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by Rig sparky
Tue 30 Sep, 2014 09:18
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: New to forum and new Z3 owner
Replies: 15
Views: 3391

Re: New to forum and new Z3 owner

Hello and hope you have fun on here .the 1.9 is a great little motor and in my humble opinion we'll underrated They do tend to suffer from a bit of a rough idle see multiple posts on here but apart from that are a great run around Make sure u are running it on premium unleaded not the cheap supermar...
by Rig sparky
Sun 28 Sep, 2014 22:05
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: New cover
Replies: 7
Views: 1829

Re: New cover

Cabrio shield is the mutts nuts I use the cheaper non breathable one in blue it's still really good quality for the price and it protects the motor when I'm away working offshore some times for four to six weeks at a time if I'm working abroad and so far no black marks from magnets keeps unwanted ey...
by Rig sparky
Sun 28 Sep, 2014 21:54
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Warmer than Spain......so they say!
Replies: 5
Views: 777

Re: Warmer than Spain......so they say!

Got back from Madrid on Friday was still warm there last week high twenties but a little drizzle
by Rig sparky
Sat 09 Aug, 2014 17:23
Forum: Stock exchange
Topic: New Project - Breaking Z3 1.9 artic silver narrow body
Replies: 119
Views: 19204

Re: New Project - Breaking Z3 1.9 artic silver narrow body

Hi any chance you still have windscreen to roof seal need a good one as my left hand side has started leaking ? if so how much posted to inverness
cheers
by Rig sparky
Thu 03 Jul, 2014 16:30
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Looking forward to new shocks
Replies: 19
Views: 5146

Re: Looking forward to new shocks

got Meyle ones on the rear of my baby as well better design than the originals got some aftermarket ones on thee front from a different maker but carnt for the life of me think of the make right now but would recommend the Meyle ones for the back think they were about £35.00 quid for the pair off of...
by Rig sparky
Thu 19 Jun, 2014 21:22
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Cloudy headlight glass
Replies: 18
Views: 3073

Re: Cloudy headlight glass

used the same plastic polish I use on my rear window on mine ( I had one cloudy one ) the other day and it came up like new in seconds
not at home right now but think the polish is Revo plastic window polish came from ebay
by Rig sparky
Thu 29 May, 2014 21:45
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Standard or Super unleaded?
Replies: 75
Views: 9424

Re: Standard or Super unleaded?

yeah just read it
by Rig sparky
Thu 29 May, 2014 20:13
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Standard or Super unleaded?
Replies: 75
Views: 9424

Re: Standard or Super unleaded?

ok guys some background then results My only car at present is a 1998 1.9 that has always run smoothly and pulled superbly above 1000rpm but ticked over like the usual bag of spanners at around 750rpm since Feb this year it has had two oil changes with mobile 0 30 fully synthetic oil and genuine Bmw...
by Rig sparky
Mon 28 Apr, 2014 18:53
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Z3s are so common...
Replies: 6
Views: 2117

Re: Z3s are so common...

spotted four today in Aberdeenshire I followed a nice British racing green z3 into Keith on the A96 at around 6.45 this morning saw another nice green one same colour but different REG parked up outside the garage in Blackburn at lunchtime and passed a really smart looking dark blue one with chrome ...
by Rig sparky
Thu 24 Apr, 2014 14:48
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Drivers seat jammed - have tried all tips here!
Replies: 15
Views: 2078

Re: Drivers seat jammed - have tried all tips here!

firstly soak generously all moving parts with wd40 and I mean a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( yes the car will stink for a couple of days but heh HO its summer put the top down to get rid of the smell ) then if the motor is trying to move with a separate supply connected eg if you can hear the motor trying to ...
by Rig sparky
Sat 19 Apr, 2014 13:27
Forum: Stock exchange
Topic: Z3 3.0i Breaking.
Replies: 36
Views: 6237

Re: Z3 3.0i Breaking.

im looking for a decent gearstick knob what this one fitted with ? is it available ?
by Rig sparky
Sat 19 Apr, 2014 13:23
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
Replies: 2088
Views: 411481

Re: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?

new exhaust finally, fitted this morning ,new Sony stereo to let me pug the I phone in. and another new wind deflector from Germany as I ripped last one a fortnight ago . been a busy morning but heh ho weather fantastic up here in the highlands this week. so out and about topless this afternoon and ...
by Rig sparky
Thu 10 Apr, 2014 09:26
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: wind deflector
Replies: 14
Views: 2698

Re: wind deflector

Hi try searching for this on ebay.de Windschott für BMW Z3 Baujahr 97-2001 company www.Kawi-trading.de last item listed no 310458101954 I brought one from them a while ago. company based in Germany but they posted to Scotland for 15 euros if memory serves me right. so shouldn't imagine postage to so...
by Rig sparky
Thu 10 Apr, 2014 09:14
Forum: Stock exchange
Topic: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts
Replies: 18
Views: 3322

Re: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts

pm sent re gear knob cheers
by Rig sparky
Wed 09 Apr, 2014 20:57
Forum: Stock exchange
Topic: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts
Replies: 18
Views: 3322

Re: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts

How much you wanting for the m gear knob ?
by Rig sparky
Wed 09 Apr, 2014 20:52
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: oval mirror
Replies: 55
Views: 4640

Re: oval mirror

my baby is also an m44 1.9 1998 build and she don't have any electrics in the mirror either or any remote central locking
by Rig sparky
Wed 09 Apr, 2014 20:43
Forum: Stock exchange
Topic: Tan tonneau cover for sale
Replies: 4
Views: 735

Re: Tan tonneau cover for sale

please do could very well be interested
by Rig sparky
Tue 01 Apr, 2014 19:47
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?

my mistake duhh to many late nights recently meant a typo in original post
should have been fuse 27 in my original post not 7 !!!!!!!!! whoops
by Rig sparky
Tue 01 Apr, 2014 13:34
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?

thanks once again for the advice guys
new brake sensor fitted this morning dash lights out once and for all
now I need to do the abs sensors never ending huh
by Rig sparky
Sun 30 Mar, 2014 18:56
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?

just had a look online for the brake wear sensor and what im seeing matches what I've got hanging from the connection box> so all good ill get one ordered up and fitted thanks for the advice guys
by Rig sparky
Sun 30 Mar, 2014 17:10
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?

cheers guys for the input yeah the wires probably are for the bake pad wear sensor ( I haven't had a chance to have a look today) been out and about but ill have look on Tuesday when I have a second another quick question where about on the brake pads am I looking for these wires to go into ? I cant...
by Rig sparky
Sat 29 Mar, 2014 18:20
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
Replies: 10
Views: 1001

help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?

Hi guys hoping for some help on this one I have recently purchased a 1998 1.9 Z3 and have been doing her up for the last few months and I had noticed that the traction control wasn't working so popped the bonnet to check my suspicions that that fuse or light bulbs in instrument cluster had been pull...
by Rig sparky
Sun 16 Mar, 2014 19:17
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
Replies: 14
Views: 2674

Re: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39

exactly Mike
usually when people try with an odd bit of wire or a paperclip etc. and it doesn't work
they don't get a good enough earth through pin 7 and 19 for the time needed
by Rig sparky
Sun 16 Mar, 2014 14:18
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
Replies: 14
Views: 2674

Re: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39

if you set the multimeter to the continuity setting on most multimeters the probes will buzz audibly when touched together. as used for buzzing out or testing the continuity of a circuit. and the two probes black and red: e.g. positive and negative: become in effect a single wire through the multime...
by Rig sparky
Sun 16 Mar, 2014 11:21
Forum: Z3 roadster
Topic: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
Replies: 14
Views: 2674

Re: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39

another tip for anyone that has a electrical multimeter handy but no service reset tool is set the meter for continuity and use the probes to plug into pins 7 and 19 and thus short them out .As has been said many times before easy and been doing it for years on bmw's Z's three series and 5 series pr...