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Hi all, after years of E30s and a lovely M535i I've been throwing money, blood, sweat and a few tears at this beast for a short while and I have to say thanks to a lot of posters on the forum who've helped iron out a few issues! Anyway, without further ado, here she is
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1988 635csi highline shadowline Black/Grey leather ... tucked away for the winter being rebuilt! :-)
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Very nice looking E24, and of course welcome to the forum.
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Impressive ! Welcome.
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Is that black? Very slick looking.
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Gosh - looks pretty perfect!! Image
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Welcome to the forum .
A remarkably clean and well presented car .
Hat's off to you if it is your sole daily driver .
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Hi all and thanks for the appreciation..

It is diamond black metallic
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Where in the UK are you?
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ron wrote:Where in the UK are you?
Sunny Sussex.. in a village near Brighton
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I'm from Hastings originally. Lovely looking car. Why did you get rid of the H/L washers and wipers?
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ron wrote:I'm from Hastings originally. Lovely looking car. Why did you get rid of the H/L washers and wipers?
Ah, not far at all! And thanks, oh and because I think they look terrible and don't serve much purpose, I still have all the motors etc, they are pretty aged though, I've also removed the ridiculous hydraulic beam adjusters too and replaced with a traditional adjusting screw.. the thing I'm most impressed about is the chrome rings, five minutes with some autosol and they look great!
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The headlight wipers on both my E24's have never worked but on both cars I have re-jigged the wiring to the headlight washer pump so that it comes on when the windscreen Intensive Wash pump is used; it might be worth a consideration while you're ripping out the wipers and their motors.
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sharkfan wrote:The headlight wipers on both my E24's have never worked but on both cars I have re-jigged the wiring to the headlight washer pump so that it comes on when the windscreen Intensive Wash pump is used; it might be worth a consideration while you're ripping out the wipers and their motors.
That's not a bad shout, I left the jets and pump wiring all in there so I might give it a go! My last E30 sporr was the only bmw I think I've ever owned where they actually worked.. I think they're a bit out in the elements and never really get looked after!
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Fantastic car !! love that colour :D good to see another brought to life \:D/
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fazerman wrote:Fantastic car !! love that colour :D good to see another brought to life \:D/
Thanks! :D I probably love it a bit too much.. doing a Christmas card run to a friends and these lads also seemed very interested! :mrgreen:
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what a "purty" car! Good inspiration to find my next E24 and E28. Very nice!!
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The car has presence. Looks great. I'm envious about it being your daily driver.

Here's a picture of my front yard this morning - this is not an environment for cars you care about.
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Bhart wrote:The car has presence. Looks great. I'm envious about it being your daily driver.

Here's a picture of my front yard this morning - this is not an environment for cars you care about.

Thanks! Aaah yes I'm sure there's a yard somewhere under that snow! (I'm a bit jealous.. it just rains here) I've actually given up this week and put her away for a couple of months.. it's just too grotty out and she's just not the car for that realistically.. plus it gives me time to relax and do all the jobs that need doing for spring
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What a lovely looking 6er.

You were saying it runs rich.
At idle?
Or the whole way through.

There are a few adjustment tricks u can perform on the airflow meter.

The adjustments are best performed with the aid of an airflow mixture gauge/ wideband sensor.
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GazM3 wrote:What a lovely looking 6er.

You were saying it runs rich.
At idle?
Or the whole way through.

There are a few adjustment tricks u can perform on the airflow meter.

The adjustments are best performed with the aid of an airflow mixture gauge/ wideband sensor.
Thanks, and thanks for the advice :-) although after reading through on here I have replaced the fuel pressure regulator with a correct bosch one
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Beautiful shark, take good care of it =D>
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