Jump to content

Mike Self

Solex
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    19,304

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    158

  • Feedback

    0%

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Mike Self

  1. Mike Self
    Last chance to sign up/participate in this year's Vintage caravan. Departing Dayton OH Thursday at 7:30 am with rendezvous points in N. KY and at the Buck-ee's further south on I-75. Then across east KY and TN on US 25E and thence to Asheville. Arrive at the host hotel at dinner time on Thursday. Return trip on Sunday. If interested in joining up at the start or en route, PM me for a detailed route and rendezvous points. Cheers mike
  2. Mike Self
    And not only cars. I saw it on several Subaru (and VW) flat fours powering 7/8 scale WW I fighter aircraft that participated in the "Dawn Patrol", a fly-in at the Air Force Museum here in Dayton. Quite the universal carburetor. mike
  3. Mike Self
    What will make a significant difference in cabin noise is good padding under the carpet (think household carpet padding) including the tranny tunnel, and something in the void under the back seat. It could be sturdy bags of styrofoam peanuts, chunks of closed cell foam packing or even thick pieces of styrofoam packing cut to fit. then hang a piece of carpet padding from the two hooks that hold the rear seat back and you'll notice a lack of booming and resonance with that void filled up. mike
  4. Mike Self
    Funky idle with no change when messing with the mixture screws is almost always a vacuum leak somewhere. Check all the usual suspects including the vacuum line to the dizzy if it has vacuum advance. Also check the power brake booster hose--esp the little short one between the manifold and the one way valve. It doesn't take much of a leak to upset the idle. You can use a can of carb cleaner or starting fluid sprayed around suspected leaks (be CAREFUL doing this) to see if that affects the idle. And keep flying the 02 flag for the rest of us! mike
  5. Mike Self
    Another consideration, although relatively minor at this point considering your plans for the car: the color. Black 2002s are very uncommon, especially roundies. I suspect yours has been repainted, and I'll bet you can find the original color somewhere hidden--in the engine compartment, under the trunk floor etc. You can also e-mail BMW Classic at the factory in Germany, quote the car's VIN and they can tell you its assembly date, where it was delivered (to the US importer or overseas delivery) and its original color. I've refurbished two 2002s over the years and they both turned out well without a rotisserie restoration. There are tricks to repainting without removing the windshield and backlight that will give an invisible part line. And leave the M10 engine in the car. Tweak it up with compression, a cam, carbs even a MegaSquirt EFI, but don't do an engine swap. Nice, unmolested 02s bring good $$ when sold, ad are easier to sell than those with major mods--engine swaps etc. They are way fun to drive even stock... And BTW, welcome to the 02 fraternity/sorority! mike PS--be sure and register it on the FAQ roster...
  6. Mike Self
    I believe there's a guy in Sarasota who's knowledgeable about tii's. Try PM-ing Zouave--he's in Sarasota, has a tii and has mentioned a person there who I believe has worked on his car. mike
  7. Mike Self
    Go to the hardware store armed with the cap from the other carb to get the right sizes. Find a "fender washer" (large OD, small center hole) that's the proper size. get either a wing nut or regular nut with the proper threads, and an appropriately sized flat and lock washer get an O-ring that matches the OD of the fender washer, and a second one to go under the flat washer. Assemble on the stud: big o-ring; fender washer, small o-ring, small flat washer, lock washer, wing nut or nut. Tighten appropriately. in an emergency you can substitute cut up polyethylene lids for the two O-rings. mike
  8. Mike Self
    If you can trim the roundel down to the white outer rim (so no black vinyl shows) you can glue it to the seat with a flexible glue like contact cement or S6000. If it comes off, the glue can be removed with your fingernail and no damage to the seat vinyl. mike
  9. Mike Self
    Truth be told, I've never had a knee trim piece come off due to a clip failure. Rocker panel trim, yes--especially with the white clips (actually meant for an E21), but the original black ones were NLA for a long time. Now they're available again. Hah! I won a bagful at the recent Mid America 02Fest door prize drawing! mike
  10. Mike Self
    A 34 ICH is too small for a 1600, much less a 2002...the stock carb on a 1600 was a 38mm Solex, and a 40 mm Solex was the one barrel of choice for the 68-early 72 2002s... mike
  11. Mike Self
    See you at Vintage...I'll probably be driving my "2002 of the 90s", a bright red E30 318is, license plate "A 91'02"... Mike
  12. Mike Self
    Check the accelerator pump circuit--depressing the accelerator pedal (engine off) should produce a healthy squirt of fuel from the pump nozzle in the primary barrel. No squirt = trash in the passage that feeds the pump a bad diaphragm (did you replace it when you rebuilt the carb?) pump linkage not installed correctly a clogged pump nozzle Check it out. mike
  13. Mike Self
    The turn signals' wiring passes through the emergency flasher switch, and problems inside that switch can affect turn signal operation, as both systems use the same flasher relay. Turn signals function only with the ignition on, while emergency flashers can function all the time. I wrote a column on troubleshooting and dismantling/repairing the emergency flasher switch (pushbutton style); PM me if you'd like a copy. That may be your problem. mike
  14. Mike Self
    If you have the pushbutton style emergency flasher switch on the console (modell 71 and later cars) as they age they can develop a nasty habit of turning themselves on, thus draining the battery if you let 'em flash for more than a few hours. If your flasher button won't stay in, I wrote a column about dismantling and troubleshooting those switches, including how to fix the button's predilection for self-actuating in a more elegant way than jamming a toothpick in the button. PM me if you'd like a copy. mike
  15. Mike Self
    I kinda like John76's suggestion about a backed out exhaust stud. A loose exhaust manifold could account for the chuffing sound, and leaking oil onto or into the exhaust manifold would account for the smoke. One more thought--a leaking M/C will deposit brake fluid into the booster, which is then sucked into the intake manifold. Brake fluid burns nicely, and will emit a lighter colored smoke than oil... mike
  16. Mike Self
    204k on my 73 before a blown head gasket suggested a rebuild...at teardown the cylinder bores showed less than .003 wear, and the crank showed no measurable wear. Now has 276k still on the original alternator and starter... 227k on my '69; water passage eroded into a combustion chamber at 157k. Had the head welded up, ground the valves and installed E30 valve stem seals. Otherwise, the engine's innards are all original. Pan's never been off, original starter, alternator, tranny and diff... We bought a new 85 Buick Century; took the dealer over a year to diagnose a thump as a defective drive belt; never did find an intermittent electrical problem; clear coat started to peel at 18 months. Sold it at 63k; tranny died at 64k. Our one and only foray into GM ownership... mike
  17. Mike Self
    I've been in the past, but probably won't make it this year...after Mid America, Vintage and (probably) Deutsche Marque at the Gilmore Museum, my dance card's pretty full 😁.
  18. Mike Self
    There are two different factory accessory locking gas caps with pivoting keyhole covers (and a third one with no cover). The cap with the round, pot metal cover is correct for roundies; for squarelights, there's one with a lozenge-shaped stainless steel cover, and one without a cover. I had the very devil of a time finding a key blank to fit the roundie gas cap lock. Of the batch of ten keys ordered by my local hardware store--all carrying the same number--only two would actually insert into the keyhole. But to answer your question, yes, given the correct key blank, a competent locksmith should be able to make a key for that lock. BTW the early (roundie) locks are hard to find,so if your car's a roundie, unless the seller wants something exorbitant for his cap, it would be worth a shot. And if you can't get a key made, simply grind off the locking tang and use it as a regular cap. Most would-be gas pirates won't even try to loosen if they see a lock on it. mike
  19. Mike Self
    Busy driving back from Mid America 02Fest yesterday so didn't post, but on 3 May 1969 I took delivery of my Nevada sunroof '69, after waiting over three months for it to arrive due to an East Cost dock strike that held it up in Hamburg. Still graces my garage and does its duty. First picture taken outside Bavarian Auto Sales, Woodside NY, 3 May 1969; second picture is at 3 Rivers in Pittsburg, July 2019. mike
  20. Mike Self
    PM me if you'd like to have a go at making your door locks work with your igntion key. I wrote a column on the procedure. Not a terribly difficult job, just a little fiddly. And it'll give you an excuse to delve into your doors and do a few other maintenance items (lubing the lock mechanism and window regulator, check for rust at the door bottom etc.) cheers mike
  21. Mike Self
    Yep...I've done it several times and it works just fine.
  22. Mike Self
    If you don't tighten it enough you'll soon find out. There will be a hollow thump coming from the trunk any time you go over a bump, power through a pothole etc. That will be the upper rubber bushing asking to be tightened. I've never seen torque specs for the nut; when mine started thumping I just cranked the nut down 'till the bushing deformed slightly...and stopped. It hasn't thumped since and that was about 1989 (Bilsteins last forever), so I guess I got it right. mike
  23. Mike Self
    Lotsa posts over the years of disintegrating urethane engine mounts--some when not too old. Rubber mounts seem to last for a long time--not so for urethane. Now spray some rodenticide on your cheese crumbs and rid your garage of mice! mike
  24. Mike Self
    Yours?
  25. Mike Self
    While a properly sized tire (i.e. same rolling diameter as the OEM 165/80 x13 tire) would fit horizontally when placed in the original spare tire well, I can't think of a combination that will fit in an unmodified 2002 spare tire well vertically. You're gonna have to raise the trunk floorboards an inch or two (similar to what the factory did to the Turbo's trunk) for the proper sized spare to fit in the spare tire well. Of course, if you have to replace a rusty spare tire well, that would be your golden opportunity to increase the well's depth. mike
×
×
  • Create New...