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    Thought I'd ask Chatgpt

    My daughter (registered to practice law in Hawaii and CA and having a Masters in Library Science) threw all that over when some high school friends asked her to come work with them for Invidia. She edits responses the questions and pictorial presentations that are used to train AI responses...
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    Going to Munich - what should I get?

    Thanks for the suggestions! We'll avoid the darker elements of BMW's and Germany's past. I think after 75-odd years, and with all that has changed in the world, those things of the past can stay there. Ditto for Pearl Harbor. The Army took over Punahou where my mom was in high school and...
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    Thought I'd ask Chatgpt

    IIRC there were M30 motors with a single carb and manifold to match, I just don't recall which cars them. Could be E3, E9 or E12.
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    Groaning from PS pump or steering box?

    Last I ran my car, the power steering pump groaned like crazy, even with no load. Years ago I replaced the fluid with ATF and it ran much better, today the fluid is "not that old" in terms of use and is visibly clear red in the reservoir. IIRC back then the filter at the bottom of the fluid...
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    Going to Munich - what should I get?

    After decades of humbugging me to get off the rock, my wife and I are going to Munich where a widowed friend in the Canadian foreign service is stationed in a three-bedroom apartment. I've only been out of state a handful of times and rather like it here. Wife thinks we'll go all over Europe...
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    What Neue Klasse is New Again

    How can they possibly achieve rollover protection with an all -glass roof and such a thin member at the top of the windshield? Overall I don't think it looks that bad. All the major manufacturers produce what (with a roundel of fifteen stuck on) look too much alike in silhouette. BMW needs...
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    Weber Carb Questions

    My money's on a leak at the throttle plate shafts. I "borrowed" a friend's 2002 for several months while he was away, and could never get it to idle correctly on ONE 32/36, let alone having to mess with a second carb. Finally as I was bending over it one day I noticed play in the throttle...
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    CSi Starter Removal Guide?

    Was the shortness of the 444x confirmed/resolved?
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    E3 'BAT'

    Was this the car prepped for the Targa Tasmania a few years ago? Saw something similar here a while back.
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    Power steering seals

    Shaft seal should be available at any industrial bearing house, you'll need the metric inner and outer dimensions plus (possibly optional) the height of the seal. If this thread is still alive, Jay Stratton has a good rep with some of the more experienced members here.
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    Power Steering pump

    Now I see the vanes have a square end and a rounded end, the rounded end goes "outside" while the square end lives in the slotted part.
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    Outside mirror

    I put those on my 2002s when I had them. No one should pay 100 euro for them, IMNSHO but new and without scratches they do look nice. Some elbow grease and metal polish can do wonders.
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    RS Garage Portugal

    Is it my eyes or is the "RS GARAGE" photoshopped over the inka BMW Alpina? Wish they were closer...
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    Automatic e9 Flywheel Compatibility

    I have one from my conversion from AT to 4-speed, then to 5-speed. PM me if this is of interest.
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    Another ignition switch expires

    Story time. Many years ago I was temporarily stranded on the North Shore of Oahu when the key for my '64 Bug went missing. I did have my trust Clymer manual wiring diagrams so I sussed out the function of the ignition switch and connected one wire to power the ignition and grounded another to...
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    Coolant pressure at M30 engines

    It's just physics. 1. Coolant system pressure is always the same throughout the cooling system. It is a continuous system filled with an incompressible fluid thus equally pressurized throughout. 2. Cooling system pressure will vary with temperature up to the release setting of the cap. There...
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    Power Steering pump

    My pump (or steering box?) groans loudly on stock 14" tires and with what appears to be adequate belt tension. A while back I replaced the fluid reservoir filter and fluid, the groaning went away for a while. I would (and will) try replacing the ATF before anything else, it being cheaper and...
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    Rust/jacking areas

    I jack the front on the "frame" rails or middle of the crossmember, and use a plywood or another wood pad on my jack at the standard rear points. Distribution of the load, and not scratching the car, are the primary intentions. If you're concerned that rust has degraded the standard jack...
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    Early front bumper rubber strips

    Okay thanks guys, I'll have at it next time the urge surges. Charlie
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    Early front bumper rubber strips

    I got around to cleaning up a spare front bumper and the rubber strips. The strips are only held to the bumper by their outboard ends passing through a hole, then crimped (for lack of a better word). There seem to have been some rivets (?) which held a formed metal strip along the center of...
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