E3_kiwi
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Here are a few pics of our Club display at this event yesterday.
New owner 1976 3.0Si Arctic Blue
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Here are a few pics of our Club display at this event yesterday.
E3_kiwi
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Shipment of grommets/bushings arrived from W&N today.
I upped my order to 60 ea and they reduced shipping cost to an affordable price, so all good.
E3_kiwi
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Yes, can't really fault the service - and they threw in a free W&N notepad.
E3_kiwi
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Looking for horn relay
The horn is not working on my car.
So far I've searched online and within this forum, but haven't yet been able to identify just which relay is the horn relay. The owners manual does not identify these components.
The attached picture shows the left side layout in my engine compartment, with four relay positions, and three of them filled.
Is the horn relay the forward-most of the three installed relays?
What are the other relays and also what is the unused relay position for?
Cheers
The horn is not working on my car.
So far I've searched online and within this forum, but haven't yet been able to identify just which relay is the horn relay. The owners manual does not identify these components.
The attached picture shows the left side layout in my engine compartment, with four relay positions, and three of them filled.
Is the horn relay the forward-most of the three installed relays?
What are the other relays and also what is the unused relay position for?
Cheers
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Horn is closest to driver but turn on high beam headlights and see which one clicks, that is the high beam, the other is horn. You may have a low beam relay too, earlier coupes and e3s don't have one. Also, high beam wire is white, low beam is yellow, horn is I think brown/green? A fourth slot could be for a fog light relay.
E3_kiwi
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Thank you Chris - that's most helpful and I appreciate the prompt reply, too.
E3_kiwi
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Horns now working - loud & clear!
Last evening I removed and dismantled the horn relay (closest to driver) and found it heavily oxidized inside, but after cleaning the mechanism and winding, etc. with an old toothbrush and some solvent, it looked pretty good. A light spray of WD40 before reassembly & installation, and the horns 'kind of' worked - emitting only a short 'blip' when the horn buttons were pressed.
I then proceeded to remove and dismantle both horns for inspection and cleaning. In each case, once the plastic horn acoustic part was removed, the armature and diaphragm were stuck fast to the horn housing. To separate them I applied 12V across the two terminals, and off they popped!
Again, a good solvent clean of the horn contacts and housing windings, etc, then a little more WD-40 applied before reassembly with a smear of blue 'Hylomar' compound at the gasket joint, and hey presto! They both now emit that very sweet-sounding, twin-horn blast!
All BMW's should have horns like these.
I also dismantled, cleaned and treated the other two relays, in the same manner as the horn relay, and now the fog light works, with the switch tell-tale green lamp lit up, and high beams switch on immediately - they were a little sluggish before.
All in all, a pleasing result after an hour or so's work.
I believe the unused relay position in my car may be for the low beams - as previously mentioned by HB Chris.
Thanks again for the assistance, Chris.
Last evening I removed and dismantled the horn relay (closest to driver) and found it heavily oxidized inside, but after cleaning the mechanism and winding, etc. with an old toothbrush and some solvent, it looked pretty good. A light spray of WD40 before reassembly & installation, and the horns 'kind of' worked - emitting only a short 'blip' when the horn buttons were pressed.
I then proceeded to remove and dismantle both horns for inspection and cleaning. In each case, once the plastic horn acoustic part was removed, the armature and diaphragm were stuck fast to the horn housing. To separate them I applied 12V across the two terminals, and off they popped!
Again, a good solvent clean of the horn contacts and housing windings, etc, then a little more WD-40 applied before reassembly with a smear of blue 'Hylomar' compound at the gasket joint, and hey presto! They both now emit that very sweet-sounding, twin-horn blast!
All BMW's should have horns like these.
I also dismantled, cleaned and treated the other two relays, in the same manner as the horn relay, and now the fog light works, with the switch tell-tale green lamp lit up, and high beams switch on immediately - they were a little sluggish before.
All in all, a pleasing result after an hour or so's work.
I believe the unused relay position in my car may be for the low beams - as previously mentioned by HB Chris.
Thanks again for the assistance, Chris.
E3_kiwi
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Just to make you feel better, here's one for you!I don't know how many thousand euros I spent with them but I never was sent a notepad
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Said my goodbyes to the Si last week :sad: - she is off to meet her new owner in the UK, who is keen to continue the restoration work and get the car back to original spec, so I have no doubt she will be well cared for.
Last time I checked, there were only a dozen or so 3.0 Si's still licensed over there, so this car will bolster their numbers somewhat!
Thanks for all the friendly advice and hospitality provided on this forum...it is very much appreciated, and I'll continue to look in occasionally.
Cheers.
Last time I checked, there were only a dozen or so 3.0 Si's still licensed over there, so this car will bolster their numbers somewhat!
Thanks for all the friendly advice and hospitality provided on this forum...it is very much appreciated, and I'll continue to look in occasionally.
Cheers.
E3_kiwi
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Yeah, tough decision, and one I'll no doubt regret in the future.
It was somewhat of an impulse-buy and I couldn't resist it at the time, but the realities of my busy life, on top of looking after four BMW's, eventually caught up with me. Practicality won out, over emotion (again).
I knew I would lose money trying to sell the E3 locally, or even back to Australia, so the decision was made to find a buyer/collector in the UK, where RHD prices are higher, allowing me to at least recover my costs.
A sad and reluctant parting, but in the end I'm happy in the knowledge that she will be pampered by her new keeper, and will lack for nothing.