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Thanks. So no-one knows ? No enthusiasts left maybe, TV programme Bangers & Cash auction them quite often but the rare E30 that is televised always has a detrimental comment about complicated engine management. Never seen an M3.

Morning all, hoping for some assistance! Backgroud: After 100,000 miles servicing, we have parted with the local (friends) garage, on mutual grounds and under a bit of a dark cloud. Early last year ago my wife's '89 320i convertible was booked in for an MOT and she was told it was time also for a ca...

Hi speedtouch. 1989 320i convertible chip please, Details as September request.

Hi , looking for rear seat backrest in Indigo cloth '89 convertible and trunk/boot lid sound suppression.

Hi, send me details for a 1989 M20 320i convertible 381 . High mileage, mostly original, don't need lots more revs, making what's left work better would be nice! Part 2: I find the 'new' Ezone site awkward, so I am trying harder to buy one of your chips. My daughter found your response but she's mor...

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I wonder if the 5 times thing is happening. Does the computer reset itself after 5 starts? , today it started straight away, chugged along for a few seconds, revs climbed to exactly 1,000rpm warmed up , settled at 760rpm. It now has flat spot when hot, I don't remember any flat spot in 25 years of o...

Dividing this chaos into two halves, the first has been an earth problem, the earth connector behind the nearside headlight was fixed down tight, there was a 'nipped' cable not too far away, so that was easy. Amazing how the car has been faultless for months,, it was hanging on a thread. The engine ...

320i convertible 1/4 million miles, most by my wife. Spent a couple of years tidying cleaning some paint, last problem solved was months ago, cold engine start jumping straight to 2,300 revs. Fixed this by replacing throttle sensor. After six months of complete normality, even instant idle at 7.500 ...

I'm putting finishing touches to a 4yr body restoration to a 320i 1989 convertible. 1/4 million miles, original M20 motor mostly untouched throughout, except for occasional 5 minute warm -up, each time cold idle briefly 1,000rpm down to 600-650. Morning before new MOT idle now PULSING 1,200 to 2,000...

Ah! Gynaecology it is. Thanks.

On an E30 convertible, any engine size, anywhere in the world, opening the trunk lid when the horseshoe is already open, (or vice versa) the Ratched, via the two short cables, stops the boot lid opening fully. Without the mechanism, or if the cables are broke, the two lids bang into each other and c...

Every E30 convertible ever made has probably got one, yet looking for any details in the 'Zone Topics' gives Ratched a zero result. If you've ever replaced one (or both) of the Bowden cables, will you tell me how to open it up to get at the circlips or if they have to be gynaecologically operated on.?

Found it....got it......done it! The cream coloured plastic housing rocks a little bit, and after removing the rubber collar/grommet from the outside the plastic piece rocks a little more. On the side away from the cut-out in the door, a bit hidden , there 's a piece of wire like a paperclip stickin...

Has anyone any restoration photos (or details) of removing the alarm 'stuff' from the driver's door so the door can be resprayed and the 'base' #65751368912 replaced with new. Removing the trims, windows, door locks etc are detailed in the archive here, but the creamy coloured plastic magnetic lock ...

Ate front brake calliper carrier brackets for a 320i convertible#34111160378/34111158254 new or used seem to be very scarce. Several companies made OEM standard after market parts but the BMW part numbers just cough out pictures for the Girling callipers that don't match. Thought I might have more s...

Hi Scott, thanks for the input. This week price of the right side inner wheelhouse panel is £239.18, but no available stock and no date for making any more. The pipe ”˜cover’ is £78, and current UK demand is 1 a week. Some PRE-facelift panels seem to be available, but it’s difficult to establish whe...

More a renovation than a restoration I have recently had some help from Jon Bishop (Cotswold BMW) finding OEM bits to speed things along - until now. Inside my right/rear wheelarch I have discovered four plastic (flanged) nuts threaded tightly to little mounds of flaked rust. The flaked rust mounds ...

Is the restoration panel maker also in Ireland-West?

vin: EB66383
41331884353 front bar
51121888283 Chrome cover nearside
41141942699 Wheel arch outer rear left
41351937995 Section of rear left fender
41611936174 Hood

Many thanks, Trevor

Hi all, Found a welderguy to help me cut out rusty-bits and remake nearside rear wheel arch. His advice is to get new repair arch to cut and weld in, and also a new outer-wheelhouse-arch-moulding to make a decent job of it. Schmiedmann do an OEM wheelhouse moulding, but the OEM drawings don’t show a...

Thanks chaps, personal experience most helpful.

My ”˜89 320i convertible currently has 5 different makes of tyre, all of them very basic and agricultural. My local tyre place said 195 x 65 with 14”a rims were becoming difficult to obtain and he suggested I fit ”˜enduros’ @ £60 a corner or get bigger wheels. I happened to see an immaculate 320i co...

October ”˜89 320i convertible 220,000 miles, one owner since November 1990 (mileage 8,000 miles). I have been successful over the past couple of years cleaning, tidying etc. new gaskets, radiator, and recently fixing a flicky temp gauge. Over the last Winter the battery has been disconnected for abo...

I have spent some months now (320i convertible) looking at the usual fuel pressure/ idle valve/ change this, test voltage on that. Etc etc, and I found a post on Pelican Parts where a very frustrated chap had been writing in, asking all the standard stuff and over time he had changed ALL the possibl...

Thinking back through the stuff I’ve been reading there’s no mention of coarse and fine adjusters/settings so I’m keen to give it a go to see how that works. Interesting feed-back though, I wouldn’t refer to my in-laws as ”˜beauties’ but the total weight is about right, and knowing the taste of anti...

O.K Thankyou.
So, the Wretched Ratched is best, (though reluctantly) repaired with replacement replica ropes of steel, parts 19 & 20 on the OEM drawing. Must break on a regular basis.

Ratched...A convertible top cable actuator lever gear box. Given that all E30 convertibles must have one (to hold apart an opening boot lid from (at the same time) opening the horseshoe roof stowage lid) AND it’s tucked away position in the ceiling of the boot, why aren’t breakers’ websites full of ...

”˜89 320i convertible. Passes mot ok, but levelling system sort of fizzled out years ago. I quite fancy having a ”˜go’, and reading up on member’s attempts, it seems it was always a bit crappy and not worth the bother, but has anyone successfully found their way round restoring it. What’s the fluid ...

Thanks for that. Turns out I had the two connectors on the circuit breaker the wrong way round, and I had both doors open ”˜cos I was leaning in, refitting the electrics around the gear stick. Once I remembered I had taken a pic on my I-pad of the wires on the contact breaker-before I dismantled the...

Re-connected battery power after 3 - 4 weeks with centre console removed. Even without key in ignition all four window switch backlights now remain on all the time. Only 2 puzzles encountered during console re-assembly: (windows) circuit breaker wiring might be wrong way round, lights are on regardl...

O.K point taken, advice being worked on, thanks a bunch.

Thanks for the Ground Zero suggestion, presumably these are all four speakers? I don’t have the door tweeter pods, I thought I would research a scheme ”˜on paper’ and then if I felt I could make it work I would search for the appropriate bits. I quite like looking for rare parts. It’s all a bit crac...

89 convertible 320i. The car from new only had front speakers/stereo cassette radio which has stopped working again, and mice have recently found the speaker cones very palatable. So, I intend to install, as ”˜old school’ as possible, 4 speaker system with door tweeters. I have bought an Alpine Ice ...

Hey Brianmoooore, moved forward a lot, many thanks. Feeling a bit stoopid I just turned the temp dial and all was revealed.....coolant saturated black mud on a mid-green fabricky textured flap. Thought I might look into the heater box from above took out the fan, easier to clean out the mud, wipe ro...

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Crazy 3,500 rpm instant 'idle'.

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Convertible front brakes calliper carriers.

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Replace/repair conv. rear wheel arch.

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14â€ rims, what tyres work best?

Can your modern i-phone do this?

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Where have all the Ratcheds gone?

Where have all the Ratcheds gone?

Advice on headlight adjuster mechanism.

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