Any idea what to do if the lugs do break off?

I'm in the process of changing my water pump, but both the extraction lugs broke off when I tried to use them

The car has now been sold, so no more PM's please

Thanks for the entertaining thread!

Merry Christmas & a happy new year to you all.

Cheers,

Matt.

Good point!

Thanks for your compliments Rich, very flattering. I see you have just sold yours - so what have you got now then?! Unfortunately I'm almost certainly going to have to buy another car, even if I repar this one, as my hire-car goes back as soon as the insurance company have settled the claim, so I'll...

Firstly, thanks for all the response I've had to this thread (both replies and PMs, I hope I've replied to everyone). It seems as though a lot of you think it is worth repairing, so I will look into it. I just assumed that as it was written-off it would cost loads to fix, but maybe like some of you ...

Thanks for your reply. As stated in my original post, if I decide to break it I will list the parts in the 'For Sale - E30 parts' forum for enquiries from forum members, and then if not sold there they'll be put on eBay.

I'm in Hampshire.

I assume it must be more than just cosmetic damage, else it wouldn't have been written off? Perhaps it requires (expensive?) jig-work?

It's with great sadness that my beloved 1990 325i Sport has been declared 'beyond economical repair' by my insurance company following an accident. I've agreed to purchase the salvage from the insurance company so that I can break it for parts to generate some extra cash to put towards purchasing an...