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Part 8: Rebuilding the Heater Box:

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... heater-box

What type (mfger, material) sandpaper did you use?

Do you think wet sanding would take less time or otherwise have an advantage?

Part 7: Preparing For The Evaporator Installation

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... stallation

Part 6: Refrigerant And Oil

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... nt-and-oil

Part 5: Selecting and mounting the fan

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... unting-fan

Part 4: Mounting the condenser.

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... -condenser

Part 3 of the adventure:

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... -condenser

Part 2 of the A/C project:

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... compressor

Part 1 of an awaited series on A/C:

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditio ... h-overview

After a hiatus, Rob is back to writing about sharks. Here's the latest installment, with hopefully more to come soon:

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/there%E2 ... e-free-car

Got one coming , will let you know how it works. Let us know when it's available for rental. At last year's SoCal Vintage BMW meet in Van Nuys I spoke with Dean Caccavo, who developed this, if I recall correctly. In any case, I remember him saying it was available for loan, with the borrower paying...

Follow-up question: what torque should I apply to the nuts on top of the strut tower? Of the torques listed below, I'd guess that it's the "spring strut mount to wheel house", but correct me if I'm wrong.

Looks like the original part number is defunct, and cross-references to a new number. Here is the original # 31331124508 Here is the cross ref. # 31-33-1-139-452 O.K., embarrassingly enough I'm just now getting back to this job, after dealing w/ several jobs on my daily driver. My M6 has only gotte...

No thanks, I'm all set.

Part two is here:

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/selling- ... rk-part-ii

I recently got a re-built power steering pump from Jay Stratton (username JCS). The pump arrived quickly, was in great shape, and runs perfectly. Jay returned the core deposit by PayPal promptly upon receiving my old pump. Communication via email was timely and informative. Overall A+ experience and...

It's been a while since the Hack Mechanic posted about E24's, but here's his new post about helping a friend sell his uncommon '88. Part 2 to follow soon.

https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/selling- ... ark-part-i

it exits the inner wing via the same holes as the rear brake pipes, and dribbles (if it dribbles) onto the road from there. The end of the tube is (IIRC) slash-cut. Thanks, Brucey. As usual, YOU DA MAN. 8) I got a little too focused on what was going on in the engine bay (actually, playing with the...

Yesterday I noticed the rubber overflow hose (#4 in diagram below) from the coolant expansion tank is in bad shape, and will need to be replaced soon. I followed the tube down with a borescope and saw that it "terminates" in a grungy corner of the engine bay (firewall and fender wall). I u...

I think it is 3 72 11 119 643 it shows as there being three of these used in the reservoir assy. IIRC the same bush is used where the reservoir bolts on. If so it means that (temporarily) you can use a split one on a bolted connection, and re-use the one from the bolt on the reservoir base. Thanks,...

In the course of replacing some leaky power steering hoses I pulled the P/S reservoir out to take a look at it and make sure it's not leaking itself. There's a rubber grommet that fits between the "nub" on the reservoir underside and the mating hole in the bracket. As shown in the pictures...

An '87 M6 (88K miles) in nice condition (though lacking "proper" rims, IMHO) just went for $36K on BAT auctions. The market for these beauties is still strong, and likely getting stronger!

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-bmw-m6-4/

If so, may I interest you in this model as your weekend track toy?

http://bringatrailer.com/2016/11/09/exc ... mw-635csi/

O.K., let's talk oil analysis. A quick forum search revealed that there's not much discussion about this. I recently had a Blackstone oil analysis done for my E39 M5, since some in that community are concerned about high-mileage S62 rod bearing wear (which should be revealed by lead and copper in th...

jcburk wrote:So I am sending the tank out to be cleaned and coated and ordered a new TRE 340 255 LPH. Lesson learned.

John (and Slofut) - is the TRE pump a truly drop-in solution, or is some adapting needed? Any problems with the install?