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- Sat 14 Jul, 2007 02:17
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Will it never end!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1094
Guibo Replacement time.
Sounds like the flex-disc (Guibo) that is located between the front section of you driveshaft and the output flange of the transmission has worn and cracked. The guibo is a rubber compound, doughnut-shaped device located between the output shaft of the transmission and the input of the driveshaft. S...
- Sat 14 Jul, 2007 01:57
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: What is this rubber strip?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 616
Unidentified Flexable Object.
Looks like the part that attaches to the top of you radiator.
- Sun 01 Jul, 2007 03:27
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: How do you get inside door panels off a 98 2.8?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 843
Side View Mirrors.
Rotate the exterior of the mirror housing 90 deg. You'll see two hexhead bolts that hold them to the body. From there you're on your own.
- Sun 01 Jul, 2007 03:23
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: my alarm just goes off. HELP!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 908
Check this first.
It is probably the Alarm Switch under your bonnet. Try leaving the bonnet switch unplugged for a few days, it's a black spring-loaded plunger, located above the driver side headlight assembly. See if that works for you.
- Sun 01 Jul, 2007 03:15
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Headlights ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2078
Headlights
You will have to bake them in an oven to unseal the glue. Here is a reference for you to follow.
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... light=oven
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... light=oven
- Wed 27 Jun, 2007 18:43
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Magnetic Stone Guards
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1947
Magnetic Stone Guards.
Yes, they repel magnetic stones with they're built in polarity sensor and force filed actuater. Quite a bargin for $27.00 US.
- Tue 26 Jun, 2007 01:19
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Magnetic Stone Guards
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1947
Stone guards
If they are not available in the UK contactact a sign maker they commonly make magnetic signs. Get some magnetic plastic materal in your color choice and make your own.
- Sat 16 Jun, 2007 01:33
- Forum: Better Driving
- Topic: Caught at 97mph
- Replies: 113
- Views: 49262
It's interesting having recently driven in America that no one obeys the speed limit, it's part of the human condition. I was driving at 10% above in the US and everything was overtaking me, and I mean everything. Quite right , the exception is where speed traps are established as revenue generator...
- Tue 12 Jun, 2007 01:13
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Convertible top install - need help!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1344
Top Replacement
A number of owners on this side of the pond have done this, so much so that detailed instructions by one member is now a permenant thread on our forum. http://webspace.ringling.edu/~dplassma/str/str.html
- Sun 20 May, 2007 02:55
- Forum: Z3 range knowledgebase
- Topic: Oil Change Tips
- Replies: 41
- Views: 30218
Oil Valve
This does not protrude any lower than the drain plug which is at a 90o angle to the oil pan. In order to snap it off you would really have to hit something horrific and I guarantee if that happened you would stop to assess any damage regardless if it was a plug or a valve. I do not in any way repres...
- Sat 19 May, 2007 12:34
- Forum: Z3 range knowledgebase
- Topic: Oil Change Tips
- Replies: 41
- Views: 30218
Oil Valve
It is not a suction device, it in fact replaces the oil plug so all oil and residue at the bottom of the pan drains. The positive points of this valve is, time savings and draining on a level surface without having to jack up the car. When I need to inspect the bottom side I drive it up on ramps whi...
- Sat 19 May, 2007 01:09
- Forum: Z3 range knowledgebase
- Topic: Oil Change Tips
- Replies: 41
- Views: 30218
Oil Change
The Fumoto Valve eliminates jacking to change oil or ever worrying about the plug. A whole bunch of us use it here in the states and swear by it. No worries about clearance either.
http://www.lubricationspecialist.com/fr ... UAodPzC73Q
http://www.lubricationspecialist.com/fr ... UAodPzC73Q
- Fri 27 Apr, 2007 15:52
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Z3 3.0 Tiptronic problems?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 863
Re: Z3 3.0 Tiptronic problems?
Tiptronic? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiptronic3.0monster wrote:Hi everyone,
Im wandering if someone can help me.
Im hopefully buying my first Z3 on Sunday, it is a 2000 3.0 Tiptronic,
Chris
2000 3.0 Si
Tiptronic No
Steptronic, Cheers
- Mon 25 Sep, 2006 21:33
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
No real reserve
ribs, 13.5 US gals are approx. 51 litres. The light should come on when you have only 2.1 gals US or 8.0 litres left in tank. I use to have a VW that when tank was empty I would push a lever and access my reserve tank. That to me is a true reserve. When you have 8.0 litres left out of a total of 51 ...
- Mon 25 Sep, 2006 21:31
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
No real reserve
ribs, 13.5 US gals are approx. 51 litres. The light should come on when you have only 2.1 gals US or 8.0 litres left in tank. I use to have a VW that when tank was empty I would push a lever and access my reserve tank. That to me is a true reserve. When you have 8.0 litres left out of a total of 51 ...
- Mon 25 Sep, 2006 21:31
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
No "real" reserve
Sorry for all these, webmaster please delete redundant entries.
- Mon 25 Sep, 2006 21:24
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
No Reserve.
Sorry #2
- Mon 25 Sep, 2006 21:21
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
Reserve
Sorry #1
- Mon 25 Sep, 2006 21:19
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
- Sun 24 Sep, 2006 23:55
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Low Fuel light
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2106
No real reserve.
The capacity of your Z3 tank is 13.5 gals. Indicator comes on and stays on when you have 2.1 gals. left. There is no true reserve.
- Sat 13 May, 2006 13:31
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: NO NO NO NO-brace yourselves!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5458
Not Surprised
I've said it before, when it comes to automobiles the French have the worst design sense one could ever imagine So this mod is totally
par for the course.
par for the course.
- Thu 13 Apr, 2006 21:10
- Forum: Let's talk
- Topic: UK Petrol Costs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 523
Your not alone!
[ What's happening these days, everything going to China. But then again This is the Greatest Empire in the World? Don't make me laugh. quote] The middle class is being stripped from the developed countries of the world in favor of giving the industrialist higher margins on their products by turning...
- Tue 04 Apr, 2006 20:25
- Forum: Z4 roadster and Z4 Coupe
- Topic: Dealing with Neds
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1959
Common Occurance
Happens over here all the time with Z3s and 4s, mostly rice burners with 20 somethings behind the wheel. The end result is always the same, but they never learn.
- Sun 12 Mar, 2006 22:55
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Towed again
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1782
Towed again
Sounds like water pump went. How many miles do you have on odometer?
- Mon 13 Feb, 2006 17:39
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: self destuctructing window
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1273
Split window, too cold
Paraphrased:' Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.' How many threads on how many sites will it take before roadster owners learn that plastic becomes brittle when cold. No sympathy here.
- Sun 12 Feb, 2006 19:49
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Worlds Ugliest Car Voting on AOL
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1049
Ugliest car poll
9%=French, no automobile design sense.
- Fri 03 Feb, 2006 14:53
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: 3.0 vanos issues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 655
3.0 Vanos problems
Except for a weak cooling system ie. Plastic thermostat housing, questionable water pump and crackable radiator hose connector. Stay on top of these and you can't go wrong.stu wrote:3.0 is pretty bullet proof IFAIK.
- Thu 26 Jan, 2006 15:31
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Towel/cloth in roof when folding
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3259
Re: Window Protection
The real BMW 'Window Blanket' is quite thick, in order to stop the sindow panel from creasing. As an aside - I'm amazed by the number of basic questions asked by people who either cannot be bothered to read the owner's manual, or do not have one and can't be bothered to get a copy! Whatever happene...
- Wed 11 Jan, 2006 15:36
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: chrome line exterior
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2815
Not necessarily so.
I would have thought you could removethat as BMW do but I'd think you would have to get the metal underneath prepared and painted to your colour with laquer, etc as I doubt the metal undearneath would be colour coded with the rest of the car. If chrome apron was added as later modification, metal w...
- Tue 13 Dec, 2005 22:39
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Is it normal to have a white engine bay on a silver car?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 724
Re: Is it normal to have a white engine bay on a silver car?
From everything I have read, white is what was used for engine bay.Simon S wrote:I have recently looked at a silver 1.9 that has a white engine bay and sills. Is this normal or has it been re-sprayed???
Newbie to this forum but looking to "join the club" so any help appreciated.
Simon.
- Tue 13 Dec, 2005 22:35
- Forum: M Roadster and M coupé
- Topic: Front Bumper Revmoval? Z M Roadster
- Replies: 3
- Views: 639
Re: Bumper Removal
Go to this link http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/z3/ and perform "Search" you'll see this catagory at the top of the page. Hope there is something there for you .
- Tue 29 Nov, 2005 02:33
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Heated wing mirrors
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9977