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Need a little help here….
My son is 4 hours away and his 1980 E12 has developed an issue. He had a bad alternator and so he changed it out. Now the car runs at idle but as soon as he tries to give it any gas; it dies. They have cleaned all of the ground connections and still no luck.
Any ideas?

Spark

Yeah thinking since we did the auto to manual swap on the transmission we would stay with the theme... All kidding aside, I like the idea of less is more on this car.

Has anyone ever done a backwards conversion from electric windows to manual?

TIA

Mike W. wrote:
I dunno, you haven't replied to my last email.

Sorry... been busy with harvest. Winding down now and should be able to start thinking about the tranny swap again.

SP

Mike W. wrote:I'll have to take your word on the auto reactions to it, the only ones I've had with autos have been converted shortly after purchase.

And... we are about to do the same to this car, soon... Yes?

My son’s (Spark-III) ’80 528i developed two issues which I don’t believe were related. About a month ago after driving for a while and when he would come to a stop the idle would surge up and down quite dramatically. After searching the archives I tried the suggestion of unplugging one of the ...

T.Hanson wrote:https://www.bmwtechinfo.com/repair/main ... Repair.htm

The photos ain't great but the words are better than nothin.'

COOL... That will work for now.
Thanks!

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A couple days ago the turn signals quit working on the e12. Yesterday when I got home from work the emergency flashers were on, I pushed the flasher button and nothing. So I pushed harder and quickly and they went off. Later that evening someone came to the door to tell me the flashers were on again ...

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How would you remove the M535I badge off the Zender rear deck lid spoiler? Using floss or fishing line works on body parts but the Zender spoiler is made of soft material and I’m not sure how to get it off without damaging it.

TIA