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- Mon May 13, 2024 1:47 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: multi-layered sheet metal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 159
Re: multi-layered sheet metal
Excellent! Thanks for the assessment. I guess it's serendipitous that you happen to be working on similar regions of your car; I'm not sure how else I would have landed this specific information. I had contacted a local body shop and shared the same pics....had a conversation, but didn't hear back o...
- Wed May 01, 2024 12:11 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: multi-layered sheet metal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 159
Re: multi-layered sheet metal
I hear you. Great response and info! It sounds like you have much more experience with body work than I do, which is near none. I've been trying to figure out what I'm looking at in that area and have gone back and forth in my mind about how bad it is. It sounds like I've underestimated how much str...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: multi-layered sheet metal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 159
multi-layered sheet metal
I'm working on the restoration car addressing all the rust spots with the rear end stuff all removed. After getting into the worst spot on the car, I'm still a bit surprised at how this is constructed. On some of the worst spots on the car, the good news is there's actually multiple layers of metal ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:30 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: replacing hard fuel lines
- Replies: 3
- Views: 357
Re: replacing hard fuel lines
No issue with access for me. The entire back end is all cleared out for restoration. Working on rust spots on the underside with everything removed is how this can of worms got opened... In the front ,the lines are just clamped to the side of the framerail right below where they go through the inner...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:28 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: replacing hard fuel lines
- Replies: 3
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replacing hard fuel lines
Anyone have any experience doing this? While scraping old crud off the steel fuel lines on the restoration car, I created a gas leak. Grr. I guess better to expose this hidden rust problem now rather than find it later on the road. This is a carb car with lower fuel pressure, so they might have alre...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:59 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: E28 Evaporator core vs. E12
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3953
Re: E28 Evaporator core vs. E12
No, the 4seasons evap core is also overall notably a little shorter in height. My gallery link has better direct side shots if I understand your question correctly. Here are two more specifics photos in that gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertbondi/53654796200/in/album-72177720297675328/ h...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: E28 Evaporator core vs. E12
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3953
Re: E28 Evaporator core vs. E12
Yeah, agree with Mike and definitely think the duct work is lacking on the E12 even without a comparison for reference. I'm just not seeing much in the way of dedicated ventilation passages on the restoration car in the center console region. My new fan blower (e28?) does seem the same as the E12, j...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:27 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: driveshaft balancing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 313
Re: driveshaft balancing
Excellent! I was hoping for a nice DIY guideline since I think the two sections are still nicely balanced and the weights are present.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:23 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Brake bleed screw size?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 282
Re: Brake bleed screw size?
Threads are M7-1.0mm. I have two lengths in my stash. Total lengths are 25 mm and 38 mm.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Sideloader is a 188mm?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 442
Re: Sideloader is a 188mm?
I just sent off a 3.64 open diff for rebuilding to Metric Mechanic. I did the same about 20 years ago for my 530i and I'm still running it. Nothing fancy...I just hate things that leak. https://metricmechanic.com/differentials/# Between this page, the downloadable pdf, or talking to Jim Rowe himself...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: driveshaft balancing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 313
driveshaft balancing
Anybody know how seriously to take the blue book statement that the driveshaft is balanced as a complete assembly?
I have the driveshaft out on my resto car. While moving it around, the two halves separated before I had the chance to mark how
the splines lines up as all the manuals recommend.....
I have the driveshaft out on my resto car. While moving it around, the two halves separated before I had the chance to mark how
the splines lines up as all the manuals recommend.....
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: A/C installation from scratch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 477
Re: A/C installation from scratch
Some picture updates... I scored the base plate for the evaporator box. It supposedly from an 84 528e. One problem solved. You can also see the condensate drain in the center. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53566532523_5224e614d4_4k.jpg Here's the duct work blank plate off my non-AC car. Presum...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: E28 Evaporator core vs. E12
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3953
Re: E28 Evaporator core vs. E12
FWIW, I found my 2006 posts talking about some of these parts. I don't recall if Eric had referenced the same stuff for his work, but we both used that same parallel flow condensor. The SPAL elec fan P/N looks different, but that also means they both work as options. I'll look for my photos from thi...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:39 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: A/C installation from scratch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 477
Re: A/C installation from scratch
Hi Mike, PM sent. Thanks for sharing...that's encouraging. My hole saws went through the firewall surpisingly easy and I was working from the inside. Deciding exactly where to drill them was a bit of worry... Robert I did it on a Bavaria long ago. Pretty straightforward except I neglected to do the ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:36 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: A/C installation from scratch
- Replies: 4
- Views: 477
A/C installation from scratch
I'm curious if anyone's done this before? Not repairing the A/C, but installing a system in a car that has none..... I'm moving this project up on my Euro restoration car (77 528) because the car is otherwise generally unusable in my Texas climate. I'm dividing my installation into three stages as m...