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    Left Hawaii in '06, and still one of the best decisions I've made. Actual seasons make things so much more fun. It was 6 below zero this morning when I went outside for firewood and then got the wood stove going to warm house up for the wife and toddler, then headed off to work.
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    Hey, I can play this game too!
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    Sometimes at the lab where I work, I stuff a few pellets in a rubber glove and tie the end. Then it slowly grows to basketball size.
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    I was looking up to order oil filters, saw the Mobil 1 M1-102 was listed as fitting both the 4.7 V8 on Land Cruiser and 2002, according to Autozone and Amazon. OK, just trying to stay on topic to brag that I had some turnover in my signature line. Datsun for scale. I needed a new winter car to replace Miata that rusted apart, and wife's old Outback that had the front diff finally die. If you're gonna go big, might as well go all the way if its only for occasional use. Paid 7K and it has 168K on it. I get 3rd row seating, can safely haul kid(s), tow parents pontoon and camper, serious 4WD with center and rear diff lockers, and hopefully a couple hundred K more miles. Still gonna daily drive 02 and Datsun when there's no salt on roads. I can't afford to drive this beast all year.
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    Now that I’m thinking about it, I think with bp5es the spark plugs were just too whitish after running them a little bit, and cooling system was in good order. The 6s got them all a nice tan without being too white.
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    Thanks KFunk, would you say BP5ES would be drastically different if I want hotter? I can’t remember too much, been some years since I thought about it and tried to tune it. The 6s just did a decent bit better for me, but the 5s worked ok too. I run BP7es in my air cooled Yamaha xs400 and those were a bit too cold for the 02.
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    I’ve just been running good ole NGK BP6ES forever, I think. Around 11 years on DCOEs. The 5 is a little hotter and the 7 is a little colder if that’s what you want. I’ve run the bp6es with stock cam and points, and now 292 with cranecam xr3000 with ps91 coil. Can’t say if they’re perfect, but never given me any problems.
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    It’s certainly possible to get a daily driver 2002 at 22 and make it a reliable daily driver and cross-country capable (think I was 23 or 24 and a grad student far from home when I did exactly that). But, it depends on your skill level, available time, money, persistence, and passion for it. i did have some experience working on cars, a previously fixed up beater to drive until 2002 was battle tested, a willingness to chase parts all over and learn what to do, and willingness to spend hours on the street covered in grease trying to figure out why it won’t run. But mostly, just being batshit crazy. your experience might be a little better if you spend 20k on one, which I could or would never do (I paid 700). If you can also pay a mechanic to do everything, then hey, awesome. But your going to have to be able to thouroughly trust both your car’s seller and your mechanic for it to all go smoothly.
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    Hell, even mine looks dark blue in a pic I took the other night. I've got 4K LEDs in my garage, which is a slightly warmer light than the 5K and 6K white/bluish lights guys like to use, but not as warm as the 2.7K soft glow for in living areas. The outside pic is still a cloudy day, too. I think we found two different riviera listings on the Glasurit website, and went for the one that was closer to what was on the inside of the trunklid and door jamb. Not sure exactly if the body guy went by their mix, but it was a perfect original match.
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    Yep. In bright light riviera has a light/gray hue. In dim light riviera looks like a more deep blue. I see it everyday in my garage. Pictures don't do much good at all for correct identification of it. There are also arguably 2 slightly different versions of the mix necessary for riviera. Mine originally had the one with the slightly more gray hue.
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    Oh, they’re awesome and transform the car. I’m the one weirdo that thinks they’re pretty easy to set up, and I get 22 to 31 miles per gallon depending on the driving (22 while hammering on them on my curvy road commute, or 31 on a long highway drive). Other people will tell you they are bizarrely frustrating and get you horrible fuel mileage, not sure why they’d say that.
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    #5, where does it go on a normal car? http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=2213-USA-03-1974-114-BMW-2002&diagId=11_2360 The parts list says National version Japan and National version Sweden get the connector, but other cars get a plug? Something emissions related, maybe? Must be harmless to block it if most cars got a plug. Don't think my car is Swedish or Japanese though. Maybe it got an extra temp sender for emissions system in some cars?
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    I have a blocked coolant line on my block, right around where the starter bolts up. I think I just used a rubber hose, put a big bolt in the end to block it, and put a hose clamp around that bolt. Not sure if thats the way you're supposed to do it, but its what I did. I can't remember exactly why I put it there, upgraded to dual sidedraft weber carbs over 10 years ago. I have coolant bypass in place, heater works fine, and it doesn't overheat, hah.
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    Sidedraft Weber 40 DCOEs.
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    Something has to haul stuff home and do the real work.
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    I cleared a whole tub of chocolate chip cookies, and no improvement! OK, I don't know why I can't delete those attachments below on this post. I guess they stay?
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    Hey Steve, I don't know why, but the map isn't working right on Chrome for me. It comes up as a map, but there are no markers for any members. If I open Firefox, they all pop up just fine. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks for all you do.
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    My options for a kidney grill are a bit disheartening: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-2002-2002tii-1600-e10-CENTER-KIDNEY-GRILL-/142461091864?hash=item212b57c018:g:nl4AAOSwXetZOKos&vxp=mtr http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Genuine-Center-Grille-fits-1974-1976-BMW-2002-2002tii-OE-51-13-1-826-675-/400981129547?fits=Make%3ABMW|Model%3A2002tii&hash=item5d5c56794b:g:QicAAOSwT6pV1P7H&vxp=mtr
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    Chevy or GMC, and all imagination. I lifted it from a comment on a jalopnik article, which laments why BMW never actually made a van (vixen is more of an RV, not a van). http://jalopnik.com/the-bmw-van-that-never-was-509671357 it appears that you either imagined it scoob, mistook a vixen, or saw someone's personal creation. In America, some weirdos make 2002s into ford panel trucks, you know.
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    If absolutely necessary, just rent a truck and tow dolly at a U-Haul.
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    Hmmm, it seems IE removed the cast pistons from their website. Could they be having supplier issues? I've got IE's cast 121 pistons in my car, and they've been doing fine for like 20K miles.
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    I wonder if it also just helps emissions too, as in warming up the fuel/air mix for more complete combustion. (...pitch it)
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    Did it twice, as the first one I bought was a tad too thin and tight of a fit, and it barely dripped just a bit. That's why I said to opt for the thicker one, which has done fine for many years.
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    I just used o-rings from a hardware store for a couple bucks. Opt for bigger/thickest one you can fit. Use silicone grease to complete the seal.
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