Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Saying goodbye to a fleet member!

[LightBulbFun]

4 minutes ago, hairnet said:

you poke unworthy tat and you have this 

DROOL (i dont care its not a coupe - this is only outdone by a neue klasse)

sporty bay em bay?

nein - all about stuff like this

*fap

you are @Crackers AICMFP

[Andyrew]

47 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

Who doesnt like looking a big german pair squeezed together?

But enough about oktoberfest waitresses.

Nice motors you got there.

[Crackers]

32 minutes ago, hairnet said:

this is only outdone by a neue klasse

Lies, this definitely cooler than a Neue Klasse, you couldn't get NKs as a 6-cylinder!

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have only one thing to say, and that is:

[hairnet]

not about the motah

def crackers. phakt.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

The Return of an old friend!

I bought my teenage pin up car in 2011, a 1971 E3 BMW 3.0 S 4 speed manual,  MOTed and running. Because it was running roughly a friend from the BMW club borrowed my E3 and did several improvements including fitting Weber Carburettors to replace the Solex ones we couldn't get spares for. Unfortunately my friend was not well, followed by world events has meant the car sat around for 5 year, I believed it was indoors but sadly it was outside.

I now have the car back and @ianbmw offered to have the car at his house and give it a once over. The car starts and drive and while cosmetically challenged is very solid. Ian refused to do a proper test drive on the grounds the tyres were knackered so this morning we took it to a local tyre shop for 4 new Uniroyal Rain Expert tyres. It smells of old petrol and while it does not have a misfire performance is very flat. It had an 8th of a tank of stale fuel so we have filled it with a tank of Esso's best and hope that will improve things.

 

A friend’s dad had one ( local solicitor ) with I am sure a blue cord interior. Weird how from the rear quarter angle it looks like a Mercedes !

[wuvvum]

Fantastic!  I really miss my old E3 - sadly they've gone out of my price range now.

[richardmorris]

Ps , can give it a run up to north wales and back at the weekend if you want to blow the cobwebs out!

[Crackers]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Ps , can give it a run up to north wales and back at the weekend if you want to blow the cobwebs out!

Sorry, it's booked in for a weekend in Sussex 😁

 

(I wish) 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

A friend’s dad had one ( local solicitor ) with I am sure a blue cord interior. Weird how from the rear quarter angle it looks like a Mercedes !

He had CGJU 1 as the reg I think ( my friends initials are the reg, and his wife had smaller BMW’s in the same silver blue with CPU 1 as the reg.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Fantastic!  I really miss my old E3 - sadly they've gone out of my price range now.

That is my favourite colour.

My friend had several classic BMWs including a blue 3.0S , but I bought the brown 2500 Auto from him.

[hairnet]

8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

That is my favourite colour.

 

 

[wuvvum]

19 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I had an E12 525 in that colour.

[Six-cylinder]

17 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I had an E12 525 in that colour.

I have never had an E12. I have had a couple of E28 's. 

[bobdisk]

My first BMW was an E28, 528i with a dogleg gearbox. 

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, bobdisk said:

My first BMW was an E28, 528i with a dogleg gearbox. 

Was that standard?

I only remember the 535i M spec having a dogleg gearbox. My 535i was an SE so a standard shift Patten.

My other E28 was an early 525i 5 speed manual.

[Six-cylinder]

17 hours ago, hairnet said:

you poke unworthy tat and you have this 

That is why I am here on Autoshite and not on Pistonheads.

[wuvvum]

My 635CSi was "standard" and that had a dogleg 'box.

[bobdisk]

20 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Was that standard?

I only remember the 535i M spec having a dogleg gearbox. My 535i was an SE so a standard shift Patten.

My other E28 was an early 525i 5 speed manual.

As far as I know it might have been specced from new. It was a barn find (almost) I am trying to find the mag it got featured in, its in the loft somewhere.

[dozeydustman]

On 20/03/2022 at 10:09, Six-cylinder said:

Was that standard?

I only remember the 535i M spec having a dogleg gearbox. My 535i was an SE so a standard shift Patten.

My other E28 was an early 525i 5 speed manual.

My grandad had an E21 323i (OYM145Y) which had a normal 5-speeder, but the owner’s manual showed a dog-leg ‘box as an option on some models. I know there were options for standard and close ratio 5-speeders on some of these earlier series Beemers.

[Six-cylinder]

Todays car activity was about colleting my BX with its new MOT.

My garage said it was one of my better cars!

 

[hairnet]

wibble

[bobdisk]

Found some of the details.  E28  BMW 528 Ci, 2788cc Reg number, B214RLM, Alpine white, first registered March 1985.  Pleased to say it is still taxed and MOTd, to July this year.  Still looking for the mag. The car was left unused for several years. The person I bought it from was a journalist, or friend of one, and wrote an article about re-commissioning it that was published in late 1990s. It was from that article I put an offer in, and it was accepted. I had it for 3 -4 years, and enjoyed it.  I was informed by a BMW specialist that where the bulkhead and front of floor joins it had rotted out across the width of the car, as well as other areas, and repair was "not practical" . Obviously that was not the case, as more than 10 years on, it is still on the road.  I know that mag is somewhere!

[Six-cylinder]

I used the BX again today and one minor niggle is the plip is not working. I have changed the 3 batteries but it is still not working. The central locking works fine from the key. Is there anything that can be done to make them work again?

[richardmorris]

Are the contacts all clean ? Battery and button?

[richardmorris]

It looks like the one I had in my 1986 CX. That worked fine as long as the batteries were ok snd the contacts clean. I don’t think it’s s complex circuit. Could just be a joint needing a bit of solder.

[Zelandeth]

Batteries are new, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're good - I've had a couple of dudd button cells lately new out the packet.

I'll happily take a look if it's helpful, there's not really much to it, doesn't look like there's much there by way of components which are prone to just randomly dying while on the shelf either.

[mat_the_cat]

If you look at the output (infra-red) LED with a phone camera, you should be able to see this flicker when the button is pressed. If so, the problem is with the receiver unit which can sometimes get a bit furry from aerial leaks.

[Longbridge Apologist]

Don't suppose anyone going to FoD has a code reader that will talk to a 2006 E90 3 Series? I'm wondering if anything will come up to explain a slow battery drain when left locked up...

[bobdisk]

@Longbridge Apologist, I will bring mine on Sunday. (not Saturday, dentist appointment, UGH)  Check the boot light goes off when it is closed. @Six-cylinder, I also have a little battery tester. Where is the IR receiver on the car? Is it on the windscreen by the mirror,  make sure it is clean, not blocking the signal. 

[Six-cylinder]

On 3/22/2022 at 8:27 PM, mat_the_cat said:

If you look at the output (infra-red) LED with a phone camera, you should be able to see this flicker when the button is pressed. If so, the problem is with the receiver unit which can sometimes get a bit furry from aerial leaks.

No flicker can be seen.☹️