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Think so, will check. Have spares of those copper nuts.... somewhere!

Thanks or the replies. When I split that flange the nuts came off the studs like a dream. I had come prepared for a fight, but none was offered. And it went together easily too. It was so straight forward I didn't check anything, which may be the problem! I'll take it apart, clean and check...

Nothing turned up on a search, but hopefully this is a quick and easy query. I have a blow coming from where the cast iron exhaust manifolds meet the exhaust downpipe. On a RHD car this is a single three bolt flange with a oval (ish) shape. It has a metal gasket. I had this apart recently as...

I bought a pair from cs-werk last year. I've just looked in Christoph's site and a I can't see them, but certainly worth dropping him an email Endstücke Scharnier Heckdeckel Set

I've got five of the 12 pistons free so far. After a tough day in the "office", this counts as therapy... of a sort :) One of the pistons in a rear calliper is seized and also fully retracted so I can't even wiggle it. Think I'll need a grease gun for that. The ones I got out have succumbed to...

Was hoping to avoid hooking them up to my E9, as I've only just flushed and bled the system. But yes, this is a good option, lots of psi going spare! Actually think I do have some old MCs somewhere, not sure about metal brake line, but can diy flare one well enough, maybe... Don't have a grease gun

I've had a set of four callipers knocking about in my garage for many years. Think they're from an E12 based E24, so have the same 4 pot front/ 2 pot rear set up as on our E9s. Not sure if they interchange, but that's not the point for now! Thought I'd rebuild them.... So I got all the bleed...

Not mechanical, but on the bike theme I've restored two bike lights where time and leaky batteries had destroyed the switches. Soldered on new switches, flowed a few corroded solder points, all good. Surprisingly pleasing! On the skip theme, I rescued a very rusty wheel barrow from a builders...

What's the Bmw part no. for these caps? I'm always keen to trace down bits of my car that have mislaid, but I couldn't see these on realoem Thanks

Can you do a how-to write up pls? My driver's door wood strip has a split at the rear, would love to fix rather than replace, but out of my skill zone

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I pressure tested the tank and associated pipes at 2psi, as much as I dared as the tank clearly bowed upwards even at this modest pressure Anyway, the tank seals, tank filler cap, vent line, etc held at just over 2psi for two hours, until I got bored and had mercy on the poor inflated tank! I...

Thanks Steve, most parts are new there: new hoses, clamps and sender unit seals last year, plus a recent tank by the previous owner. But the hard line running to the hole by the bumper looks original (although I replaced the short rubber section) and I don't know about the tank cap. What I might...

Well I can check the line again, I did remove the line to check it out last year. My garage smells of fuel, especially near the rear of the car, worse on a hot day. Vapours are getting out down this line, hence the plan to put a carbon canister in the line. Thanks for all of the info re the E3...

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Ah, I may have mis understood. The expansion tank is only needed to reduce hydrocarbon emissions from tank evaporation. The accumulator I was referring to is the cylinder next to the pump under the car. If you have a spare expansion tank and activated carbon canister I'd be interested?

On my early model E24 I removed the fuel pressure accumulator from the plumbing, with the original pump, and the engine would not run well. With a better pump this may not be an issue Are you putting an in-tank pump in?

this looks like the expansion tank: 16111111351 https://e9coupe.com/forum/media/10845-63235c754981d3361715a0b775717bc1-jpg.1733/

cool, thanks for that. I was not aware that E3s had this gear. Is it much bother to deal with? On my E24 this was no bother, and it just sat there in the boot/trunk. Do you have a piccie you could share? Putting E3 parts in the boot would be preferable to random VW parts, however I'm still not...

On our 70s classics the fuel tank has a breather line which vents directly to the atmosphere, just underneath the rear bumper. This is to ensure that the tank can vent (and so not over pressure) on a hot day, and to stop the pump pulling a vacuum when the engine is running, and drawing fuel from...