Silver Fox

I've just stripped out my E30 for my Race car, and have found small isolated spots of rust in 2 or 3 places, letting water into the cab. Thought I'd let everyone know where. First one was passenger side front footwell, tucked up high behind the glovebox, caused thru blocked outlet from external compartment below the windscreen. On mine it had rusted thru into the wheel well and cabin, and could be seen with the wheel on full lock in the top corner behind the wheel. Next one was behind the rubber fitting which drains the same compartment below the windscreen, when I took the fitting off it was blocked solid, This is in the engine bay, drivers side on the firewall behind the head, right next to the battery, needs regular cleaning. The other was below the battery, the tray had the usual rust spots, some ended up being holes into the drivers footwell. Other than the battery tray the others are all behind sound deadening material, and real hard to see or find without removing it. Hope this helps someone, Cheers.

Got a pre F/L pedal box from Graeme on Saturday, and it slipped straight into my F/L 318. Inside is stripped which made it real easy, only difference was an extra bracket on the auto pedalbox, but it seems unneeded anyway.

Must admit the blue's much easier on the eyes, I'm on a 15.4 widescreen laptop.

Congrats on a job well done, :thumb:

Hi, you guys sure that manual and auto are different? I've just dropped the ring gear from my auto on top of the manual and they match perfectly, I've got both in pieces at the moment, in the middle of race car build, the teeth numbers and size are the same.

Hi, thanks to all who have helped with my conversion bits so far, only need the drive shaft now, can anyone help? Thanks.

Have my box now thanks to IPLEZA.

Hi, does that mean that the nuts do up past the thread now, should be at least 2 threads above the nut? Interested if they perform, do you do rear strut braces as well, if so, how much? Thanks.

I've been lead to believe that Japan's the best option out of the 3, the others being Hong Kong and Singapore. I've recently bought a 1995 740i out of Japan with 96,000 k's on the clock, after looking around Auckland for a couple of months at the other options. I saw 2 or 3 cars which had been imported from Singapore and they all showed bad degradation of all the rubber, some to the extent that it had perished completely. The car I ended up buying came in from Japan, and looked to be in the same condition as most of the NZ new cars I had looked at, but cost about 40% less. So far it's been very good, no problems yet, touch wood, car's absolutely lovely. From my own experience I'd say no problems from Japan anyway, the last 5 vehicles I've owned have all been Jap imports, and none of them have caused me any problems.

Looking for a set of manual winders for a 2 door coupe, can anyone help? Thanks

Thanks Graeme, yeah, I'll give you a call, The heaters out so I could remove the aircon core, guess I'll leave it out until I've done the pedalbox which won't be for a couple of weeks as the cage's going in next, will ring.

And another? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...on-61504055.htm

Pardon my ignorance too Kerry, but does that mean that there's no point in shelling out the bucks for a front tower strut in the E30 series cars, as spherical bearings are not allowed in the front, only the rear? And if that's the case, how much will a rear tower strut help the back of the car? Thanks for your help.

Bugger, better have another :beer:

Bidding at $10,000, 10 days to go, red flags up, so it's selling. Seems to be lots of interest.

On further checking, the std heater demister must be retained, so seems I'm looking for a heater core? Can anyone help? Thanks.

thanks for the advice, yes it's on the racer, still want to get all the aircon works out, can this be done any other way?

Anyone got a good site with details of total heater and aircon removal please?

Hey, thanks for that, would like facelift then if anyone can help?

Seems any E30 pedal box will do.

Hi, after info on what pedal boxes will fit a facelift 318i? Have the box, clutch etc, will pedal boxes from other E30's fit, if so which ones please? Thanks.

On the 318 it feeds back to the block under the inlet manifold, passengers side, same piece of plumbing the heater hose comes off.

Hi, not too bad, I used a heat gun to soften it, and a heavy scraper to lift it, took about an hour to do the inside. Good luck.

Hi, would guess the thermostat's jammed open, or been taken out?

Side tank only on my 318's