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by hornhospital
Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:24 am
Forum: My Project
Topic: Sitting since 1997.
Replies: 113
Views: 72553

You have a COUCH in your garage workshop? I'm very jealous.
by hornhospital
Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:06 am
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: fuel line kit?
Replies: 6
Views: 2759

That should be 5/16" hose as a replacement for 8mm. 3/8" would be 1/16" too big. 5/16" is 0.0025" smaller than 8mm.

8mm=0.31496"
5/16"= 0.3125"
3/8"=0.375"
by hornhospital
Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:29 am
Forum: Suspension - Steering - Brakes
Topic: Lemfoerder or Meyle?
Replies: 4
Views: 2299

Don't know about E24 pieces, but lately those of us with E36s have gotten some really poor parts under the Meyle brand name. Like lower control arm bushings failing within a few thousand miles. Your experience may vary.
by hornhospital
Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:03 pm
Forum: Exterior
Topic: Driver door problem...
Replies: 17
Views: 5216

...........and I'll bet it gives you the occasional "rattle" just to remind you that its there :lol: It does indeed. :evil: JAWS, if you read back a post or two, you'll see I tried magnets (more than one type). None would lift it, if I was actually getting to it. The only one that would f...
by hornhospital
Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:12 am
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: Repaired Speedometer. . . Now Cruise Control Doesn't Work
Replies: 6
Views: 2701

JAWS wrote:Also check speedo cable under the hood , just a thought could be stuck.
What? :-k There is no speedometer cable. The speedometer is totally electrically driven.
by hornhospital
Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:05 pm
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: Will a E12 based 1979 E24 manual fit my E24
Replies: 16
Views: 5091

Greg, none of the M30-based engines had belt drive cams. All of them are chain drive. Some are double-chain.

It was the M20s that had belts, and they were the demise of untold numbers of otherwise excellent power plants. :(
by hornhospital
Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:36 pm
Forum: Tires and Wheels
Topic: Wheel Bolt Size?
Replies: 9
Views: 5943

ALL E24s use the same size bolts. 12 x 1.5, just as Turner's website says. Wheel type makes no difference, although some wheels take a slightly longer bolt. Your BBS's should use the regular length bolts.
by hornhospital
Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: Exterior
Topic: Driver door problem...
Replies: 17
Views: 5216

I have one of those, and tried it. No dice. The "grabber" I have (2, in fact) is too large to fit through the gap. Believe me, I was scrambling from about 9 PM until midnight, trying every tool and magnet-on-a-stick I have to get that plate out. I finally gave up and made a replacement pla...
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:24 pm
Forum: Exterior
Topic: Driver door problem...
Replies: 17
Views: 5216

What he said. ^ The problem with mine was the plate/screws wouldn't move far enough back to pull the door flush when closed. I was going to slightly enlarge/oblong the holes to move the plate/striker a little further inward. This was before I knew the latch was supposed to have the little "thum...
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:18 pm
Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
Topic: FS: Photoshoot of your car in SoCal
Replies: 6
Views: 2873

That's some incredible work, Dylan. =D>
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:08 pm
Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
Topic: FS: Perfect Stock Headunits!
Replies: 11
Views: 4674

PM sent
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:09 pm
Forum: Exterior
Topic: Driver door problem...
Replies: 17
Views: 5216

The "nuts" aren't nuts. It's a plate with tapped holes, and if you back off the screws far enough, the plate will fall into the nether regions of the chassis, never to be seen again (ask how I know #-o ). You only have to remove the rear side panel and reach in to retrieve it. Not a diffi...
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:58 pm
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: BRAKE LINING DASH LIGHT....
Replies: 23
Views: 6513

Difficult? No, just a lot of steps, and a lot of pieces that have to come off that appear to have nothing to do with holding the cluster in....until you want to take it out. Think of the as the Teutonic version of a Chinese puzzle.
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:51 pm
Forum: Exterior
Topic: Driver door problem...
Replies: 17
Views: 5216

The "nuts" aren't nuts. It's a plate with tapped holes, and if you back off the screws far enough, the plate will fall into the nether regions of the chassis, never to be seen again (ask how I know #-o ). You have been warned about not adjusting anything. If you chose to step off on that s...
by hornhospital
Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:12 pm
Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
Topic: FS: 1984 E23 733i 5-Speed
Replies: 6
Views: 3871

Sonofabeach, I can't believe someone hasn't grabbed that yet. If she were about 2300 miles closer I'd make a serious effort to raise the $$$ and buy it myself. A road trip of that magnitude isn't in the cards, and shipping would put it in the "not so great" a deal category. Beautiful car, ...
by hornhospital
Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:09 am
Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
Topic: FS:1985 635csi front end damage
Replies: 16
Views: 7227

It's Taurusrot. Same color I have in my '85 635, but his is in 100 times better condition than mine.
by hornhospital
Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:48 pm
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: Starter drive mod to make a wrong one work
Replies: 5
Views: 2498

I own four pre-2000s BMWs and maintain two more. EVERY one had starter problems at around 150k miles, so judge for yourself. The very first thing I had to do on this 633 was change the starter solenoid to get the starter to work when we brought it home at 146k. I wish I'd have replaced the bendix at...
by hornhospital
Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:54 pm
Forum: The Saloon
Topic: Topic reminders & PMs on Hotmail
Replies: 2
Views: 691

Well, I see someone fixed the problem with posting. A bunch of us were getting "timed out" error messages, when the posting actually went through. If you clicked "submit" again you got multiple postings of the same message. To whomever fixed that, THANK YOU! =D>
by hornhospital
Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:18 pm
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: Temp needle question..
Replies: 4
Views: 1763

Starting yet another thread about the same bloody thing doesn't get it solved any sooner. If you had listed all your questions in the first thread you posted, you may have had answers by now. Making a list of things you need solved and list them in ONE thread is the way to go about it, especially wh...
by hornhospital
Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:54 pm
Forum: Engine - Mechanical - Electrical
Topic: AFM compatibility question
Replies: 6
Views: 2869

^That, plus the intake air temperature sensor (the probe in front of the flapper, black in the Motronic, ivory in the L-Jet) are totally different critters electronically.
by hornhospital
Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:25 pm
Forum: Tires and Wheels
Topic: style 32 wheel color
Replies: 9
Views: 5818

Argent. The silver color for the wheels is argent. That was the factory name for the silver color, but good luck finding a paint that color. The Wurth paint I linked to is supposedly the factory color match.

I debated answering at all, thanks to the attitude that's developed in this thread. [-X
by hornhospital
Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:36 pm
Forum: My Project
Topic: My New Euro '83 635
Replies: 34
Views: 19906

That looks like a vapor purge valve to me...... :-k

Hmmm, first time I've see a golf tee mod under the hood. Usually that refers to the exhaust flapper valve on an E36
by hornhospital
Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:25 pm
Forum: Tires and Wheels
Topic: style 32 wheel color
Replies: 9
Views: 5818

by hornhospital
Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:45 am
Forum: Exterior
Topic: complete m kit or not?
Replies: 8
Views: 3819

jps635 wrote:What do you mean by M fenders?

Chris
Wondering that myself! :-k
by hornhospital
Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:30 pm
Forum: Cars and Parts for sale
Topic: Unusual sunroof
Replies: 13
Views: 3760

It's not you or your broadband. It's the site itself. 90% of the time I get an error message even though the message posts. I click submit, wait until it gives me the error message, then refresh the page. Bingo. Posting is there.