My name is Viktor, I live in Belgium and I'm 22 years old.
I recently picked up my first car, a 635CSi. It has been off the road since 2003, as it has been sitting in a shed for 10+ years. However, one or two years ago, the car was sold to the PO who could not bring himself to do all the work required to get the shark back on the road.
Two months ago, i bought the car from him and put it on the trailer to bring it the other side of the country (only 250km as Belgium is rather small
)It has 166k km, however, the odometer stopped working, as all other meters on the instrument panel.
The battery was dead, the cooling system was empty, it had ugly wheels and the interior is a bit dirty. Furthermore, there is some rust, but I hope nothing to bad. But I keep in mind 'they are always rustier than you think'.
Furthermore, it has been repainted at some point in time, as it originally was Cosmosblau Metallic. Now, I suppose it is Lapisblau.
In the last two months, progress has been very slow as my time is very limited due to university, but I managed to do the following:
- Put in a new battery and made a short test drive
- Bought some genuine 15" BBS and put 4 brand new tires on it
- Changed the engine oil and oil filter
- Flushed coolant system once and filled it up
- And finally, I learned A LOT about E24's on this forum
Next weekend, I'll take my car to a friend. He is more experienced with cars than I am (he owns a E30) and his dad has worked as a BMW mechanic for 15 years.
We'll put the car in the air on their car lift and I will finally be able to take a good long look underneath.
Next is a list of all problems and things I will adress:
- Tackle all rust (Front jacking points, Floor, sills, rear wheel arches and rear lights)
- Make sure engine runs smoother than ever
- Engine does not start immediately
- Ignition has a bit of play
- Driverside door lock and trunk locks do not work
- Drivers seat rails have some play
- Suspension Overhaul, All new rubbers, Bilstein sport shocks and H&R Lowering springs
- Brakes
- Electrical sunroof and all windows move slowly, I guess the motors will have to be lubricated in some way
- There is no Radio, a new radio will be installed
- Some ugly Bose boxes have been installed in the parcel shelf, they will have to go.
- Rear headrests
- A leather sports or even Recaro interior is something I would love. (Instead of my blue cloth comforts)
- Backup lights and front fog lights do not work
- Instrument cluster does not work, except for the fuel gauge
- Exhaust is rusty and needs to be changed
- There is a leak in the right back corner of the trunk, I guess a new rear light gasket will fix that.
- New hood shocks
- New hood insulation
- Search tools for my incomplete tool kit
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- And lots of other small things I forgot...
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