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Refitted my light bar to work with the new turbo airdam. Flipped it so the spots are high this time and not low like they were before. Also made a center console insert to incorporate my Brantz computer, usb, hazard switch, radio and headset amp. It’s much more solid now and one modular piece instead of generations of cobbled together inserts.

While working on the idle issues with the S14, I noticed that the fan belt would sometimes slip on hard revs. On further inspection, it appeared that the alternator pivot bushing was loose. I pulled the alternator and pressed out the bushing, what a mess. The rubber bushing had turned to black goo. I replaced it with poly and now the alternator is rock solid. Back to tuning my idle. Mark92131

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you might have accidentally uploaded a couple of non 02 related videos there 🙂

after a long slumber and a full nut-and-bolt restoration of the rear subframe/driveline... Brunhilde is back! She's now become the petrol black(silver)sheep in her electron powered flock. But there's still plans for that to change...

I'm hitting the road tomorrow AM to MidAm fest. This is the view this morning out my back patio in Colorado Springs. The severe weather outbreak in the plains/midwest raises my pucker factor way up. I just want to avoid hail as I travel across Kansas.

Heading there today spending the night in Arkadelphia…

I had to butcher the dash up, but I put in one that blows twice as much CFM‘s and actually cools the car…

That is obnoxiously awesome looking.

And I'm BACK!!!! Blast from the past is here to say hi, 2002 FAQ I fully finished restoring the complete rear-subframe/driveline of Brunhilde about a year and a half ago and she's since been sitting in her barn collecting dust. In total its has been 5 years since I last bought petrol.... But in order to get new TUV on the car well... I had to break the streak. 75 euros to fill her up... OUCH! My electro-rocket drives farther on 25 euros... @wegweiser, did you ever get your AFR wideband hooked up, and what jetting did you settle on? I took Brunhilde to a race prep shop nearby Freiburg where I live to get her TUV papers done, and also asked them to spend some time on tuning and jetting. It's been so long since I've messed with DCOE's, I've forgotten so much theory that reading my old posts here I actually sound smart... what happened???? Driving electric cars will do that to you, I guess. They fiddled a little bit, mainly going from the 120 mains to 125's to fatten up WOT at top end, but not sure what else they touched. Still running 36 degrees timing, all-in, tapering back down to 34 at 8000. No flat spots, however in driving it around the last few days on the progression circuit it's eye-wateringly rich. Like, literally my eyes are watering and the fuel smell is giving me a headache. Maybe I've gotten allergic to petrol? On my wide-band, light throttle cruise It hovers between 10.1 and 11, before cracking back up to high 12's/low 13's once the butterflies open up. Need to cut the safety wire on the jet covers and see what ended up in there... can report back. -J Whos grown to love electrons more than hydrocarbons these days... But miss the community and reasons to post here!!! Love you 02faq!

They are sneaky not carbs I believe, look closely and you will see the name Jenvey, I think it’s the Hertage trickery😉

You’ll need new used good cylinder in which you place plates & springs from the old one. Handle needs to come off so door card off. Take broken bits out from bottom of the door.

Actually, I bet the boa would enjoy the cat more.

That’s fine… post my pictures of your cars. That’s fine….🤪 Looks like the Ceylon is standing still Ed Z

Cleaning up the trunk with laser cleaner. I figured out what setting works best for eating through the rubberized coating.

My '76 has a mark on the distributor and the mounting flange (next to the clamp nut) in addition to the TDC mark. When the crank is at TDC (compression stroke), and the rotor is pointing to the TDC mark, and the points are gapped correctly, then the initial timing is "spot on" when the dizzy mark is lined up with the mounting mark. Don't know if this is true for all cars, but worth a look (if you know where to look). This makes removing/installing the dizzy much easier.

I think I'm there with the spring. It's almost certainly part no. 35411108676, which WN describes as a torsion spring for throttle shaft, available at €5.95. Result! Thanks for everyone's help. I'm sure I'll be back here soon...

I like wildlife but I draw the line at my walls. After that, there's no mercy.

dist body is in good shape, as too do the bushes and bearing seem fine. That 'top hat' wheel assy does indeed run on the end of the inner shaft. The toothed wheel just fits down over the last step on the end of the shaft and uses the original counter weight/rotor pedestal assy screw, to retain it. The base of the 'top had' has two bearings that fit that center shaft of the dist. That 'hat' assy always wobbled a bit, which leads me to believe the inner shaft (above the points plate) was bend by the p.o. Swinging the 'off-center' weight, well more so constantly tilting the 'hat' as the shaft rotated, was probably enough stress to snap the shaft. ....i'll go snap a pic of the end...but don't want to disassemble anything yet... want parts in hand, and need to look at the sync of the wheel position and how its timed to the crank before I go messing with it further (try to dig up old HPV-1 instructions) ptegler

I had same problem with dual 40s. Finally figured to advance timing just a touch and now smooth acceleration from idle to redline.

Those compression numbers aren't causing your problem. Leakdown testing is good- but especially if it's the rings, the car should run pretty well. The soot- covered plugs can be from a rich idle- to get a proper plug reading, you've got to get the engine into the range you're concerned about- and run it there for some time. I'd not trust plugs for a street car that's only got a problem in one range. And misfiring can confuse the readings, on top of that. In your plus-fours, I'd do some more diagnosis. A wideband oxygen sensor is only a quick trip to the local muffler shop away. You can use it for temporary diagnosis, or permanently mount it. There are lots of stealth versions, these days. https://www.14point7.com/ Or do the old fashioned EGTs (I used to use 1 wideband and 4 EGTs with the DCOEs.) Or get a clean set of plugs, find an abandoned stretch of road, and do a plug read when it's misfiring. Or even just richen it up, drive through the rich spots, and see if the misfiring gets better... or worse. Then lean it out, and see what happens. But be careful- if it's truly lean, it can crack exhaust valves... t

eh, unless it's DI, it's still a step backwards from KF. t kids these days...

Better living through Chemistry and Analog Devices. #1 Bugs: Spray Fogger/Bug Bomb #2 Mice: TomCat Bait. They love the stuff. #3 Calendar: To remind one when to respray and refill bait traps.

One of the most frustrating/exhilirating times at the local parts yard was when I needed the foglights from a wrecked 4Runner and a wasp nest was right on top of one of them. Had to keep knocking them off (using a hood rod) while on my side looking up and then running 3 cars away to see what happened. Eventually it was enough for them to leave. I really wanted that foglight.

Thanks for your help! Had a look again yesterday: There is a small gap where the oil can run through. With a small pressure pump it worked and new oil is in now 🙂

You need a shop cat. You could also go with a shop boa constrictor, but I feel like you’d enjoy the cat more.

FWIW 0 231 115 072 (a JFUR4 type) The 115 072 was used in the 1600, 1600-2, 1600, 1600 Touring, 1602, and 1800 possible shaft donors: 115 072 was the first replacement for the 0 231 115 048 (JFUR4) used in the 1600, 1600-2, 1600, 1602, and 1800 Other JFUR4 or similar vintage JFR4/JFUD4 dizzys: 115 045, 129 026, 129 033, 180 004, 115 071, 115 081

Hello everyone - In going through the goodies stashed in the trunk of a now not so recent purchase I realized that what I'd thought was the factory service manual is not, but rather a whole bunch of early technical service bulletins. By early, in a quick look I found ones as early as '63 and the latest ones are '68. Anyone have an opinion as to if it's worth the effort to scan them? There's a full three ring binder full of them.

That thing’s a beast.

I have several, you are welcome to one for shipping + a slice of Pizza or $5 whichever is easier. DM me

One other possibility is the o-rings on the rollers are crusted and/or missing. You should be able to find replacements at the local hardware store.

I can testify to this… you could hang meat in Barney’s Turkis car

At one time it would have been a play pen and a stroller , now days it's lawn chairs because us old guys can only stand for about 10 min. before our backs kill us, Ob-la-de Ob-la da life goes on bra.

Follow the good German well respected professor of engineering theory Professor Gooduntite!! Thanks, Rick

stopped by the local cars and coffee...i think the pair of NKs were the stars this morning.

No black widows, but I once climbed into the trunk of a 320i to remove some parts, only to discover that some bees had set up a nest in the same vehicle. Talk about a fast egress!

Below is a great write-up, which I successfully followed to repair my sliders. You are likely missing one of the rollers or some ball bearings, which could be causing your play.

Finished grinding and painting the frame rail “cap” patch yesterday and welded in the inner sill patch on the passenger side today.

I would say definitely the service bulletins that deal with early 1600 and 1600-2 (Tp 114) two door sedans, and secondarily bulletins pertaining to M10 motors dating after the introduction of Tp 114 cars, as those would apply to NK sedans as well as the two doors. You'd be performing a real service to we 02ers, especially those with early cars... mike

I'm not going to be much help, as I have a strong allergy to stants and bagz, but I've never seen an off- the- shelf product that will bagz a 2002. Any strut converzion will werkz, but the stock travel of a 2002 front suspension is relatively short and relatively high for the stants. t please pardon my poor hipster, as it's not my first language.

OOOF this thing is pretty. The part number for them is 51447780135. EDIT: just saw you already figured it out...lol /public/assets/products/358236/large/open-uri20200401-30656-6s7zrk.?1585743327 BMW Grommet - Genuine BMW 51447780135 | FCP Euro WWW.FCPEURO.COM BMW Grommet - Genuine BMW 51447780135

I did the annual Targa 805 rally on Saturday, which is a short half-day rally in the Central Coast area of CA with a small group (~20 cars). My '73 tii was the only 02 present, and there were zero Porsche 911s! There was a 924S and a 944 and a Cayman, but this tends to be a low-key, non-flash group with a couple of ratty Miatas and a Gambler 500-spec Mercedes 300TD wagon in the mix, along with an LS-swapped Volvo 242 and my buddy's '73 Cuda. It was beautiful and green thanks to another unusually wet winter, and there were still a few water crossings, which offer the best way to clean one's windshield after traversing an uphill dirt/gravel road (see second video below). We were in a drought for many years, such things are a novelty out here! My 02 was an absolute tank as usual, soaking up all the ruts and bumps and cattle guards with aplomb. It was a long day of driving, leaving home at 5 AM and 600 total miles, made it home at 9 PM that night (we stopped several times along the way to hang out and then for lunch after the rally). That's about the distance we drove each day during last summer's Alaska trip in this car, so it was a familiar thing

Will Rogers State Beach 71’ 02

Aesthetics aside, didn't Colin Chapman say, "Want to go faster? Add less weight"? (or something like that .........) Mac.

The rim will probably be the limiting factor, not the tire

The beauty is starting to show, I’m very happy with how it’s going back together…

Beautiful to me for sure…Almost finished with paint, our 72 Ceylon Gold tii…

Frau Blucher, nearly ready for the road.

Few beauty shots…