New Owner in Santa Barbara Ca

[Steve H]

Hello from California I just bought a 1974 3.0csa Coupe from a garage that has been sitting since 1995. The dissapointment at the slush box and the huge bumpers is tempered by the unbelievably rust free body and very original condition of this car. It has been color changed from Fiord to Polaris silver but apart from that it is super original. The car was missing steering components so putting on a flatbed was a challenge . The carbs were off the car which should ahve given me an idea something was wrong but after putting everything together and getting it running it seems the car has a bad head gasket . What’s my best course of action if the head is cracked and unserviceable any ideas out there.
Steve

 

[Stan]

Welcome!!

 

[rsporsche]

Hey Steve - welcome to the gruppe. my recommendation would be to get in touch with SFDon on this board. Don is the master of all things mechanical in relation to coupes and is often in the LA area (based in the bay area).

cheers
scott

 

[HB Chris]

I would pull the head and get it checked, it may be fine with a light skim. The 82 and later head has better cooling passages, shouldn't be hard to find one of those.

 

[Steve H]

Blown head gasket

I’m pulling the head and having it checked this week I’ve probably been listening to too many horror stories about cracked heads, so I will hope for the best. I will renew the hoses of course while I’m at it is an electric fan a viable proposition?

 

[Stevehose]

Welcome to das forum, with the head removed and out for service you will have access and time to remove, clean, paint, and replace a lot of components in the engine bay, that's what I did, you'll be amazed at how clean and tidy it can become.

 

[restart]

That looks like a very nice example. Congratulations! Let the fun begin

 

[Arde]

An electric fan is a good option but a bit late for the 1995 head crack .
Shanon has an electric fan and can chime in.

 

[Stan]

CS Registry

...also, please take a moment to register your coupe.

go to "CS Register" on the black bar above.

Thanks

 

[Administrator]

That's exciting!... and welcome. Even a cracked head is usually repairable. I've had two or three BMW heads repaired over the years with very good success.