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He told me it's an "Alpina slide throttle M90". Admittedly, I had to google some to realize the value. Regardless, it's beautiful and it's also going in a Taiga Series 2 racer and being sold immediately

Giant mousetrap Today I'm picking up the new hood support and sound deadening foam for the hood. I lost my laptop with bookmarks for DQ's project on this but I think a quick search should keep me safe from the frustration of doing this totally solo. Keep your fingers crossed for me

He's got a nice car period and as projects go it should be fun. A lot of good details remain in his coupe that are missing from many.

Good to know. When I got my coupe there was a piece of tape over the sunroof switch that says "NO!". I've been obedient up to this point. But it's sure to happen :p

how hard are these to find? I know I don't have mine either

thanks. I was curious why there were 187 views and no posts

....this guy did some nice work imo http://www.ebay.com/itm/261589843895?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Thanks, Charlie. Where is that relay?

I was doing a pre-flight check on the coupe before taking it to get the safety inspection so I can finally have it on the road whenever I feel like driving it. For some reason the windshield wipers stopped working. Now, SFD fixed them for me last time so they WERE working in June. I am not good...

Contrary to what some may think, modern synthetic oils have reduced the amounts of ZDDP in their oil due to new EPA regulations. I did a good bit of research and that does not bode well for our coupes. So like Stevehose, I use the Valvoline VR1 Racing 20W50 oil. Only $7.50/quart at O'Reilley's...

No, I'm not a purist like that. I would've actually used whatever I could get to work that was at least period correct. I did have some options but tried to find something that was a listed part for the coupe. But on the "not a purist" bent, I'm actually thinking of changing the wood on the...

Excellent questions and all ones I went through as I was searching for the correct plug. You'll have to rely on some of the more experienced posters on here for answering most of them. But I will say I discovered there are numerous pin configurations as well as plug interfaces among US and the...

I tried thompkinson, John. I was allowed to order it but they sent me an email the next day letting me know it was NLA

Thanks for the offer, Doug! However, they are indeed different.

The bottom fell out of the switch while it was still mounted along with a couple of the contact plates. I did keep all of the parts but I'm not sure how to assemble it correctly since the plates fell out before I could see the baseline. Sending the two contacts and the switch itself out to...

I should have posted in this section initially. Mea culpa.... I took the Green Meanie out for a spin the other evening. Afterwards as I was pulling in I decided to adjust the brightness of the gauge lighting on the dash at which point the light switch just went limp and the bottom fell out...

Thanks, Chris. We tried them. I ordered it from Tompkinson after some searching by a friend. This is the email I had back this morning: Carl, The item you ordered has been discontinued by BMW and is no longer available. The order will be cancelled and the hold on your funds released. Thank...

I took the coupe out for a spin the other evening. As I was pulling in I decided to adjust the brightness of the gauge lighting at which point the light switch just went "limp" and the bottom fell out onto the floor. Well, that's not good.....I wonder how hard it will be to find the...

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I'm just replacing the switch. Thanks for the reassurance, Don. I can see the distinction you are making here and think I understand. If I'm correct. I should be able to line up the new switch inside the cylinder using the grub screw hole and a nub on the switch end as points of reference. Then...