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My good buddy Pierre and I just finished this on my car. Assuming you had absolutely everything you needed and didn't have any hiccups, I would say 10 hours or so to remove everything related to the automatic, 5 hours for the pedal box, 5 hours for wiring and interior and 10 hours to do all the re ...

Well, that's kind of a broad question to ask, especially on a discussion board for 30+ year-old cars.

All 30-year old cars are inherently "unreliable" because of age.


The Japanese cars I've owned (mostly Nissans and Infinitis) I would characterize as being more reliable than their German ...

I wonder if you have a leaking cold start injector, which could be causing the flooded-like condition you allude to. Apologies if you've already covered that in a previous post.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:33 PM, T Hanson <trhanson@earthlink.net ( trhanson@earthlink.net )> wrote:
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I'm not sure about the fuel pump issues - there is an in-tank pump as well as the one you're having so much fun with under the car.

Regarding the "soft" 3k rpm rev limit, I've encountered this several times, and embarrassingly, the most common culprit seems to be that I've usually reattached the ...

I'll apologize in advance if I muddy the waters further.


Greg, I'm not clear on the offensive word either, but I'm guessing it's probably "jap.".I'm guessing that bizz simply meant this as shorthand for "Japanese" rather than in derogatory intent, particularly because he references a '78 520 ...

Thanks everyone! Will give this a try this weekend and report back.

Hi all,

I tried searching the archives before posting this, but didn't have much luck. Pierre and I are embroiled in an auto-to-5speed conversion of my '80 528i. We removed the transmission without the torque converter attached and are now trying to figure out how to keep the engine from turning so ...

See updated sig - the 540 is "Gerard"; I'm a fan of the Spanish National Soccer Team.

You can always siphon it the old fashioned way - by sucking on the hose.

This may seem obvious, but have you verified that you don't have fuel coming out of the output end of the inline pump?

I had a similar problem and it turned out the fuel filter was really that clogged. I had fuel coming out of the pump, but it couldn't get past the very clogged filter ...

Mike,

That makes a lot of sense. The minute I read that, I thought "Yeah, that probably would have worked a lot better."

Of course, I'm now encouraged for the reassembly, and the clutch and manual box will hopefully fit "better" than the automatic and TC per how you've described.

Thanks for the ...

The whole car is in the air on stands. I did some poking around on the board but didn't find much in the way of the easiest way to do this. Hopefully putting it all back together will be much easier. I'm tempted to take good notes and expand on the 5-speed conversion faq.

If I recall correctly, e30s are the fine-splined wheel, and e12s have a coarse spline, so I think the answer to that is no.

I wonder if you have a leaking cold start valve?

Also, you replaced the distributor - have you checked the timing, and made sure the vacuum advance is working properly?


Have you checked the throttle switches for proper adjustment? Also, make sure your oil cap and dipstick are sealing and your ...

If you follow Greg's advice and remove the spark plugs, try turning the engine over by hand just to make sure it's not seized up from age. If it won't turn over, I've found that a little Marvel Mystery Oil in each cylinder and a 4-foot breaker bar on the crankshaft nut will often free up an engine ...