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You should evaluate whether your timing is stable before throwing a new diz into the mix. I'd connect a timing light and see whether/how much the timing jumps around at various rpms. Only then, if the timing is not steady, you can start to consider why/not. Consider that the diz is driven by...

It is speculated that the narrow pillars supporting the roof make it particularly susceptible to deformation before and/or after the windshield glass is removed. You won't know until the glass is out. Remove the old glass intact if at all possible (may destroy the gasket) and compare to new...

Not to resurrect this thread from the dead, but I will... Cleaning up and out my 'pooter I came across a site with drawings of ALL KINDS of cars, see it here: http://carblueprints.info/eng/marks/bmw

Assuming that "venturi" means the flared bit at the center of the throat, I had that on my '69 2500, never did solve it. At the time I suspected the carb float was not floating enough, or somehow the fuel level in that carb was too high, causing overflow via the venturi. That's mostly how...

And then there's me just back from 5 weeks in Munich and Berlin, bringing back nothing.

Car is manual, converted from AT to 4-speed, then 5-speed. It worked when parked. I spent a considerable time figuring out the start sequence from the electrical diagrams and I *think* I took out all the wiring made extraneous by the trans swap(s). It ran for years in all three trans...

Ron Harnisch (sp?) back in the days of the E9 Register (-try?) did some drawings and I may have kept them .... somewhere. I'll scan and post if I can find them, but it was likely over 20 years ago and not presently sure where that stuff is/went.

Oh, I've push started many a car and my bikes as well. I live 800 feet up a ridge behind Diamond Head. OTOH if the car doesn't start, I'll have to bug my pal for his Tacoma and tow strap. Now all that's lacking is the mental energy to actually perform the work.

Yes I'll come back to this thread repeatedly while "over there", even if the directions mean little to me now, I'm sure our host (who has lived in Munich twice, once for about 10 years) will know. Let's see.... if I fast for 1.5 weeks before I go, maybe I can lose what I'm sure to gain back in...

Thanks guys, current thinking is that the starter is shorted to ground and eating all the available amps, so the dash indicator lights don't even glow. I'll get the DMM on it and see what is revealed. I think: one meter pin to B+, the other to the block. There should be no voltage between the...

Rob, that thread is 404. I've been on the list a long time but never gone much further than the Discussion. I did find some stuff in the Media tab, will look further in Scott's material.

I was a CCA member for many (20+?) years. I started when it seemed like the only "reasonable" parts and information source, and I was coming out of my air-cooled VW days. I wore my Circle Tire t-shirt (which has inexplicably become very small) just the other day. I was chapter president...

With my recent difficulties (fried off several inches of wire from alternator D+) I thought I'd review the wiring diagram. I have a Haynes E3 diagram which is likely mostly correct for "basic" stuff like alternator, voltage regulator, starter, etc. I also have the two Blue Books covering the...

You're making me hungry. Time for a peanut butter and jellly sandwich!

I have what I suspect is an internally regulated alternator that I may have cockroached from a '81 528i that I parted out long ago, mainly for the 5speed trans. It is visually identical to the newer version in post #20. It has a reman sticker on it, over the (unreadable) original Bosch sticker...

I have an M1 model somewhere that I've never assembled but I see you have one.

Oh the horror!

Today I had the alternator tested, but it wasn't straightforward. The auto electrical shop no longer have the alternator tester and cannot recommend anyone. My phone popped up O'Reilly; I called and they were willing. Their counterperson says a) no identification on my rebuilt Bosch...

I've seldom seen a door latch so clean! If you look at the video of the latch operating, you see that there is a little further travel past the "lock" position. The door is fully closed not at the furthest point of latch rotational travel, but a little back where the tooth catches on the...

IIRC although the teeth get worn, this is the extreme condition and on the window regulators I've messed with, the center hole is elongated to the point where at the end of travel, it doesn't hold the gears together. Given access to a welder, this could be fixed by welding a heavy washer or two...