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- Sat Jul 30, 2022 8:37 am
- Forum: Interior
- Topic: Recaro sprung hinge covers?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1632
Re: Recaro sprung hinge covers?
Just as an update on this, in case anyone else has these seats: they are identical to non-sprung seats in the backrest with the exception of one very important detail: the hinge pin is welded on to the back, rather than screwed in! The point of this being that a return to non-sprung hinges with read...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:42 pm
- Forum: The Saloon
- Topic: Harry's Garage .
- Replies: 1
- Views: 822
Re: Harry's Garage .
Nice one!
I do like his stuff, not least the V12 Jag XJ coupe - pleasing to see a proper coupe included.
I do like his stuff, not least the V12 Jag XJ coupe - pleasing to see a proper coupe included.
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:27 pm
- Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
- Topic: M6 M88 cam box oil leak
- Replies: 3
- Views: 555
Re: M6 M88 cam box oil leak
Realoem is your friend - didn't someone post with the exact-same question recently?
I'm driving up to Lincoln on Monday - if I don't see any blue smoke I'll assume all fixed!
All the best,
Rob
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 11:29 am
- Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
- Topic: Where the hell is my fuel pump relay?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 902
Re: Where the hell is my fuel pump relay?
The tall, black relay is the timer delay for the interior lights.
Can't remember what the others are for!
Can't remember what the others are for!
- Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:04 am
- Forum: The Saloon
- Topic: What did you do to your E24 today?
- Replies: 1057
- Views: 464605
Re: What did you do to your E24 today?
That's brilliant - thank you. I've got a set of E34 M5 TBs and adapters to go on the B35 I'm building up, but I remember the difference synching the tbs with a manometer on my old M635 made.
Cheers,
Rob
Cheers,
Rob
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:50 am
- Forum: The Saloon
- Topic: What did you do to your E24 today?
- Replies: 1057
- Views: 464605
Re: What did you do to your E24 today?
- Sync all the throttles with new fancy digital 8 channel manometer Im keen in the medium term future also to finally install a standalone ecu to divorce myself from the Bosch 055 & airflow meter combo. RHD engineering are doing my e34 540 with 16psi and flex fuel, and I'm keen for them to use ...
- Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:04 am
- Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
- Topic: Where the hell is my fuel pump relay?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 902
Re: Where the hell is my fuel pump relay?
Under kick panel, next to ECU on the M!
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:58 pm
- Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
- Topic: Subframe Bushing - Source of Clunk Noise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2398
Re: Subframe Bushing - Source of Clunk Noise
Damn! I paid £250 for a similar tool.
Good luck with this, if your bushes are at all worn you may well be in for a treat with the improved handling with new ones.
Good luck with this, if your bushes are at all worn you may well be in for a treat with the improved handling with new ones.
- Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
- Topic: Subframe Bushing - Source of Clunk Noise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2398
Re: Subframe Bushing - Source of Clunk Noise
Scott - Those rear subframe bushings seldom go bad, every set I've replaced have been in surprisingly good shape. I have a friend in the Austin, TX who restores BMWs for a living, and he also has observed the same thing....they last for a very long time. I think its due to their stout design and al...
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
- Topic: Subframe Bushing - Source of Clunk Noise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2398
Re: Subframe Bushing - Source of Clunk Noise
I'm not sure if I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing, but your subframe mounting bushes are a likely candidate.
You'd normally notice them being worn out because the handling gets absolutely terrifying though!!!!!!
You'd normally notice them being worn out because the handling gets absolutely terrifying though!!!!!!
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:00 am
- Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
- Topic: RHD Centre Drag Link
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4356
Re: Trucktec Centre Rod / Drag Link for RHD BMW E24 635csi
Received my Trucktec Right Hand Drive (RHD) Centre Rod assembly today. Initial thoughts: * Quality should be excellent given their German provenance. * No part number markings on the bar AND all-black paint. Makes it impossible to identify as a RHD part for future reference. * I'm going to spray th...
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:21 am
- Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
- Topic: Bilstein & H&R Parts - What is correct?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3091
Re: Bilstein & H&R Parts - What is correct?
I just saw this after posting my findings above! Great info here. Just a quick clarification - standard M635CSi has B6 length shocks with shorter bumpstops. The importance of the shorter rear bumpstops can't be stressed enough, or you'll be riding on the bumpstops even with the mild drop the M sprin...
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:17 am
- Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
- Topic: Bilstein rear shocks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1836
Bilstein rear shocks
Having researched this ages and ages ago when I put H&R's on the rear of the burgundy 635, I'm now putting Bilsteins on the rear of the black project car with the benefit of a bit more info in the hope that it might be of use to anyone else in the same position. The different designations used b...
- Thu May 26, 2022 4:52 am
- Forum: Exterior
- Topic: Rear side panel putty/rust - Replace or sell?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1137
Re: Rear side panel putty/rust - Replace or sell?
What's the line from "Chernobyl"? "Not great, not terrible." You won't find one that isn't rusty unless it's lived its whole life in a dry environment. You're looking to assess the quality of previous repairs on whatever else you might buy...so you may well be better off fixing t...
- Wed May 25, 2022 6:37 pm
- Forum: Exterior
- Topic: Door chrome trim does not line up with the body
- Replies: 4
- Views: 885
Re: Door chrome trim does not line up with the body
I think it's a simple fix - your door doesn't look out of whack, but the chrome appears to have come adrift at the rear. Wind the window down, pull the rubber back and see if the chrome has pulled free of the retaining screw at the very back and lifted off the clips. Probably easiest to remove the m...
- Wed May 25, 2022 6:31 pm
- Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
- Topic: "B35" starter purchase suggestions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 588
Re: "B35" starter purchase suggestions
Thank you both for setting me straight on this.
Don - thank you, but I think the B35 way is now the only way! Could you send me the details of the one you bought?
Thanks again,
Rob
Don - thank you, but I think the B35 way is now the only way! Could you send me the details of the one you bought?
Thanks again,
Rob
- Tue May 24, 2022 6:57 pm
- Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
- Topic: "B35" starter purchase suggestions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 588
"B35" starter purchase suggestions
Hi chaps, I'm going to need another starter for the project car. For me, it's a no-brainer to get the later, smaller, starter from the E34 /E32 M30B35 -engined cars. Like all the bits, it's getting hard to find decent second hand parts and I am bewildered at the range of aftermarket stuff. A remanuf...
- Tue May 17, 2022 4:47 am
- Forum: Interior
- Topic: Recaro sprung hinge covers?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1632
Re: Recaro sprung hinge covers?
The ones with the fantastic corduroy faces, weren't they from an E12 originally?
Did they have the sprung hinges though?
Did they have the sprung hinges though?
- Mon May 16, 2022 6:06 pm
- Forum: Interior
- Topic: Recaro sprung hinge covers?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1632
Recaro sprung hinge covers?
Hi fellas, These seats are, apparently, from an early S1. I've never seen the inner hinge with the spring in the pictures - zero rattles! I'm missing the cover for the r/h seat - has anyone seen this type before? no labels extant, leather very dry and recoloured from original pearl beige (sorry, Don...
- Mon May 16, 2022 5:32 pm
- Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
- Topic: UK early S2 breaking this weekend
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1839
Re: UK early S2 breaking this weekend
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a highline only thing?sideshowbob wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 7:13 pm Looking for boot plastic trim that runs along the top rear of the boot area.
It is in two parts and joins together around the boot lock mechanism.
Thanks
- Sun May 15, 2022 11:32 am
- Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
- Topic: UK early S2 breaking this weekend
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1839
Re: UK early S2 breaking this weekend
Same question as Soperman for me - I "need" (as in, I don't need, but would like) a grey carpet to include the centre console carpeted bit to replace the torn and recoloured effort that I'm scooting around with, along with the parcel shelf in grey. It seems like there hasn't been a sixer t...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:42 pm
- Forum: My Project
- Topic: M635CSi 152
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3381
Re: M635CSi 152
Beautiful car - congratulations.
Look at the oil pipe that runs down from the rear of the head - it's an M88 thing. There's an O ring at the top and a gasket at the bottom - both likely culprits for your leak.
Look at the oil pipe that runs down from the rear of the head - it's an M88 thing. There's an O ring at the top and a gasket at the bottom - both likely culprits for your leak.
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:56 pm
- Forum: Buyer and Seller feedback - Vender Feedback
- Topic: Thank you, Ralph
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1866
Thank you, Ralph
Always an absolute pleasure to deal with, Ralph made my day today with a surprise inclusion of the window winders for the tool kit along with the fuel sender I needed. It was a day of much frustration that ended with one of the acts of kindness that puts everything in a much brighter frame - the sor...
- Sun Feb 27, 2022 3:35 pm
- Forum: My Project
- Topic: This is Spinal Tap 635
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12852
Re: This is Spinal Tap 635
Thank you! It was such an unadulterated joy driving it yesterday. A drive I will remember. The Eibachs with the M635 Bilsteins and 25mm front/18mm rear arbs work much better than I could have hoped for, and the dogleg box really does encourage giving it some beans! I forgot to thank Phil - sorry mat...
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:31 pm
- Forum: My Project
- Topic: This is Spinal Tap 635
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12852
635 - de-Spinal Tapped (ish)
635.jpg MoT passed after weldathon! Paint has gone wrong, but it was always intended as a learning experience (I learned some more things I don't know). 628CSi front bumper; possibly fitting Alpina apron. Eibach springs, Bilsteins; E28 25mm front arb, 18mm rear 16" Hartges E31 Brembo 4pots; E3...