I'm new here, and would have to say that I don't have a 2k2 nor have I ever. Love the cars but fate has never sent one my way (or the spare cash to go look for one lol). I have an '85 318i that I bought not running because it appeared to be in pretty good shape. I'm here because most other bimmer forums don't give M10's much love.
Ok, so the car I have now had sat for about 4 years give or take before I got it. I was told it was parked because the clutch went out, and it was never deemed worth fixing. So I still can't get the car to spark and I'm trying to figure out where to head next. I replaced the cap, rotor, ignition wires, plugs, and got a used coil which had resistance that checked out, but its an ebay coil so I don't otherwise know if it's good. I also had to crimp on some connectors to wire up the coil because the old one was cut out of the car.
AC voltage from the dizzy to the ignition control module checks out, and there is voltage supplied to the ICM. Also have voltage to the coil. I figure either the ICM is bad or the coil.
At this point I could either replace both with new, probably $100+ later, and hope for the best, or I could just check the compression on the motor before getting started and then do what I planned on in the first place: go MS2. What do you guys think?
PS if it helps the fact that I'm an e30 guy at all, my plan is to mostly concentrate on my motor so that if I come across a project 2k2 I can swap it in later