Awesome man. This is great detective work.
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Originally posted by jeenyus View PostAwesome man. This is great detective work.
Very hard to find modern equivalent electronic parts for this old stuff
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Originally posted by mike.bmw View PostYour touring is looking great! Are you using a new camera?
Just to echo with jeenyus said, excellent job tracking down the wiper components and finding a suitable replacement. It's nice when you can actually get in touch with a knowledgable person at a company.
Still using my Google Pixel 3 :)
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Last parts to refurbish for the SWRA system were the rubber wiper blades.
Took some fiddling to get them fitted. There is also a spring metal plate in the wipers picture here
And fitted, after the first try I noticed I had them positioned wrong on this picture
Video of it working:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4q...ature=youtu.be
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Originally posted by mike.bmw View PostThose are super cool. Based on all your refurbishment, they should last a long time.
I also received some small extra parts today.
When testing the system I notice that the valves at the washer jets leaked quite a bit so I got some new ones.
As well as some bushings for the gas pedal as it's quite stiff and squeaky
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Last week I got contacted by another member (also from Belgium) with the question if I could 3D print some parts for his E30 project.
He wanted me to print the fuel line clips that hold the fuel lines fixed above the fuel tank.
After getting the clips, I took them to work with me and after hours I scanned the profile on the CMM.
I remember mine were also pretty broken when replacing the fuel tank a year, maybe even 2 years ago.
After some modelling in Solidworks.. I decided to make the bracket one single thickness + used a nice draft on the center section so I didn't need to print supports.
And a quick test making sure it works before printing several others
Happy with the finished result
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Originally posted by Chris_SF View PostYour car looks great! My rear boot is also very squeaky...can you document what you end up doing to get it to stop rattling?
Make sure that the hook that latches also is adjusted properly and the lid can't flop around in the latch itself. I think I got it pretty close now but only a test drive will tell.
It's been pretty quiet on the E30 update wise. I haven't driven it a whole lot to be honest.. I now have two weeks off from work and I started looking at the central locking.
A while back I noticed something falling inside my driver side door when locking the car, this meant that I could from then on only double lock the car (before I could also lock it by turning it 45deg, but I double locked it pretty much always..)
I've never been able to really use the passenger side lock but after some research I think I know what my problem is, me. lol
Since I always double locked, this made the passenger side and trunk lock unusable to unlock the car. However, when the car is unlocked I can lock it with the passenger side and trunk lock.
But not knowing this prior to removing the door cards today, I had a look at the passenger lock and then I remembered something had broken off so I removed the drivers side doorcard as well.
After looking inside the drivers side door, I found the following parts from the lock assembly, that can't be good ;)
New rebuild kit ordered from the dealer, as I have a passenger side kit already on hand, I think I'll rebuild both locks just to be sure.
I've got a couple things planned as well like a transmission rebuild and the quick ratio steering I posted a while back.
But that won't be until the weather starts getting worse/colder again, since I won't be using the car anyway.
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostEvery time I see this car, I want a touring
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