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I wouldn't equate over-engineering with "better" engineering. Sub-optimal is sub-optimal, whichever side of perfection you are on. In the case cited, excessively heavy connecting rods limit top RPM, put unnecessary loads on the crankshaft and (most importantly in the 21st Century) detract from...

This would be a good topic for its own thread. After turning 70 five years ago, I hadn't done much automotive work - just lost the desire to crawl under cars. But, my e9 was getting a bit shabby and I slowly began to tear into it early this summer. After awhile, I got into a rhythm, and now...

I'm not getting what takes CNC machining, CAD imaging, welding, etc. etc. to bolt E28 motor-gearboxes to E9 regulators. Kurt DiLimon wrote up a simple procedure 10 + years ago that's available at: https://sites.google.com/site/kdelimon/windowmotorconversion1 I have followed Kurt's directions...

Yes, that works on the rear rubber pieces because they are "L" shaped. I've already broken the studs on my rear pieces, and have drilled them for sheet metal screws. But the fronts are "U" shaped and the troublesome hardware is on the inner part of the "U" where it is less accessable (my nut...

Yes, that is the strategy I am going to pursue next. I have a set of small cut-off disks on order from Amazon. Will report back on how successful this approach was. Even if the cutting process mungs up the threads on the studs, it isn't as if the nuts have to retain a lot of force.

I wasn't aware of Stefan Ries, the supplier that TomHom recommended in post #6. Still, it looks like all four pieces would come to 180€ from Ries, or $197 plus shipping. I suppose that is "cheap" in today's environment, but I thought I would try for a backyard fix before going that route. If...

Page down to post #15 to see how I solved this problem. Thanks to everyone who provided ideas! --------------------------------------- My reason for going down this rabbit hole is to have my bumper overriders replated. But to do that, I need to remove the black rubber "bumpers" that cover...

See: https://www.steelerubber.com/search?q=70-3597 Price is $4.99/ft

Ah, you get the extra points! It was obvious that the outer sunvisor mounts were meant to pivot, but I could never wrestle the inner end of the sunvisor out of these brackets. And I sensed that the plastic on mine was so brittle that applying too much force would just shatter them. The...

Well, that was a lot easier than I had anticipated! Thank you.

I know that user Frankie 123 is re-making the outer pivot mounts for sunvisors. But that isn't the part that I need. Does anyone have a source for the inner clips that hold the ends of the sunvisors? These go on either side of where the interior rear view mirror mounts. See pictures below...

My car came with "sardine can" motors, but I have since converted it to e28 motors. Either way, the regulator-motor assembly will go into the door with the motor in place. Maybe the '74 motors are different somehow; admittedly, I don't have experience with them.

I'm not getting why you couldn't bolt the motor to the regulator on the bench, and then install the assembly into the door. I've done it that way many times. To get the lifting arm into the channel at the base of the window, you need to use the motor to adjust the arm to its rearmost (as I...

I'm guilty of the exact, same thing: lived in the Bay Area for 20 years, drove by the building several times, never took the time to visit. Now that I live in southern California, I'm a tourist when I'm up that way. Locals don't always take the time to visit things in their neighborhood, but...

Well, from the picture he posted, it looks like Arde's dog does drink!

Many new cars don't have any provision for a spare tire. No spare tire well makes water drainage moot.

Bo: Happy to help. I enjoy solving these puzzles, though I have to admit that I never would have guessed that there was an 1156 bulb in a socket designed for 1157's. The two studs coming out of the sides of the bulbs' brass bases differ between the two types: they are at different heights on...

Yes, that makes perfect sense. You have 1156 bulbs in the two front sockets (single filament) and should have 1157 (two filaments). Install 1157's (available for a few bucks at your local AutoZone) and you should be good.

Any Stanford alumni out there who remember this one? It's a little newer than my 1970 CS, but not much. And no, I wasn't driving a CS Coupe in my student days.

Bo: One of your tail or parking light light housings may not be well grounded. If that's the case, the turn signals have to find a path to ground through the housing and back through parking, back-up or brake light circuits. But with the parking lights on, that path to ground goes away and at...