E30 Zone

smashing advice chaps, many thanks

evening all.. doing some routine service work on m40 engined touring, trying to cure the slight tapping from top of engine, rocker cover off, inspecting the cam, cam looks perfect, so now for the tappets, how do i tell what tappet is making the ticking noise ? also water pump, and cam belt change, d...

cheers man
what e36 prop ?
im presuming any m50/2 engined e36 ??

cant seem to find the answer to this question on there

hello chaps bit of help needed, currently working on a 24 valve conversion, im using a e34 m50 2.5, car has manual gearbox can i keep the existing gearbox that comes with the m50 engine ? ie: e34 engine and box in my e30 ?? if i can use e34 box what prop shaft and diff can be used to be the correct ...

cheers i for your help

the wiring will be the only stumbling block, ok to PM you if i need a tip or 2 ?
cheers
chris

plug straight in even with the dizzy cap being run thru the old loom,
(just checking yr stickie)

evening
cant check at thsi moment but ..
im going to presume its a later unit as its a 1986 2.0 car ?
with a 1990 2.5 going into it

EVENING
any tips on loom work when changing an early m20 2litre to a later non dizzy engine,
obviously there will be some little wiring issues, any help on this would be great
thansk in advance people

i presume its a prop diff thing,from the sound,
would rear brake shoes cause a rumble ?

the car has rear drums,
the guibo doughnut could be perished a bit as car hads been standing for a while, and check bearing between front a rear parts of the prop ?
or centre diff bearing ?

got rumble from the diff (area) when slowing down, louder rumble when slowing down from faster speeds, looking to swap over a diff, but could it be a bearing or another external part, just want to save a bit of time before i jump feet 1st into swapping diff, (car is a 320I AUTO WITH LOW-ISH MILES) c...

i got a really sweet chromie last week, loads of dealer history,macahnincally spot on i actually know know after years of owning e30s what the m20 engine is meant to sound like, a silky smooth almost silent engine with a low gurgle from the tail pipe, rather than a skeleton having a w**K in a biscui...

my indictors have stopped working, checked all fuses , none blown, also the hazards arent working ( are these on different fuse) was working fine, ive put in a head unit as car didnt have one, but im pretty sure the indictors where working on 1st drive after i fitted stereo, ive now checked fuses an...

shot down in flames there then okay beat this ive just got a phone call from a chap who is going to give me £5000 and his complete collection of 25 classic german cars 0f the 60s-70s-80s including karman ghia 1967 split screen deluxe samba type 2 1973 bmw 3.0csl 1969 porsche 911 1983 golf gti campai...

a 325I sport m-tech 1
2 owner
1988 e plate
£300

slight arch rust coming through,
other than that utterly mint,and standard car
timewarp interior wise

been standing 2years, starts on the button, engine sounds superb,like velvet
result ???

WELL DONE GUS !!

thats a dickenson real deal if ever i saw one,
thats £400 away from a £1800 car ...
that doesnt happen every day,

fancy a quick profit ...?
£700 ??

see you bright and early saturday with 4 of the nicest golf gti mk2 bbs you have seen in years

cheers ant, ive PM'ed you ..

aside from that they will fit, i started with a exhuast i had from a 86 325I coupe as a doner, wouldnt fit, this a 3 peice, you have manifold, centre pipe and box, the rear section is in 2 parts, the cabby exhuast had manifold, mid section and box, then rear section and silencer as a one piece .. th...

bit of an emergency
is a cabby (1991 but metal bumper) exhaust different from a saloon-touring-coupe ?
doing a bit of a swap over ..
long story..
but dont want to take exhaust from my touring if it wont fit on my cabby
help before it gets dark ????

thats for your help, ill ebay the blighters asap,
there sitting in my garage at the mo, replaced by bbs

all aditional options when brought ??
i not entirely sure thats true..

i was thinking that kinda £80-£100 area,
tyres are all good,
ebays teh way i feel..
would like better with lip polished up i think

got a set of 4 of these wheel, 15" with a deep dish, mybe 1.5" or 2" they are geniune bmw e30 rims, im led to believe they where an option on late cabriolets, was going to sell them, but not sure what to price them at due to them being a bit rare and unpoplular, any info on these would be greatly re...

thanks for that, ive had a look on an american forum and somebody has done it on there,
its seems agro, but i have a donor car in the same colour, and i wanted a face lift cabrio , but got the right car , right price, but pre face lift,
gotta be worth a bash over xmas

i was a bit of a joke, i dont like the mtech1 kit on anything other than series 1 sport, it does look wrong on a cabrio, mtech 2 is far nicer, all round, ill prob just keep it standard and tidy, will need some bumpers as these are a tad rusty, apart that it was a bargin at £750 with years mot, i jus...

i thank you sir

mtech 1 body kit anyone ?

ok im asking again, as i cant see how the previous answer of just unbolts can be correct, is it straight forward to change the front valance+bumpers from a pre face lift, to a facelift set up, just got a preface lift cabrio, but prefer the facelift valance + bumpers, have a donor valance in correct ...

ill take a few and get on here

got a set of deep(ish) dish alloys,
geniune bmw fit rims..
i believe they where an option on late cabriolets
5 spoke 15" with an approx 2" dish..
only ever seen 1 other set,
anybody shed any light on these, as im prob going to swap them for some 15" bbs, i have ,and flog em,
are they worth anything ?

but are both pre and post valances use the same bolt arrangement ?
its just purely unbolt the old and bolt on the new ?

i want to change the front valance from a pre facelift chromey to a facelift ,
is the valance simply held on with spot welds ?
so it will be just drill out welds and reweld in new valance ?

cheers

its a tricky one,
i may go down the 15" bbs route then,
the 14"bbs just look a little lame on a 325,
all meat and no feet

i fully agree, dont drag me down an ally and beat me senseless, i cant afford to pay £1000 for a set of wheels on a car that i do 30 mile a week in, if i had a mint 325I sport with 45,000 mile on the clock, i may go for the real deal, by the way, the white 316I coupe, is that standard ride height, j...

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