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The LONG road to a S14 swap

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No brakes!

At the time of the test drive I the car pulled to the left pretty hard, I figured this was due to not being driven for quite some time. After getting it home and doing a couple laps of the neighborhood I realized that the right front caliper was not functioning properly, the surface rust on the disc was still present after several attempts at hard stops. I got a brake bleed kit and attempted to bleed the caliper but no fluid came out. I pulled the caliper off and no fluid exited the line, I also

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Brake light problems

I had 2 major issues that needed to be addressed with the brake lights. The first problem I had was that the fuse for the brake lights kept blowing, the PO had changed the carb over and there is a wire that runs from the carb to the #5 fuse. I am not sure what the carb needs power for, thoughts? The brake lights would stop operating at the same time an extremely rough idle would occur. I traced the wire from the fuse back to the carb and found that the insulation had rubbed off and the wire was

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Thermostat, water pump, and hose replacement

Oh overheating. Driving the car around the neighborhood and taking it for a few drives close to home the temperature spiked a couple times. Some times it would get close to red on the temp gage and cool off, some times it would go into the red. When it didn’t correct itself quickly I shut the car off and waited for it to cool down. The coolant was topped off and the radiator didn’t overflow when it got hot. After reading some info on the site the next time it got hot I felt the radiator hoses a

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Door Latch Adjustment

Kernel, kernel, kernel… the answer to door problems is (almost always) kernel. I had never heard of this amazing piece of German engineering, critical to keeping owners from furiously slamming their doors. I may or may not have called a welding friend to add material to the latch in the are where it looked like it had warn away over time. I also may or may not have seen a kernel on a door latch in a CoupeKing restoration picture and asked Erik what that “thimble” like device was and where I coul

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Finding my car

Thanks for looking in on this blog. I have been reading this site for a while and you guys have all imparted a great deal of knowledge. Your restoration, conversion, and upgrade blogs stoked a desire for me to purchase, restore, and upgrade a 2002 of my own. My car is a 1969 2002 in Polaris silver. I have been a huge fan of BMW’s for as long as I remember, not sure if it was mom’s E30 325i or dads K1100LT, both? The first car I ever purchased was an 83 633csi, and I’ve had 2 BMW motorcycles. I

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