Newbie 325i Auto Saloon Owner-a few questions!

[M3KUK]

Hi, just bought a 325i Auto Saloon and have a few questions.
Car must have been struck by lightning or something as
loads of the electrics don't work!

Some advice please on the following not working,
Electric aerial,
Central locking, also Drivers door wont lock on key,
Speedo side dashboard light,
Pass side rear elec window,
Pass side headlight wiper,
Heater Blower motor,
Heated rear window,
Cig lighter.

etc, etc!

Thanks Mike.

[BenHar]

Central locking, also Drivers door wont lock on key,

Welcome to the zone.

Get a lock repair kit from the dealers.

http://www.billswebspace.com/BMWE30Door ... ebuild.htm

Ben

[M3KUK]

Cheers mate! How much is the kit?

[Brianmoooore]

Some advice please on the following not working,
Electric aerial,

Find white/red parallel twin wire behind glovebox, check red is connected to red/yellow from accessories socket and white is connected to radio.

Central locking, also Drivers door wont lock on key,

Look up "red/black wire" mod., and carry it out. Quite common for driver's door not to work on the key if central locking isn't working, because of a lack of 'power assistance". May be just lack of lubrication and/or a seized swivelling L shaped alloy piece at the reaqr of the lock barrel. Remove door card and check.

Speedo side dashboard light,

Failed bulb. Ensure the replacement is a 3W version, and not the more common 5W version, or things WILL melt.

Pass side rear elec window,

Probably a switch in need of cleaning. All are identical, so swap over with others on the car ones to check. Note that both the switch in the front, and the one on the door card have to be good for the window to work.

Pass side headlight wiper,

Almost certainly the output shaft has seized in the mounting bush. Easy to open up and sort. Open up the LH one, and lubricate that as well.

Heater Blower motor,

Usually seized or stiff motor after thirty years on no lubrication. Can usually be brought fully back to life, but motor has to be removed to do so. Fan speed resistor may have given up as well, after being overloaded by the stiff motor.

Heated rear window,

Probably one of the connection pads to the elements has broken off. Either faff around with silver conductive epoxy paint, or replace window. Check for power across the connectors at each side of the screen with a 12 volt bulb, but be careful not to break the connector blocks while doing so if they are still intact.

Cig lighter.

Unusual, unless it's simply the fuse (twenty eight) has blown. If it has, check for pins, silver paper, etc, in the bottom of the lighter socket. Same fuse for aerial, so may be the problem with that as well.

[M3KUK]

Thanks very much!