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1. The speedo cable from an auto trans will work with the 4-speed or the 5-speed, as I've done in my two trans conversions. 2. You can 1) reach up to the back (actually forward side) of the speedo from underneath, after taking off the lower trim, and unscrew the sleeve that secures the speedo...

I've put flag mirrors on both sides of several bimmers, back in the days when they were more readily available and inexpensive. It's good to have the opposite (from driver) mirror in tight situations, and in traffic, although the unimpeded greenhouse of the CS allows a pretty good look-around...

Bollocks to Hagerty (my coupe is with them b/c they're cheap). IMHO they flog the "collector" market with "enthusiasm" but their real interest is in collecting premiums and jacking the prices of this or that to exploit the owners. Sour grapes department: there seems be some ongoing...

New to the list, apparently. I think we're here to help (I am anyway) but this has been discussed many times, and there are over a dozen possible leaks. Use the Search function and you should bring up quire a list of things to check, and how. Changing out the gasket and hoses is not the first...

I found one in my E30, battery dead of course. A proper fix was out of the question as one can get a "modern" flashlight with a "modern" battery that projects much more light for less than the cost of the old battery. Like several other electrical bits on CSs, the thing snaps together and you...

A push-pull switch for wiper speed, relocated from the console? Strange place for it though. OP comments his car was in poor condition, obviously has "some kind" of fusebox, it could be ANYTHING but since the switch looks like it's for the wipers...

What could possibly have been the "designer's" intention? A mashup of cartoon extremes grafted onto BMW's most elegant ever? Fugly. There, I said it. This sort of sh*t should be foisted on us, the true believers, a little more gently. Still, as "art" it ..... I give up, words fail.

My solenoid linkage was too stiff to move the pinion gear onto the ring gear. Had to remove the starter and free it up, lube and reinstall. Not an easy job back there under the rear carb and brake booster. Almost made me miss the hydrobooster on the E32, even with the problems that model had...

1. mmm the second pic shows shiny intake stacks, but dirty U-shaped intake runners. Someone get tired of cleaning them? 2. '85 engine... won't that need adaptors for the mounts, and didn't that trans have an electronic speedo pickup? Neither of those being insurmountable obstacles...

Bfeng: "Really old house glass (eg early 19th century) has substantial optical distortion. Is that due mainly to variable composition or just severely varying thickness?" I think probably both. As noted above, glass does in fact flow over decades. That's a (to me) cool sign of having an old...

There's another reason to measure at the cam: on my '72 tii, the valves stems had worn into the eccentrics which made the measured gap smaller than the actual gap, since feeler only measured across the high edges of the divots. The 1.26 rocker ratio factor I understand, but owning bimmers...

Respect to those who have responded with regard to my thoughts about whether polishing would create distortion. I are engineer, so I may be "a little dogmatic" about this small matter of physics. Hear me out... One: the glass depth removed by polishing would be very small. Thus any...

The bumper under-riders are cosmetic. So is the bumper on early cars.

A neighbor tried several times to create a fiberglass hood for his '55 Chevy. It warped each time - suggesting that "all" glass items have the capacity to do so. I used to do a bit of work (a lot, now that I think of it) with glass. Polyester resin (the most common) has is a considerable...

Shops that can do the balancing you're seeking seem few and far between. One suggestion I've heard is to try a truck service shop - lots of trucks use multi-section driveshafts. Another: I spoke to Carl Nelson in '95 and said I'd re-used my auto trans dshaft for my 5-speed conversion (I...

You'll never know until you install and watch an oil pressure gage. Some decade or two ago I put an oil pressure gage and sender in my 2002tii (roached it from a VW) and was quite surprised at the high cold idle oil pressure, and low hot idle pressure. Generally IIRC you want 10 psi increase...

Holdonaminnit. Brake fluid simply pulses back and forth in the M/C, lines and calipers. It doesn't, strictly speaking, "circulate". Blood circulates in that it passes through separate pipes outbound from you heart, through your system, and then back to the heart via different pipes. At least...

Below is a collection of stuff regarding 32/36 carbs that I collected over the years. I have not verified any of this but all together, the stuff might represent a consensus of opinions. I also have a bunch of similar stuff for the 38/38 carbs 32/36: f7 emulsion tubes, 140 to 145 primary...

apologies to the Mel Brooks lovers. I haven't named my CS though it's outlasted several dozen other cars including Whizzer (2002 325xi named by daughter), Ruffian ('94 E34 named by me because the license plate started with RFN) and Green Flash (wife's '98 C280, because of it's brilliant, stock...

jmackro, no diz but are you sure that a deep polish would make the windshield optically incorrect? Seems to me that if the glass is optically clear, thickness variation won't matter. Trying to get this through my head. I have seen optical warble in windshield glass, never put too much thought...