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Finshing off Christmas project No.1 which was to replace the hydraulic headlight aim system. This has creeped into a minor rust repair project and refurbishing and replacing parts of all the headlights...

Just finished Christmas project No. 2: replace propshaft (new one from BMW) and transmission output flange and seal. Fixed some issues but introduced new ones...oh dear.

They are not designed to be interchangeable, although of course they will fit. There is a difference between the angle of the passenger mirror housing and driver mirror housing. If you look carefully at the mirrors on your car you will see the passenger side mirror housing is angled towards the wind...

Took a 120 mile round trip to a BMW dealer in Southend and bought another BMW...

Sorry for being dense, is this actually custom made to fit your car? I am very intrigued, looking forward to that full story :D They make an "off-the-shelf" all aluminium radiator for manual cars, the 635 and the M6, but mine is an automatic, so I asked them to add an oil cooler, so it's ...

francoid wrote:Wow, what is this? Where did you get it from???

It's an all aluminium radiator from Wizard Cooling based in NY state.

francoid wrote:Very nice. I also like the clean look, but mine is not nearly as pristine as yours. What's the red/dark orange line on the right?

Thanks.
Two warning triangles, which are needed in some European countries.

Just out of interest, if your car is a late model one and has the OBDI style connector, did they find any fault codes stored in the Motronic unit?
I keep a fault code reader in the boot.

This time last week I spent two days replacing the radiator with an all aluminium one from Wizard, That sounds cool! How much was it? Any pics? Thanks, Rob It cost around about $650 as the transmission oil cooler was extra. Shipping, import taxes and so on were extra. https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/...

I prefer to do my car maintenance in the comfort of my garagre rather than by the side of the road :D https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8667/28756555014_5d7baa6c25_c.jpg But in case I do, I have some cubby holes for bits and bobs: https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8156/29346256556_0babd5a9a4_c.jpg and https...

This time last week I spent two days replacing the radiator with an all aluminium one from Wizard, replacing all the coolant hoses (I only replaced them 14 years ago) for no obvious reason as they were absolutely fine, replaced the water pump, thermostat and engine mounts. Not an easy job. And I fel...

Thanks for that, but I want the entire unit. I have one on order from BMW at the moment, but the delivery times keep changing. It's not so urgent now as I've done my cooling system work.

Does anybody have a brand new heater water valve for an 1988 635, p/n 64111373191?
I'm based in the UK.
Thanks
Nick

Nicely done. My car already had the warning triangle pocket in it and I did the opposite to you by removing the pocket from the original cardboard trim and making new trim from aluminium whilst re-using the original pocket. I've done this with all the boot trim, as cardboard really isn't a great mat...

Nice looking car. Looks like you've got a lot of body work to do.
What does your garage expect to complete by Friday?

You have a nice looking car with lots of options like cruise control, heated seats and the wonderful magnetic key alarm system. I drove my car to Sweden to fews ago and took it from Malmo, through Stockholm, Uppsala, Umea and on to Jokkmokk. It's a great car for cruising around Sweden. I didn't see ...

The current BMW price is £360 (inc VAT) for the magnetic key lock. You don't get any keys with it, they're extra. :shock: I bought mine at the very reasonable price of 291 euros :-& The exchange rate was better in those days. I already had a magnetic key so used that. I'm not sure whether it's p...

Yes, me! I got mine working earlier in the year because the owners manual states (and I'm not joking): "This system provides a very high degree of protection against thieves". =D> The two critical parts that will cause it not work are the blue or black control box (basically an enhanced OB...

Yes, that will fit in the ashtray opening. You can just about see it in this picture holding a remote control:

If your car has a limited slip differential then you'll need something like Castrol Syntrax (fully synthetic) 75W-140 which includes the correct additives and is what BMW originally advised.

I've used this product from the UK based Gliptone for about 15 years now and it's fantastic. The car smells like a Rolls Royce after treatment as the conditioner contains a "leather perfume" which lasts for many months.

In Spain:

New addition to gauges. Stack Pro Control fuel pressure gauge in bottom right corner.

Having driven two 4100+ mile road trips (sometimes over more than one continent) and many 2000+ mile ones too and two 850+ mile trips in less than 17 hours, I can agree with others as to what to take. Don't forget some spare keys of course, given to a partner or kept safe and separate from the main ...

I created my own from aluminium about 13 years ago and they have done a pretty good job of protecting the inner wings. They are very simple and are angled rather than curved across their length. They attach to the front using an existing bracket and screw into the rear using one of the splash panel ...