Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 12-05-2018, 10:43 PM |
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Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 11-28-2018, 09:25 PM |
Replies: 2 Views: 3,076 California roof parts 318ti Located in La Quinta California. This is an Oregon titled car with tags good through 12/2019. Did a 30 mile run up to a 50th HS reunion back at the end of October. The next day it ran poorly and... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 07-21-2015, 04:24 PM |
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Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 07-12-2015, 07:00 PM |
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Forum: US and North America 07-12-2015, 06:54 PM |
Replies: 6 Views: 1,870 You were able to do it with your girl brain?... You were able to do it with your girl brain? wowee. :cool: I failed at a rebuild, but mostly blame it on overly stripped plastic gears, even though I flipped them. Been a year and don't remember,... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 07-12-2015, 04:41 PM |
Replies: 11 Views: 4,045 Independence, near Salem. Hey - we talked last... Independence, near Salem. Hey - we talked last fall - nearly saw you on our snowbird trip south but was fried - two cars loaded full and a cat who was not happy. Paced a Cali with a young lady... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 07-12-2015, 04:30 PM |
Replies: 11 Views: 4,045 California Roof Couldn't let this go away - found a 9/1997 California Roof 318ti in the local junkyard. Scored the sunroof motor for my car (and it works great and is a joy). Had the yard cut the complete roof... |
Forum: Lounge 10-23-2014, 02:21 AM |
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Forum: NorCal 10-16-2014, 02:09 AM |
Replies: 0 Views: 6,209 blue Sacramento Cali sighted You: in a blue California roof on I5 just south of Sacramento about 3:45 Today, Wednesday. Me: in a silver California roof next to you waving and grinning big time. My gal got candid shots of us... |
Forum: NorCal 10-11-2014, 09:42 PM |
Replies: 4 Views: 7,484 Was at a sorta local yard looking for whatever... Was at a sorta local yard looking for whatever was there - not much, but grabbed a handful of plastic fasteners for future use. On my way out of the yard I walked past a blue BMW I had missed. ... |
Forum: SoCal 10-01-2014, 03:54 PM |
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Forum: Lounge 09-29-2014, 06:26 PM |
Replies: 302 Views: 85,590 Just dropped the little sausage off at the body... Just dropped the little sausage off at the body shop for some sprucing up - afterwards it is off to the frontend shop for new front control arms and thrust bushings and alignment before going south... |
Forum: Lounge 09-29-2014, 02:51 PM |
Replies: 302 Views: 85,590 BlackBMWs - OT, but I see you had a 533i. Me... BlackBMWs - OT, but I see you had a 533i. Me too! Mine was my first BMW, an '83. Outstanding thick leather upholstery, though the horsehair padding and springs broke down - but the seats were... |
Forum: Lounge 09-28-2014, 03:48 PM |
Replies: 354 Views: 174,490 Buttless Bimmer. Or the little sausage. Years... Buttless Bimmer. Or the little sausage. Years ago we read something about all BMWs being "the same sausage but different lengths". While I really don't believe that, my gal will ask if we are... |
Forum: Engine 09-26-2014, 11:14 PM |
Replies: 4 Views: 2,018 Ah yes - year is handy in diagnosis - 4/1997... Ah yes - year is handy in diagnosis - 4/1997 build date, so I guess secondary air pump is a strong possibility.. Wasn't making that noise before in my 1 month history with the car though. Any idea... |
Forum: Engine 09-25-2014, 03:39 PM |
Replies: 4 Views: 2,018 Weird startup whine? On cold starts, seems to ramp up at start and then goes away within 4-5 blocks of driving. My ears say it is from some piece of gear near the end of the intake manifold - dunno what it is. Sounds... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 09-22-2014, 03:47 AM |
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Forum: SoCal 09-13-2014, 04:50 PM |
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Forum: eBay and Craig's list listings 09-12-2014, 06:44 AM |
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Forum: eBay and Craig's list listings 09-10-2014, 07:14 PM |
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Forum: Electrical 09-10-2014, 06:10 PM |
Replies: 1 Views: 995 inexpensive new key cut? My understanding is that the keys have a chip which must be present to be identified to allow the car to start. Was in a dealership yesterday and the parts guy mentioned that the black plastic... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 09-02-2014, 05:52 AM |
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Forum: Interior and ICE 08-29-2014, 09:41 PM |
Replies: 210 Views: 176,466 My new-to-me '97 Cali has a black fabric... My new-to-me '97 Cali has a black fabric headliner that is sagging. Doesn't seem to be like the foam-backed fabric that sagged on my old '93 525it - that stuff was horrible and couldn't really be... |
Forum: Parting out & Parts (US) 08-29-2014, 08:39 PM |
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Forum: US and North America 08-29-2014, 08:36 PM |
Replies: 7 Views: 2,124 |