The WORST job on E30

[Jean]

Subframe ? No, that's cakewalk.

Headliner? Not that bad.

It's gotta be the windshield wiper mechanism replacement. Not the electric motor, but the whole assembly. OMFG what a PITA.

Mine actually broke on the driver side, how I have no idea. It worked fine until one morning on the way to work in heavy rain it decided to break and resulted in the left/right side no longer working in sync with each other.

Bentley says to remove the dash/ac/heater box... terrible!

[brian52555]

Just rip em out, plug the holes, and run rain-x.

=)

[nrubenstein]

No kidding. It was a giant freaking pain in the ass pulling it from a shell with no engine that was getting hauled away. I smashed the heater box on that car. :p. Was kind of satisfying.

[Raxe]

Yup, that is probably the worst job. Did my drivers side a couple years ago.

Replacing the sunroof cables can be a PITA too.

[e30Rooster]

mono wiper took me almost all day to do. probably wont ever do it again.

[bmwstephen]

so jean did you actually remove the dash and stuff?

[jrobie79]

it really is the most frustrating, pain in the ass job......that FUCKING blower motor housing is the devil

[SamE30e]

Last time I wrenched on an E30 was at work... Doing a recall....

Yep, 20 years later... Recall on a 325ic.

Heater bypass valve on a M20, pretty cake but everything broke.

[TurboJake]

It makes it a lot easier to pull the dash and heater box.

But, It's the biggest PITA By far on the entire car.

[Wishno87]

I would have to agree. I have a monowiper but I dont want to install it.

[Jean]

so jean did you actually remove the dash and stuff?

I've removed/reinstalled e30 dash probably 5 times and can do it with my eyes closed but it's a STUPID design where you have to remove the dash TO remove the heaterbox TO remove/replace the windshield wiper assembly.

[E30_pilot]

Yeah def the most poorly design part of the whole car. On my friends car the driver side broke and we used a screw and cloth hangers to keep it attached. Ghetto but it work for the winter.

[mr.vang]

i though it was the same process as an e36. e36 was a piece of cake

[416stroker]

Don't worry about it- racecar.

[Jean]

i though it was the same process as an e36. e36 was a piece of cake

Then it wouldn't be an issue would it ? :)