Some of you may have followed my train wreck over trying to find a BMW 3 series from this thread. I figured now that I got the stupid car I would document the crap I am doing to it.
This car is mostly going to share driveway and garage time with my Miata.
This is how it arrived in my driveway (August 16, 2009):
The car ran pretty good till it ate it's first battery forcing me to use two Optima Red Tops and a battery charger to get around for a day.
Upon returning from the parts store I had to cool the engine down fast because I had to go to work pretty soon.
Old alternator (left) new one (not left). The old one looked to be pretty new, I hope this isn't a bad sign of things to come.
Sweet leaves in my air box.
Not only did I forget to buy a new belt and had to reuse the old one, the alternator sits a little crooked. Not sure what is going on here, but it might be the cause of the previously dead alternator. I will try to fix this Saturday.
This car is mostly going to share driveway and garage time with my Miata.
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Total Spent: 1993 BMW 318i: $1000 Alternator: $ 200 ____________________ Total: $1200
This is how it arrived in my driveway (August 16, 2009):
The car ran pretty good till it ate it's first battery forcing me to use two Optima Red Tops and a battery charger to get around for a day.
Upon returning from the parts store I had to cool the engine down fast because I had to go to work pretty soon.
Old alternator (left) new one (not left). The old one looked to be pretty new, I hope this isn't a bad sign of things to come.
Sweet leaves in my air box.
Not only did I forget to buy a new belt and had to reuse the old one, the alternator sits a little crooked. Not sure what is going on here, but it might be the cause of the previously dead alternator. I will try to fix this Saturday.
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