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I like this chap! I'm always surprised that the rear styling escapes the obvious criticism that the updating from the Series 1 meant the "funny ribbed bit" on Euro cars to hide the gap caused by the slimmer bumper. The Series 1 does look more resolved in this area, especially in a mint gol...

Happy Christmas to you all!

I knew this rang a bell from B35 / B34 swap searching!

I The OBC relay is know to fail and will prevent the car from starting. To bypass the OBC immobilizer, either: A) Jumper (bridge) the two green wires (pins 3 & 4) in connector C2 at the OBC relay box B) Jumper the Main Relay pins 30 to 87 & 87b with a Y-shaped wire. The OBC Relay box is loc...

I am afraid not - he is still struggling with maintaining focus.

He's always pleased to hear that so many people are still thinking of him (and benefiting from his knowledge and wisdom on this forum - and the bike forums too).

I wish we'd got more on this project - I was hooked!

Apologies chaps, I missed this. I saw him over summer and I'm afraid there hasn't been any progress physically, although his eyesight has improved a little. He was his wonderful, excited and affable self though, with time flying by. The Brucey brain was very much in gear - with ideas for a combined ...

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding the problem, but if your car is still moving with the brake pedal fully depressed then there is something very wrong with your brakes that requires immediate attention! Master cylinder? Is fluid leaking? I see you've changed out the pipes and - therefore - you must ...

Not sure if I posted elsewhere, but I followed 635Syd's suggestion and had the M manifolds and downpipes ceramic coated by Camcoat in the UK. Exactly as he said, the difference was amazing - it was just about possible to touch the manifold soon after shutting off the engine. Expensive, but absolutel...

Thank you,

I am in the fortunate position of having all four bolts present and correct: Sauber, you can make them out in the picture, but the four holes in your bootlid should clarify things!

Hi chaps, There are posts recommending 3M adhesive tape for the two-piece spoiler installation, as per factory setup, but I am struggling to find advice on the adhesive to use for the single piece "rubber" spoiler installation. It appeared to have the remains of some sort of impact adhesiv...

I see what you mean! Beautiful car though.

It's funny you should say that Phil - I put complete M suspension on this car before changing to Eibachs because the ride height was comedically high. In hindsight, I wonder if I should have waited for it to settle for a bit longer. The same M635 setup was perfect on my burgundy M30'd car and a cros...

new billie 1.jpg new billie 2.jpg new billie 3.jpg Just arrived! Not sure I've ever done a direct B6/B8 comparison before - but the last picture should show the identical shaft length, the "10mm shorter" B8 spec lying in the greater length of the threaded portion. All a bit moot as the ne...

What GazM3 said! Definitely not my experience, albeit having refurbed and replaced everything on my old M635.

Wow - tidy shed makes finding bits easier - I found a replacement heater valve with a good diaphragm too!

Such a good colour - envious!

Thanks Bert, that's right - definitely Series 1, pre '82. It's the sprung hinges that surprised me - my '81 seats (a different set, as retrofitted to my '84 car) have the "normal" hinges.

Not sure what, exactly, is what with Bilstein B8s, but my 0727s have not arrived and I am told that they are no longer being manufactured - there is some stock remaining, somewhere (but not anywhere near me, apparently). I've ordered the softer 24-006071 instead. This will be interesting - I've got ...

Just as an update on this, in case anyone else has these seats: they are identical to non-sprung seats in the backrest with the exception of one very important detail: the hinge pin is welded on to the back, rather than screwed in! The point of this being that a return to non-sprung hinges with read...

Nice one!

I do like his stuff, not least the V12 Jag XJ coupe - pleasing to see a proper coupe included.

Parts 24 and 25

Realoem is your friend - didn't someone post with the exact-same question recently?

I'm driving up to Lincoln on Monday - if I don't see any blue smoke I'll assume all fixed!

All the best,

Rob

The tall, black relay is the timer delay for the interior lights.

Can't remember what the others are for!

That's brilliant - thank you. I've got a set of E34 M5 TBs and adapters to go on the B35 I'm building up, but I remember the difference synching the tbs with a manometer on my old M635 made.

Cheers,

Rob

- Sync all the throttles with new fancy digital 8 channel manometer Im keen in the medium term future also to finally install a standalone ecu to divorce myself from the Bosch 055 & airflow meter combo. RHD engineering are doing my e34 540 with 16psi and flex fuel, and I'm keen for them to use ...