Hartge h26 project.....the long road:) Oct 2014 begins:)

[Bimmer_man]

Hey i was looking at your exhaust tip and i thin the angled tip may fill in the area better. IDK if im right im sure raul will correct me but i think your car used the curved hartge tip. Car still looks amazing man. im pretty jealous.

[2002jm]

good eye:)

Hey i was looking at your exhaust tip and i thin the angled tip may fill in the area better. IDK if im right im sure raul will correct me but i think your car used the curved hartge tip. Car still looks amazing man. im pretty jealous.

The po of the rear valance cut a small section out of the valance. The exhaust shop guy had to move the whole cat back over about 2 inches and center it the best he could. When we first put the valance on, the right tip was behind the valance:). He had to do some fancy cutting to get it centered....however in doing so it looks like it is off by about a inch. Maybe the angled one would work better, but this is what I could find:).
Car gets detailed today, on it's way to a cars/coffee on Sat. Looking forward to seeing all the other bmws at this meet.....

[TimeMachinE30]

The po of the rear valance cut a small section out of the valance. The exhaust shop guy had to move the whole cat back over about 2 inches and center it the best he could. When we first put the valance on, the right tip was behind the valance:). He had to do some fancy cutting to get it centered....however in doing so it looks like it is off by about a inch. Maybe the angled one would work better, but this is what I could find:).
Car gets detailed today, on it's way to a cars/coffee on Sat. Looking forward to seeing all the other bmws at this meet.....

So far away for me... must be a great sense of pride. Well done.

[2002jm]

thanks

So far away for me... must be a great sense of pride. Well done.

Thank you,it has been a fun project and now it is coming to an end....but I made a mistake:)
According to the German paper work, my car had the mono-windshield wiper:)...that is going to be hard to find!!! Anyone have one they want to sell....cheap:)
So decals get made in the next few weeks and then hopefully they go on in Sept....
jm

[Bimmer_man]

Hey man get ahold of raul. He has a few and he's having one reproduced. I don't think he'll sell you one of his but he sends me links all the time to hartge stuff.

[TimeMachinE30]

Yes, try Raul.

I found a brand new one with miniwiper. Not sure if they all have that. There is a detailed thread on linkage modification. Ive seem 10mm and 11mm measures used. I think Raul has something in the works.

[2002jm]

thanks

Yes, I will pm Raul and see what he has going. I think there might be a chance I can do the linkage mod, but I need to find the cover for the driver side wiper.
thanks for the info..appreciated!
jm

[TimeMachinE30]

The single arm wipers all seem to be the same. The linkages may be in-house creations as I just saw an ACSchnitzer stamped linkage assembly. I was too cheap and lost the auction.

I intend to do the modification as well. Need to get a spare from the yard.



This arm is brand new. The metal is all stil shiny, yellow zinc colored and the miniwiper is untouched. I lucked out with ACNico. He is another helpful source.

[2002jm]

The single arm wipers all seem to be the same. The linkages may be in-house creations as I just saw an ACSchnitzer stamped linkage assembly. I was too cheap and lost the auction.

I intend to do the modification as well. Need to get a spare from the yard.



This arm is brand new. The metal is all stil shiny, yellow zinc colored and the miniwiper is untouched. I lucked out with ACNico. He is another helpful source.

That is a beautiful part!!
Yeh, most likely will do the mod this winter...not that the car will be out in the rain:)
thanks for sharing the above information.
jm

[2002jm]

took car in for a tune

Well, decided while I was waiting for the decals I would take the h26 for a tune. We are putting an 02 on the exhaust and then a wide band sensor on to car to see how it is doing while driving. Found some more vac. leaks, but they will be easy to fix. Found a few other little projects to work on. Hope to get some pictures up from the shop tomorrow....fun times.
jm

[TimeMachinE30]

Any recent beauty shots?

How is the interior?

What parts are you still searching for?

[2002jm]

will do with pictures

I need the hartge rear shocks and the monowiper:). Shocks are crazy expensive!!!
I am picking the car up tomorrow, so hope to get some pictures at the shop.
Also, have a guy looking for the full black sport seat covers over in Germany...then I can finish the interior... decals should be done in a week, so they will go on next:)
The gauge senders are on their way, got one yesterday so when I have time, I will hook up the gauges.
Still have tons of little things to fix, but now everything works on the car...finally!
:)
jm

[2002jm]

little update

The past few weeks have been tune up time. Had the h26 in the shop to check timing and mixture etc. Found a few more vac leaks and reset the timing....but now the idle is too high.Will be taking it back in to set it to 10 btdc and idle at 850rpm, which is where it is suppose to be. Right now it is at 13 btdc....not going to work very well....:)
I replaced lots of vac lines, found an Audi hose on the car:), and sealed up everything I could find:):


Replaced some more fuel hose:). Anyone have a red diag. port cap:)
Got this little tank:), maybe someday I will get the rest of the headlight wiper system...

more of the engine bay, cleaning some more....found out that the headers can be coated for about 200.00...maybe next year:)
Finally got the door trim piece on...the other one was black...now it is bent

Another fun shot of the cluster:)

Gathering all the parts to get these working....almost there, just have to get the oil temp sender.....

New parts in the trunk....got the carpet in, and the trunk trim on.....


oh and found a really nice kick panel for under the steering wheel at the junk yard. yeh 3.00:).
Decals are being reproduced and will go on in Sept....car is getting done!
Drives nice, but like I said it will drive better when the idle is at 850.....
More later.......

[_kanon]

I might want to sell you my head light wipers... debating it. I don't even know if they've worked. They've worked once but after that... not too sure. It's coming a long great by the way. I love watching for updates here.

Cheers my friend! Let me know if you ever find a hartge badge for the rear. That's all i really want now hartge wise hah.

[2002jm]

I might want to sell you my head light wipers... debating it. I don't even know if they've worked. They've worked once but after that... not too sure. It's coming a long great by the way. I love watching for updates here.

Cheers my friend! Let me know if you ever find a hartge badge for the rear. That's all i really want now hartge wise hah.

Thanks for the post, and I sent you a pm. I will keep my eye out for a rear hartge badge for you...
Forgot to mention the rear sunshade will be fixed this week too....has not worked for years because the clips broke...:), new clips coming in the mail!!!!
jm