M4wd&Fabrications
Projects place => Projects Section => Topic started by: mr.mindless on December 11, 2022, 09:45:57 PM
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Another roadster followed me home. Runner, driver. 4 cyl/ 5 speed, hoping it’s a 30mpg machine.
Has a couple paint issues, had a trunk full of water from antenna and CHMSL leaks. Hopefully sealed up the stop light, fixed a rotten battery terminal, have a new grommet for the antenna inbound along with a new rear window for the top and trunk struts.
126k on it. Previous owner (ur student) floated the title and ran it for 90 days/ 600 miles on a PA in-transit. NY papers look good and numbers match. Will bring papers in Tuesday or Friday for a title. Plan to reg historic in the spring and send the z4 if this one is good, unless Sarah wants to keep that. Spent the evening looking it over from the top side today and it seems so far so good.
Total investment at about 4000 right now with the parts. Within dollars of the z4 and it’s dumb automatic and computer complications. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221212/59df969cf9bf6192d4389a568b2e515e.jpg)
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PA title?
i havent had the experience of one yet and whether or not you need the notary thing for NY, or if thats just for instate PA transfer.
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NY title.
NY does require a PA title to be notarized. I went through that with something or another but not a recent one.
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Went to put the new window in the top today and the zipper is gone in the top side. Stitching all pulled.
Oops
First surprise so far
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Changed radiator in this today. Hopefully fixes coolant leak. Pretty easy job, plenty of room to work with the 4cyl.
Couldn’t ID source precisely but rad and overflow are all one unit on this, so should be good.
Hopefully get the top done tomorrow and be ready to rock this thing.
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Got the bad soft top entirely off in about 3 hours. Real fun job. Only one mistake made, someone went a bit deep with her knife and we have to make a new strap from seatbelts. They were in rough shape too, so no huge loss.
Need to get a couple other parts (tension cables over the side windows were both broken) before it can wrap up. Cleaning up the adhesive around the back where the top meets the body is probably going to take about as much time as removal. Hopefully things self-align decently with as many rivets as need to go back in during assembly.
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Took another three hours just to get adhesive goo off. Probably 2-3 hours remaining until done.
Will be a TON of fun to secure the back of the top to the tub of the car while coordinating sealant not contaminating the visible part of the top and working inside the car.
Need to review right order of operations before I move forward from here so I don’t paint myself into a corner with anything.
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Too tight. No adjustments and a few things yet to secure, so hopefully it’ll stretch a bit and find it’s happy place. Hope I can get it to close with a second hand tomorrow and let it get a few sun cycles. Or find a strap I secured that I can loosen half an inch.
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found a way to pull it shut to give it some stretch/settling time. not quite easy enough for daily driving parking with the top up, but at least functional.
decided to complete the install and do that. it's closer to closing all the way already, and I just buttoned it up. what a bear
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Took it down to Toomeys Corners to fill it up. Drives very well. Will probably do paperwork next week, this week is real short with holiday and taking Friday off to work the air show.
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Took it to get ice cream after the air show. Top down and up ???
Now on to whatever undiscovered issues remain!
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AC chargattempted. Had been holding +15psi system pressure. I didn’t vacuum it first. Holding slightly low on the high side; couldn’t get it to suck much more in.
Currently 70F
Should be 35-40psi low/145-160psi high
Actual is 36 low/125 high. It is blowing cool but not cold. We’ll see if it holds this charge. Ac off, system pressure went to about 90psi
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Ac been holding so far.
Oil and filter yesterday at 127,158
Forgot to print a sticker.
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Title and vintage plate reg papers both coming in todays mail. Nice
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that makes me feel old...
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fuel gauge in this thing is a little funny. I kept track last tank after I questioned my sanity. Range is 330+ miles on a full fill. I haven't run it out, but I don't think I could get 50 miles on the last quarter of the tank. Once it hits a quarter, it was 14 miles until the low fuel light came on at 1/8. I think it's a 12.5 gal tank and I put 11.5 in it, so another 25-30 miles range remaining with the light on.
200 miles on the top half of the gauge, 100 miles on the bottom half. 60 miles from half to a quarter and less than 40 to dead empty.
it was literally 14 miles from the 1/4 mark to the 1/8 and fuel light on.
Good thing to know.
So far pretty much loving this thing. Door cards and seats need some work.
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I think I hurt this today. Noted no heat coming into the village on my way home. Temp gauge high.
Got it home successfully, another 4-6 miles. Check engine light lit halfway. Won’t start.
Hadn’t had temp regulation issues since I replaced the radiator months ago.
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Oh no
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Knock sensor codes and overheat code
Stayed clear after clearing
All sensors reading as they should.
Fired after a minute or more of cranking. Misfires on #4 counted up continuously.
#1 and 4 plugs looked very dark, 3&2 very light.
Probably had gasket failure mid block, at best. Compression psi in photo
I’ll pull the head once I decide where I want it parked and decide further from there. I think it’ll move on its own if I can get it to start again so I may as well drive it to where it lands.
Gasket slap in frame? About a hundred bucks in parts. Swap in something else either for fun or for fun? Probably be a 60mpg TDI or mid 20s with an LS crammed in. It’s 30mpg and pretty slow with the stock 1.9 bmw motor(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/ff0de5078d03cc10bc6386cb851ce52d.jpg)
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