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If you intend to grind pads, make certain they are non-asbestos, or let someone else do it.

Well well well, I haven't seen this problem crop up in a long time. From my own experience, the flat copper "bus bar" across the tail lights is riveted on the bulb sockets with steel rivets, and of course galvanic action builds up corrosion between the bus bar and sockets... lights no workie...

O-rings should also be in stock at your local (or not) bearing supply house, but you'll need the size, usually consisting of ID, OD and thickness.

My 2 cents is to do it, then throw it up here, then someone, somewhere, sometime, may find it relevant. You may never know, but it's "doing the right thing".

After I swapped the original non-retractable belts for a retractable set from another Bimmer, I got nothing but complaints that the location of the belt choked my wife's neck. But at 6'6" I don't notice. YMMV.

Didn't know the E9 came as a CLS model. I mostly agree with the clickbait headline, and share D.S' distaste for the "(insert number here) best/worst". Having had 15 2002s myself and a euro 635CSi, those cars should have made the list. But who'd read an article about the Seven Best BMWs...

I may have the only CS left in Hawaii. All the others (at one time maybe 8 or 10) have been shipped out. Someone prove me wrong?

Sorry not to respond sooner but I am not as frequent a What he/we want is one thing, but shipping to the other side of the world is quite another.

The purpose of that sleeve (if it's not a blind plug) is to make up the difference between the OD of the metal tube and the ID of the connecting flexible fuel line ON A CARBED CAR. However, I see you have a different (non stock or from another model?) fuel suction/return setup, I think that's...

Purpose is to shut off fuel in the idle circuit to prevent dieseling or run-on after the ignition switch is turned off. I forget now whether the solenoid is closed or open when not powered, but you can test it with a 12VDC hot and ground, it should audibly click. Use the search function, these...

Here in 'Murica we have little to no familiarity with dual vacuum servos. If dual servos push twice as much as one by operating in parallel, you'll need to press the brake pedal twice as far to get braking. The geometry of your brake pedal, or length of stroke in the master cylinder, may not...

I want to think that surface corrosion MIGHT just grind itself into the trans lube with time, meaning you'd need to change the trans lube a couple time. But how far the grind will go, and what will be left, can't be determined from the picture. When I acquired and installed a used 265, it...

I'm flat amazed. I've been on this forum for what seems like ages, got the issues of Art Wegweiser's production back before the 'net when they came in the mail. NO ONE has ever (to my dim recollection) asked this question before. Always something new!

My '69 2500 had those rings and yes they are aluminum and easily deformed. Just like the old 2002 caps, there is a hook on the lug wrench to remove them. If they are attacked with a screwdriver, we see the results in the top photo. I would rub the creases from the back with a hard wood block...

https://barnfinds.com/original-paint-e9-1974-bmw-3-0cs-survivor/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter+(Daily) Link came to me from a fellow gearhead. Briefly, it looks good. Rebuilt interior and A/T, some other recent other work as well. At $30k this has not yet...

HBChris stated in post 38: "On Don's advice don't purchase a windshield from BMW they don't fit." Well shoot! If BMW's glass doesn't fit, whose does? In the distant past, Carl Nelson commented that non-fitting windshields could be caused by body flex once the original was removed, even if...

1. Rust doesn't protect anything. 2. I'd use a wire wheel or cup brush to remove rust, then apply a rust converter product (phosphoric acid compound) which will turn the remaining red-brown rust a nice dull black, then roughly scrub with water and dry it off. I like brushable "Ospho" and have...

1. The speedo cable from an auto trans will work with the 4-speed or the 5-speed, as I've done in my two trans conversions. 2. You can 1) reach up to the back (actually forward side) of the speedo from underneath, after taking off the lower trim, and unscrew the sleeve that secures the speedo...

I've put flag mirrors on both sides of several bimmers, back in the days when they were more readily available and inexpensive. It's good to have the opposite (from driver) mirror in tight situations, and in traffic, although the unimpeded greenhouse of the CS allows a pretty good look-around...

Bollocks to Hagerty (my coupe is with them b/c they're cheap). IMHO they flog the "collector" market with "enthusiasm" but their real interest is in collecting premiums and jacking the prices of this or that to exploit the owners. Sour grapes department: there seems be some ongoing...