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My 79 auto idles at 1100 in neutral, 950 in gear, I’ve never seen higher numbers.

You will need proof the blue plates were originally on your car, either a pink slip or registration card will do, don’t expect the DMV clerk to know how to do it, ask for a supervisor. And you need both plates.

ZF 3HP-22

On earlier cars like 2002 and e9 the housing is fiber and that little bushing fits up inside. It is a metal can with a spring and rubber seal. It needs to be pried out, destroying it in the process if needed. The fiber housings had a tiny hole next to this bushing, I’ve used a small drill to destroy...

I would check shock mount first.

You can use an impact gun, much easier.

Check how tight the strut nut is before removing the struts.

My car clunked only when turning right, it was the tie rod end on that side. There was no other evidence of wandering either. I would also check tightness of the strut insert nut, pretty common issue.

Does the fan spin freely with engine off or is it seized? If seized it’s cooling when it doesn’t need to.

REman wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:16 pm hey thanks for the tip, that's what I thought too and a little surprised because it is an '81 model and should have had the spin on which I've heard is the newer better design.

I think the spin on is a much later design.

It is not a ‘spin on’ with the large single nut, it is the earlier ‘bolt on’ which mounts to a riser/nose piece, I can see the small mounting bolt in front of the fan.

Have you tried looking up the part number?

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=61611354583

Great Blaupunkt site:

http://antique-autoradio-madness.org/Bl ... 0%20%20(1)

Removing the whole lock cylinder would have been easier but I was determined. I also dremeled gently the upper edges of the plastic ignition switch. Drilling or chiseling five safety bolts does nothing to provide more room for the ignition switch itself. Great write-up.

Well, you don’t have to drill or chisel the safety bolts, the lock housing is part of the upper cover anyway. When I got the electrical switch out I broke it. So I dremeled out all of the webbing in the upper cover to get a new one in. Then I had trouble getting the tumbler into the housing. After s...