What did you do to your E9 today?

[Stevehose]

I was originally going to leave them and then perhaps paint the hood by taking it off the car, sounds as if that is not a fun task to realign

You can drill two 1/8" holes a couple inches apart in the lower hinges before removing and leave the hinges attached to the hood. When you go to reinstall, insert four 1/8" drill bits into the holes to align then tighten it up. Defintely at least a 3 person job.

 

[e9Leveque]

You can drill two 1/8" holes a couple inches apart in the lower hinges before removing and leave the hinges attached to the hood. When you go to reinstall, insert four 1/8" drill bits into the holes to align then tighten it up. Defintely at least a 3 person job.

That’s a nice trick. I’ll keep it up my sleeve in case I decide to take it off.

 

[AlainDelone9]

Fixed the trunk light

 

[Dan Wood]

You can drill two 1/8" holes a couple inches apart in the lower hinges before removing and leave the hinges attached to the hood. When you go to reinstall, insert four 1/8" drill bits into the holes to align then tighten it up. Defintely at least a 3 person job.

1/8 inch Clecos will also work and hold the hinges and hood together

 

[Wobdog]

Installed chromed washer nozzels. Big thanks @deQuincey for chroming them for me. This was one of the things in the engine bay that bothered me. Big improvment you can see before and after pictures

 

[mulberryworks]

View attachment 2157871/8 inch Clecos will also work and hold the hinges and hood together View attachment 215788

I like that idea, I've picked up a bunch of Clecos at estate sales but haven't needed them yet.
Is there clearance for them against the upper part of the hinge/hood?

Ah, I see that they make a smaller version, the PMIN series if clearance is a problem.

Cleco Fasteners PMIN Series

Miniature Clecos - Temporary Fasteners For Precise Holding Of Materials PMIN SERIES - Miniature Series - Stubby

www.panamericantool.com

 

[DWMBMW]

My ignition key cylinder broke apart the other week.There are lots of good threads on the forum about how to remove it but I can confirm it is VERY hard to remove the 4 shear bolts that secure the steering column shaft which needs to be lowered in order to extract the steering lock middle cylinder. It took me 2 frustrating days using a dremel and than whacking them extremely hard with a hammer and screwdriver to break them loose enough to remove with a small long nose vise grip locking plier.

Bought a new key cylinder which by chance just become available again at W&N. I am sending it off to Blaine at Santa Monica Lock as recommended by others to be repinned to my original key,

 

[vince]

My ignition key cylinder broke apart the other week.There are lots of good threads on the forum about how to remove it but I can confirm it is VERY hard to remove the 4 shear bolts that secure the steering column shaft which needs to be lowered in order to extract the steering lock middle cylinder. It took me 2 frustrating days using a dremel and than whacking them extremely hard with a hammer and screwdriver to break them loose enough to remove with a small long nose vise grip locking plier.

Bought a new key cylinder which by chance just become available again at W&N. I am sending it off to Blaine at Santa Monica Lock as recommended by others to be repinned to my original key,View attachment 216026View attachment 216027View attachment 216028View attachment 216029

I went through removing the whole ignition key shaft thing a couple of years ago. What a PITA! It's one of the jobs you almost have to figure out yourself, otherwise, you are going to pay someone a small fortune in shop hours learning how to do it themselves.