I may have found a good deal on a silver Hood and fender, but it's about 100 miles away. I'd probably need to drive my E30 down to get it, or borrow someones trunk. I'm pretty sure the Fender will fit inside, but what about the hood? Anyone ever tried? I can remove the seats, but my car is a 4 door and I'm not so sure it'll fit inside the doorway. Other suggestions? Heby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFerdinand QuoteEarendilSide question: The hose from the side of the brake fluid reservoir, where does it go to?! It appears to sink down into the firewall, but I can't figure out from the bentley what its purpose is. Is that the hose going to the clutch master cylinder? I can tell you that it isn't NOT a hose going to the clutch master cylinder, as I didn't know the two systby Earendil - Technical Forum
Quoterkj QuoteJohn Yust QuoteEarendil Well this probably has completely cleared its self up... I think. The brake pedal is back to normal, and the car is accelerating again near 100%. So... now what do I do? Get ready to fix it while you have the chance. You know it's going to need work soon. You've been given the warning. Here are a few tips that aren't directly related to yby Earendil - Technical Forum
How much is a lot? Pretty sure registration fee in Washington state is still under $100 for a year. Compared to the many other costs of car ownership, this strikes me as pennies... Not that I wouldn't mind not paying "pennies"by Earendil - Community Forum
Quoterkj QuoteEarendil QuoteArcheo-peteriX As the other guys suggest...restore Bev with good used parts and have a small party with the left over money. If you do it right, there may even be enough left over for a bike that will be suitable if not elite Well, that is basically what I've decided to do... I will certainly be getting the fender and hood used. However I picked up all 3 griby Earendil - Community Forum
Well this probably has completely cleared its self up... I think. The brake pedal is back to normal, and the car is accelerating again near 100%. So... now what do I do? I'd like to investigate the brake system still, but it also appears to be working just fine. I'd rather not spend an entire day ripping the entire system apart to check things out, and find that nothing is wrong...onlyby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX As the other guys suggest...restore Bev with good used parts and have a small party with the left over money. If you do it right, there may even be enough left over for a bike that will be suitable if not elite Well, that is basically what I've decided to do... I will certainly be getting the fender and hood used. However I picked up all 3 grill components for $70 oby Earendil - Community Forum
Alright ladies and gentlemen! Finally the insurance check is on the way. After buyback and other misc cost and additions, the check is being written for $1700. I have that much money to bring my poor baby back up to snuff. So, what would you guys do with that money? Here is what needs replacing: All low and high beams, including the brackets. Left and right grills. Center grill. Hood. Froby Earendil - Community Forum
Quotesdp My son and I replaced our master cylinder a couple of years ago after he lost his brakes.. Very spongy and went very far to the floorboard... I thought the replacement was very simple. I spent more time trying to clean the reservoir from the sludge caked in it. You will have to use quite a bit of fluid to flush out the system . Right rear, left rear, right front, left front.. We pumpby Earendil - Technical Forum
Rick, that could be. Of all the potential causes, is pulling the master cylinder significantly more effort/skill that other options? I know almost beyond a shadow of a doubt that there isn't a leak anywhere in the system... Unless it's in the area of the master cylinder. I have never touched that area in the 4 years I've owned the car, except to make sure it's attached to theby Earendil - Technical Forum
Braking was fine and consistant when I parked the car, and was not when I started it the next morning. My symtoms are a pedal that drops 2 inches closer to the floor, but does not hit the floor. Checked my brake fluid to find it was down at MIN, so I added more to bring it up near MAX. I started the car and pumped the pedal to see if I got all the pressure back...it didn't come back. I toby Earendil - Technical Forum
This seems like a good time to link to the E30 picnic picture thread at R3V. Go ahead and oogle at every make and model under the US spec sun...even a few that aren't. The E30 touring is easy to spot, but can you find the 323i? The total number of E30's this year was 202. Cheers!by Earendil - Community Forum
Oh, and Beverly (or Bev for short) is the name of my car, NOT a person. Sorry if anyone thought a human was hurt in the wreck.by Earendil - Community Forum
First, all parties are perfectly fine. I'll post the full story with pictures tonight, for now now that someone pulled out in front of me today. I was able to get the car almost to a complete stop, but not enough. The front of my car hit the side of a 1987 Nissan Pathfinder (SUV). My bumper just about cleared the underside of their car, but my lights and hood were not so lucky. I don'tby Earendil - Community Forum
Quotealanrw I just tried to navigate to the site with my favorites click: and got an error message. I had to go into my browsing history to access the site from another angle. alan This is just the site trying to convince its members to find a way to get to the E30 Picnic this weekend.by Earendil - Suggestions and questions
I made a decision. The negatives were somewhat mixed reviews. The positives were somewhat mixed reviews, but also time frame and price played into it. Also, my current tire is supposed to be of a similar make/model, and I was happy with it. So I went ahead and bought the 205/60R14 Falken Ziux ZE512. I'll have them balanced and mounted for a sum total of $376, and they will be on the carby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX Sadly, it is quite apparent that big oil has this administration securely in it's pockets just like the last one :X Perhaps I'm an optimist, but I think it's a bit early to make that claim. Just because the government hasn't done much yet, doesn't mean they won't do anything. It's not as if the (US) government has ever been speedy in respoby Earendil - Community Forum
Quoterkj Now, with a major horrendous catastrophe on our hands he's got about as much force as my left toe.... An opportunity lost, or should I say another opportunity lost! Come on Bama, show us the real you, the pissed off, lets do something you! I've heard a lot of commentary on his speech, mostly addressing how Obama doesn't have much of an "angry" or "pissby Earendil - Community Forum
Quoterkj I buy from tire rack often, for my last experiment I choose 205x60x14 Sumitomos, not a bad tire for the money.... I think Bob sez you can go to 225's but for me that's cutting it thin at the strut's spring perch... I'd seriously consider the Sumitomos if the warehouse availability weren't "predicted june 26". Than there is the Ground shippingby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteJohn Yust I've had at least two sets of those on my car and the tires I ordered were Falken ZE-912's. I wouldn't get the 512's. They're not all that good in wet weather, and that's really where it counts. John Oh bother. Way to steer me back to the tire browsing drawing boards It does appear as though the 912 perform better. But at least 25% of the inteby Earendil - Technical Forum
Well, looks like ebay still has some value The local shop will mount and balance for $15 a corner. But $60 + $312 gets me a far better tire than what the local shop wants to charge, and for a tire that isn't even as good. Looks like the next step up will be pushing $500 to get on my car... Though I have considered the Sumitomos a few times, I think I need new suspension and breaks befoby Earendil - Technical Forum
I've bought tires for my car twice in 4 years (helped by inheriting studded snow tires). The first time I bought tires, I went for the least expensive tire that was still safe, because it's one I could afford. The second time around I had some money, and went for what Les Schwab was calling the OHTSU Zexious. Lots of controversy on the internet about that tire, but I thought it was greaby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX QuoteEarendil QuoteArcheo-peteriX The oil companies are only partly to blame as you point out...we are culpable because we continue to support their sloth by driving gas guuzzling behemoths Yes, by today's standards, our beloved E30s are just as bad as the big SUVs for fuel economy. Peter! Get you car fixed! Or chipped. I'm consistently getting 26-28mpg on the frby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX The oil companies are only partly to blame as you point out...we are culpable because we continue to support their sloth by driving gas guuzzling behemoths Yes, by today's standards, our beloved E30s are just as bad as the big SUVs for fuel economy. Peter! Get you car fixed! Or chipped. I'm consistently getting 26-28mpg on the freeway in my 325i, which is a far cby Earendil - Community Forum
Quotealanrw 41 years ago, we put 2 guys on the moon. One would think we could engineer a blow out preventer valve that has some redundancy built into it. Additionally, it would also seem logical that there would be an emergency shutdown lever which would immediately seal the well should something nasty occur on the drilling platform itself. alan On the flip side, Billions of dollars in equipmby Earendil - Community Forum
Quoterkj QuoteArcheo-peteriX QuoteEarendil I'm with you guys 100%...except for the whole killing thing. ... I don't really advocate killing; that is just my anger being expressed. A more realistic and effective message would be sent by making these executives work the front lines cleaning up the mess on the ground...for as long as it takes. A prpoper punishment to fit the crimeby Earendil - Community Forum
I'm with you guys 100%...except for the whole killing thing. I will point out one thing though. Just because the media doesn't cover this story as well as they should, doesn't give anyone the right to throw out perspective (not saying any of us has, yet). Here is some perspective. Of course, as they say "location location location". Still, the fact is that we carby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteCab Treadway Daniel just bought one... I don't know any E39 forums, but Peter's suggestion is good. That's where my E46 forum is. So here did... Daniel, what say ye? Roadfly... I had forgotten about them. Thanks for that, Peter!by Earendil - Community Forum
The other mystery item that can cause a no spark situation, and I always mention because it took me months to find, is the crank position sensor. This is attached in front of the oil filter housing, and points right at a visibly toothed metal disc. Make sure that sensor isn't all crudded up, and is within a half inch or so of the disc. You might also visibly check the wiring, though that appby Earendil - Technical Forum
A co-worker just asked me if I knew of a good forum for the E39. He's on the verge of a buy and looking for advice on something specific, and if he buys it, he wants a community to join. I don't *think* any of you have an E39, but perhaps you have been around BMW forums enough to know where a few E39 questions could be answered by a good community. Thanks for any help!by Earendil - Community Forum