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Welcome to BMW 2002 FAQ
It does not matter if you have had your Vintage BMW since it was new or if you just acquired your first one, whether you have one BMW 2002 or many Neue Klasse cars sitting in your garage, whether it is dedicated race car, or concourse queen, or a crusty daily driver, BMW 2002 FAQ is the place for you.
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Not the 49-Mile Drive-2022 on 10 December__Save the Date!
12/10/2022Not the 49-Mile Drive 2022 on 10 December, 2022 is getting close! UPDATE: We will start the rally at our old location, the West (beach) side of Great Highway across from Beach Chalet in Golden Gate Park. Meet by 9:30 AM so all cars can be off before 10:00 AM. We’re planning for the possibility of finishing near an agglomeration of food trucks where you can buy outdoor nourishment. In any case we still encourage social distancing, masking and other protocol to make sure our rally ca
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Turn Signal and High Beam Indicator light not working
1976 2002 Instrument indicator lights not working. Turn signals and high beams work, hazard switch works as well. I upgraded to a new flasher but prior to that the lights were not working. It appears both just stopped working. Not sure if it is bulbs but it seems odd that both would be bad. Any ideas?
What did you do to your 2002 today !
We had a very useful article deleted by someone Let's collect what you do your 2002 daily again im restarting
hood torsion bar adjustment?
I just got my '76 out of the paint shop (for the second time, don't ask!) and it seems the propensity of the hood to fall with the slightest bump or puff of air has gotten worse. I've searched the archives, and, while there are excellent posts on adjusting the alignment and gaps on the hood, I don't find much useful about adjusting the spring load to hold the hood up. About the only mentions I've found say something to the effect of, "if it wasn't really hard to put it back, you didn't do
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Installing Exhaust Manifold or Header Studs
Written by John Aho Monday, 05 September 2005 Installing Exhaust Manifold or Header Studs By John Aho Studs are designed to be fitted only "finger-tight" into their threaded hole in a casting. However, a locking type of nut (PTN, or prevailing torque nut) is often specified to go on the stud. These two facts present an inherent dilemma. The grip of the PTN on the stud can easily turn the stud when you don't want it to (how often have you removed an exhaust manifold nut and
Renewing Rear Wheel Bearings
Spray castle nuts with penetrating oil several times over a course of a few days and let it to break loose surface tension rust and corrosion. Jack up and support vehicle Remove tire Remove cotter pin Replace tire and lower car to ground Apply parking brake and car in Neutral Loosen up castle nut with 36mm socket and long handlebar Jack up and support vehicle again and release parking brake Remove tire, castle nut and drum brake Heat hub for about 15 minutes. Rotate h
Engine Identification
The majority of ‘02’s retain their original factory engines. Each car’s original factory engine was stamped with an engine number that matched that car’s VIN. More specifically, the engine’s block was stamped with this engine number or VIN. Thus, even when the VIN and engine number match, you still might want to do some sleuthing to see, for instance, if the engine’s head might be original to the car. One cannot simply assume that an original block will be accompanied by an original head.
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Freeing Stuck Rear Brake Adjusters
One of my least favorite jobs on a 2002 is adjusting the rear brake shoes in order to lessen the brake pedal travel. In principle, it's easy—you just pull off the rear wheels, take a 17mm open-end wrench, put it on each of the two adjusting nuts on the backing plate behind each brake drum, rotate the drum, turn the adjuster until you can hear and feel the shoe rubbing against the drum, back the adjuster off a tiny bit, do the other adjuster, then move to the other side and do the same on the oth
Front Strut Replacement The Hack Mechanic Way
Front Strut Replacement Overview Okay. It's time to replace your front struts. Maybe you're doing it as part of a shocks-and-struts job. Maybe you're updating the entire suspension—shocks and struts, springs, and sway bars. Maybe you're doing a full front end refresh including ball joints, tie rods, center track link, and idler bushings. Maybe you're doing an undercarriage refresh and are sandblasting and repainting the subframe and strut housings at the same time. W
Chillin' Louie: To Coldly Blow (Part IX: Firing it up, buttoning it up)
Okay, with the compressor and bracket, condenser and fan, evaporator assembly, receiver-drier, hoses, and wiring installed, it was time to fire it up, then button it up. Similarly, with the project itself complete, it's time to button up this series of articles. As such, this is a long piece that touches on a number of topics. Leak detection There's a whole chapter in my a/c book devoted to leak detection, and specifically to the use of nitrogen or other dry inert gas to
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Get Your Ice Outta Here (and the tar too)
So this adventure started back when I first bought Conrad. I checked for rust everywhere, being sure to use a hammer to test the integrity of the metal everywhere on the body. For a car that (I think) lived it's entire life in Oregon before I brought it to Utah, the rust was surprisingly limited. I knew there was rust around the gas tank, and a little probing of the front valance revealed rust in the usual spot. The floors however, felt sold. A year later, during a thorough cleaning
Disassembly Continues...
As I have some time here and there, I've been continuing to take things apart. The front and rear suspension have been completely removed and fully disassembled. Overall things came apart very easily. There was plenty of dirt in areas. The rear subframe have about 3/4" of dirt built up on it, but on the plus side the subframe itself looks nearly new underneath all the dirt. Either way everything will get blasted and refinished. I found a set of Bilstein inserts in the front that look decent. I'l
Flocking the Glovebox, not the Christmas Tree
Another small project down...restoring the glovebox. I needed to restore the super crusty, ugly glovebox, and found several posts here on the FAQ and some additional info on YouTube to help with this flocking adventure. Here is what I needed for this project: - Acetone - metal scraper - gloves - flocking fibers - adhesive/paint - flocking applicator - large plastic tub - 2 small cheap paintbrushes - denatured alcohol
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