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First off I wanted to thank the members on this board for making it such a great community and great resource.. I always head to the website before I open up the numerous shop manuals I own. Thank you.

When I purchased my 73 3.0 CS Automatic with A/C (the a/c was removed by previous owner and is now in a cardboard box on my workbench) it came with a shoebox full of parts. Although I recognize a part here and there I am drawing blanks on what the majority of the 'spare' parts are for.

Any help identifying the parts /(part numbers) would be greatly appreciated.
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Here's what I can see:

1. Glove box light switch
2. Blinker relay
4. Rubber trim to rocker panel clips
5. Glove box latch
6. & 11. Radio knobs
7. Bumper or window regulator pieces???
10. These fit into holes and hold wiring like in the inside of doors
12. Broken seat latch knob trim
13. Inner chrome piece for quarter window knob?
15-18. Looks like interior door handle pieces.
19. Window track rollers
22. Hole plug perhaps for spare tire well or on the wall in front of it
24. Speed nut could go many places
25. Interior door panel snap on fittings (holds the panel to the door)
30. Piece of door gasket
32. Door hinge shim???
33-34. Broken door stop arms
37. Speed nut could go many places
39. Piece of door gasket
40. I have seen this but can't place it right now....
 
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Stevehose,

For #1 I googled the part number stamped on it and it came up as 'Mercedes Benz' glove box light switch. Was it also used in the e9 ?
 
Quite possibly it is the same part but I don't know definitively, others here may know

lazytv said:
Stevehose,

For #1 I googled the part number stamped on it and it came up as 'Mercedes Benz' glove box light switch. Was it also used in the e9 ?
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6. Blaupunct radio knobs (not correct for E9)
9. these pieces clip into holes under the hood and windshield washer hose clips into the bigger side.
11. Back side of Blaupunct radio knobs
12. 2/3 of the seat latch surround (broken)
22. Plug for the bottom of the spare tire well
39. I think the support for the front bumper slides through this seal
40. Looks like a seal for the side reflector
41. This covers the hoop the is on the rear bumper of the 1973 coupe
 
Aha!! 40 is the base gasket for the side mirror on the door.


Stan said:
6. Blaupunct radio knobs (not correct for E9)
9. these pieces clip into holes under the hood and windshield washer hose clips into the bigger side.
11. Back side of Blaupunct radio knobs
12. 2/3 of the seat latch surround (broken)
22. Plug for the bottom of the spare tire well
39. I think the support for the front bumper slides through this seal
40. Looks like a seal for the side reflector
41. This covers the hoop the is on the rear bumper of the 1973 coupe
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what a funny riddle :-D

7. Bumper or window regulator pieces???
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No, these are brackets to secure the dashboard from down below

19. Window track rollers
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I guess, these are rollers from the broken door stop Nr.33 instead

39. Piece of door gasket
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For me it looks more like the rubber surround for the front bumper base brackets (where it's going through the front)

3: just screws, can go everywhere (rear axle would be my guess)

20: parts to fix the middle part of the center console piece around the gear knob

23: part of the seat base

27: could be one of the 4 nuts for the adjustment of the sun roof panel

28: nut inside the door panel to mount the mirror

never seen part nr 41 on my E9 and I disassambled and assambled it back again a couple of times. :mrgreen: Maybe an american specific part
 
Thanks again for your help.

This explains alot. For example.. light doesn't go on when glove box opened (and mysterious wires in the glove box). The window in the rear rattles.. etc.

I have a few other pics of 'orphan wires' I may post.
 
lazytv said:
Thanks again for your help.

This explains alot. For example.. light doesn't go on when glove box opened (and mysterious wires in the glove box). The window in the rear rattles.. etc.

I have a few other pics of 'orphan wires' I may post.
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I too have been evaluating orphan wires, as part of the process of reversing the damage done by the moron who installed the stereo for the prior owner.

Strong words, perhaps, but consider this: I have found four melted light sockets, melted wiring around the melted sockets, melted wiring around my light switch, and upon closer inspection of my fuse block, fuse 1, which is supposed to be a 5 amp fuse was replaced with a 40 amp fuse. So, needless to say, I have more melted wiring behind the fuse block. And the fuse block itself is melted where fuse 1 sits. And the moron placed a little plate in the center of the dash advertising his handiwork.

Anyway, I found wiring for a rear fog light switch and for, I believe, trailer lighting that is not connected underneath my dash so far.
 
#20 looks like the brackets that hold the shift surround piece to the wood blocks on the transmission tunnel.
 
Ohmess said:
I too have been evaluating orphan wires, as part of the process of reversing the damage done by the moron who installed the stereo for the prior owner.

Strong words, perhaps, but consider this: I have found four melted light sockets, melted wiring around the melted sockets, melted wiring around my light switch, and upon closer inspection of my fuse block, fuse 1, which is supposed to be a 5 amp fuse was replaced with a 40 amp fuse. So, needless to say, I have more melted wiring behind the fuse block. And the fuse block itself is melted where fuse 1 sits. And the moron placed a little plate in the center of the dash advertising his handiwork.

Anyway, I found wiring for a rear fog light switch and for, I believe, trailer lighting that is not connected underneath my dash so far.
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+1 on moron. Probably grounded the stereo to the instrument light wire. Then when you turn on the light: everything starts melting really fast.
Common moron fault. The instrument light lead reads ground on a voltmeter when the lights are not on.

chainging the fuse for 8 times the amps when it melts: Supermoron...
 
31+10+9: Clips to attach a string of cables an open edge of the body. Many uses in many places but most inside and in the dash (9 looks like non BMW)

36: Clip that holds and clamps one of the control cables on the HVAC control panel

Indeed, this game is fun
 
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OK, I'm going out on a limb here but I'm beginning to think there is something seriously wrong with "us". :-)

This game is only fun AFTER you have assembled your car-unless of course those parts are "left-over".
 
It can also be fun when you initially purchase your car, particularly if the seller places Fiat parts in the trunk of the BMW!
 
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