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Sure, just adjust the valves.

And there are no lifters, just rockers.

Cool! Yeah, getting the initial timing close enough to run after pulling the dist is always a pain. Glad to hear it's finally running.

If you're referring to the 002 and 004 ECUs, they are interchangeable. I suppose there must be some difference, but I have no idea what. If you're talking 528i ECUs, those I would not interchange.

Yes, once, briefly depending on the temp, only while cranking. Actually it cools off fairly rapidly, but not completely, so after a brief rest it will pump again even more briefly.

Ignition and FI are completely different systems. Well, FI does get an input from ignition so it can count revolutions and inject for each one, but beyond that, no. Had a problem on my 528i long ago, bad FPR and it could flood in cold weather. So bad one day it wouldn't start. I unplugged the ECU an...

Sorry to be so late to the party, I am impressed with your work on it. One thing that jumps out at me is what injectors are you running? E12 injectors are rated at a pretty high flow so they only need the 2.5 bar pressure. And the E12 535i used the same injectors as US spec 528i's, so I suspect ther...

Yes, coils get hot with the ignition left on.

Without seeing your mystery part I'd guess it was part of the EGR system. They had 2 or 3 different vacuum switching valves with different colors depending on the exact function.

There is no separate fuel pump relay, it's part of the combo relay.

E12 based E24 should work. I did find this at Amazon though. Double check, but take a look. Quality? Who knows.

Hmm, I can paste the link but it won't show up. Anyway, look at Amazon. Rare Parts RP26466 Center Link

While I'm sure the gnomes of the Black Forest had a reason for what they did, I wouldn't stress about it. Torque it, forget about it, and I bet short of that 700 HP monster Zane built long ago, you won't have a problem at all.

I did some digging. Amazon.au might have some options, kind of hard to tell, you might need to contact the vendors or ask a question. Then there's this place I ran across for something else recently. Being UK they "should" I would think be RHD beam pattern. Cheap even considering shipping....

OK, I put some time in on this, lets see how it pastes. Ok, not well, I'll try something else.



Look at this, test, and get back to me.

OK, spark is good. Key on, you push on the AFM flap and hear nothing? The click should be at the combo relay, not at the AFM, the little contact inside the AFM won't make any noise. I do not recommend putting power to Gn/Vi except for very brief testing. Yeah, it'll work, but it's not really safe as...

I hope you guys get this figured out because I looked at the schematic for it and I don't want to have to reverse engineer it. I've done worse, but I'd rather not. Curious they didn't learn. While I never had any problems, the combo relay is a known weak link. And on E28s, the "Main" relay...

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. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52797103456_b9d6cff506_z.jpg Wow. :shock: Talk about not looking like fun. I've played with the hyrdroboosters on E28s and they...