My 84 has the headlight adjustment option. You can point the headlights up or down from within the cabin. It is a knob on the lower dash to the left of the steering wheel. I need the cover plate that shows the positions.
Please let me know if you have this piece. Thanks.
Euro headlight adjustment option
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- Ralph in Socal
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Post a pic of what is there Eric. I don't remember ever having seen one before.
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I think this is the part. I'm sure I've got a spare somewhere. Might take a while to find it!!
#8 below.
http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E24/C ... m_control/
#8 below.
http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E24/C ... m_control/
They are ALWAYS rustier than you thought!!!!!!
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'87 M #367
'88 High line.
'10 X5
‘84 Alfasud 1.5 ti
'85 M #228
'87 M #367
'88 High line.
'10 X5
‘84 Alfasud 1.5 ti
-a fairly common option on UK cars, especially the later highline ones. In principle it is a simple hydraulic system, in practice it leaks and fails with great ease....Ralph in Socal wrote:Post a pic of what is there Eric. I don't remember ever having seen one before.
Ralph
IMOE if you see a random 6er with this system, it is 90% likely to not be working. If it is working, someone has most likely recently slaved over it.
BMW should have learned, but they fitted an electrically powered hydraulic system to various things on later cars, e.g. the boot (trunk) release on E65s. Another system that fails with monotonous regularity despite higher grade components....
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Thanks Brucey. "How is it activated" was going to be my next question. I've seen the MBZ vacuum actuated units and they're apparently reliable.
Hope you find what you need Eric.
Ralph
Hope you find what you need Eric.
Ralph
There is a very fine line between "Hobby" and Mental Illness.
85 635csi Zinno Auto
84 528i Euro
83 635 Euro Arktik
81 528i Kastanien 5-speed
88 528e Bronzit (Granpa Car)
86 535i Auto (For Sale)
81 633 csi (retired)
85 635csi Zinno Auto
84 528i Euro
83 635 Euro Arktik
81 528i Kastanien 5-speed
88 528e Bronzit (Granpa Car)
86 535i Auto (For Sale)
81 633 csi (retired)
It's a sealed hydraulic system (anti-freeze I think) that operates a push/pull effect on an actuator on each low beam light unit. The plastic pipes go brittle after a while and it losesRalph in Socal wrote:. "How is it activated"
all the fluid. It is NOT repairable (I've tried various methods) and the whole unit has to be replaced. Somewhere on here is a write-up I did on the replacement procedure.
Here is the complete system.
They are ALWAYS rustier than you thought!!!!!!
'85 M #228
'87 M #367
'88 High line.
'10 X5
‘84 Alfasud 1.5 ti
'85 M #228
'87 M #367
'88 High line.
'10 X5
‘84 Alfasud 1.5 ti