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Where is the boot switch located?
It looks like it's under the glove box handle, which would put it upside down?
*I don't know my way around BMWs, I'm just here for hot oil can action.
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teaboy
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Where is the boot switch located? It looks like it's under the glove box handle, which would put it upside down? *I don't know my way around BMWs, I'm just here for hot oil can action. It’s down in the driver’s footwell, next to the bonnet handle. I’m a BMW novice too. |
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Mar 14, 2022 22:41:34 GMT
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Ah, so that photo is all sideways then?
Makes more sense, didn't think you'd make a rookie error like an upside down switch plate!
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Mar 15, 2022 17:32:31 GMT
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Ah, so that photo is all sideways then? Makes more sense, didn't think you'd make a rookie error like an upside down switch plate! This is how it sits in the car, vertically.  I fitted it with the car picture nose downwards because the switch has a rocking action, you push in the bit where the roof is and it pivots from the side where the wheels are. It felt easier to use that way than with the car picture nose up. Oh, it's down where your right shin would be when sitting in the car. |
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Last Edit: Mar 15, 2022 17:33:41 GMT by teaboy
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Nice job on the boot release. Might I suggest some Autobright Tar & glue remover is added to the arsenal and deployed when you next need to get rid of foam glue tape residue. Bl**dy wonderful stuff for getting rid of balance weight tape remnants and should do the same for number plate tape too. Work a small area at a time and be generous in application. I find it allows you to separate the foam from the actual adhesive and you can then attack that with a microfibre cloth with more remover applied directly. Doesn’t damage the paintwork either and eliminates the need to break out sharp bladed instruments that invariably end up causing damage and in your case that hopefully the good Dr Tea has taken away so you can’t hurt yourself!
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Mar 28, 2022 23:10:47 GMT
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Nice job on the boot release. Might I suggest some Autobright Tar & glue remover is added to the arsenal and deployed when you next need to get rid of foam glue tape residue. Doesn’t damage the paintwork either and eliminates the need to break out sharp bladed instruments that invariably end up causing damage and in your case that hopefully the good Dr Tea has taken away so you can’t hurt yourself! Cheers dude, I'll have to get some of that stuff. I used some 3M adhesive remover but it was hard going as it wouldn't touch the foamy stuff at all, so I had to rub that off with my finger before I could use the solvent to get rid of the remaining sticky stuff. The lovely Doctor has an extensive collection of sharp implements which she uses for her job as a contract killer, and she also does a bit of torture as a hobby. She doesn't let me near them for my own safety. Anyway, as I said earlier, it was a dream of mine to have a car with four tailpipes. Unfortunately, my tailpipes were looking decidedly the worse for wear.  The formerly shiny tips are riveted on and I was planning on taking them off to give them a good polish up before re-riveting them back on. That was before I noticed that a couple of them were dented and as they are a double skin it would be very difficult to straighten them out. This is the excuse I am using for buying some slightly larger, more blingy/chavvy (delete as applicable) tailpipes. To fit them I whipped off the rear 'diffuser' and drilled the rivets out. There are three rivets per tip, two are easy to get at, the top one needed my top quality Lidl 90* adaptor and a cut down 4mm drill bit.  The damaged tips were removed.  And replaced with my new chavtastic ones.   Now that the world is back to some sort of normality, well our part of it at least, and as the weather was nice this weekend I went for a road trip. I went down to Leicester to see an old pal for a bacon sarnie and a cup of tea, then I pressed on down to Warwick to see an even older pal for a steak and some brown booze.  The next morning we went to meet up with some Porsche pals at Gilks' Garage cafe. There were a few old bangers parked around the back.   One of the chaps, Lesmonde, pretended his car wouldn't start when he needed to move it to let someone out but I suspect he was just saving petrol because it started straight away when he went home.  There were plenty of other old cars and bikes coming and going whilst we were there.   I had the good grace to park my car out the front because it was an Impact Bumper Porsche gathering and I had the wrong type of German car.  A good time was had by all, bacon was consumed and a lot of bolleaux was talked. Gilks' was a nice place to visit and besides bacon sarnies they had creamy cake and fine tea. 
All in all, a great weekend, the car ran like a dream and consumed super unleaded as though it was going out of style... ...which could possibly be true, for some people... |
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Last Edit: Mar 29, 2022 22:53:23 GMT by teaboy
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Looks like a great weekend was had, loving the T-shirt.
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Mar 29, 2022 10:06:37 GMT
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Looks like a great weekend was had, loving the T-shirt. Cheers dude, it was great just to be doing relatively normal things again. I did take my towel with me. |
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Mar 29, 2022 16:50:11 GMT
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A great weekend. I love the 3.4 Mk1 Jag; my older brother let me drive his on a provisional licence when I was 17.
Now what about this 1986 Porsche 911?
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Mar 29, 2022 16:52:07 GMT
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That's a good weekend had. Do BMW's have oil tanks........?
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Last Edit: Mar 29, 2022 16:52:22 GMT by duggers
Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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Mar 29, 2022 21:35:24 GMT
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Nice job on the boot release. Might I suggest some Autobright Tar & glue remover is added to the arsenal and deployed when you next need to get rid of foam glue tape residue. Doesn’t damage the paintwork either and eliminates the need to break out sharp bladed instruments that invariably end up causing damage and in your case that hopefully the good Dr Tea has taken away so you can’t hurt yourself! Cheers dude, I'll have to get some of that stuff. Amazing times in Warwickshire basically! It looks like it was an amazing time! If you are ever ind the Midlands again, give us a shout. I, until last year was based in Warwick, but am now Coventry bound, so I'm never far away  . I do like the little touches done. The tailpipes are a nice touch My M3 hasn't seen much action. I taxed it last month and went for a lovely drive. The car seems like a fine wine, bar the rust! But then again, mine was a daily driver until 2 years ago. It's also now 19 years old, so not a spring chicken! There has been a development, so it's time I updated my thread . |
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Apr 11, 2022 21:22:19 GMT
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Now what about this 1986 Porsche 911?
I wonder whatever happened to that... Do BMW's have oil tanks........? I really don't need to get involved with any more of those things! If you are ever in the Midlands again, give us a shout. I, until last year was based in Warwick, but am now Coventry bound, so I'm never far away  . There's probably going to be another visit to Gilks sometime reasonably soon so I should be back down, it would be great to meet up. |
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The weekend before last, on the Sunday, I got a phone call from my dad, he had a puncture. He's 86 so can't change the tyre himself. Actually his age has no relevance, he's never been able to change a tyre. As a young child with my first bicycle and my first puncture I had to learn fast. No problem Dad, where are you? I'll come and sort it. He was fifty miles away, I grabbed a few tools and a jack and set off. Only I didn't set off because the old banger wouldn't start. Turn the ignition on and all the usual lights come on, the fuel pump runs. Turn to crank the engine and absolutely nothing, no click nothing at all. I didn't have time to look into it, I just transferred the gear into the emergency back up Audi and went on the rescue mission. When I got back and I tested the battery it had 12V which, although a bit low, should still have started it. (battery is less than a year old). I gave it a try and it started up straight away... How odd, I thought. Out of interest, I checked the battery when running, it was 13.8V. This weekend my eldest daughter came up from 'darn sarf', where she now lives. I went to the creamy bun shop then on to my current favorite cafe where we met for breakfast, the car worked perfectly. On the Sunday I was going to give it a wash so went to move it onto the flat bit of the drive but it didn't want to start, same symptoms as before. Perhaps it doesn't like working on the Sabbath... Tonight after work I borrowed my friend's two post lift, got the car up in the air and removed the earth from the engine to the chassis, cleaned everything up and replaced it. I removed and cleaned the connections to the starter and refitted them. To be honest they were clean anyway, and the car started no problem, five times in a row straight after each other. I suppose I had better wait to see what happens next Sunday... One thing I did notice whilst it was up in the air with the under tray off...  The power steering hose is weeping from the ferrule and the hard pipe part of it is as scabby as you like. The main dude ChasR is going to sort me out with one of his improved quality ones. |
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Apr 13, 2022 10:02:53 GMT
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Indeed I shall sort you out with one . The earthing thing can happen to a few. Starter motors aren't unknown for going in these now, albeit they are now getting on a bit. It doesn't help if someone has changed the clutch but left the starter motor attached to the wiring ; I've seen a few garages use that practice, and I've repaired terminals on starter motors in the past as a result. Good to see it's putting a smile on your face anyway . Mine's become a daily again, as you know, since my 325d is out of action. |
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When I had the M3 up in the air the other week to look at the starting problem I noticed that the undercoating was starting to lift around the grommets in the back of the floor. These are fitted into the holes which allow the shell to drain after it has had the e-coat dip when they were built. I thought it prudent to clean this off and treat/paint the area before it went too far. I got the car up off the ground.  Then pulled off the lifted undercoating.  Well goodness me! I may have said... So much for me just having a car I could cruise around in without having to do major repairs to it. I have upset the lovely Doctor's feng shui by sticking these in the utility room.  With the rear carpet out it looks like this.  It's not too bad but what about those ominous looking brown bits on the vertical panel behind it? I scraped the paint off on the outside and I could see light through from the inside next to the tank strap bracket. Brilliant. 
That area had been painted over but it looks like it had just been painted over the rust. Back inside, I peeled up any bits of factory applied sealer to see what was lurking.  Another random hole. The grommet on the other side of the car.  It's not as bad, but still needs sorting. I was told that there are two more plugs under where the rear seat goes.   Yep, they need sorting too. That black thing that you can see through the hole, that's the fuel tank so that will have to come off. As I wasn't anticipating all of this, it is full of petrol. The amount of stuff that has to be removed is quite astonishing. I've got a box full of bagged up fittings that is starting to get very heavy.  Some of the things underneath don't look as if they have ever been off so I have lots of things like this to undo. 
Obviously they don't undo, they snap off so I will need to weld on new studs. The next job is to get the exhaust off which is going to be fun, the rear box hangers have a late 2002 date stamp on them so must be the originals. They don't look as though they have ever been off and the studs and nuts which secure them are in a similar state to that undertray fixing above. That is going to be an exciting job. I feel like I've shot myself in the foot with this purchase... |
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curse word.
It'll be worth the effort but still a right PITA when you're not expecting it.
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Personally I feel this is all the motivation you need to get back on that oil tank. P.  |
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Apr 25, 2022 11:16:15 GMT
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Personally I feel this is all the motivation you need to get back on that oil tank. P. It’s actually calculated oil tank avoidance! |
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Apr 25, 2022 11:37:18 GMT
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Is the car a long term or shorter term thing - Either way for future resale is it worth doing the chassis crack rectification/prevention work at the same time with it all being taken to bits in that area.
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Apr 25, 2022 12:25:21 GMT
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Is the car a long term or shorter term thing - Either way for future resale is it worth doing the chassis crack rectification/prevention work at the same time with it all being taken to bits in that area. Quite right DS, I’ve ordered the WeldTech plates and internal (hidden) bracing kit. As you say, in for a penny, in for a pound. Well, almost a monkey as it happens… |
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