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  1. Wow, guys, I did not expect all the response. Thanks for the advice. I heeded virtually none of it. I saw the thing and had to have it. Gave a deposit on Saturday. It's truly a basket case. I came home with a wrangler full of parts. And there's many more baskets yet. On the plus side, it's mid restoration right now and has been for about ten years. The guy's body man took it down to bare metal, patched the floors, and painted it. Thats where the restoration stopped. Its rolling, but everything else but the wiring harness, steering and pedals are off the car. I did give it a good hard examination for rust. The floors need to be done again, but the worst part of it is the windshield seal area. Two of the patches need to be reworked because the profile isn't correct. No ridge for the seal to wrap around. Rockers are good, towers are good, structural members are good, but missed checking the firewall. I hadn't seen that tip before. The spare tire well is even intact and has all original metal. To Rob Siegel--on the way back from the trip, I finished your book. Great read. Glad to know I'm not insane. Thanks. Anyway, I left Vermont feeling good about the deal, then when I read the chapters at the end about your tii purchase and the elements of a good purchase, I felt even better about it. Yeah it's a risk, but I think it was the right car from the right seller. The guy used to restore 2002s for a living years ago. The E9 is a passion project that stalled out. Conditions forced the sale. Hell, if I don't finish it, I'll sell it on to the next guy that loves it for even money. Regardless, I won't regret owning it. Now, where the hell am I going to put it? Wow, guys, I did not expect all the response. Thanks for the advice. I heeded virtually none of it. I saw the thing and had to have it. Gave a deposit on Saturday. It's truly a basket case. I came home with a wrangler full of parts. And there's many more baskets yet. On the plus side, it's mid restoration right now and has been for about ten years. The guy's body man took it down to bare metal, patched the floors, and painted it. Thats where the restoration stopped. Its rolling, but everything else but the wiring harness, steering and pedals are off the car. I did give it a good hard examination for rust. The floors need to be done again, but the worst part of it is the windshield seal area. Two of the patches need to be reworked because the profile isn't correct. No ridge for the seal to wrap around. Rockers are good, towers are good, structural members are good, but missed checking the firewall. I hadn't seen that tip before. The spare tire well is even intact and has all original metal. To Rob Siegel--on the way back from the trip, I finished your book. Great read. Glad to know I'm not insane. Thanks. Anyway, I left Vermont feeling good about the deal, then when I read the chapters at the end about your tii purchase and the elements of a good purchase, I felt even better about it. Yeah it's a risk, but I think it was the right car from the right seller. The guy used to restore 2002s for a living years ago. The E9 is a passion project that stalled out. Conditions forced the sale. Hell, if I don't finish it, I'll sell it on to the next guy that loves it for even money. Regardless, I won't regret owning it. Now, where the hell am I going to put it?
  2. Just as my 2002 restoration is about to take off, a basket case E9 popped up from an on-the-ropes seller that's moving and has to sell. I love my 02, but I settled when I bought it. I always wanted the E9. It's my dream car. They're just sexy as all hell. So, I'm in a spot where I probably have to sell the 2002. It's a running and driving project that I've used as my daily driver occasionally when my 740 or 318 was broken down. I was about to really dive in and fix it up, and finally get the megasquirt done and replace the rusted body panels. Problem is, I have no clue how to sell a project car. I've always either been in a spot like this guy with the E9, where I'm moving and I basically give it away to a friend (and I still miss that Jeep J10), or or the repairs are cost prohibitive and I scrap it. I don't know how to prep the car far sale. My guess is that the body work is mandatory, but I'm torn about the fuel system. The megasquirt will be tough for someone to have serviced, so it'll maybe be an obstacle to a sale. On the other hand, it'd be the only injected 2002 for sales in Massachusetts, and maybe that's attractive. I have been busy making plans and sketches on the turbo and AC install, but the mods would be so extensive, I think any sane person would be scared off by a car that's so heavily modified. Thoughts? Thanks, Brendan
  3. I can't believe that rubber hose is factory! My tube is rusting out, and I thought that hose was a kluge from a PO.
  4. At that compression, I'd expect it to run, but maybe not make much power. I'd guess your no start condition is not due to the compression, but something else.
  5. One thing to watch is that the larger pipe diameters will interfere with the exhaust studs. Not a turbo manifold, but my header has 1.625" down pipes (IIRC), and 2 of the 4 nuts are barely accessible because the pipes are so close to the nuts. They spin on clean, but you cant get full engagement with a wrench, so they wind up far looser than the other 8 nuts. Going to larger tubing may be a waste, if you just have to shape it into a non-circular shape to allow for access to the nuts. Brendan
  6. I've been watching that too. Even made a lowball offer. I read a few reviews of their products on japanese car boards, and they are not very positive. Supposedly, the casting flash on the intake manifold is severe, and they will require significant polishing work out of the box, if you believe everything you read on the internet. While this generally falls under 'who cares, i'm not building a racecar', they said the rough castings make it hard to impossible to get the idle right.
  7. On a related note, I'm trying to find the rubber seal/bushings that go under the chrome washers. I'm planning to find something close at McMaster-Carr, but does anyone know of a source for these? I have looked around at online vendors and haven't seem them, but haven't tried the dealer yet. Brendan
  8. So, is the HP/ seat of the pants improvement due to the short intake runner or carb/ venturi bore size, or both? Or are the two bbl downdraft intakes just poor flowing designs? I ask because I'm doing a fuel injection swap this summer, and I wonder if going to an ITB setup is going to yield the same joy that you all are experiencing with the sidedrafts. Thanks, Brendan
  9. Brendan

    Wiper Arm

    Hi all-- I need a wiper arm. Had to limp home with a busted wiper transmission, and I totalled one arm in the process. Happy to pay a reasonable price including shipping. Brendan Location: Boston
  10. I just did this job this weekend. Pleasantly, the oil goes everywhere as it leaks out, so even the lower studs were wet and they spun right out of the head. I was terrified about snapping them off, but it was no issue. I bought 25 of those copper nuts for like $14 on Amazon or ebay. Should be an easy job, and cheap parts.
  11. I took my bumper off last summer....and a coworker backed into it with his receiver hitch in. Totaled the car. That's what the bumpers are for.
  12. I was looking at doing this same thing, but I thought there would be too much light that spills into the cabin. Is your unit sealed to the glass to stop the spillover? Brendan
  13. Thanks all. I have fixed it a couple times already, maybe using your tips, Mike, but I think she's pooched. Also, I just want to not have to deal with it again, so I'm either looking for an NOS unit, or to swap something else in there.
  14. Hello all-- I'm trying to find a place to buy a new wiper motor for my '76. I can't find one. I placed three orders today at various places, and got out-of-stocked at each. Thanks, Brendan
  15. With all the fanciness abounding here, I haven't heard anyone mention the heater core. Did you open the valve for the heater or disconnect the hose at the core? That's the high point on my cooling system. If you didn't burp the core or open the valve, you may still have air in there that's moving around. Brendan
  16. Deason-- I live in MA as well, and I had a surprisingly good experience calling the MA Attorney General's complaint line. Not fast, but they will birddog an issue like this for you and you might be able to get it sorted out. Brendan
  17. Is the Bavaria tag on the rear panel an Australian thing?
  18. Don't sweat it. It'll start coming off in 2-3 days.
  19. I have E36 seats in mine. The install needs work though. The seats sit too far out board unless the seatbelt receiver is removed from the the seat. I did it by cutting out the factory mounts and welding in a piece of 1 1/4" angle from trans tunnel to frame rail/inner rocker under the front and rear mounts. Pretty easy, unless your interior is already completed.
  20. I would have thought the same, but so far, I'm striking out. Napa, Autozone, Rock Auto, Bav Auto, Ireland do not carry a kit.
  21. I'm gathering up the parts to replace my stock rear brakes on my '76. I'm looking around for a spring kit online, and I don't see that anyone carries one. While it appears, according to the BMW Classic Parts blowups, that these drum brakes don't use the traditional spring-loaded quarter turn fastener to retain the shoes, there are still some small parts and a spring in the assembly that should probably be replaced. Anyone have a source? Thanks, Brendan
  22. http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/3209282184.html
  23. Love this thread, as does everyone. I'm curious why you shaved the outer rear bumper mount holes, but not the center one. Brendan
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