mrhimself
07-20-2017, 12:38 PM
Hi all! Just wanted to introduce myself! :)
I purchased my first MM as a wrecked 2003 back in 2004. It was rear-ended on the highway and a total loss, but the powertrain and most of the interior was perfect with only 34k miles on it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/t0ysa937hne7wwt/xnview_2017-07-20_14-12-54.png
The wrecked car sat in my driveway or garage for nearly 10 years, before I finally parted it out completely and hauled off the carcass (pun intended :rolleyes:). I removed the suspension after rolling on the trailer, the only thing left for the junkyard was a little bit of body and the frame.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/j9n6dztymbwc8y9/xnview_2017-07-20_14-15-42.png
Last August I found an 03 MM listed for sale at a U-Pull It in Beaumont for $6k. Guy said it "had a bad coil misfire". I drove out and looked it, and sure enough it had a misfire. Looked more closely and found RTV everywhere, as if someone had tried to rebuild the engine without using any gaskets. I guesstimated it had more than a bad coil, and offered the guy $3.5K, knowing it had been sitting on his lot for 2 months. Ended up paying $4k.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/5epdenw6nz76vra/chrome_2017-07-20_14-25-14.pnghttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/j60jkjssbx6udwp/xnview_2017-07-20_14-26-37.png
Once I got home with it, I found leaking valve covers with 2 coils completely covered. I also found 1 cylinder with 90psi compression (135psi on the rest).
I decided the engine in it was dead, and swapped it with my now 13 year sitting un-run, 34k mile motor.
The new engine started but misfired like only half of it was running. A quick check with the IDS and VCM 2 showed good compression, but only 5 fuel injectors working.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/zy4zu6qiti9zmh8/chrome_2017-07-20_14-31-21.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/miwglhgsgpzr2tf/chrome_2017-07-20_14-29-39.png
Swapped 3 injectors from the other motor and it runs great now! Although I'm still working through details of figuring out what all is broken on the rest car! ;)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/m00f0eywle27azc/xnview_2017-07-20_14-36-32.png
I purchased my first MM as a wrecked 2003 back in 2004. It was rear-ended on the highway and a total loss, but the powertrain and most of the interior was perfect with only 34k miles on it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/t0ysa937hne7wwt/xnview_2017-07-20_14-12-54.png
The wrecked car sat in my driveway or garage for nearly 10 years, before I finally parted it out completely and hauled off the carcass (pun intended :rolleyes:). I removed the suspension after rolling on the trailer, the only thing left for the junkyard was a little bit of body and the frame.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/j9n6dztymbwc8y9/xnview_2017-07-20_14-15-42.png
Last August I found an 03 MM listed for sale at a U-Pull It in Beaumont for $6k. Guy said it "had a bad coil misfire". I drove out and looked it, and sure enough it had a misfire. Looked more closely and found RTV everywhere, as if someone had tried to rebuild the engine without using any gaskets. I guesstimated it had more than a bad coil, and offered the guy $3.5K, knowing it had been sitting on his lot for 2 months. Ended up paying $4k.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/5epdenw6nz76vra/chrome_2017-07-20_14-25-14.pnghttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/j60jkjssbx6udwp/xnview_2017-07-20_14-26-37.png
Once I got home with it, I found leaking valve covers with 2 coils completely covered. I also found 1 cylinder with 90psi compression (135psi on the rest).
I decided the engine in it was dead, and swapped it with my now 13 year sitting un-run, 34k mile motor.
The new engine started but misfired like only half of it was running. A quick check with the IDS and VCM 2 showed good compression, but only 5 fuel injectors working.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/zy4zu6qiti9zmh8/chrome_2017-07-20_14-31-21.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/miwglhgsgpzr2tf/chrome_2017-07-20_14-29-39.png
Swapped 3 injectors from the other motor and it runs great now! Although I'm still working through details of figuring out what all is broken on the rest car! ;)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/m00f0eywle27azc/xnview_2017-07-20_14-36-32.png