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Yesterday I hooked up jumper cables to the + and - leads of my '72 CS. Got in the car, turned the key and nothing - not even the dash lights. Under the hood was another matter, with a huge cloud of smoke. I hopped out and disconnected the jumper battery, pronto. When the smoke cleared, about...

Not to niggle, this is a beautiful car, well reviewed, but: no shoulder belts (and no lap belts?) must be an Oregon thing. No speaker at the center of the dash. Rear parcel shelf butchered for speaker install. Strangely the speedometer doesn't seem to work although the tach does. No front...

Jay Stratton suggests a loose belt (not), that the filter at the bottom of the reservoir is not allowing free passage of fluid (it's new but I can take it out a run the engine) or that the hose feeding the pump is collapsing from the suction (possible but it seems quite stiff). I tried to start...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Was the shortness of the 444x confirmed/resolved?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...