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am am wondering does it matter if the battery earth cable is not attached directly to the block eaarth cable liekt eh OEM on is.
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would it be okay to just use a separate braided cable until a new one is acquired?

I found online this info on M30 engines by Fritzblitz , published in TOTAL BMW April 2006

its a pdf - download and keep in you files - maybe it could be added to the FAQ by the admins?

http://e28-535i.com/upload/BMW_Engines_ ... he_M30.pdf

I think it maybe due to idiots like me who collect e12's then just let them Rust in the paddock ! - so not much to comment on then. I started to put the injector system on my 3.5 qtr block last week and discovered I don't have a fuel rail or injector manifold - so I've asked the previous owner if I ...

I acquired a RHD centre tie rod off a mate last year some time. It comes with those bearing washers!

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If you watch M539 Restorations, Streten often torques up the suspension bushes with a preload, and he does this by first measuring the wheel height - relative to the wheel arch with car on the ground, then once car is in the air, Jacks up the wheel to that measurement, then torques the bolts/nuts. Q...

I sent an email to Hella Australia about the low beam H1 lamps (1054). They emailed back ( like the next day!) saying they don't supply or make them anymore! nor do they have any direct replacement for this now defunct lamp. Hella 1053 H1 high beam is readily available. So I wonder about the US solu...

Wow. :shock: <snip> Does that happen a lot on RHD factory conversions or just once in a while? Looks like they made it work, but... I think all the BMW's we got prior to the E30 and E28 had twin brake boosters - certainly E3/E9/E12 do . There are some people looking at changing them to single boost...

I took my assembly to Napa auto parts who supplied me with the Hella 1053 for the high beam Yep as sorta expected - Hella 1054 (low beam) no longer supplied. They said they can supply a similar unit by NARVA - so thy have ordered one in for me to test - nice of them - a set of 2 costs $200. In the m...

Further to my post of dismantling the brake booster - in my case we have 2 x boosters for RHD cars, that are remote to the brake pedal. Anyway a friend showed me how to dismantle the booster further. At the end of the push rod, is a rubber band - remove the rubber band with a dull pick, put aside - ...

can they be split into 2 different relays? or does the function depend on the symbiosis of the the parts together.

I went NAPA Auto parts ( they bought out Conventry's), and managed to get the. inner high beam 63 12 1 356 409 a Hella product (1K3 114 155-001) No 1053 for $87 Delving deeper into the inter web, It appears that, Hella s no longer making the Low beam unit :cry: bmw part no 63121356415 Hella product ...

Karl did you find one. I bought a cheap one and used it yesterday ( On 77' 528i)- I ended getting fuel starvation as soon I tried to pump the gas - idled okay and I got to drive it for couple of hundred meters then it almost shut off. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/143907836308 or I may have a blocked ...

On my 76 525 the drivers and passengers side have different fixing positions and arrangement For the drivers side, the seat has a vertical height adjustment, and there are 4 bolts that bolt the seat adjusting frame to the chassi. To get to these bolts you probably have to raise the seat so you can g...

I replaced the globes, installed new plug and wiring for the trailer connector and terminated an extra earth and brake wire off the rear left hand light cluster loom.

I now have brake lights - go figure!

Ive now got the indicators working, replaced the hazard light switch and the ignition lead was loose so I re-tightened the grub screw and the key now works properly the ignition, so I have disconnected my bypass switch. but the brakes lights still not working Ive got 12v across the brake light switc...