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  1. Yes, my nephew crashed it into an SUV in a parking lot. So the nose and hood suffered some damage, also, the driver's fender and door had been damaged before we purchased the car. Engine has been sitting for a year now; should have sold the car last year, but was hoping that I could start a full rebuild. Reality set in, so here we are...
  2. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=39726090&cat=656&lpid=&search=&ad_cid=2 Preview: $2,500.00, currently a roller. Have exterior trim, grille, door cards (they're rough), but no center console.
  3. two bottles of wine and three boxes of ammo, for two people? Is that enough?
  4. I have broken a stud, and my local tire store had a replacement stud- you can use a punch to drive the broken stud out, and then you use the tools you have to seat the new stud in place (a fun little project, all in all). Also, I have screwed up an alloy wheel when I didn't re-torque it, as Toby advised. It's important to have the correct lug nuts for your wheel as well- steel wheel lugs aren't supposed to be used on alloy wheels (don't ask me how I know that please). I have also seen cracked lug nuts- inspect them carefully, they might be older than you are...
  5. I vote for those Rota wheels as seen on Jim's car.
  6. Yeah, I would ask, what are your intentions for this car? How much are they asking? and, Is that tractor for sale? because that tractor looks to be in great shape!
  7. Well done! I could see the grin on your face as you drove through the neighborhood. By the way, you're a much better writer than a videographer, just sayin'
  8. Needs a new fuel pump if you ask me. If you start it cold and it runs fine, but then dies shortly after starting it when the engine is warm, that's a good indication. $90.00 for a new one, simple install. Next time it happens, try cooling off the fuel pump with ice in a towel- if it runs after that, you'll know for sure.
  9. I love this. Thanks for being the best hack mechanic who also writes amusing stuff that I am aware of.
  10. sounds like a classic case of 'scope creep'... and you can pull both engine and tranny out from the top, after doing a lot of finessing and repositioning of supports, etc... my current engine pulling project is going to involve disconnecting the engine from the trans and pulling the engine out the top, but if I had the space I would drop the subframe and take everything out from underneath; but if I was doing that, then, scope creep.
  11. Toby I would love to let you have the last word, and let this stance crap die down, but then inspiration like this comes along: http://www.stanceworks.com/2014/10/bruce-carrs-bristol-gray-1969-bmw-2002/ ...and I have to contribute to the stance thread and keep it alive for a little bit longer. -sorry-
  12. Thank you. I have a blue coil, but just removed the firewall components and was concerned. EGR valve tomorrow...
  13. Can you please elaborate on the resistor wire? I'm not sure I follow you...
  14. http://paulwegweiser.blogspot.com/2012/06/i-want-rock-n-roll-buti-dont-want-to.html
  15. I bought one in September 2013, my invoice says part #61-31-1-356-193.
  16. Follow this advice but keep in mind that the fuel pump itself could be the culprit- the diaphragm inside can have issues until it cools off (that was my experience anyway). $89 well spent dollars later no more hot start issues.
  17. Um… it's not an 'S', but the review is good- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gSLDx_2m0
  18. I don't like to see the value of these cars escalate- but the market will do what it does. We have a couple of rough 2002's- a '74 and a '76, that combined set me back $2,300.00- they are rust free but still need a lot of work, and that is the fun in it. When people spend upwards of $20K on one, and expect the value to go up even more, are they going to drive them like they should be driven? I hope so...
  19. Where are you located? Please always list this in your ads (region at least). Thanks
  20. That would be a nice dairy driver... if it could pass emissions
  21. And then, a leisurely drive... https://vimeo.com/26625639 you may have already seen it, but since we're having this animated conversation about BMW's...
  22. The way that you park the car may have something to do with the quality of the bodywork!
  23. that roundie with the Utah plates? please keep me in mind...
  24. I view the classifieds daily (sometimes 2x). I would love to see the date that the ad was posted, and, more importantly, the seller's location (at least the region). Is there a way (since so many don't include these in their ads) to make it part of the ad posting process to fill out these two items?
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