Does anyone have an ICV I can borrow? I'm trying to nail down an issue I'm have with the TS2 on my car...
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Does anyone have an ICV I can borrow? I'm trying to nail down an issue I'm have with the TS2 on my car...
Thank you for this- sorry I missed the post earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Is there anything tricky or that I should be careful with for the steering wheel disassembly and reassembly?
I don't think the steering wheel has been opened before. Do the slits on the side have to be broken in?
Yes. Be sure to unhook the negative battery cable. Once when I removed a wheel (Dan's car) the clock spring came off when I yanked the wheel. Just be aware it could happen. Was not hard to rewind a bit of the spring wires and slip it back in place. Note the tick mark for alignment when reinstalling.
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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - anonymous E46 fanatic
Excellent. Hopefully no springs poking me in the eye.
Piece of cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by holyc0w
What's a good price for a used but in good condition M3 gauge cluster? I'm seriously considering going that route.
I've seen quite a few between $100-$150 when I first saw Terra's...Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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That's what I saw on eBay but for SMGs rather than manuals. I'll have to keep hunting. What's an LCM go for? Someone on E46F is unwilling to separate an M3 cluster from the LCM, both for $160 total.Quote:
Originally Posted by san
That's a good price. The clusters were selling for well over $200 when I was looking during the summer. The one I bought was listed at $185. I think I got him down to $150.
Make sure you get the right revision
What version would that be?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the sticker needs to read "CODE:" 23H OR 24H. There might be more but I think that's what Terra said.Quote:
Originally Posted by das boots
When I was looking I remember finding one for $120 for a manual, I almost pulled the trigger on that one. Not sure about LCM's...Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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I think so too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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Anybody have the rubber trim on the headlight lenses go gooy/crumbly?
All the time......
Mines not that bad. Another inferior plastic/rubber part by our Bavarian friends.
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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - anonymous E46 fanatic
I mentioned this over in my project thread, but for anyone that has replaced their transmission or engine mounts, did you replace any additional hardware in the process like the nuts?
No. Used old hardware which did not look bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
Perfect, thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
Inferior? A part like that lasting this long is rather impressive to me. :dunnoQuote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
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I replaced mine a couple of months ago because they got gooey. I thought I spilled something on them... Never seen rubber deteriorate with so much gooQuote:
Originally Posted by stephenkirsh
I replaced the nuts, as they weren't so expensive... the old ones were fine but I thought might as well since they're cheap...Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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It shouldn't be. It's only been 11 years. What does that say about what's going in the places you can't see so easily?Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
I retired my 1993 German-made car last February and never saw stuff like that anywhere, ever. (In fact I don't think I've seen that kind of failure on any car anywhere in my family.)
Consider yourself lucky. My E30's rubber bits have seen far better days when I got it, all original. It was 20 years old at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dual
It's rubber, and rubber is affected by climates and other environmental conditions that aren't the same everywhere. Not all rubber will last a long time. Usage matters too... my car has 258k on it and it shows. A ZHP with 40k on it may not have this problem despite being the same age. Probably better taken care of too, I admit.
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that's pretty cheap. LCMs go between $50-$75 usually. At least that's my experience with selling them. And they take a long time to sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
Perfect, thanks! I plan to just order a pair along with all my other stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by san
I'm contemplating either selling or asking terra to do some programing on the LCM for my car if he has timeQuote:
Originally Posted by sillieidiot
Is the armrest lock a wear item or is it pretty much lifetime?
I changed the cover and now I'm trying to get it to latch fully. It seems to only be half-way locked, though unlocking also requires a bit of extra work. It seems to have full motion when unattached.
edit: Never mind, I think I didn't pop the lock tabs into the holes.
Not sure why Honda parts last longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
I am going to echo BP here.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
I have identical headlights between my 2002 M3 and 2003 330ci ZSP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nuPVTU4Z4
I refreshed the 2003's headlights about 18 months ago - new lenses, seals, eyebrows and shortly thereafter, a ballast. And then, the other ballast. At the time, it had about 228k miles on it. No gooey eyebrows, just worn and nasty looking.
Last year, ordered a pair of lights for my broken M3. Stock, original, perfectly serviceable. I spent over an hour cleaning off the gooey leftover mess on each light ass'y with some windex, simple green, coffee grounds and profanity. And a little hate.
Environment does nasty shit to rubber and plastic. Find me any car and I will find "weird" things that fail with regularity and to some degree, frustration amongst its owners. BMWs and German cars do not hold a monopoly on broken widgets. <and here I am jinxing myself - I still have the original window regulators in each of the 2003's doors, 258200 miles later.>
Saab 9-3: Damn CV joints. Too close to the hot side of the turbo and cooked the grease inside. Failed always. DI Cassettes - owners kept them in the trunk, like many of us here do with fuel pumps.
Audis: Christ! Where do I start? My RS6 ate radiators like it was getting paid commission. Oh, and the RS tax makes the M tax look like a bottle deposit.
Nissan Maxima: Water and power steering pumps.
You also have to put this into context... It is nearly the end of 2016 and for many of us, our cars are getting close to 13, 14, 15 years old... My first car (I got licensed in 1987) was a 1980 Datsun 210. It was 8 years old and was a rat trap. Eight. Here I am doing math in my head hoping that my daughter can take one of my currently owned BMWs to school. She has eight years to go. My oldest BMW will be 22 years old at that point. Short of setting the thing on fire in a fit of madness before buying a Camry, I can't see why that can't happen. My point... The build quality of cars today (and 13 years ago) is light years beyond what it used to be back in the day.
We are different than your typical car buying/owner/driver. A cross section here has cars that are well over 100k in miles, atypical driving behaviors to include legal "racing" and/or HPDE-type events and we play with them. The average consumer doesn't do that. People flip cars before they are paid off, get rid of them at the end of the lease and they do not go through the trials, tribulations and celebrations of hitting mileage milestones on their rides. How many Camry owners are out there posting up a picture of their past track day and a short dwell time later, post a 250k mile odo shot? They also don't know the cycle of failed parts like we do because they are dumping their cars well before 50 or 75k.
I need more coffee.
If you get the matching LCM for the cluster then You won't have a tamper dot next to mileage. I have an older cluster in my car 2001 m3 cluster and it works just had to run a separate wire from the LCM to the cluster plug to make sure it back lit correctly with the parking lights.Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCurves
I'll have a parts car soon 2003 m3 with a cluster that has 136k miles. Probably sell it for $150 or $200 with the matching LCM.
Of you have someone selling both for 160 then that's a good deal and you should consider it.
My Miata is 21 years old with 177k on it, and most of the plastic and rubber parts are in better condition than the ZHP. Both cars are CA-only cars.
It's just really frustrating when so many rubber plastic parts fail on these cars. I mean... it's the friggen headlight rubber trim; just use something that'll last a long time!!!
You are crossing into dangerous territory (along with me ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by stephenkirsh
What is? The vehicle age?
Are these the only 2 parts I need to replace the fuel pump?
Fuel pump - VDO - 16146766942
BMW fuel tank sending unit o-ring - 16111184084
Thanks!
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You will need a new hose clamp since the factory one is a one time use. A regular small worm clamp will work.Quote:
Originally Posted by san
Thanks Vas!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
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Originally Posted by Vas
If you're careful enough, it can be re-used in a pinch. I wouldn't recommend it though. :)
Also, might consider an M3 fuel baffle as well while you're in there. Cheap and easy enough to be put in (I'm told).
SAME! Except my Miata is 22 years old with 223k miles!Quote:
Originally Posted by stephenkirsh