Every few months I take a trip up north to northern California. It’s about 800 miles round trip and I usually do it I. One day. If was about 5 am before sunrise. I was going up through the grapevine which is a steep grade … Continue readingRoad Trip…Freeway Impact!
I took a Sunday morning drive down south to Ortega Highway and to Lake Elsinore. The road is a nice collection of twisties and high speed sweepers. Perfect for the 02! The car ran great and handled beautifully!! No complaints at all with the car. … Continue readingNew pics…Lake Elsinore/Ortega Highway
Now that the new Weber carb is in its now about tuning. I am learning soooo much about how to tune the car it’s mind blowing. Is it rich? Lean? Too much advance? Not enough? Choke adjustments when cold? Throttle plate adjustments? Im now … Continue readingTuning….highs and lows…ups and downs!
2002 Love. Its easy to fall in love with these little cars. Ever wondered how BMW got its reputation for making “The Ultimate Driving Machines”? How they are known for making the BEST sports sedans in the world? Well the 2002 is the car that … Continue readingI LOVE this little car!
So a new Weber 38 DGES carb was installed and now there is no stumble and no leaks! The swap was simple. 4 bolts, one hose and the linkage. The new carb came with an air cleaner and was missing one screw on the linkage. … Continue readingNew Carberetor…Problems solved!
Sigh….driving an older car as a daily driver. That means that sometimes you can’t avoid the breakdown. As much as you do maintainence and upkeep it’s impossible to avoid breakdowns occasionally. The breakdown: I was on my way to work and a few blocks from … Continue readingEverything is running great….then it just…died!
My steering wheel leather was starting to unwrap. The threads were disintegrating. I thought about other steering wheel options and nothing was perfect. Newer steering wheels are smaller and thus requiring more steering effort which I am not pleased about and nice reconditioned … Continue readingSteering Wheel Recover!
It has been months and now all 3 of the additional gauges I installed in the center console are fully operational. The holdup was the temp sender. Lets look at the entire setup. I wanted a very stock look under the hood. I … Continue readingVDO Temp Gauge wired…FINALLY!!!
Went back into the suspension and did the control arm bushings as well as the radius arm bushings in poly. Got the kit form Ireland and it includes grease. Last week I replaced just my disintegrated drivers side radius rod bushing. I posted up a … Continue readingSuspension Rehab Pt 2! Poly bushings installed!
The focus for the car now is fix everything that doesn’t work and address everything that needs to be addressed. I started with the heater box rebuild. It was a pretty big job but one that I am appreciating daily even in sunny SoCal! So … Continue readingOn A Roll!! Literally!