1984 733i (315,000 miles)

[Gordonovski]

I hope it gets towed


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[GTBrandon]

I hope it gets towed


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Nah I know an open garage in north with some hole in the wall. Heard the owner is gone all weekend too

[Gordonovski]

I hope it gets towed


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Nah I know an open garage in north with some hole in the wall. Heard the owner is gone all weekend too

I heard that guy has HPD on speed dial as well.


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[GTBrandon]

I heard that guy has HDPT on speed dial as well.

Fixed that for you

[Senor_Taylor]

Let this be a formal apology to all. This car is COOL. Sure, it sounds like the lifters are trying to eat themselves, but the paint actually is pretty good and the interior is AMAZING. 1983 and it has A/C vents in the rear? Power seats with power headrests AND lumbar? Crazy. Most everything works and feels okay except the shift bushings are so beyond shot that you can't get it into reverse without moving the whole center console over. It was a blast loading up 5 of us and cruising around blaring some Carly Rae Jepsen though the (surprisingly) nice speakers. Otherwise, a great car for the price, even if it does break in a week. (Lets hope it doesn't).

[GTBrandon]

Oh baby this is the greatest pile I have ever bought, I'm so happy and it's only been half a day. Definitely need to adjust valves and replace some belts, but for now nothing has broken and I've only stalled twice!!

[*insertusernamehere*]

This makes a happy Wames. A very very happy Wames.

[Senor_Taylor]

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[Jake]

Look at all that wood trim! Such luxury.

[GTBrandon]

What a great first weekend with the car! Definitely some things that needed some love, but with a little time and help from others it's as good as new! Well as good as a 33 year old car can be

First thing was the trim, it was all faded out and we needed something to wrench on. So we took off the grilles, wipers, mirrors, and air vents to paint black(by paint I mean use one liberally thick coat of off brand plasti dip). It made a big improvement and I don't care that we didn't cost them correctly as the paint on the car is far worse anyways.

Today we actually got to wrenching, but first I decided it was time to get my own tools down here. So I went by harbor freight and advanced to pick up a few necessities on the cheap.



Then we parked in north and got to wrenching. First came the oil change with some nice 10w-40 and a new filter which took me all day of calling around to find. As I did this, Jackson worked on the valve adjustment to hopefully get rid of the horrifying ticking noise. We found the issue pretty quickly, and it wasn't too great. Turns out the lobe was worn completely flat somehow...



Once the valves were adjusted it sounded a little better but now we know there's another culprit. As this was being done, Ryan, Connor, and James joined in on the fun. I kindly recruited them to clean the leather with wipes as to remove all foreign juices that were left in these plush seats for the past 30 years. This turned out pretty nicely I must say, and after Jackson and I hit it later that night with a vacuum and more wipes, it looks good as new.




Oh I almost forgot, the other part we replaced was the clutch master cylinder. When I picked up the car, I had driven it all the way back with no fluid in the clutch resorvoir. We filled it up when it was noticed, but the next day it had leaked out and we knew there was a problem. To my pleasant surprise, the seller had been kind enough to leave us the brand new part in the trunk, ready to be installed! Well we got it in, filled her up, and went on a test drive! While it won't burn rubber yet, we are from over with it!



After a quick visit to miracle wash, it was time to hoon for the rest of the afternoon. And of course, time to play some picture tag! More updates to come as my bank account quivers with fear in the corner of the parts store :')

[Senor_Taylor]

This is great. Long live MM.

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The backseat ride in this thing is giving the Volvo a run for its money. The Volvo still wins

[EclipseTurbno93]

This thing has a crap ton of character, I hope it lasts a good long while.

[Jake]

Love it!

Please tell me you're working underneath it with jackstands though. Seeing just a jack in the one photo makes me supremely uncomfortable, especially given it's from HF.

[ViPER1313]

Those seats are amazing.

[Scott]

I hope it gets towed

Don't worry, it's a 33 year old BMW that was bought for $500, it'll get towed multiple times

[GTBrandon]

Love it!

Please tell me you're working underneath it with jackstands though. Seeing just a jack in the one photo makes me supremely uncomfortable, especially given it's from HF.

While we are using jack stands, the rust covering the entire underbody of the car doesn't inspire much confidence on those jack points. May have to hit up DJ for some welding lessons

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[Jake]

LOL, perfect reaction DJ

In for photos of underside now...

[GTBrandon]

Lol DJ, I'll give you time to prepare and find a local Witch Doctor for a blessing. Jake, I might have to actually do this thing called school this week, weird I know. But hopefully tomorrow will be a good wrenching day. Apparently Jackson has a nice shopping cart for me so we'll see how much I can move after being bent over by FCP..