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Yes, curve 7 is for the CSi CSL engine, with the 001 distributor. Interesting that this also refers to 10 dogs vac advance at 300 mmHg Edit: or maybe curve F has the retard feature

http://123ignition.nl/product.phtml?id=119 This one supports the d jet injector timing. I assume the d jet connection is integral in some way. I don't know if it's also possible to get a Bluetooth rebuild on my 001 dizzy as per Willem's post above, or if the d jet uniqueness would rule that out

Hi Don, yes it is a city pack CSL, and I think I know what you're about to say... it has no vac advance! I was looking in detail at the dizzy this morning, and I noted the vac unit arm pulls the breaker plate clockwise, in the same direction as the rotor's rotation, so it acts only to retard the...

Part number I had above for the vac said nit is wrong. Think the correct one is 12111355627 And it should have "435" on the actuator arm https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=3442-EUR-02-1972-E9-BMW-30CSi&diagId=12_0943 I get mixed up in realoem, which parts are csi, csl or csil

Thanks, my issue is I'm a car hypochondriac! ;) Perhaps I should worry less I think I have a NOS cam dizzy drive in my parts stash, I might look to fit that along with any new/refurbed dizzy I fitted the chrome tailpipe trim you sent to me. Looks great, after its trip to Hawaii and back!

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Ah yes. Blind :oops:

Hi, thanks for your suggestions. Should have shared more info earlier, my distributor is original but modified. Points look to have been replaced by a hall sender type pick up, I think. Bosch part no. is 0231306001 I'll research the 123, my bias is to keep stock and rebuild. Will compare costs...

Looking on the forums Jeff at Advanced Distributors looks a good option for those based in the US. For the rest of us, in the UK, or Europe even, and is there a specialist in 70s Bosch distributors? I noted yesterday that my vac advance is fubar, and the shaft has a lot of axial play. The...

Hi, is this still available? If so, what engine and year is it for (or a part number I guess) and what condition is it in? Thanks

Yes, i saw that bit with W&N, in plastic chrome. Realoem has this listed for a rhd CSL, but not parts 3 or 9, which I think would match. But anyway, looks like they're not for me Have dropped Stan a pm, to see if he has a spare pair of ears!

Thanks Keshav, again! Clear from your photo, that's the bit I need. Not chrome

On a city pack CSL, what trim should my door pull/ arm rest have? On my early E24 I recall there were chrome (plastic) parts where the door pull fixed to the door I've looked on realoem and there is a part at the top most attachment, sitting between the armrest cap and the door card (missing on...

good question, I'm not 100% sure what my ignition is. I'll stick a photo up. It defo doesn't have any points however, so it's not original. I can't feel any play in the dizzy shaft however, and the timing gun shows a steady and clear mark on the vibration damper.

thanks for the replies, I will reset the idle speed back to 950, and then set the timing to 22 btdc at 2500rpm. That should make it a bit smoother I don't have a tacho on my timing gun, but I instead use a tacho hooked up to the coil so that I can monitor rpms in the engine bay, instead of...

A thread a few weeks back about how to test cylinder compression prompted me to take a few piccies this afternoon. The way I do it.... is to disconnect the main relay at the ballast resistor (which means the fuel pump and d jet injection is not powered), and disconnect the hot side the coil...

I've done quite of bit of housekeeping type maintenance on the top end of my CSL. I now have compression test results of 176-186 psi (cold), which I think is ok? It's the original 3003cc block with a later '85 head, in case that makes a difference. For ignition timing I've used 22degs btdc at...

Is the issue you're seeing the cold start valve or the aux air valve? I think of the cold start valve as the 7th fuel injector, which dumps extra fuel into the manifold on a cold start The aux air valve (aka the slide valve) is the extra air intake, controlled by the wax bulb stat. Your issue...

After buttoning up the engine I had a few drips of coolant coming from the front of the engine. Wanted to share my patented weep finding trick. Rather than running the engine up to temp and poking around a hot engine, I use a tyre compressor to pressurise the system. I have an old hose with a...

Having just been in there on my csl, the seals were old and pretty solid. Last documented engine rebuild was in the late 80s, which seems about right. Anyway, mine weren't leaking fuel or air, despite their antiquity Are you sure the fuel is coming from that seal? With the engine running the...