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Now I see the vanes have a square end and a rounded end, the rounded end goes "outside" while the square end lives in the slotted part.

I put those on my 2002s when I had them. No one should pay 100 euro for them, IMNSHO but new and without scratches they do look nice. Some elbow grease and metal polish can do wonders.

Is it my eyes or is the "RS GARAGE" photoshopped over the inka BMW Alpina? Wish they were closer...

I have one from my conversion from AT to 4-speed, then to 5-speed. PM me if this is of interest.

Story time. Many years ago I was temporarily stranded on the North Shore of Oahu when the key for my '64 Bug went missing. I did have my trust Clymer manual wiring diagrams so I sussed out the function of the ignition switch and connected one wire to power the ignition and grounded another to...

It's just physics. 1. Coolant system pressure is always the same throughout the cooling system. It is a continuous system filled with an incompressible fluid thus equally pressurized throughout. 2. Cooling system pressure will vary with temperature up to the release setting of the cap. There...

My pump (or steering box?) groans loudly on stock 14" tires and with what appears to be adequate belt tension. A while back I replaced the fluid reservoir filter and fluid, the groaning went away for a while. I would (and will) try replacing the ATF before anything else, it being cheaper and...

I jack the front on the "frame" rails or middle of the crossmember, and use a plywood or another wood pad on my jack at the standard rear points. Distribution of the load, and not scratching the car, are the primary intentions. If you're concerned that rust has degraded the standard jack...

Okay thanks guys, I'll have at it next time the urge surges. Charlie

I got around to cleaning up a spare front bumper and the rubber strips. The strips are only held to the bumper by their outboard ends passing through a hole, then crimped (for lack of a better word). There seem to have been some rivets (?) which held a formed metal strip along the center of...

Haven't looked at it in a while, but it's been well and repeatedly documented that rear lights or lack thereof can frequently be traced to failure of the copper bus bar (ground for rear lights IIRC) to receive power through the steel rivets on the bulb socket. Galvanic corrosion impedes current...

I've see gaiters (e.g., shift boot or around the handbrake) secured with a metal wire in them that closely matches the opening they are intended for and so they can be popped in/out, OR the shifter boot stapled to the horizontal section of the visible platform. To magnetize a screwdriver (at no...

My '79 635CSi came with TRX tires but I didn't keep it long enough to get in trouble. My '83 533i came with TRX tires that didn't grip worth sh*t in the wet. Thankfully I sold it before the tires got more bald and the crank position sensor went on vacation. I wouldn't have known what to do...

Brake shoes (in the rear) are adjustable but it's often the case that the adjustment bolt is very tight. Prepare the bolt with some of your favorite penetrating lube. Only an open end wrench will fit on the bolt head b/c the clearance to the shock mount is too small for (most) box wrenches...

Not unusual at all for a designer to copy elements from one commission to another. If a creative has something "that works", expect it to show up elsewhere.

Had a difficult problem with another person's bimmer - evenutally it was discovered that the piston in the clutch slave was stuck in the fully depressed condition. You'd have to disassemble the clutch slave to assess this, or know from experience how much of the clutch actuating rod should be...

Have similar problem, car not started/run frequently. Key to position 2, get only a click: solenoid engaging, thrusting pinion gear into ring gear, but not successfully activating starter. Repeated attempts get the engine turning over (solenoid successfully powers the starter). Removed...

Thomas76, post #3 above, and Mike Goble in #7, there will only be loss if there is flow. In lines where there is negligible flow, there is negligible loss, e.g., vacuum line from carb to distributor. For me, vacuum or pressure hose, the shorter the better, less to go wrong, get in the way or...

I'm with Ohmess, post #3 above "There is no way to ensure you order all the parts you need in advance of starting a project." Something always comes up, unless it's a job I've done before, or I'm replacing a very specific part and only the replacement for that part(s) is/are needed...

Tough crowd! Pics 72 and 73, is the fan mounted the correct way? Looks as if the blades curve the wrong way. I'm too lazy to go look at mine just now.