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On my seldom-driven car, the first twist of the key after a week or two of sitting is usually met with a "click" as if the battery was only strong enough to actuate the solenoid and not spin the starter. Or maybe the ring and pinion were contacting but not engaging (I doubt this, but it's not...

Many years ago I extended my (slicktop) drains through the rockers using some plastic tubing. Now that I think of it, lacking a sunroof, where did those tube drains originate?

Steele Rubber is great. I have their catalog from some 20 years ago.

It can happen with automatic trans that if parked with a stress on the driven wheels (such as on a slope) that the trans (and sometimes the steering, and ignition cylinder) will lock, especially if the wheels are fully right or left. Solution is to block the front wheels and lift the rear so...

naaah, 1772 cars didn't have sunroofs.. J/K

A friend had a 735i with a bad head gasket, parked it for 7 years IIRC, then gave me about 12 gallons of fuel. After siphoning it through a tiny little filter, it worked in my lawnmower and I poured it through my K100RS Beemer with no ill effects. We have ambient temps in the 80s for much of...

I'm nobody's carb guru, but one thing I learned while driving a friend's 2002 that would stay at any idle I set, although it ran pretty well otherwise....is the following. Weber carbs have pot metal bodies. Prolly most or all carbs do, but let's keep this local. Nothing wrong with that...

seems to me I read somewhere, decades ago, that one could test your coolant by putting one probe of a multimeter (set to DC volts) in the coolant, the other on a ground. The voltage measured would inform how "good" the coolant was at preventing electrolysis. But that was then, and this is now...

It's a trick to get the position of the bolts/mounts on the inner fender tops in ....just.... the right position, BTDT! Too far one way and they don't hold the hood up, too far the other way and the elbow hits the fender top before the hood is completely closed (you may risk damaging the hood...

Nice video but I think our 3.0CSLs were the first M cars... although prepared by tuners at first. The M1 is nice, but it (to me) never represented a "BMW design" and there has been nothing like it since. OTOH there were several other cars of the day, and previously, which used the same or...

I'm not much impressed. As a "stated value" policy issuer, Hagerty will accept the risk that an insured vehicle won't be wrecked while under their policy, if you pay the premiums due. They're in it for the money and know the risk level they're accepting when they issue the policy, and what the...

If you take out most or all of the spark plugs, rotating the engine to set the valve clearances will be a lot easier. My long-gone 2002 (or several) had a ticking noise despite repeated efforts to set the valves. An old-time dealer tech told me something about the rockers sliding on the rocker...

Aaaaand... Autokunst takes it! i gotta put up more little CS cherries. Actually when I hot wired it to establish that it worked, it sounded like a little panzergrinding it's way along a rocky road. J/K, but it wasn't silent with the occasional clunk when the weight that drives the movement...

see photos, you pay shipping from Honolulu 96816. Verified working last week. Charlie 808-391-0787 be aware of the time difference, I'm in Hawaiian Standard Time and will be grumpy if/when you call outside those hours. Not to say I'm on Hawaiian Time ;) TIA

Insufficient cooling at low speeds or when stopped (but adequate cooling when moving) suggests not enough air moving through the radiator because the fan clutch, fan itself or drive belt is not/no longer in the game. It is less likely to be a partially blocked radiator.

From what I've seen of clock innards and read on this and other online sources, a competent person who is familiar with these devices could repair almost any clock that isn't severely physically damaged, for instance by rust. Clocks are inside the main structure so they shouldn't suffer crash...

I re-made that piece in Hawaiian koa wood. I can do another pretty cheap, for me it's a challenge and a project. I'd send it unfinished, sanded to 220 grit, or we can discuss alternatives. cschuster1952@gmail dot com LMK

Thomas76: how or did you fix the broken clock? I did mine a while back, it was the fusible link that needed re-soldering, a pretty simple job once past the crimped chromed bezel. But removing the bezel requires a good deal of patience. Dick Steinkamp, FWIW I had a '72 tii with the...

I found one in my stash-o-stuff and hotwired it to my wife's battery (and that's how I found my battery had only 5 volts, bummer). The clock audibly and visibly runs and is in decent shape externally. I have not opened it up b/c that would be pointless. For an electric clock one would think...

Nobody should still be using braided fuel line. That was the cause of my friend's old VW van catching fire... two numb-nuts too cheap to replace a foot of hose between fuel pump and carb. Oh well, insurance paid about double what he had in it. Sure did burn well, melted the alternator stand...