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Welcome to the party! Piccies = great :)

Hi Erik, yes make my own was plan B. I think it'd be quite easy to make a good part, but thought I'd reach out to the E9 collective in case anyone had one stashed away Cheers

BMW can sell me the 55mm clamp, but I need a 60mm one to fit a 60mm exhaust Part no. is 18 21 1 105 435 Thanks

Welcome to the forum what I did when trying to find a fuel leak was to directly power the fuel pump without powering anything else. By running a long fused wire direct from the + battery terminal to the fuel pump power under the rear seat. I unplugged the pump relay and worked out which wire...

There's a long wiggly plastic line which connects the nipple on the filler neck to the small plastic funnel

Where was the E38 7er? the 750i should be there as the best looking exec limo in history. Yes I'm thinking about that too..... maybe the merc 600 comes closest? Or perhaps the original 60s quatroporte?

Re the lock, try with the key different degrees of in. That's entirely unclear as an explanation I realise.... ....if you pull the key back a mm or so from fully in and give it a wiggle, then another mm out and another wiggle, and repeat. Until I rebuilt the boot lock, both of my keys worked...

Yes +1, both my door locks have this 'counterweight'

Slightly jarring compared to the listing: "totally rust free example" How disappointing! :(

Before ABS systems took over the role of proportioning valves, all cars with rear discs and diagonally split systems must have had either two propotioning valves, or a twin one. Trying to recall what my old mk2golf gti had, it only had one proportioning valve (I remember freeing it off to pass...

Ive always like the braking on early RHD BMs, there is a slight pause, but the braking feel is confident with the 4 pot fronts. There are 6 pairs of pistons on the car, 4 pairs on the front and two pairs on the rear, so any system would need to supply fluid in multiple brake lines, 2 lines to...

I've seen a couple of RHD manifolds turn up on eBay recently. Not sure if the manifold is the same part on E24/28 etc.?

Speaking as a non-US tax payer, yes! It must pay its way in tourist dollars, no? I drove highway 1 about 10 years back, after flying half way round the world first. California has other draws for sure, but this road is a biggie

Wouldn't stop the dukes of hazard...

There looks to be something misaligned in the engine bay, the rubber boot between the air box and the throttle body should be straighter than that. Perhaps engine mounts? Might cause clearance issues with the rad and fan?

Ah I see, every day is a school day here. ;) Was hoping to avoid welding inside the boot space as it's harder to tidy up afterwards. But all can be fixed, I'll put it on the list! Thanks again for the photos, will be helpful for the welding. Soon I think as the exhaust is already off. The pin...

Thanks for the photos Erik, likely that my car has had a new spare wheel well at some point, and the tailpipe and other attachment points didn't go back as factory. Interesting that my tailpipe hanger is attached by a hole in about the same place as the M8 jack mounting pin. Makes me think that...

I'm missing a few original parts for my E9, one of which is the jack, which is in fact a very useful thing to have to hand in extremis! For a uk 1972 CSL, should I have a long handle jack or the jack with the short stubby handle? And how does it stow? I can't see any obvious means of attachment...

Love it Jesus. I'm inspired to fix something. Will look in garage to see what I can fix... :)

I have one of these hand impact drivers, but hadn't equated this with an impact gun, oops. I find the hand impact driver invaluable for those little brake disc screws! Happy to give my hub hearing a go with it, see what it can do. ...as the air gun I've bought is not up to the job!! Actually, I...