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Okay, folks, strap in. For the holidays, I'm offering: FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON ALL FIVE OF MY BOOKS! They'll be sent via Media Mail (2-5 days). If you need them faster, contact me. A STEEP DISCOUNT ON MY AIR CONDITIONING BOOK! My holiday price is $22.50 ($30 on Amazon). Essential reading for...

I met Bill at my first Vintage, must've been 2010, and liked him instantly. Probably last saw him at V@V 2013 like others. So sorry to hear this.

The very first copy of the book on Amazon was ordered by Thilo A. Kappes, an E9 owner in Germany, who happened to message me asking about the book's availability 15 minutes after it hit Amazon. He ordered it on Tuesday, and incredibly, it was delivered to him in Germany on Wednesday. See...

I did not discuss this issue in the book, and I probably should have; I basically just took the 508 as a given for many applications. But I agree with the basic assessment above.

Hey, fellow E9ers, my new book, "Just Needs a Recharge: The Hack Mechanic Guide to Vintage Air Conditioning" just went up for sale on Amazon. The link is here: (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998950718/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524587969&sr=1-5). As you can see, it has my E9 on the cover...

Just to chime in here on Paul's behalf, he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is in general a treatable form of cancer with a pretty high success rate. He is undergoing treatment, but he's missing work, and obviously there's a financial impact to that. If you can help, please do...

Sorry for the delay. Just saw this. I've written a lot about a/c in this forum. I'm currently working on my next book, "Just Needs a Recharge: The Hack Mechanic Guide to Vintage Air Conditioning." Below is the excerpt about the prospect of adapting an integrated heat/ac climate control box...

Hey, folks, one piece of spam and I'm out. I'm doing a free shipping special on my books through Christmas. --Ran When Parked, $20, shipped. --Memoirs of a Hack Mechanic, $29.95, shipped. --Mechanical Ignition Handbook: The Hack Mechanic Guide to Vintage Ignition, $22.95, shipped. --The Hack...

Anyone ever have a ball joint fail on their E9? In my book and presentations, I talk about "The Big Six" things that can cause a car to go from traveling happily down the road to dead on a ramp truck. They are cooling system issues, ignition issues, fuel delivery issues, charging issues, belts...

Don, yes, ester oil is compatible with both R12 and R134a. It's what I filled the system with 19 years ago, and it's what I re-filled the compressor with when I pulled it out, drained it, and re-filled it as part of the parallel flow condenser installation, though I didn't write about it. So...

Steve, although I believe that, at room temperature, the expansion valve is naturally in its open state, "open" is still a severe restriction as compared with the evaporator with the expansion valve removed. I've tried "flushing through" the expansion valve with the evap assembly in place, and...

I went to great pains to mount the new condenser in the E9 by re-using the mounting holes I’d drilled 18 years ago. (Nowadays I’d never drill holes in the body panels of a 2002 or an E9, but, hey, they were already there.) Once I began to carefully line things up, though, my initial reaction...

(This just ran as my weekly Roundel Online piece (https://www.bmwcca.org/roundel/conditioning-coupe-part-701-700), but obviously it belongs here too, so I'll just copy and paste it in. It's over the 10k character limit, so I've broken it into two.) It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been 18...

(I'll do this only once and then switch to paid advertising. Thanks for your tolerance.) I am astonished to say that, due to the wonders of print on demand, my new book Ran When Parked is available right now on Amazon! There are actually three ways to get the new book: --Click on the link...

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Euro part number appears to be 63131811099. Now on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/132098460800?