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  1. Steve’s fabulous hair has more flow than an M12 at WOT. If @BLUNT is selling it, it’s top quality. Steve once saved a busload of nuns from certain death in an avalanche using only a mosquito net and a Felpro exhaust gasket. Shop with confidence.
  2. My shift linkage came apart while returning to the Clarion from the Vintage group drive several years ago. With help from a few generous 2002ers (Clay Weiland, Paul Wegweiser, Jim Gerock, Marshall Lytle) I got it back together on the side of the road in a rain storm. If your current working conditions are equal or better, here’s hoping you’ll get it fixed and make it to the Vintage. It’s always worth the trip.
  3. My M10, installed from below, wouldn’t go in without removing the Stahl header. You may have success removing the header, lifting the subframe and engine into the compartment, fitting the header with the engine still on the motorcycle jack, then maneuvering the subframe to mate with the frame rails.
  4. As usual, I’m confused. You say you used the car as a somewhat daily driver for 4 months and in that time put only 300 miles on it. Do you work from home?
  5. Replaced my trusty 40 DCOEs with a pair of 45 DCOEs that I rebuilt this winter. Got the carbs nicely balanced and took a few short test drives. Needs re-jetting, but I’m in the ballpark. Sadly, my 13-year-old AFR system died in November, and having thoroughly tested it, I’ve confirmed it’s dead. Ordering a replacement this week so I can do a proper tuning job once it’s a bit warmer out. Planning to relocate the alternator to make space for a large ITG filter that will cover the oversized velocity stacks. Bought a tii alternator bracket yesterday, and will source the remaining parts over the next week or so.
  6. Also possible there’s a small crack in the #3 plastic fuel line, though I’d expect you’d see fuel misting from the site of the crack.
  7. Is it possibly a late NK strut? My memory of this stuff is fuzzy, but I vaguely recall that late NK struts used an internal thread in the top the strut tube for the gland nut, and they were either fatter from the factory, or Alpina used larger diameter tubes for theirs. Image is of a February 69 2000 CS strut. Note the apparent external threading on the gland nut, which would indicate internal threading on the strut tube.
  8. Doug, do the strut tubes have a green or yellow paint marking on them? Did they have inverted struts inside when you acquired them?
  9. I’ve seen a few for sale on Craigslist and Facebook this week. You can use searchtempest.com to browse vast swaths of the US. Good luck!
  10. Match this with the 3.64 open diff and you’ve got the makings of an amazing one-tire fire.
  11. Will you be providing photos of the car and accouterments?
  12. Use searchtempest.com to search facebook. I saw a NOS Kamei on there this morning.
  13. Not mine, no affiliation, void where prohibited, etc. Note the 2002 (NOT E21) LSD. Seller indicates it's a 3.64. That's a rare part indeed. BMW Tii E10 Suspension and Limited Slip Differential - auto parts -... SACRAMENTO.CRAIGSLIST.ORG Helping a buddy of mine sell off some of his BMW E10 , 2002 Tii suspension components . He has both front strut assemblies with control arms ,complete with hubs , rotors ,calipers for the big brake...
  14. I placed an order for an ITG backing plate and filter this week. The backing plate will be 5-6 weeks as they don’t keep them in stock with 2002/Pinto DCOE spacing.
  15. I can confirm this. The 77 e21 I bought from Bill Riblett had a beefy front sway bar that had the center section of another beefy front sway bar stitch welded to the underside: 6-inch lengths of weld separated by 2-inch spaces. Heavy? Yes. Functional? 😂
  16. The Getrag 245 is the common conversion, but known good 245s are becoming really hard to find and preciously expensive. Also, several of the key 245 parts are NLA, so if your trans wears out one of those parts (and these transmissions are generally 40+ years old), you're in dire straits. Conkitchen has a 245 for sale here on the forum. The Getrag 240 is another option. These are usually a bit less expensive, but also quite scarce. Most 240s lack the speedometer output, so you'd need to rig up a GPS speedo (readily available online) or install a Hall effect sensor on the trans and get fancy. Alternatively, the 240 that came from the factory in 1983 E21s has a speedo output. If you could find one of them, you'd be in good shape. The Getrag 265 can be installed in a 2002, but it will require serious modifications to the transmission tunnel and firewall due to the larger size of the 265 bellhousing. A 265 is a bit of overkill for a 2002 unless you're putting down some serious HP and/or hotswapping it at the track as might be done in an endurance racer. Good luck!
  17. Using this specific 5-speed would be doing that swap really well at a very reasonable price.
  18. Sold to Ryan. @JohnP_02 if I come across another, I’ll let you know. Grice
  19. Ryan, I have a NOS ATE tii master cylinder in the box with the associated gasket and grommets. $260 shipped.
  20. @jimk, that's equivalent to changing the universal gravitational constant to make your tennis serve land inbounds rather than out. Though not strictly against the rules, it's quite sneaky and ingenious.
  21. Thank you for the correction. Too many G#s in my failing memory. G245/2, G245/10, G245/11 were the C/R boxes unless I’ve misremembered that as well. And I agree with Toby, $2k for a freshly rebuilt G245 O/D box is a very friendly price. And though I remember buying used G245s for $300, I also remember buying a gallon of gas for less than $0.25. Those days are long gone.
  22. G245/6 is a 5-speed overdrive trans. G245/10 is a 5-speed close-ratio trans. The /6 doesn’t indicate a 6-speed.
  23. Holiest of holies, Batman! What in the darkest of holy knights are you trying to accomplish, a 2002 you can carry on your back?!
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