Spoona's 81' E21 "Tracy"

[flatcat19]

WTF does Flatcat know anyway? Just keep doing stuff.

Now that's funny.


I keep asking you about things not working to help you more efficiently diagnose the problems.
I'll keep my mouth shut though. Keep on replacing parts. Enjoy that.

[draker]

DVOM's are worthless. They just give you a bunch of numbers and shit. If wanted random numbers, I'd get a fucking calculator.

[Spoona_Jay21]

WTF does Flatcat know anyway? Just keep doing stuff.

Now that's funny.


I keep asking you about things not working to help you more efficiently diagnose the problems.
I'll keep my mouth shut though. Keep on replacing parts. Enjoy that.

Replacing parts is needed. when something is broken I will replace it. my goal is not to have to do a botch job on things just cause I'm either Lazy or tryin to save cash.

this car is too nice to Botch everything together. and i have to agree with Draker, I suck with that techy stuff. while they may be useful, i can't understand a lick of it, and for me, I would rather Diagnose the old fashion way that works quite well...

not tryin to be a douche, but with your comments you seem to come off a bit rude. Not that they may be Insightful, but just rude, so it makes you sound like Know it all. and not even Euro car god (Chris at Fine tuning in Seattle) knows EVERYTHING.

as said, not tryin to be a dick, just think about how people read things since we can't use Tone of voice to help us determine your demeanor.

[datto62073]

I wanted to chime in on this. If you guys want to bicker about HOW things are done, keep it to PM or shut the fuck up. This is not the place for it. This is my kids project, who has been busting his ass to get running with minimal supervision and so far has done a damn good job of it. In the span of maybe 24 hours of work time we have gone from nothing to almost running. This is also being worked on a couple hours a week due to it being at his grandmothers house in Seattle, 45 minutes to an hour away with no way to get there but me. This also depends on if I have $$ in my account to get said parts as he is currently not working but in school. as for tools, he has access to everything he needs to fix this fine piece of German engineering and although its not simple as say a 510 or 620, I feel he has done a great job of making it work.

Now on with MY update.

List of replaced parts that I bought.

in tank fuel pump (needed)
fuel filter (maintenance)
headlight switch (needed)
headlights (needed as one was broken, low beam only)
spark plugs (maintenance)
cap and rotor (I broke the cap.)
injector seals ( worn out and cracked. vac leak.)

Replaced parts that came with car.
rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders. (needed to STOP car once its driveable)


what absolutely needs to be repaired/replaced before driving......
air bypass hose from Idle valve to manifold (broke while putting it back on)
fuel tanks cleaned
a 1 foot section of fuel hose from accumulator to main fuel line (massive fuel leak from said hose.)
trans service
oil change
diff service
rad cap
2 tires in the rear, fronts are almost new


Things it needs still but can be gotten whenever
thermostat
heater blower motor
side marker lenses
corner light lens
ONE tail light lens
fog light lenses
shift knob that fits (we have one to modify but havent gotten to it yet)
fuse box cover (cracked but covers)
trunk seal


All in all not bad for a car that has been sitting 10+ years. It SHOULD be in worse shape but being an original Cali car its rust free. Except in the tanks anyway.


Any more updates are Jays to do. Unless I have anything more to add.

[izzo]

parts parts parts parts!! Lol. Keep going and itll be a new car

[datto62073]

Yeah but most of the big stuff is still good thank god.

[izzo]

I heard the heads on these were a bear to work on. Just bmw in general

[datto62073]

The head doesn't seem to bad, but then again I don't have much experience with them. oh and i picked up the fuel line we needed, so hopefully this weekend she'll come home.

[Spoona_Jay21]

So here with updates from me with pics! not many... but some...


SHE LIVES!!!!!!!

or well... for like 30 seconds she did....

anyway, put the engine bay back together, and did a compression test, I don't remember the #'s, but i wrote them down, so on my next update they will be up.

so here was the engine bay 97% back together....


Fired her up and then we had a problem... busted hose.....


so we got that torn off and today new hose was picked up for that.

and now here are some random pics

New stickers on!






New rug for the back deck


Test fitted some old Enkei 92's




And now some truly random picks of the car.







So thats what I have. I am horrible at taking pics, so I will try to do better this next time. hopefully we can get the tanks dropped and cleaned this weekend. If all goes as as planned....... We will drive her home this weekend!!!!!!!!

[izzo]

im jelly dude. Have always dug those cars.

[Spoona_Jay21]

thanks man!

well things didn't as planned, somethin came up and we can't go work on the car this weekend........

But I think after we get the tanks cleaned, and the new tube on, she should be able to be driven home soon after!

[datto62073]

i can get the stuff to clean and seal the tanks from work. so i will do that as soon as i have the $$ to do it. hopefully in the next few weeks this little beasty will be on the road and is test drives, me to work and back, will be uneventful.

[izzo]

sweet man. I hope this gets running soon. Love to see some road shots.

[Spoona_Jay21]

mass photo dump coming. had some good and bad things happen.

[Spoona_Jay21]

so this is the basic of what happened.

-Oil change
-Fixed the shifter... ish....
-finished putting the dash together
- pulled and cleaned the fuel tanks
-replaced a couple fuel lines

Anyway... here is the pics.

what caused the fuel leak the last time we were out




New Hose




Old filter out!


New filter in


The helper in all this


old filter and shit... eww....




and then the fun part began... Siphoning out the 11 year old gas....


IT LOOKS LIKE APPLEJUICE!!!!!!!!




Found out, i have fairly new Cat-back exhaust!


and tanks out




and now comes the gross part... alot of rust flakes in the tank, which isn't a good bit......






MORE APPLEJUICE!!!!


so this is a 33 year old car... you would expect rust out the ass... YOU WERE WRONG!!!!!!!!!







the car wash... to the car wash... yeeeaaaahhh!


ALL CLEAN!














and a Ghetto fix of the column clam-shell


Another ghetto fix, shift knob work. this kinda gets it to work




a hole in the tank we ended up filling with a Well nut. doesn't leak, so for now we are fine.


and what was in the hole......


so long story with no pics, While we were getting the Well nut to fix the hole in the tank it started raining... and we left everything open....

so we rushed back, got everythin cleaned up, tanks hooked back up, everything ready to go.. as it stopped raining....

the, we got it started... and another ful line boke so we had to go fix that. they didn't have the exact size line, DAMN YOU GERMANY ND YOUR 10MM FUEL LINES!!!!!!


so we got that fixed, WE GOT HER TO FIRE! AND DRIVE!!!!!! with so much fucking smoke you would swear someone put a smoke grenade in the fucking pipe, too much water out the exhaust pipe, and shit smelled like coolant... AND! she won't go any faster than 20mph....

So we HOPE it is just a head gasket, so within the next moth.. the head is comin off, and an inspection of the head is happening.

Too say the least, the reason I didn't do the update on Saturday, was not too happy...

Anyway, that's what i have.

[Spoona_Jay21]

so today we did a little work

Replaced my Radiator cap and, Tested the pressure in the cooling system... and there was none


and i found myself a new key chain. I think it fits the Old Man Vibe I want form her.


and if you wonderin why i have a key blank attached to the ring., my old key is SHIT and i want to get a crappy blank cut in better shape, see if it works, THEN cut the 35$ blank off the crappy new copy. it's just not top on the priority list.

[Spoona_Jay21]

So, we were able to get more work done on her.

What we did:

Our temporary fuel tank fix FAILED! no big deal, it was only a temporary fix. and the up side is we didn't have to worry bout draining the old fuel out!


so we picked up this stuff to fix it.




Which was a fail... so we got some Quicksteel to fix it right.


winch was a success! no more leakage, so now we are getting fuel all the way to the injectors with no leaks!

now on to the last wiring problem.... NO HEATER FAN!!!!!!!!!






tore everything apart, and found we had no power to the switch. looked at the diagrams, and realized that in that cuicuit, the Heater fan comes before the switch, so no power to the fan... no power to the switch. we jumped tthe fan to make it work, and the switch worked!



so now there is a single lead from the fuse box to the fan so that it works. once I get the time, i will fix the factory broken wire.

Also learned that our silly spring fix for the shifter.... didn't work.... oh well, twas worth a try


so with all that fixed, we tried to get her to start... AND SHE RAN!!!!!!!!!!

but she was smoking a little, so we decided to check the oil...




so now we get to yank the head and hopefully. it is just a head gasket. Anyway, since we are having problems with the shitty key that we have, we pulled one of the locks to lube, and get a new blank cut.







and some random pics of the car during the day.







Busted Cypress Hill tape, makes a nice drift charm






So, on the next installment... HEAD GASKET! I really hope thats all it is... i know this car is goin to reek Havok on me for the next few years due to sitting... but what are ya goin to do.

[Spoona_Jay21]

so it has been a while. but....

NEW PARTS!!!!!!!

nothin too special just some parts i picked up at the bone yard today, from a 78'



finally picked up some crack free, unbroken corner markers and lenses. or well relatively crack free. :loll













New UNBROKEN bumper reflectors was goin to shave em, but couldn't pass up these one of them has a SMALL crack but barely noticeable.



a new screw for my tool kit, as i lost mine in my trunk cause it broke....



ANOTHER new headlight switch as i can't get them new at my local parts houses. they only carry E30 switches and argue with me it is the right one....




my Sun visor clips were broken so i got a new pair of unbroken ones. were they all white for every E21?







anyway, thats all I have right now.

Hopefully Soon to come!
-6mm spacers (possible)
-E30 Basketweaves (Possible)
-Painted hood
-woodgrain gauge cluster
-New Keys, inclubing my BMW blank
-Head set with new head bolts.
-MK1 VW GTI US spec front lip painted black
-NEW STICKERS! for my friends Imaging Company http://www.precisionimagecapturing.com/

YAY!

oh, and my first Tattoo =D

[izzo]

Jesus fuck so many pictars!!! ahahha nice dude

[Spoona_Jay21]

Jesus fuck so many pictars!!! ahahha nice dude

thanks man! i try my best to document everything. not many seem to care bout it but i try for the few who do.