7sis

Nathan, compression test was most probably not ran at WOT... I should have done more research before they did it.... I'll ask the garage on monday. But knowing that you ran yours for a while with the engine in a similar state is making me more comfortable driving the car.

Carl, as far as the interior, I think this is one of the strongest point of the car. Only broken stuff is drivers reclining seat mechanism, speedo and cigarette lighter! Every single light in the dash seems to be functional .

Forgive me for the poor cellphone pics, I'll get some better ones in the future.

Julien

Hi,

I'm new on this forum as I'm a proud new owner of a 1975 Inka Orange 2002!

During the buying process, I used this forum a lot to guide me on what to check and to help me estimate the condition of the car. To be honest, I was quite nervous buying a 40 years old car and one of the big reason I jumped in is that I found this community which shares excellent information. So thanks to the faq, I got an 02!

I think the car is in good shape but it is obviously not perfect. The body is pretty solid and interior in excellent condition. I got the car inspected by an experienced BMW mechanic and from what we saw here is my initial "to do" list:
- Speedo is busted: needle going everywhere
- Front main seal leaking
- Header is cracked
- Exhaust joint between downpipe and rear seems broken...pretty loose.
- Worned guibo: still drivable but there are noticeable vibrations when driving the car.
- Alternator bracket is loose.
- The worse seems to be the engine compression which is uneven: 83, 102, 91, 112...

My current plan, is to keep the car for a while (10 years or so) and to fix it bit by bit through the years while driving it only in the summer weekends... I live in QC... Winter is long and harsh... I am really a noob mechanic but I think this could be à great opportunity to learn.

For now, my plan was to do an oil change and drive the car! I'll see if this main seal gets worse through the weeks, if I see the engine consumes to much oil, I'll get it fixed.

Should I be more concerned about these issues?

Thanks for your feedback!