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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...

We got a 2019 G30 (530e) 2 years ago so another car in addition to the CS (currently inop), 325iC convertible and K1300GT seems a little bit much regarding parking if not for the numerous other reasons, one of which is that at 6'6", 280 lbs I don't fit the 1, 2, 3 or 4 series. I've tried, but...

Starter didn't spin, no power to dash cluster. Negative jumper cable connected to main ground (woven cable from body to battery). There's a ground all right and plenty current was flowing but not where needed. Alternator not spun in years, will have it shop tested. I can't find a current path...

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...