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  1. I’m half way through restoring an e28 535is, paint, motor, suspension, interior etc, and I will be resetting the odo to ZERO. For all intents and purposes, the car will be new and has unknown pedigree prior to restoration like 99% of 2002’s. i wish I had reset the odo on my tii after doing a complete restoration some years back. Whoever I sell either car to, if ever, will get a complete breakdown of the work completed, and estimated mileage at the time of the restorations etc. As someone else posted, unless you buy a unique car, with some sort of documentation, you can’t trust the odo anyways. I would pay up for a restored car if there were records etc.
  2. Fwiw You don’t need the spring, and you will not miss it.
  3. corect me if I'm wring, but there should be no slack, front or rear. I run H&R springs and while they aren't as tight as stock springs, they are not loose. What shocks do you have?
  4. Even with a two piece dash, if the upper dash has been replaced, as mine was, the dash does not have the hole for the clock cut out, you have to cut the vinyl out yourself.
  5. love to take this on, but mine is in need of a complete disassembly and restoration. mine is 2762267 so we're almost related. GLWS
  6. Jay's BMW Parts WWW.JAYSBMWPARTS.COM not an endorsement, but a source for someone that can rebuild the steering box.
  7. this plus once you strip the hex, imagine how much fun it would be center drilling the bolt so you can use an easy out, all lying on your back under the car
  8. Interesting article from a website I look at daily: Classic BMW 2002 Tii Alpina Tuned To 200 HP By Manhart WWW.MOTOR1.COM The sports car also receives upgraded exhaust and brakes.
  9. It’s so easy to pull the head that would be the minimum. And as Mike said, if it were me I’d redo the valves and guides just because…I don’t have to do it later.
  10. Haha, thanks for starting my day on a light note
  11. A beautiful 1600, although the rear exhaust was large enough to suggest a bigger motor. I snapped this pic last Friday after having dinner in Jacksonville, Oregon, near Medford. A very well put together car, nothing out of place, everything restored and obviously lots of effort and hours to get the car to where it is.
  12. your local bmw dealer's parts department can help you as well.
  13. ream what hole in the tranny Toby? for the selector rod?
  14. thanks, very entertaining. people and crap flying everywhere.
  15. now that is what I remember Jim telling me, while I was working and not paying full attention it would perhaps make more sense that they are machined out of aluminum. so don't quote me they are in fact though machining their own pistons to their own design, using titanium rods of their own design, and the pistons are not cast
  16. machining the pistons form billet steel to his own design, completely in house. His design is essentially what toby mentioned above, longer rods (titanium) and machined pistons with the wrist pin as high up as possible. Underside of the piston is ribbed for strength, shorter skirts than a typical cast piston, significant weight savings over stock design
  17. Haha Jim, for his new design, isn’t sourcing parts, they are manufacturing their own pistons.
  18. Which is exactly the path Jim is following with a new piston/rod design
  19. love it, love it. and an M42 might be the perfect motor for a 2002.
  20. we should be thankful to some degree that BMW sees fit to make repair parts for a car (mine) that just passed it's 50th birthday. these are not, and never have been, cheap cars, even when sold new in 1972.
  21. leather covers are no longer for sale seats are $350 for both
  22. Covers include built in new foam bottom and back cushions, plus leather to cover the seat back plastic cover. color is pearl beige.
  23. sorry for the confusion. $1000 is the price and yes to the covers only. Ill post pics later today of the covers.
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