Calling all E21 Legion Members!!!

I want to invite my fellow E21 Legion members to our 11th annual Cruising Night in Geneva, NY. The heart of the Finger Lakes region on a hot July night of food, music and cool rides on display in downtown Geneva. Last year saw over 6K people viewing the cars on display. BMW needs a respectable showing here!

Spring is Coming....

Well the new parts for the '80 323i arrived this week. I now have the parts needed to get the car started (I hope). Among them were the new headlight switch, oil filter, fuel filter and the fuel sender. Now the next steps are to pull the spark plugs, change the oil, change out the radiator fluid and fuel filter.

It would be so nice to get this one running! A major victory for the Greymarket Divison. The tank vacuum worked great. My only gripe was the constant fixing of the silicone tubing from bending and preventing me from completely sucking out all the fluids/ solids. I did the best I could and managed to vacuum out about 5 gallons of fuel from the tank. It was really nothing but varnish at this point.

Here is a link to the photos of the vacuum setup using a common 3 gallon tank, silicone tubing and a houshold vacuum cleaner.

http://picasaweb.google.com/d.r.long08/ProjectE21Part2#5451556545696768722

Part by Part....

I managed to pick up a new fuel sender for $120 less than I expected. www.svauto.com . It was for the E21 320i up to 1977, but it fits the 323i just fine. That's one for the '80 323i. I also managed to swap out the oil in the LSD in the '82 and it seems to have helped a bit. Some of the noise died down and now it sounds as if the rear wheel bearings may be part of the problem.

I travelled to Elmira the other day and took the '82 to see if I could figure out the noise. Well, despite the LSD noise, I managed about 30-1/2 miles to the gallon!! That's with upshifting, not gunning it and having a pretty straight route to the destination. Not too bad for a 28 year-old car!