Z's Yoda (Bye Bye head gasket)
 

Picked it up for 200 bucks a couple months ago. It sat for 2-3 years with a dead fuel pump, but i solved that issue today thanks to a dead fuel level sending unit in a 3 series :D

I still have the van unfortunately, but it's up for sale now.

the custom shot:
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the transplant procedure:

first, of course, the tank came down to access the pump.
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the old, rusted up pump:
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The "new" BMW pump:
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We had to change the connector style and cut off the bottom of the pump bracket to accomodate the prepump filter, which ended up being abandon because the filter made the whole assembly about a half inch too tall. it really didn't take too too long to figure everything out. I started at 5 and thanks to a coworker's help, got everything finished up about 6:30.

It still needs a new set of tires, which will be cheap because they're 13 inch rims :lol: But i'm not in a huge rush to get it going since it has no radio :(

It may look like crap, but its not a minivan :D

lol 200 buckspretty damn cehapp

yeah, i found 3 bucks in change in the ashtray, and slavaged 3 raquetball rackets and a graphite wood from the water filled trunk, so if i can sell those too, i might have it for like 175 :lol: The interior sucks ass thanks to the rotten door seals, but if worse comes to worse, i'll at least have an SCCA car :bah:

that car in mexico would have gone for at least 2k usd :|
that's why I hate the used car market here :?

wanna buy it? :D

no thanks. After buying it at 210 usd I must legalize it here in mexico and it's a pain in the ass to do that
of course many ppl live from buying junk cars at 100-500 usd, bringing them to mexico, legalize them, pay some taxes, etc.
and then sell those cars at 1000-3000 usd. It is a good business, but very hard to do it

^ i was kidding anyway. There is a pair of them across the street at a used car lot for 5000 usd each :| good news for me since i may turn around and sell it once i take care of the interior

Can't say no to a deal like that.. how many miles on the engine and chassis?

122K

i knew :P
but you could do that for an extra pennies. buy broken down cars at...200 bucks :P... and sell it after fixing it

crap.. its almost 3x cheaper than my Lada :lol: Perfect for you cause you are a mechanic and can fix everything + have available tools and place to work in :)

Congrats Z :wink:

Its same with cars here, you buy e30 in germany for 100-500€ and sell here for 700-1200€ I am just figuring out where to take money t start doing it :D When you do all the paperwork once or twice its not that hard anymore cause you know where to go and what to do.

$200??? :shock:

What happened to the 350Z, you still plan on buying one at some stage?

congrats on the car :P

Hope it will drive well for many miles :D

bargain!

took some new pics yesterday since the ones posted are pretty dim:

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The big building in the background is the Honda showroom/shop. i think they said it cost about $5 million for whole thing.

No work jhas started on the new BMW building yet though :?

A/C quit working on me a couple weeks ago :roll: Wasn't too worried about it but the last week it's been 80+ degrees :P :? Probably won't take much to fix but i need to go steal the R-12 machine from Honda to find out what's leaking :roll: >hoping it's not the compressor<