Quoterkj I'm getting a little seasick of all this, but maybe the car companies (and the public) will take this mileage thing seriously and build, and buy some decent cars for a change. And there's the problem. Everyone has a different opinion of "decent" :-) But I agree, most cars are rubbish. Gas in the state of Washington varies greatly by region. 87oct in Seattle runs aby Earendil - Community Forum
Quoteec437 ...and I'm taking my 635 to DEQ tomorrow! Whew! Anybody need e30 parts? Do any of us not need e30 parts? I don't think I knew you had a 635...by Earendil - Community Forum
Quotestirv thanks guys. went with a fresh set of W8LCRs. and all is well again. one of the old ones was clogged in the gap. filthy. i'll try posting a pic. one of my wire contacts to the dist. is bad but revving and idling back to normal. 225K and steady as she goes. this cars had to last me acouple more years but i'd keep if forever if i could. Well, if the plugs hadn't been chby Earendil - Technical Forum
When the engine is warm, what does the exhaust smell like? It is wreaks of fuel, that obviously it isn't all getting burned up, and I'd look to make sure you are getting proper spark on all cylinders first.by Earendil - Technical Forum
Youtube.com also has a few here and there.by Earendil - Community Forum
I'm finally back after a 4th of july "vacation". A good friend of mine was married on the 5th, and I had the "pleasure" of standing in a black tux in 90 degree weather for 5 hours. But there was plenty of fun before and after to make up for the actual wedding day Glad to see everyone seemingly stayed safe! Ditto on the beer/not-beer commentby Earendil - Community Forum
Quoterkj Tyler, I did tell you about the scatter shield for the giubo, but here we are These things can be a nightmare, and usually are; got a torch? (seriously). Your set-up sounds right; three going one way and three the other. When you told me about the scatter shield, did you actually tell me about it, or did you make reference to it? I can only find a brief reference to it. I assumed theby Earendil - Technical Forum
So I set out to replace the Guibo, rear transmission seal, and center driveshaft bearings. I have the exhaust dropped entirely, only stripping one of the 6 rusted nuts in the process. I do all that before I realize (naturally) that the Guibo isn't quite how it's pictured in the Bentley, or on a Pelican article (which is for an E36, so I was okay with that). Here is a picture fromby Earendil - Technical Forum
I'm on an internet connection that is currently slower than a 56K modem, so I'm going to refrain from surfing around their website and looking around. However, yes, when I bought my single gear two years ago, I was able to do just that, buy a single gear. They may have them packaged as a set now. But it used to be they sold each gear at around $20 a pop. Perhaps they have started sellinby Earendil - Technical Forum
I went to repair my odometer 2 years ago. I was at that same site looking at gears. While there exists one gear in particular that usually breaks, you should definitely open up the entire thing and take a look at those gears. I made the mistake of opening up mine and only finding the gear with the broken tooth. I replaced that one gear and realized that ever gear in there was made out of jello. Mby Earendil - Technical Forum
Quotesdp QuoteEarendil Another question, when pulling the drive shaft from the tranny, does the tranny oil spill out? I need to know whether I need to be draining it and buying more to replace it. The driveshaft and transmission ares separated at the Guibo bushing and you will not be removing anything from the transmission, so don't worry about that. I realized my question wasn'tby Earendil - Technical Forum
Quoterkj Tyler, When I was faced with the shaft last year on mine I got a great rebuilt out of the midwest, it comes with everything but the flex disc (guybo, that's how I pronounce it but Daniel is probably right!). When the U joints are that loose it very might well give out with squeaks or any number of weird sounds noises. If I were you I'd take care of the shaft first (do you knowby Earendil - Technical Forum
Well I can't find any of the info now, but from what I remember reading (possibly on the old BEN) was that the first and most major thing to go was this bushing, and that replacing it was the biggest deal. If the bushing rids me of 85% of the play for $5, and the other 15% is going to cost $70 + more time, I'm not inclined to think it's worth it. But I really just don't know.by Earendil - Technical Forum
A long time ago, I read a DIY article on resolving the side to side play in a shifter nob by replacing some PITA bushing. The only article I can find now, is a Pelican article describing how to replace like 10 different parts in the shifter linkage, and I'm wondering if replacing all of it is necessary, or if they are just trying to sell a few more parts? The bushing costs a couple bucks,by Earendil - Technical Forum
Quotedaniel rear subframe bushings? Humm... I don't think I know where/what those are. Unsurprisingly it's not in the glossary of the Bentley. How might I visual inspect them? Quotewodcutr The drive shaft u joints are not replaceable unless you take the thing down to a rebuilder and have them custom fit new ones in and that is fairly spendy. You can get a new one from BMW but thatby Earendil - Technical Forum
Quoterkj Tyler, the rear looks loose and the guibo looks like its cracked and needs to come apart..... good video. Rick Yeah, the guibo (how do you pronounce that?) is something I was contemplating putting on my list of replacements when I take the underside of my car apart. I did get under there today with a flashlight and the guibo looks okay...at least it looks okay on the one side I canby Earendil - Technical Forum
Could be your SI board batteries. My instruments started "bouncing" around, or acting very ghost like. The temp gauge and gas gauge were the best dancers, while the tach and speedo just dropped dead. Replacing the SI Board batteries fixed everything as good as new. If you aren't familiar with these batteries, toss a reply back saying so. A few of us around here have replaced thby Earendil - Technical Forum
The Bentley describes too much play very poorly (i.e. without numerical values). However after spending another hour getting my car off the ground, taking the heat shield off, and grabbing the rear wheels and twisting them, I think I found one of the sources of my clunking. Read of the drive shaft, as it goes into the diff. Front of drive shaft, before it goes into the transmission.by Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFerdinand The gap between the tip of the magnet and the toothed ring is critical. Because it is a magnet, it tends to collect bits of "stuff" on it's tip. Undo the bolt holding the sensor, pull it out, and clean the tip. Make sure the toothed ABS ring is clean too. Any idea what the critical gap distance is? I suppose if they are all currently the same distance apart, Iby Earendil - Technical Forum
A number of things have recently conspired to convince me it's time to take the underside of my car apart for the first time. 1. I know my CV joints are bust. A mechanic warned me of this 18 months ago, it's about time to fix them. 2. Suspicious clunking noise and loud "squeeky" noise coming from back end of car while going slow (especially in reverse), I'm hoping itby Earendil - Technical Forum
Thanks again, I found the relay right where you said it was. So I took the relay out, opened it up, and found a broken wire. A little solder later, and it was read to be put back in the car. With fingered crossed, I held the relay in one hand as I turned the key, in the "start" position (but car off), I could feel the relay click on, yay! After starting the car however, the anti-loby Earendil - Technical Forum
Okay, new bulb is in the cluster, and sure enough, the ABS lights up and won't go away So I went looking around the steering column where I thought the ABS relay was supposed to be, and couldn't find anything. I spent 5 minutes upside down with my feet over the drivers head rest and my head on the floor boards trying to make sense of the wiring down there, which is only made worse bby Earendil - Technical Forum
Quoterkj QuoteMichiel 318iS QuoteFerdinand Just one small bit advice. While you have the connectors unplugged and dangling loose, make absolutely sure not to let the wind blow the door closed as that will squash the plastic connector plugs making it more difficult to properly fit things back together later. Um, don't ask... Looks like most of the people working on those connectors come accby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteDave GI think you'll like the ABS. My BMW has about the smoothest, least intrusive ABS I've ever driven. I beg to differ, I'm betting my ABS is even less intrusive It's good to know BMW has a good system set up. QuoteArcheo-peteriX First place to look is at the ABS relay. Ferdinand may have some pictures that show the fuse that will need to be replaced. Second wby Earendil - Technical Forum
Well son of a... I've owned this car for 3 years and not known it had a (busted) ABS system? Hot damn I checked next to the headlight, sure enough there is a metal device with metal brake lines going into it, with a bosch number that turns up an ABS part. I'll have to check out the E30 ABS system now. I never bothered because I assumed my car didn't have it. ABS would have bby Earendil - Technical Forum
Simply put, new rear axle/CV joint assemblies are over $300 a piece (so 600-700 for a set). A rebuilt one can be had for $80-$90. My car has near on 250,000 mi on it, so if it's a difference between them lasting 100,000 vs 200,000 miles, I really don't care. I have no desire to pay more for extra miles, as many other parts (or the engine) will fail before they do. Bit if it's onby Earendil - Technical Forum
The key word in the title is "supposed". I know I do not have functioning ABS, I've proved that on many occasions. I have an ABS light that does not come on, but I always assumed that was standard Dash issue, and just isn't ever powered in non-ABS cars. Now two things have happened: First, when replacing front end suspension, I noticed my front wheel assembly has teethby Earendil - Technical Forum
Dang. You couldn't have taken a picture of me in my stock beater from an angle that shows the hot girl in the passenger seat? Now no one will believe me Side note, I actually made her car sick on the group drive after the picnic I'm a bad person... But a decent driverby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteJohn Yust QuoteEarendil Humm. I'm a computer science graduate, not an electrical engineer student. I'd love to graphically model and run calculations on this electrical magic using software, if you provide me with an electrical engineer If you asked ME specifically about efficiencies, my apologies for missing that question. Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to insult you likeby Earendil - Technical Forum