Let's hear it for AI

[chope97]

I reported that my tach was not working in an April post. I ran a wire from the negative side of the coil to the green wire post on the tach. I determined that the green wire was the correct wire from looking at wiring schematics in my repair book. Still no tach. I even added a new ground, still no tach. So, I asked AI "BMW Bavaria Tach not working". It came back with an article from a 2002 forum stating that the green wire on the tach was the power supply source from the fuse. There was a brown/ground wire going to the tach so that left the middle wire/connection. I unplugged the middle wire and plugged in my wire from the coil and viola; I now have a working tach after many years of it not working. I was so excited I told my wife, who smiled.

 

[Dan Wood]

AI where the entire internet is searched in lieu of just Google is great and I use it daily for searches.
However, we (county residents) are fighting against the proposed 5 or 6 data centers in our GA county taking rural land, water, and power.

 

[otter74]

I've found it useful for this kind of thing too but the information you give it and what you tell it can be crucial. some cases, like yours, you give it a simple statement and it finds the correct information for you.

I'm looking at replacing the suspension bushings in my E12, ideally before a rally in a couple of weeks but who am I kidding, I don't have time for that, so later. I don't have replacements for the rear subframe bushings but I do have those poly inserts for them and I wanted to know what was needed to install them - e.g. do I need to lower the subframe and insert them from the top, or do they go in from the bottom and all I have to do is remove the cover plate below it. I got the right answer eventually, but I got a lot of confidently-delivered wrong information first. Fortunately Gemini gives references so you can see if it's wrong.

 

[HB Chris]

I reported that my tach was not working in an April post. I ran a wire from the negative side of the coil to the green wire post on the tach. I determined that the green wire was the correct wire from looking at wiring schematics in my repair book. Still no tach. I even added a new ground, still no tach. So, I asked AI "BMW Bavaria Tach not working". It came back with an article from a 2002 forum stating that the green wire on the tach was the power supply source from the fuse. There was a brown/ground wire going to the tach so that left the middle wire/connection. I unplugged the middle wire and plugged in my wire from the coil and viola; I now have a working tach after many years of it not working. I was so excited I told my wife, who smiled.

You are lucky, Green is always switched power.