Need e30 mechanic

[Matt-B]

Look a few posts up, there was a time when I knew nothing about cars, we are always constantly learning, go buy a cheap basic socket set, some screw drivers etc, and get to wrenching you LEARN BY DOING IT.

There was a girl kristen on e30tech that basically did her own m50, and she had not wrenched much before.

get on it

[IRON-E]

Look a few posts up, there was a time when I knew nothing about cars, we are always constantly learning, go buy a cheap basic socket set, some screw drivers etc, and get to wrenching you LEARN BY DOING IT.

There was a girl kristen on e30tech that basically did her own m50, and she had not wrenched much before.

get on it

Does anyone remember e30fools*wife? That girl was or is a wrencher and she's beast at it, she use buy and sell junkyard parts, she was awesome.

[White325is]

Depending if I work Saturday or not maybe I can roll out your way and help a little?
Do you hav a new FPR? Make a list of what you need done and I will see what I can do. Dont take my word on it though.
Im lucky to get time to work on my own shit. haha.

[Redfox]

Depending if I work Saturday or not maybe I can roll out your way and help a little?
Do you hav a new FPR? Make a list of what you need done and I will see what I can do. Dont take my word on it though.
Im lucky to get time to work on my own shit. haha.

I'm going to give it my best shot referring to the DIY link. I gotta pick up a new fpr still anyway. If I absolutely fail at it then ill contact you, I really appreciate your help.

As for what was said above, that's my goal in the long run. I want to be as knowledgeable and able as everyone else here. But cut me some slack, I'm still a baby at all of this. I appreciate the "tough love" though.

[White325is]

May I suggest..

http://cgi.ebay.com/BMW-3-Series-E30-NEW-Bentley-Service-Manual-1984-1990-/160577228579?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2563260f23

[Redfox]

May I suggest..

http://cgi.ebay.com/BMW-3-Series-E30...item2563260f23

When I get back to a computer ill take a look at it. Thank you for your help.

[Predzy743]

Mike my man. Thats a great suggestion even tho I dont even have one. But there amazing books.

Rachel. Tomorrow after 3 ill fix your car. Ill take the fuel pressure regulator off my rebuilt motor and replace the fuel lines for you. Give me some time to test some wires to see why the dash lights arent working. You need a new turn signal stalk with a good resistor. Ill mount your m3 wing afterwards if I have time. Sound good?

[White325is]

Mike my man. Thats a great suggestion even tho I dont even have one. But there amazing books.

Rachel. Tomorrow after 3 ill fix your car. Ill take the fuel pressure regulator off my rebuilt motor and replace the fuel lines for you. Give me some time to test some wires to see why the dash lights arent working. You need a new turn signal stalk with a good resistor. Ill mount your m3 wing afterwards if I have time. Sound good?

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If he doesnt do said above for you tomorrow after 3 I will drive out just to kick him in his dinkie.

Sound good?

:D

[Predzy743]

hahaha. please say no good. Mike question for you. Her hazard lights, dash lights, and blinkers dont work. All fuses are good. Im thinking thats from a blow relay. The blinkers were really fast when she bought the car, no blown exterior marker bulbs. Now they make a buzzing noise.

I accidentally cut the rear ashtray light wires, and now her dash lights wont work. I connected the wires back and no lights still. Check fuses. nothing. whats your take on that?

[Redfox]

Mike my man. Thats a great suggestion even tho I dont even have one. But there amazing books.

Rachel. Tomorrow after 3 ill fix your car. Ill take the fuel pressure regulator off my rebuilt motor and replace the fuel lines for you. Give me some time to test some wires to see why the dash lights arent working. You need a new turn signal stalk with a good resistor. Ill mount your m3 wing afterwards if I have time. Sound good?

Dude, all I care about is that its running. Everything else is an after thought, you can tell me to Fuck myself when you're done if you want. Ill give you cash tomorrow, just let me watch what you are doing. Don't worry about the wires or wing. It's not worth the stress. I just need it to run.

[mkoneod]

Depending if I work Saturday or not maybe I can roll out your way and help a little?
Do you hav a new FPR? Make a list of what you need done and I will see what I can do. Dont take my word on it though.
Im lucky to get time to work on my own shit. haha.

Let me know son because I should be in this area on Saturday if all of my plans to leave West Chester on Friday work out....

Replacing an FPR and fuel lines on a peaceful Sat can be made to happen...

Just need to keep my friday from issues...

[White325is]

hahaha. please say no good. Mike question for you. Her hazard lights, dash lights, and blinkers dont work. All fuses are good. Im thinking thats from a blow relay. The blinkers were really fast when she bought the car, no blown exterior marker bulbs. Now they make a buzzing noise.

I accidentally cut the rear ashtray light wires, and now her dash lights wont work. I connected the wires back and no lights still. Check fuses. nothing. whats your take on that?

If all the blinkers worked but blinked fast it can be caused by having the wrong bulbs installed or a bad ground.
If you cut the rear ashtray light and now none of the lights work you blew a fuse. Id just run through and check them all with a test light.






Now my question is this, did the problem with the lights happen after the radio was installed?

[Predzy743]

Yessir it did. do we have a winner? what happened? Never had this problem before and did the wiring many times. But when the stereo was installed. I had all the dash lights on and everything. I was checking intrument cluster bulbs with the stereo already hooked up

[White325is]

Yeah, the radio will work but no dash lights and still blow fuse 23 usually.
Im gonna say the radio was installed wrong. It can all be fixed by unhooking one wire.
I dont know off the top of my head what one it is. But I ran into this problem on a customers car two weeks ago.
Give me a minute and I will figure it out.

[White325is]

Black to brown.
Red to purple with grey stripe.
Yellow to red with green stripe.
Then hook up your power antenna to the white wite. I usually hook up the antenna to the switched power which should be the purple with grey stripe.

All should be well with the lights then..