Tii Refresh finally complete

[Andy74tii]

At long last my tii refresh is complete! I started the odyssey about a year ago, thinking the top end needed a rebuild at around 74K on the clock since the original rebuild back in 2000... However, it turned out the noise I was hearing was from the lower end after all, and so began the journey to rebuild the lower end after all. I had to source a crank, and my mechanic (Mark Hutto, the best vintage BMW guy in the Denver area) only uses original BMW parts mostly. I learned of a great source for original parts which is Schmiedmann in Denmark. They had original oil pumps for $514 (I looked at my invoices from 2000 and I paid $119 from Maximillian way back then!).

 

More to come, but I wanted to let the community know one thing I learned.... when Mark put the engine back together, he used the freeze plugs I got from Autohaus, and 3 of 4 leaked! So, back to BMW for freeze plugs and to put the engine back together again! I know the replacement parts are much more affordable, but at least in this particular case, aftermarket freeze plugs are a false economy!

[Simeon]

Beautiful 

[jgerock]

Very nice!  Big bumpers look like new.  

[yeewiz]

yes, beautiful '74.  love the wheels, one of my favorites

[joysterm]

Congrats.....well done

[Mike Self]

Cool car in a cool color--don't see too many Turkis squarelights--most Turkis cars were 72s and 73s..suspect the 74s were made using leftover paint, typical with BMW's "use 'em up" philosophy WRT parts--much to the frustration of restorers 40 years later who are trying to make their cars authentic. 

 

mike

[73tiiDavidPA]

Very cool, great color and it must be a joy with the engine work you did. 

[SydneyTii]

oh boy that's nice!! well done.

I wont mention the wheels..... oh I just did. Lovely as well ?

[Conserv]

Gorgeous!

 

Steve

 

[SteveJ]

Tastefully done.

Nice.

[irdave]

Nice!  Did you go with big compression to make up for our lack of air pressure?

[Andy74tii]

irdave, yes Mark recommended going to TEP to order a set of JE Pistons with 10.5:1 compression. I also got a Cometic head gasket, which was new to me; previously I had just had the cutting ring one...

[Rich Elliott]

Beautiful!  Love the color!

 

Any idea how many '74 Turkis Tiis are out there? There cant be that many, can there?

 

The three I know of:

1) Yours

2) This one selling for $56k: (No affiliation)

 https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/2002/1974-bmw-2002-tii-sedan/4765817#

3) My friend, Greg, just inherited one...