From all of us here at WI BIMMERS, I'm Ron Burgundy. Stay classy, San Diego.

Jdesign

Attacked the lights on this last night. Previously it had only one tail light, one brake light, the turn signals worked on one side of the car, and the front indicators did not work at all. After a total of 2-3 hours, removing super glued bulbs, corroded bulbs, lots of wire brushing corroded terminals and rusted connections, I have fully functional lights at all corners of the car!

**Fun fact, 2002's use the screws in the front lights to ground themselves, If you test them not screwed to the car, you will really develop a headache.

(don't mind the license plate light, I fixed that too)

GOXI3198.MP4

I also glued all of the parts of the hazard knob back together and "had" the hazards working. I think the switch might have a bad connection internally though, so I will have to revisit that when I swap the dash out.

Bassboy3313

If the hazard switch is anything like the e21, it will break the moment you look at it and never quite work properly EVER

Jdesign

Bassboy3313 said:

If the hazard switch is anything like the e21, it will break the moment you look at it and never quite work properly EVER

Its very similar, but this is an early model so its much worse actually. LOL

Jdesign

Ron got some love last weekend.

New brakes
new wheels
new center caps
New shifter delrin washers
New exhaust hanger and fixed the muffler
New tie rod ends
Repacked the front wheel bearings
Lots scrubbing and a little paint where needed to freshen things up
New window crank

My friend swung out to get a new set of alpina wheels from "Ralph" the BMW guy I bought parts for my E24 from. He manage to also grab a window crank and a repair manual while he was there. The wheels didnt have center caps but I luckily found some on eBay. The centers are a little yellow which is common, But I will see if I can find some way to polish the yellowing off. The rest is pretty straight forward, a standard brake job and cleaned and painted the calipers / hubs. I spent a good amount of time under the car with a brush and degreaser. It was amazing to just spray and wipe sections clean and find nice paint underneath. This car is in amazing shape, Im honestly baffled.

Sadly my tire balancer died so I need too figure out how to fix that. I spent a good 4-6 hours on Sunday messing with it. So the wheels are currently not balanced, but I fit them on the car for now and noted that they need to be take care of.

Next things to tackle are

Valve cover gasket
Adjust valves
Clean up the carburetor
Replace hoses
New belts
Fix the tach if possible
Clean the interior
Buff
Drive it.

jc43089

Nice!!!

YoungCR

Really classy!

Jdesign

jc43089 said:

Nice!!!

YoungCR said:

Really classy!

Thanks guys! Its nice how simple the car is.

Jdesign

More accomplished this weekend.

Valve cover gasket
Adjust valves
Clean up the carburetor
Replace hoses
New belts
Fix the tach if possible
Clean the interior
Buff
Drive it
Replace alternator bushing

Sadly I old took pictures of the worn out parts as I was excited to get it back together. I will take pictures of the new hoses once I install the valve cover gasket.

jc43089

Mmmm Crusty!

Jdesign

jc43089 said:

Mmmm Crusty!

Image result for krusty clown smoking

Jdesign

Worked on this on Saturday and got it all back together. Cleaned most of the interior and exterior without going completely nuts. Never did an alignment which made for an exciting drive to lake mills for the last Cars & Coffee of the year. Afterwards I stopped at a friends house and I had NOOGs shoot some photos of the car. He hasnt sent me the photos yet, but here are some I took with my potato.

I have a brake dragging that I need to attend to and the heat seems to be not blowing. So minimal items to be expected. I hope to have these resolved soon as I am hoping to drive this for a few weeks until there is white flakes in the forecast!

B C

Looking stellar man! For whatever reason those photos look like they could be the English countryside

Jdesign

Thanks! Yeah my friends driveway is pretty spectactual. Its the perfect spot. Im hoping we can host a show & cruise there again next year that doesn't get rained out.