Great fun.
RP
What did you do to your E9 today?
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Great fun.
RP
Made copious notes, diagrams, took many photos of the insides of the heater box, and of the cables associated with the controls. Man, you must be part mechanic, part 3rd grade arts and crafts teacher, part magician, part philosopher, part HVAC technician to have the skills to renovate a 49 year old BMW heater/ventilation system! That vent with the velour supposedly glued to the upper and lower walls, had the fabric collapse and completely impeded any air that was supposed to get drawn into the cabin. The heater box itself, harbours cracks and weaknesses that must be addressed before you reinstall. But the most frustrating, and I have almost forgotten how must trouble it was to extricate this unit, is that the Bowden cables can oxidize inside the vinyl sleeve and seize so that, in my case, the flaps that regulate the interior heat/windscreen defrost, were stuck halfway. This has become way more than I imagined. But that is partly why I have put this off for so long. My goal was to have this sorted before this Coupe reached the 50 year mark. I am on track!
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HonaloochieBoogie
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I inspected my 72 CSi at German Motorwerks in Longwood Florida and paid for the second half of the work. I get to take it home after 10 months. Refreshed the underside including removing and reworking the subframes and all the associated parts. New Pirellis and coupe king exhaust. Then the replacement 3.5l engine and 5 speed was inspected and serviced. Lots of the work done in 2010 to replace the engine was done to a higher standard to make it more “factory” like. The ac was rebuilt and finally blows very cold. On another note I checked out the second right hand drive csl that’s in the shop for work before the owner puts it on BAT. Here’s a shot of VIN plate. It looks like a solid original driver.
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The ID plate does not look original
you should buy a new one from Coupeking - and have the VIN stamped ... 85 bucks.
HonaloochieBoogie
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It’s another customer of the shop’s car.
HonaloochieBoogie
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I noticed that it looked different, so I posted a photo. Can those knowledgeable about the RHD CSLs confirm if it’s original? Its a very strange thing to get so wrong.
day66
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Might be interesting to see what’s actually stamped on the firewall ….
Just a shot as I'm (literally) halfway into the body refresh. I think its clear from the pictures that I sofar havent touched the front side yet.
I needed to turn the car in the garage, to be able to work.on the front end. So I took the opportunity to lay out all the chopped sheet metal before throwing it all out.
I hope that the front half of the car will take me less then 7 years...
3rd pic actually shows quite nicely how some bubbling of a lower A pillar is indicative of it typical requiring a new floor, 3 or 4 sill layers and firewall sections.
I needed to turn the car in the garage, to be able to work.on the front end. So I took the opportunity to lay out all the chopped sheet metal before throwing it all out.
I hope that the front half of the car will take me less then 7 years...
3rd pic actually shows quite nicely how some bubbling of a lower A pillar is indicative of it typical requiring a new floor, 3 or 4 sill layers and firewall sections.
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That is a later replacement I think but it has a BMW part number on it.
On an earlier pic you had a plate with what almost looked like a tow hook bolted to the bottom of the diff. What was that and why did you remove it?
Very nice hood prop. Any closeup of each end by any chance? I assume it folds to the right above the firewall?
HonaloochieBoogie
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I took my coupe out for my first drive after 10 months of work in Orlando. What a difference! My wife actually said that the AC was too cold!
The plate was added to protect the fuel filter and brake bias valve.
The “powder coat” picture was taken before the plate was added.
Thanks, RP