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Pretty sure its just a small halogen bulb, have you tried repco? I vaguely remember getting one there once.(of course it may be cheaper to get the ebay ones )

Just leave all the other earth cables bolted to the strut tower and put a good earth in the boot to the battery, the chassis does the rest! Good luck.

It goes "vvrrrrroooommmmmm" I just had mine converted, (thanks Ray) and it made a HUGE difference! The cost was on par with getting the auto properly rebuilt as well. I'm thinking i might disect the auto now, just for sh1ts and giggles!

Rust! Its an E21!

If you have ews there will be a black plastic ring around the ignition switch, if not it is just a metal switch and a small rubber ring around that. The black plastic ring has the wires in it that send and receive the ews signal from the key.

I think you mean " strip the paint off so you can see the rust"

Its been bought and sold about 3 times in the last year or so! I wouldnt go near it and ive bought 4 of them Doesent help when the auction says "320i" and in it he says be has disabled the choke on the carb!!

Looks like it could have been backed into by a truck, there are a few scenarios that would cause that damage without deploying airbags. Or they might be faulty, most of the other systems on a car that old would have been maintained or repaired by now, im guessing the airbags have been left to their own devices!

Yeah, i prefer working on the older stuff! No pics yet, its a bit of a long term project this one, still sorting out body rust, just getting all my ducks lined up for when it goes back together. I only just decided to go M42 instead of M10 !!

Cool, i just had a look through the wiring diagrams and it seems i just have to bypass the auto inhibitor switch. Fingers crossed! Im trying to avoid having to get a new DME if i can use the one i have, it came with the ews module and dash cluster etc.

Has black leather interior, double glazing, window blinds, towbar etc, if anyones interested.

Get them sandblasted first, then if you want to get really fussy fill all the pitting with metal based filler, then get them powdercoated. If they are the same as M62 they are magnesium so don't dip strip them! Any half decent powder coater should be able to do them, but ring around to find one that has the crinkle powder. Good luck

I am getting an M42 ready to drop into my e21, the motor i got is from an auto car, does anyone know if i can use the ecu from the auto car with a manual box ?

You and BP!!

You could always dry sump it!

I could be wrong, but it might be that you hold one of the buttons for longer to open the boot? Maybe button 2 for 2 seconds or something? My key has the boot button so im just guessing!

That will buff out !!

Mine did 161.5 kw atw, totally standard. I wouldn't think 180 would be too much trouble, but there are a few issues - room for decent headers, plastic inlet manifold etc. You would probably get most of the way there with a decent re-tune, superchips say 10% from a re-flash. Let me know how it goes!

Sweet, ill take them. PM me with bank deets etc. Cheers.

Do the coils have 2 mounting holes or4? Looking to do a COP conversion on an M42. Cheers.

Ah, they were sitting around sharing a joint and someone said " hey guys, check out zis awesome car i haff just dezigned!"

Hi, what sort ofcondition is your shell? Im after some donor sheetmetal for my project. Cheers.

If its the factory alarm open the door, put the key in the ignition and turn to second click, that should disarm it, then drive to shop and buy new remote battery.

If you want to keep it original i have a spare m10b20 from my e21 (which is getting an m42) its on TM at the moment, if it doesnt sell i might be open to offers, Ireland engineering do lots of go fast goodies for them. Nice looking car, good luck with it!

Sounds good, if you pm me a time and place i can pick it up over the weekend. Cheers.