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the 118 east out of Simi Valley to the 210 into Pasadena, east to the 605, and home to La Mirada.

Here's pics at the top of the 118 Freeway (Rocky Peak Rd) ....

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Carl

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double bump !!

valve cover gasket ..... I have always used wheel bearing grease, that way the gasket is not damaged when removing the cover to adjust the valves. The gasket can be re-used many times.

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Carl

way out here in Whittier I found a key shop with a blank of "everything" ...... he even had blanks to fit my BMW motorcycle.

Broadway Lock and Safe

http://www.yelp.com/biz/broadway-lock-and-safe-whittier

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Carl

Bring it on out to SoCal .... no snow or ice out here to inhibit driving.

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Carl

LimeySteve built one ....

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,379525

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Carl

adjust the valves .... couldn't work up the energy during 2012.

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Carl

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Atlantic Ocean Road takes you over 8 bridges from islet to islet out to the very point where the land ends and the ocean begins. It is an 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) long section of County Road 64 which runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averøy in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

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Carl

FANTASTIC !!

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Carl

"snowplowing ?? not today."

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Carl

wegweiser said, "There's this knee-jerk side of me that just can't stomach the thought of a 2002 being driven (for any reason) in snow."

that's why I remain a SoCal flatlander, never had to deal with that snow nonsense .... and I don't have the necessary courage to do so !!

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Carl

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Carl

Dave,

yep, when the cam is rotated so that one lobe/rocker is positioned for adjustment, there is another lobe/rocker "somewhere on another cylinder" that is also positioned for adjustment. Thus one positioning gets you 2 valves for adjusting.

Makes it quick & easy .... then it's pizza time !!

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Carl

fuzzy,

Head over to Filippi's ..... order a giant pizza with everything. It is easier (and faster) to adjust the valves than to eat all that pizza.

Whenever I adjust the valves, I do it at the same time as a tune-up AND on a cold engine. I pull the plugs, then clean & gap 'em. Then you can rotate the engine by pushing on the fan, this allows for setting points gap after cleaning. Do not re-install the plugs.

With plugs out, you can now easily rotate the cam for adjusting the valves. Rotate the cam so that a cam lobe is on the "other side" from the rocker arm. You'll discover that 2 rockers thusly align, so you can adjust 2 valves per lobe movement. I make a quick paper list of which valves have been adjusted, no use doing 'em twice.

As for actual lash, I use 0.006" as the minimum, and 0.008" for the maximum.

Then re-install plugs and you are good to go.

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Carl

SoCal is all about the weather !!

and those blue/yellow "vintage" plate option: that's the plate my '74tii has always worn, nothing special to me.

But I do like the yellow plate/black lettering, those are "vintage" !! My dad's 1939 Chevy truck wore those (got 'em nailed onto the garage wall).

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Carl

+1.

I always add a very small dab of gasket sealer on the threads to ensure an effective seal.

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Carl

Mark Preisendorf near Oakland, CA is a BMW community contact for a 3-row core, or for a complete radiator. I think he is still doing this ??

as best I know, his email: silicongarage02@gmail.com

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Carl

I once forgot to re-connect the points wire to it's connector inside the distributor.

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Carl

Excellent !!

and bourkeco just posted the Beemers@Basco notice ..... be there !! The easiest driving is on the freeway .....

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Carl

Awesome, I'll be there !!

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Carl

ziff,

the '74tii and I are at the other end of The Pass Road driving rainbow ..... Simi Valley !!

get "that pair" together, one of these days we'll rendezvous here for coffee .....

http://www.oldsusanacafe.com/

and if you get real "brassy" you can meet bourkeco and I and others in Chino on Sunday morning Jan 6th .... should be another Beemers@Basco gathering.

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Carl

ziff,

get that thing up and over The Old Pass Road to Simi Valley !! A great drive in a 2002 ......

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Carl

was it this one ?? maybe bourkeco got his running ??

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,376669

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Carl

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a few days ago, after a couple of rainy SoCal days, I went out for a drive in the Inland Empire ...... and notice in the top picture, up near the top, centered, you see a square black-sided structure with white face on the hillside: that is an archery target. Over on the far side of the fence is a roving archery range.

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Carl

good price at Caltron ......

and a lot closer than Gardena ....

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Carl