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If all else fails, I might have a set I can mail you.

If all else fails, I might have a set I can mail you.

I like working on my cars, but I also like going to car events and not spending a week rebuilding one caliper. I have either sourced rebuilt or good used calipers to replace the old rusted-to-shit ones that I have run across. The only suggestions I have would be: 1) Leaving the caliper connected to ...

Hi all, I'm parting a 1977 530i. I'm planning on keeping the headlights, taillights, fuel pump, entire drive train, as well as the front and rear suspensions. This car has a lot of rust in bad spots, and although it has a set of "early" doors, they are rusted out, too. All the electrics ar...

I agree with Mike. As I recall, the ECU will cut fuel when the idle switch is depressed and the engine RPM is above 1200-1500 RPM. This is done to save fuel when engine braking. If you floor it and send the ECU an idle signal instead of a WOT signal it would, in theory, cut fuel and cause the engine...

Hi all, I figured my clapped out 1979 528i needed a new turn signal relay. I swapped in a couple I had laying around, but they were all bad. "Okay," I thought, "I'll just buy a new one". Those motherfuckers cost well over $100! The cheapest I could find was $110. Wow, time to get...

Hi all, I have done floor repairs on both the E21s I've had the pleasure of owning, so I kinda know that I'm getting myself into. I bought an E12 because I wanted one and this one was practically being given away. I've had the car for a few months, and I just recently really started taking the car a...

Got rid of the wrecked euro E28 520i last weekend, so I had time to work on the six this week. Installed a new-used outer thermostat housing to replace the one that had the bleeder screw broken off in it. Found out the car didn't have a thermostat. WTF?!? :x Good thing a I decided to buy a new therm...

Looks like I'm gonna have to get some vacuum hoses and hook the ICV back up and see if that fixes it. Would it be possible to get by without a vacuum limiter? I will admit that I do not have any hands-on experience with Motronic 1.3, but since the resident expert says it needs the inductive pickup, ...

Not directly E12 related, but close: I bought a $350 Califorina 1979 633csi. Turns out someone got sick of all the smog crap and removed it all. They were heavy handed, though - the vacuum limiter is gone and the Jules Vern device is disconnected. The car runs surprisingly well, but, if you rev it a...