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True, the glass can come out without disturbing the vent window assembly (which includes the front window track), which will simplify the alignment upon re-assembly. However, if that front track is part of what is sticking, then cleaning it or replacing the fabric track, is a lot easier if it...

Disassembly is a cinch. It's the re-assembly that will kill you. Thomas76 is explaining what I mean about the re-assembly. It isn't that it's so hard to get the hardware back in place; the problem is that the window alignment is adjustable in all directions, and if you don't get it right you...

Yes, Rey is a part of the active community of vintage BMW owners here in southern California. And you are in Auburn, huh? My inlaws (now both gone) retired from New York to Lake of the Pines, so I used to travel there with some regularity in the aughts and teens. My point on the original...

Congratulations on your purchase. Despite your love for the Hardy& Beck wheels, I would suggest that you carefully store the original steel wheels & hubcaps.

You might want to check out a recent thread that I started on this topic: https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/solution-for-removing-overrider-rubber.46636/#post-411598 The threads on my rubber parts may not have been as ugly as yours. It takes very little torque to shear off these studs (which I...

Yes, it's an O ring. I don't know its size, but you could get the large diameter by measuring the groove in the sender. The smaller diameter might be harder to determine precisely; I'd guess ~1/8" = 3 or 4 mm.

I suppose registering your post-1975 car in Inyo County (say) is "better" than registering it in Montana, since your license plate doesn't advertise to the CHP that you are playing games. But when you have an accident in Beverly Hills, State Farm may look into how the person tooling down Rodeo...

Golly, sounds pretty nice to me, refinished teak and all. I'm surprised the seller isn't asking a gazillion or even a bazillion for it. :D But seriously, I sure hope that no one falls for this one.

Can you tell if your Bavaria was manufactured for delivery in the US or elsewhere? My guess is that most cars sent to US dealers were built with A/C and power steering. The fact that your's lacks A/C suggests that it might have been made without power steering as well. I wouldn't think that...

WOB has a very different business model than BHCC - WOB is simply a middleman for car owners who don't want to deal directly with BAT and its users. They don't own the cars, just represent what has been offered to them. Sure, some of the cars they help owners sell are bit of "lipstick on a...

A sad way to treat an e9.

Castrol GTX Classic is another oil from a mainstream supplier that contains zinc. I definitely agree with that, especially on a carbureted car where carbon deposits get into the oil.

Rear windows with the original motors can be tough to keep working. Basically, the motors lose torque, the grease on the window tracks hardens, and if the regulators aren't perfectly aligned, the motors just don't have enough oomph to raise the windows. Lots has been written on e9coupe.com...

The dealer offering this car - The Auto Kennel - has been around for a long time, has a positive reputation and is well-known here in Orange County. Paul Kramer, the owner, is more of a Porsche guy, but gets the occasional BMW, Mercedes, Alfa, ... I guess Paul uses Ebay because he doesn't like...

The "door" that you need to open is all the way to the left (as you sit in the driver's seat) and has a chrome push button on it. The latch isn't exactly a precision mechanism - they often take some jiggling to open. The advice to "push upward, push left, push right, ..." is good.

In 2014, Arde had suggested a modification of the turn signal / flasher circuit to make it more resilient to the frailties of these switches (*). I have a schematic for the earlier, 7-pin flashers (which is what my '70 e9 has) that shows this modification. I tried to post it here, but ran into...

I don't think that there is much question that within BMW, the styling cues evolved from the 3200 CS --> 2000 CS --> E9. BMW hired Bertone to design the 3200 CS, and Bertone gave the job to Giorgetto Giugiaro (you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3200_CS ). This story...

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I asked a similar question last month and was directed to a thread in the Frequently Asked Questions section. Admittedly, many of the sources listed are in the US, but the list is pretty exhaustive and well organized. See...

Hmm. If that's what Pflyer meant, then steel wooling his nipple makes a little more sense. Squeezing down the female connector on the wire to tighten the connection might help as well.