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HEYBBY - and in small print - How You Doin'? On my ex-workmates car. Age when he bought the plate? 17. Age now? 22. Still got the plate? - YUP. This is worse: $100 for a gay plate surround. USED. SEX NE I? HI 5EXY Is your girlfriend a GDBTCH, a CRZBCH, or just a plain old BTCH? Is she LO4AHO? or like to DPTHRT when she GOSDWN? I go tbored, but there are hundreds of stupid plates out there.

The one I have works fine? Upgrade the car aerial?

$1000 is very optimistic. I can get one from the wreckers for $800, and at least I have some comeback if its no good. I'll give you $650. Cash on pickup. Happy to pay 10% deposit, and will pickup and pay with 2 weeks.

An electric fan works at idle, when a viscous on isn't doing alot. An electric fan can be set to turn off when it isn't needed. At speed you don't really need a fan in an e30 as the 100km/h wind is enough, but at rest or slow speed you do, so this sounds like electric is the way to go. But if the electric one stops, how do you know? Unless you wire up a warning light, in which case, fine. If the fan stops it's either hit something (usually would make a noise), or the clutch has stopped working (usually gradual and you can check it now and again), or the belt has broken - hello alternator light on the dash! Also viscous usually pulls more air, and is immune from electrical problems caused by moisture. With the electric fans being so reliable these days its less of an issue, but I trust the viscous one more. You can always make it fixed if you don't trust the clutch.

Warned. Thread closed. You don't deserve any further help on this issue.

That's interesting Alex. I've never seen a motronic 1.1 with the dizzy on the cam. Broken motor mounts went through my head, but I thought the problem was the fan jamming on the hose,not the shroud so decided it couldn't be that - but if it's jamming on the shroud then motor and box mounts should be checked. You should be able to get the shroud off without removing the rad - but you will have to remove the fan. Don't go electric. That's a bandaid solution, not a cure, and I'd prefer a working viscous anyday over elcetric, at least on e30's.

If you pay someone to do the swap, you're better off buying something already manual as long as it's in at least as good nick, and so while you're at it you may as go 325i. If you do it yourself, you can save heaps. With the price of conversion kits these days, you'd do it for only a couple of hundy over a grand including buying the odd tool you're missing and all new clutch etc.

How have I not come across this before. Awesome. Someone needs to do a kiwi version.

Some cassette players used to sense if only one of the spindles was turning (ie if the trailing spindle wasn't turning) so used to flip the other way in case the tape was being stretched, or had broken or to help wind up any slack evenly without chewing your tape. The little adapters you are using only spin the powered spindle causing the problem you experience. There's no way around it AFAIK. What the hell are you using a cassette deck for anyway? Surely by now that is obsolete technology. There are plenty of factory-looking cd players that fit the e30 and you could pick one up for $30-40 odd. Also, how can a plug-in I trip with no cables be messier than a cable sticking out the front of your cassette deck?

Be prepared to spill some trans fluid. There are two - one top and one bottom.

Damn, doesn't look like they leave enough room for my s/c and piping. I was thinking of getting some of these once I had that done. Isn't your primary muffler a cat? If so, removing it and replacing with a muffler may improve power. h, and I'm sure you realise but looks like you've got a decent oil leak - seems to be on the gearbox.

Your problem appears to be the fan being too close to the pipe/motor, so changing the radiator wouldn't make any difference. Are there different fans for pre f/l and f/l? If the f/l fan is further from the motor, this might be the solution as long as it then doesn't foul the radiator. Like I said - hard to say without looking at it. Someone else may be able to visualise it better. I'd say your f/l motor was a retro fit. We've seen the odd "Hybrid" car with both f/l and pre f/l parts but these cars have been late 87 when the switch to f/l was happening.

Something's not right - you have a pre-f/l car with pre f/l expansion tank, but f/l motor (dizzy running off camshaft). But pre f/l diagnostic plug. Someones been dicking around at some stage. Plus the radiator doesn't llok right - hoses not right - you have f/l hoses, but they catching as it's not a f/l radiator. Will look at pictures a bit longer and see where you may be able to rectify. Edit: Maybe someone else can make heads or tails of it - I'm thinking I'd need to look at it in person to figure out what exactly is going on.

On the f/l it's simply the two wop bolts, then remove the bracket, plus undo both top and bottom pipes, expansion tank pipe and temp sensor and it just ifts out. Is it auto?? Will also have pipes for auto trans. Make sure it's not just catching on a belt.

Can we all please post helpful responses or not post at all? Post-whoring is lame. I think what PJay is getting at is that your list of cars are all quite different to each other in terms of performance and cost. You need to decide what you want the car for, and how much you want to spend. THEN we may be better informed to help you.

I decided to open this topic in case any other members who are not admin want to add anythin. You have equally as much a right to add stuff as this is your forum too. Once the discussion dies I'll compile the comments and delete the posts. I know the tone of my tips can be a little bit "stern" so if you have anything positive to add, that'd be great. I'd also like to try not to repeat too much stuff that is covered by other stickies (eg Forum Rules, and For Sale rules).

That guy is the only decent presenter on Fifth gear based on the few times I've watched it. I know people rave about Vicki, and Tiff's driving, but I don't really rate them as presenters. This guy is good. He sounds like a tv guy into cars, not a car guy shoved on tv.

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Welcome. Do you have any pictures?

Rofl. Beetle is for sale if you want it. We "inherited" it. Our jeep does this: (I can visualise Ryan cringing already lol) Thanks to Simon for the video. That's his 540i in the video BTW.

Well you knew more of the owners than I did. I should have walked round with you. There were two e-types, Ryans roadster and Don Cottles hardtop. I didn't look under the hood of the morgan, but i knew they had BMW motor etc. I LOOOVE aero 8's. Yep, that was our jeep. Cool aye? Resisted the urge to bring the Baur 323i cabby, the '69 beetle, and the datsun 1100 cherry down. not enough drivers and relays home to pick them up sounded boring.

Anything I missed you wanted pics of Nathan? I ran out of memory on the stick. All pics were 6mp.

The owner reads BS but doesn't post. Nice guy with a sweet car. About time you signed up and said hello isn't it Pete?

Check out the 635csi in my Rainbow Car Show thread. ACS rims, nice ride height, cool kit, hot.

Pics from this morning. The weather was so good I cancelled plans to pull my motor out and took the car to the show instead. About 300 cars at a guess??? And nothing that wasn't cool. If you use FB you have to be logged out for the following links to work:: I used the "share with people not on facebook" option to get a link. Facebook album vol. 1 Facebook album vol.2