318i is back!

[Arde]

Like I was telling HBChris on another thread I took my son's E36 for an overdue refresh after a few years of getting the abuse of street parking in the Mission. And as I said with the positive attitude of an endorphin rich diet the body shop works wonders. Check out the italian tuneup on the way back home. For the experts deduce what gear the car is being driven in the picture.

 

[TREMK]

Looks great Arde. 3rd gear???

 

[Stevehose]

2nd gear
looks great

 

[Arde]

Experts failed me...
It is actually 5th gear, but body shops always mess up something and now the tacho needle has an offset of 3k RPM....
Any ideas? It shows 3k with the engine off. Can it be the needle rotated?

 

[Stevehose]

are you sure the engine is off?

 

[Arde]

are you sure the engine is off?

Yes. With no key it stays at around 3K, moves up to 4k at idle.
I cannot think what the body shop could have done to cause this.

 

[Stevehose]

i was kidding of course but the only thing i can think of is that something weird happened elctrically and fried it.

 

[bluecoupe30!]

i was kidding of course but the only thing i can think of is that something weird happened elctrically and fried it.

Great...last 2 words BMW owner wants to read/hear in a diagnosis : "weird" and "fried" :eek:

 

[sfdon]

Hold the shaft of speedo with hemostats and rotate needle
Very fixable

 

[Arde]

Great news. Will try.
But did the body shop break it and how?

Hold the shaft of speedo with hemostats and rotate needle
Very fixable