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G, Shocks would not normally affect the ride height, that's really down to the springs. This will upset the true hanling if one side is lower than the other. Were the shocks stored vertically? If not did you prime them before fitting? They may need to settle out... get under the back and measure the...

Kami, hope you don't think I'm being cheeky, not trying to be, but why do you want to take the engine and box out? TBH if you need to ask how to take the bonnet off and what tools to use then taking the engine out is going to be pretty tricky methinks. One to note - to take the box and engine out in...

If it's blue, as the guys say, it's burning oil! Pulling the plugs will tell you which cylinders are doing it. It can be fixed if you want to go to the trouble of doing the bottom end or as you say, it's ripe for an upgrade

If you want to maximise life, remember to get the right coolant for it, if it's an M20, due to the mixed metal engine it could do with certain anti corrosion additives etc.

Cold bottom pipe means no circulation through the radiator, gurgling noises is the too high water pressure on the output side of the pump but there's no flow to release it, were the hot pipes really pressurised, hard to press? When you refill an E30 with water, you need to have the heater on full ho...

Depends on what bushes you are talking about, the cottonreel bushes in the rear arms, rear beam bushes and the ARB bushes. As Rosco says it depends on what kind of ride you want. OEM bushe are softer and only get them from the Stealer....Aftermarket ones are not very good, even the ones from GSF and...

Excellent Ozer, even better for the m3 rack conversion, need to get in touch with them. If you've got a vice sid, pretty easy I would reckon, do a quick guide hole for the bigger drill with an 1/8th part then a drill the size of the rivet at med speed and a drop of oil to look after the bit... job's...

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I know it sound silly but it works a treat, with a jubilee clip to hold it under pressure, I had to drive mine for 500 miles when it sprung a leak in Devon so couldn't run it with the cap off

Sid, no problems with melting at all I wouldn't think, as oze mentions. If heat was a problem then the rubber joint would go well before an alloy one would, this is also the reason for the metal cup tho, it's a heat deflector. This is a straight swap for the rubber bush and supplied with bots to rep...

Were you in the vicinity of the fuel lines/filter? Changing brake line should not affect the running of the car, you must have disturbed something while doing them

The bigger throttle body really needs to be done in conjuction with other upgrades to use the increased airflow - ECU remap and a branch manifold would be one way to gain from it and get a few extra horses. Jury's still out regarding any straight bolt-on gains on it's own from what I've heard....

Found this here guys, it's a very tidy mod walkthrough for the e30-e36 m3 rack conversion for the UV but the principle would be the same for any of the mods I would think, just alter the size of the machined alloy spacer to suit and substitute the correct end. http://users.tpg.com.au/adtha/E36rackin...

If it passes the fan test, and you're not using it 8 out of 12 months then I would flush out the whole system - hose in the top of the block and the radiator as George says, till it runs clear. New thermostat and then replace the coolant for a long life type from BMW. Sediment can build up over long...

£350 doesn't sound too bad if he's good. Yep, would agree, if you could stretch to getting the valves out then best to, a quick clean up and guide check, cleaned up inlets and outlets and lap the valves back in, new stem seals (shld be in the head kit). Well worth the effort in the long run but it's...

Yup, check the fan's viscous coupling as Georger suggests, watch those finger/hands when you do it tho!!

Are you getting hot air through the heater? If so, keep you're windows down and on full blower and hot until you can get the coupling replaced if you need to drive it at all...

where was the repair as George mentions? Sounds like an dodgy earth as you suggest, a lead hasn't been reconnected?

Does it have an immobiliser fitted?

Boobby...aaawwww cheers Sid :P That's the full replacement kit that you need to do the complete recon, I have a fine walkthrough on how to replace it all, on the car. Cuts the time to do it by a huge amount. I got it off the net a good few years ago now but the link doesn't work anymore...glad I sav...

If it was the ICV then that wouldn't explain why it does start with a jump, would it? The only 2 things it is getting when being jumped by another car is more amperage and another earth so that should be where to look methinks. It turns over ok on it's own battery, gets a spark, fuel and everything ...

It is when you get to the last bolt and it drops on yer chuckies

Best bet is get a pipe in there and start sookin'

I have been in touch with the gods in the FAQ section and Hartge has said there may be an opportunity soon and I can get this posted

That'll be this chap here then Brian...?

Just a thought...How about pulling the switch out and run a live feed from say the cigarette lighter/other live to the 'up' connector on the plug just to power the motor long enough to get each window up, just for tonight?

Sid...you're totally right mate but as the chap on the link say to replace all the other bushes/selctor rod joint/clips and other bits, where most of the sloppyness comes from when in gear, most of the bits in the photo...is a much bigger undertaking, he mentioned 8 hours. Ice do replace the cup if ...

It does connect to the body, there is a bit of metal on the outside of the switch that should touch the body at the hole. Check you are getting power to the wire at the back by running a bit of wire from the terminal on the back of the switch and earth it to the body and see if the light comes on. i...

Springs ok, no movement? is it an engine bay noise or underneath your foot?

Jack it up and have a pry bar under the wishbone and lever up, you should see if there's movement in the roll bar bush. Poly bushes are great to tighten up the roll a little in cornering , if that's what you want then go for it.

Ice...you have to rotate the cup far anough until the lugs on the cup have clicked out of the notch in the housing, you need to rotate until it stops... then that little but more for the lugs to push in http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/Bobbydoughnut/pic33.jpg RAV, these are the quality of pics f...

Not to blag Ice's thread, I wonder if there is anyone or a MOD that can explain how I would get a great tech walthrough posted into the forum of how to replace all the gear shift linkage bushes to stop that sloppy gearchange so typical on E30's? That is if it would be of use to anyone of course? It'...

Unfortunately the link I had doesn't work anymore but I have saved the walkthrough and all the pics so if I can get it up here or something, i'll maybe ask the mods if I can do that, it's whether they think it's would be of use I suppose

I have it written up somewhere RAV, got it online years ago. Erm it's pretty big walthrough all fully pictured and spot on, would it be of use to get it posted on here? Not sure how that gets done.

Yeah...check the wheel studs first for sure.... if you turn the steering lock to lock , at the extreme edge of the lock do you hear the ticking? This ticking may be the relief valve in the pump, but not to worry, they usually go very slowly and if you don't feel a strong pulse at full lock through t...

if it's the ball/cup in the back of the mirror housing where it is moving then it's non serviceable and then the whole mirror needs to be replaced, you can epoxy it if you never need to adjust once it's been set for you.

It should pull up as long as you have the linkage disconnected and the lugs lined up with the notches in the mount on the box, it should be turn anticlockwise till it stops. Do watch your chin though as it can take quite a pull, it's tight in there. You can tap the cup round a bit more with screwdri...

Anti roll bar bushes.....Steering rack bushes....Rear front wishbone bushes, it may sound bit silly but how does the knock actully sound, metal to metal knocking, and when do you get it? Do you feel it through the steering?

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