What it’s like to Daily Drive a Project Car

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What it’s like to Daily Drive a Project Car | Old 80s BMW

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Күн бұрын

$500+ repair fixed for $22!! A day in the life of owning and daily driving my 1988 BMW E28. Caught a random breakdown on security camera and decided to use this opportunity to show how I handle unexpected issues when they inevitably come up.
Although it may seem intimidating have the car completely immobilized, after a bit of elbow grease it really didn't take much to get it back on the road.
If you're planning on or always wanted to buy an old/project car and fix it up, put yourself in this scenario. Would you have been capable of diagnosing and fixing this issue? Will you be capable of fixing some other random problems when they undoubtedly come up?

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@thrty8street 2 ай бұрын

“You need to have the nuts to handle these problems when they just start come flying at you” quote that sums up working on these classics

@phillipc.1805 2 ай бұрын

Nice dodge of a big repair bullet there - my question is: what is your theory on why the axle connection failed in the first place? That's a 6 bolt, hardened steel interface - very strange for it to just let go like that and not fail incrementally. You know what I mean? - what the hell is that weird knocking from the back end? - you jack it up and see slight separation and say WTF - find a bolt or two have snapped and see its eventually on its way to separating. Are those aftermarket axles? I would politely suggest you dismantle the other axle and check it as well - Those are the original BMW bolts? - not made in China? Its one of the difficulties of keeping these cars running - the OEM part prices are sometimes laughable (though not always) and it can be tough to not just go with budget replacements. 1987 635csi owner here - presently rebuilding the power steering pump - Keep up the good fight - your 5 series looks great.

@MissionmadeAirsoft Ай бұрын

So the axles are aftermarket.(have a full video on the replacement) Bolts were the original BMW I swapped over and I have a theory: when I replaced the axles I did indeed use loctite on all bolts but forgot to let them dry for 24 hours. And on top of that I was practicing donuts pretty often right after that repair. It took me a while to realize it was likely the donuts that caused the bolts to loosen up. And if it wasn’t the donuts I still have no idea how/why that happened. Just glad it happened near home rather than the highway

@Tomogne 2 ай бұрын

Glad your transmission is alright! buuut...... 06:00 did you fix your seatbelt? ;) E28's looks fantastic in red! Been drooling over E28 for quite some time, but I just can't get myself into selling my E34.