My E30 project finally has rear suspension that doesn't make me want to sell it.
If you’ve been following this project closely you’ll know I found a cracked, crumbly hose going from the idle control valve to the car’s intake manifold. I tried to replace it with a hose I had lying around in my garage, but that didn’t work. I finally got a new OEM BMW hose in the mail so I popped it into the car and, much to my dismay, it actually made the car run worse. So I ordered a new idle control valve to see if that would fix the problem and—big surprise—it didn’t.
On the bright side, I finally got around to installing new shocks in the rear. Since I bought the car they’ve been making some pretty unpleasant sounds over bumps, and they’ve only gotten worse after a few months of driving on NYC streets. Thankfully replacing rear shocks on an E30 is about the easiest job on the planet. All you need to do is unscrew the nuts holding the top hats to the body and one bolt each on either knuckle to remove the shock. You don’t even have to take off the wheels.
One new issue that’s popped up is the steering. It was, at one point, a power-assisted system, but the power steering pump has been deleted and the lines have been blocked off. I’ve gotten used to the extra weight but the rack has begun to make some horrific sounds, almost as if it’s about to fail. It still works just fine, but the noise is bothering me. I probably won’t address it until it gets worse.
Other than that, I still want to get the A/C working. There are some wiring improvements I can make and if I can figure out the parts, source a clutch replacement kit for the compressor. Stay tuned. Road & Track staff writer with a taste for high-mileage, rusted-out projects and amateur endurance racing.
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