QuoteDave_G QuoteDave_GWhere did you see that? Oh. I see it now when I view that site as a guest. Supposedly you can register for free with a referral from a current member (which I'm happy to for anyone here), but that does seem silly. Maybe they figure that 13,000 members is enough. At any rate, we won't be doing anything like that around here. That's good Dave, I've alwayby rkj - Community Forum
Yup, it's always benn a good place B)-by rkj - Community Forum
I don't think they are interchangeable between the Eta's and 2.5by rkj - Technical Forum
Quotewodcutr OK, I have been reading on some other forums and one thread talks about smoking ellipsoids by painting the reflector black. To me that is no longer a reflector at that point, but they say that the reflector does not reflect light it only blocks light. Now I am really confused. In one thread it says that putting foil in there really helps the light output and the other thread saysby rkj - Technical Forum
This is not a job for everybody, you'll have to pull it down and then run a dial indicator on the flywheel to check run out (in place). I would say, at this point, it might be replaced; its a big player on how well a clutch works and lasts. I think there is a HD clutch set-up that would be well worth the few bucks more. Don't forget the pilot bearing. Rickby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteDave_G To me, the E30 M3 is an incredible car. Yeah, I'm a bit dated myself, but there's something about them that you just don't get with more modern cars. I think a lot of it has to do with their relative lightness, in combination with great handling and exciting power. And as icing on the cake, they sound amazing. I just got back from a track weekend at Watkins Glen, whereby rkj - Community Forum
Quotedaniel QuotewodcutrI think most of us know that the sport seats are referred to as recaro whether they are or are not... I wasn't aware of this, but it only sounds like a misunderstanding. Recaro is a brand who has made seats for BMW, not a certain "style" of seat. The sport seats are made by Bmw, not Recaro Daniel. Recaro's are made in Germany, but they are a priby rkj - Community Forum
You mean a ballast, like in a transformer?by rkj - Technical Forum
I guess I don't know what those are. I thought it was just bulbs.by rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteMichiel 318iS Fabric sports seats, definatly, even though the leg support is a bit too short for me. Had three cars, all with sports seats, one in leather, two in fabric. Gimme the fabric, as it doesn't slide. Too bad the seats aren't that strong (mechanism breaking). The leather ones tend to get really hard too. The seats, from having people let them slam back will crap out aby rkj - Community Forum
I think these cars came with Hella's and bosch units, the ones on my car are sealed lamps in their buckets, although I think you can do a teardown if you're careful. I just replaced my complete units and then put killer bulbs in there. My favorite's are the hella replacements for the older style buckets, these lamps came right out and are nice to deal with, but I had the othersby rkj - Technical Forum
One of the most important things in any car is a decent seat, I'm a poor man but recaro, a true one, is a nice upgrade you'll always be glad you did for yourself. I choose an older model that looked right in the car and felt great too. Its an upgrade I put at the top of the list...by rkj - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand The new car has some odd wiring for the high beams that I'm not happy with. On my old car I did the H1/H4 Euro lens conversion and loved it. The outboard headlamps have a dual filament Lo/Hi H4 bulb. The inboard lamps have a single filament H1 bulb. Only the outboard lenses light up on low-beam. When switching to high-beam the outboard lamps switched to high, and the twby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteBob P 325is 88 QuoteAndy 90 325i Supposedly the new BMW Diesel's exhaust is cleaner than the air going into the intake in LA. :embarrassed: That is only true if CO2 is not considered 'dirty'. The exhaust of the diesel will contain more CO2 than the combustion air. The exhaust will, however, contain less NOx than the injested air because of the urea injected into theby rkj - Technical Forum
Quotenomis3613 Quoterkj If I have to see another gas or oil thread I'm going to run for the hills Hope that works, if not just paste in the bar thingy Sorry Rick, I'm guilty as charged for the petrol grade thread! It's just that you guys are the most knowledgable on the planet and since the old BEN got nuked we newbies need to hassle you oracles again for the Truth of Oby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand I got a new(er) car! It's a 1990 325is, and is much better suited for our Targa Newfoundland plans. Our entry is officially listed on the website now. We were up at the cottage for the long Easter weekend, introducing the deer to our new car. My son commented it's a good thing that, unlike our stupid cats, the deer haven't tried to walk all over the caby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand The new car has some odd wiring for the high beams that I'm not happy with. On my old car I did the H1/H4 Euro lens conversion and loved it. The outboard headlamps have a dual filament Lo/Hi H4 bulb. The inboard lamps have a single filament H1 bulb. Only the outboard lenses light up on low-beam. When switching to high-beam the outboard lamps switched to high, and the twby rkj - Technical Forum
I don't get it, do you have gas in the oil? maybe you have leaky injectors. Rickby rkj - Community Forum
QuoteKelly Quotewodcutr I can remember when you had a choice between unleaded and regular. Those were the good old days when the environment didn't matter! B)- Oh, pain me not with these words. If you cut me, do I not bleed? I, too, am guilty of a CO2 footprint larger than I should have - precious Beemie as the primary cause. Why does the thing I love so much cause such internal cby rkj - Technical Forum
Wow, nice footage of the seals Daniel. I have them here, occasionally as we go out of the harbors there will be hordes of them. Its neat to go slow through these colonies, they're fine if you give them room and consideration. Sometimes the babies will be left with sitters (a few grown ups) and when you come too close all hell breaks loose. Those sitters take their work serious its so neby rkj - Community Forum
My brother in law had one, I had to drive it downstate one time. I wasn't impressed. It's odd looking, but that is an attraction for a lot of people; I was one of the few who adored the 1600/2002 when it first came out, before they caught on... its good to be Ricks kidby rkj - Community Forum
I'm a 2002 freak too, but I never cared for those birds. Now, a 2000cs, that's a neat little car...by rkj - Community Forum
If I have to see another gas or oil thread I'm going to run for the hills Hope that works, if not just paste in the bar thingyby rkj - Community Forum
Thanks Michiel, turns out this sending unit was out of an old Fiat I'm restoring and the ohm meter did work fine (once I switched to the right setting) and I had one wire, from the meter, on the base plate (ground) and the other on one of the terminals, the other terminal was the low fuel lite that worked as an off/on switch. After I figured out the wiring I found a bad wire going forwardby rkj - Technical Forum
QuoteEarendil Quoterkj You don't think two out of three are enough I'm thinking... I'm thinking if one of 3 can fall apart like that, the other two might not be far off, OR If even another tiny unimportant chunk of metal comes off, I don't want to know what that will do to the proper functioning of the cap and rotor combo. I feel as if it wasn't designed to operateby rkj - Technical Forum