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scrappys will give you overall weight and are accurate, they are calibrated monthly. of course they dont give you corner weights though. but thats free, well, you even get paid for because you have to take something down there!! A good alignment place, especially performance oriented places should have corner weight scales for setting up coilovers etc, your gunna have to pay for that one though!

whats the trim around the rear wheel arches inside the car, like right next to your butt on the edge of the seat. Sort of hard to describe. And also at bottom of B pillars near the floor. Is it all scruffy or ok

ok so you have an 88 or 89, maybe 1990 525i with an M20B25 engine. M20 is the series of engine, B means Benzine (Petrol), 25 is the displacement expresed in deciliters. That engine is also used in quite a few other BMWs, the E34 was the last chassis to use it before they moved to the M50 engine. Anyways..... the crank position sensor as its more commonly known over here bolts onto the block above the timing wheel on the front of the engine (in your year engine), and then the lead follows the timing case up and clips in near the thermostat, you will see two plugs. One is for the CPS, the other is for the spark sensor off lead 6. From memory, you cant get them around the worng way due to the design of the plug. The CPS sensor should show ~540Ohms +/- 5-10%, test it with a multimeter, they are a fairly common fail point due to thier location, particularly when the sump gaskets havent been changed etc. Once you know it is in spec, check for spark, if you are getting spark, then the CPS is working correctly, as is the DME (ECU in BMW speak). The M20 is overall a pretty basic engine, there isnt much to them, all the emissions crap on later model cars wasnt invented yet, and they still have the good old distrubutor spark system etc. Hope this helps. Would also strongly advise you put your location in your profile as well so we know where you are, and can tailor help to your location where necessary etc.

a SOHC E34 can be an M40 M30 M20 (or an M70 hehe)

I am inclined to agree, though it does tick the 2.8L and manual boxes. wouldn't be surprised if the buyer gets cold feet after looking what else 9500 can buy

I have a blank pair here spare if you need them. would say the damage is done at this point though!

Them new fangled E34 540i

That is is very very sloppy work. Should have been measured with a straight edge and worked out where the holes should go etc, or they could have even overlaid your old plate over it and drilled through the old holes onto this. I hope you didn't pay them a cent for that. wrecked a new set of plates! yes got some stickers here, and I am feeling charitable, send me a text tomorrow, tell me to put some in a satchel for you, no charge on this occasion. 0273079322 The stickers stick pretty well, but as soon as they peel a tiny bit and dust and/or water gets in its game over for them. And yes, I highly recommend plate frames for mounting them, they have holes to suit almost every application, I only say almost because i had to drill two holes into the frames to fit to my Volvo, seem to recall doing the same on my E30, but a lot tidier. Both my E30 and E34 have genuine plates.co.nz plates in these frames.

sounds about right to me

Thanks guys Does mean a lot! And this order is on its way out to all of you that have given me address already, Fastway guy picked it up 10 mins ago, Just two of you I dont have your address, i have sent you PM's

another gem input At least someones get his head on right. This will most likely be the last one I do, I'm just totally over having the same conversation over and over and over again. Was fine for about 3 years, but these last couple, too hard breaking even, everyones 2 cents adds to my $100 loss etc

you buy a 20 year old car, you cant really expect a warrenty of any kind. old cars always need something done

Matt, just send me a PM!? Plates are here and wrapped, will be shipped on Monday Morning I do admit i probably should have said a bit more this time around, have just had three trips to Auckland and two to Hastings this month so i haven't been around much to jump on here.

very cool!

hey are you sure this is genuine BMW and not a retrofit?? never heard of that in an E34!

i think just chuck them in the bin and send wing to me for my kompakt

not surprising this sold quick one for you in the "who would buy a 316i, Andy is mad saying they are good" camp

20 spokes, could be genuine?? but still only 15s. not big money, 15s dont look good on any BMW imo

i am a wee bit fuzzy, been too long since i played with M50 E30, but i think there is one sensor that does all engine management stuff, and a completely different sensor for your gauge cluster. So yes, the engine one would control all of those things. Taking your driving style into consideration, how bad is fuel usage? IIRC the sensors are cheap as chips from Milland or EuroItalian etc, price it up and drop one in. It may also throw a code for that depending how your DME is wired up etc etc.

oh yeah saw that on my lunch on monday.

M20B25 Its a South African import

Sure some of you will have seen this already AWD Mustang this time Sorry if repost, I had a look but couldnt find it, but been away a bit lately

I approve of this post One can draw alot of similarities between the automotive world and the IT world, and this is another. Much cheaper for the manufacturers to make everything modular. Not necessarily cheaper for the consumer, but at the end of the day, they have to suck it anyway. If you have a Hyundai Accent that needs a new engine, you can only put another Accent engine in, its not like you can put a Toyota engine in and call it a day. Agree, actually almost anything Italian. Possibly has something to do with the fact one looks at the engine bay a lot more too when they are fixing things...... yes went there.

Chur, see you there! mine is coming along all good! are you going to keep the 1.8L? tbh, probably doesnt matter what you drive or what powers it initially!?!