut away but wasn't getting far with a Dremel. I'm going to break out the wire brush next time we have some decent weather and clean it up and get it ready to weld in a plate and remount the gas pedal. The little nubs and sockets that allow the gas pedal to swivel is a design I've never seen before. I think I'm going to replace with hardware from home depot.

 

While I was in there I saw that the speedometer cable wasn't even plugged into the speedometer - I plugged it in and tightened the nut but it still didn't work, read about 20 mph tops - I think I'm going to need a new speedometer.

 

Any advice for while I'm working in this area of the car - the pedal box looks pretty solid although I will have to remove it to clean and remove rust from that general area. 

 

For a car from the North West - I was anticipating much more/worse rust. Am I wrong?

[peterschop]

There are a number of threads on replacing the gas pedal and nubs with new hardware. Look up "Pedal Hinge" or "Evil Nubs". Here's a one of them.

www.bmw2002faq.com/_/.../gas-pedal-hinge-to-replace-the-evil-nubs-r80

[John_in_VA]

I plugged it in and tightened the nut but it still didn't work, read about 20 mph tops - I think I'm going to need a new speedometer.

 

I'd try lubricating the speedo cable with a dry lube before replacing the speedo - you might get lucky!

[A.D.D.]

Hello from a fellow 2002 Newbie. Was that car for sale in Issaquah? I think I saw it around the time I bought mine.

 

 Good luck and have fun! 

[Daniel Khyvat]

 

Does lubricating the cable involve removing it completely? And how do you grease it thoroughly? Grease gun?

 

Nevermind - you said, dry lube. Silicone based?

Edited March 11, 2014 by ROOR

[Daniel Khyvat]

Hello from a fellow 2002 Newbie. Was that car for sale in Issaquah? I think I saw it around the time I bought mine.

 

 Good luck and have fun! 

Everett - bought it about a month ago.