E3 tool kit ID
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E28 I think.
Yours will be a "clamshell" design...
Essentially the same kit that came with an E9.
Yours will be a "clamshell" design...
Essentially the same kit that came with an E9.
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Both options for tool box for E3 and E9
Early and late e3/9 toolboxes are here.
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This thread will document the original tools that came in the e9 as well as the e3. Jack The lifting head is 42mm wide, anything wider will not fit. These jacks have a small arm and use the 19mm lug wrench to raise/lower. Some have a warning in German. This style with a longer arm may...
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The box in #2 is the correct one. Don't know about the #1 box.
Addendum to #4: The box called "late" had a very short life at least on the E3. It was used for about 900 3.0 S 4-speed and about 300 3.0 Si, both ECE LHD, between more or less September 1974 and March(?) 1975. We call it the "in-between box". The E3 late version looks like this, pictures courtesy of the dealers.
Some tools may be original, as may be the cloth on the brown car. The tools on the far right (green car) are not, neither are the spark plugs on both cars. The two white capsules sitting in the foam on the left in the green car likely contain cleaning fluid for contact lenses. Not a works option either.
Addendum to #4: The box called "late" had a very short life at least on the E3. It was used for about 900 3.0 S 4-speed and about 300 3.0 Si, both ECE LHD, between more or less September 1974 and March(?) 1975. We call it the "in-between box". The E3 late version looks like this, pictures courtesy of the dealers.
Some tools may be original, as may be the cloth on the brown car. The tools on the far right (green car) are not, neither are the spark plugs on both cars. The two white capsules sitting in the foam on the left in the green car likely contain cleaning fluid for contact lenses. Not a works option either.
Christoph, Thank you for your comments here. I did not know that later e3 sedans had this toolbox as pictured in the green car. I would ask members here with later cars to please share pics of their toolboxes to compare.
bavaria
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Thanks for confirming your Si has a third version that I did not know existed until today. Dirk has the same on his June 76 Si. It appears the 3.0/Bav and 3.0 received the 9/74 and later one piece box which I call the second version. I am updating the Tools FAQ to add these e3 toolboxes. This style is also listed as an option on the 2.5CS.
It does seem strange to me that the Si does not have Allen Wrenches while the e9 and 3.0 e3s do.
It does seem strange to me that the Si does not have Allen Wrenches while the e9 and 3.0 e3s do.
Maybe by then they realized they’re useless
I have one of these E3 late version tool trays with brand-new-from-dealer, foam piece if anyone is looking for one of these.
americium
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I would be interested in the foam piece if it is the same as the one in this picture (69 E3). As you can see, I need to do some rust removal on the tools…
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Actually, the foam and tray I have is the same as shown above in Christoph's photos. I have seen tools rust like that too.
americium
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Ok, thanks. Someone has contacted me based on this thread that has the appropriate one for my car.
Right you are. Imagine the owner of an E3, upper class car, in Europe it was, albeit the most compact one, using any of the tools. Impossible.
Economic reasons. The first version was the most expensive, the one-piece with the spark plugs a lot less, and deleting the spark plugs, feeler gauges, Allen wrenches and so on helped even more. The whole E3 range went from early to late boxes. All late cars got the less opulent box, no matter what model. In the USA the 3.0 Si appeared quite late and very well-equipped but so did the 3.3 Li in other countries. I fear nobody spared a thought the toolbox might not be appropriate for these cars. If I remember correctly, the highly-exclusive 3.3 L, first of the LWB E3, got all three toolboxes in succession, just like every ordinary (ordinary?) 3.0 S & 3.0 Si.