Until a month ago, my garage was a store room at the front and a room off the kitchen at the back. I've had it knocked through and a proper garage door put back in. This means that it comes with a radiator plumbed into the central heating down the far end so as long as I stay down there I can warm my hands up
. I could do with a set of flood lights really as with the dark nights I can't touch it till the weekend. Picking up my engine stand, crane and drill press from machine mart on saturday morning so provided the weather is ok, I can start the destruction.
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It looks far too good a car to scrap!
Mike
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Yeah, you do get that impression as it looks on surface to be a very straight car but just from my basic pre-purchase inspection and drive home i think to make it a good, safe daily driver again it needs a fair bit of work:
- new front and rear shocks
- exhaust is blowing
- rear window seal on one side is missing completely
- one of the headlamp washers lifted out in my hand
- nearside front ball joint has an advisory from MOT
- lots of the internal electrics dead (windows, sun roof)
- sun roof has a gale coming through it
- oil leak from the sump somewhere, may be the coolant system too.
- not convinced the torque convertor is working too well
- auto box didn't seem to respond to the sport mode so was stuck in eco.
- arches are starting to rust.
no doubt the list will get bigger as I pull it apart. I hope that ball joint is not a bad start from a donor point of view. I'm working on the assumption that the ball joint is on the suspension arm and not the hub assembly that I'll be keeping. If it is a part i need it shouldn't be expensive as it's a standard part to replace on an older car
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Remember to label and keep everything
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Can anyone give me a comprehensive list of the E36 parts I need? There's a list on the Marlin website but it seems a tad high level