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Brian H

Titan wrote:So long as it's not overflowing, I don't see it being a problem.

I agree with this, if it aint broke don't fix it

Brian H

Sorry to hear your news. It might be worth trying to source a decent second hand bonnet with the grills etc rather than trying to fix your existing.

A silver Z on ebay ot the moment.

Just a thought. HTH

Brian H

This is the description from the BMW ETM

LEFT HORN . . . . . . .under LH front bumper

RIGHT HORN . . . . . RH front of wheel well

HTH

Brian H

Exterior: 3) Black Plastic Around Windscreen (Mines Got Creases On It) :bawl: 4) Petrol Fill Access (Rubber Seal Around Fuel Tank Holds Liquid) :head: Not Enough Time To List All the Good Points, It Would Take Me All Week. All In All :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Point 3) I belive you can remove the blac...

Brian H

Muzz

Try here. I had really poor reception until I found the centre wire of the coax was touching the ground (on the connector at the rear of the redio). Do you or did you get a small spark when you connected the cable at the rear of the car?

Brian

Brian H

There seems a flood of them at the moment for some reason ? I agree with this, for some time second hand unit were c£300/pair and were like hens teeth, I priced the retrofit mirrors from BMmini parts and a set was approx £270ex VAT. The market now seem flooded with new sets of mirrors :!: I got min...

Brian H

Here is a pic of the set up in my car. (note: hydraulic roof pump removed)

HTH

Brian H

They look great

You will probabily find the view out of the mirror a lot more restricted than the standard ones, but what the hell, a small price to pay for style.

Brian H

I used auto glass on my merc vito earlier this year, I also use DL insurance. No probelms with them, arranged an appointment, the technician turned up on time and replaced my screen. No complaints, good service. I paid £75 towards the screen and this does not affect my no claims for next year :thumb...

Brian H

Any advice on how to miss the midges? I am led to believe that their need to bite us is greatest from mid-June to late August. Is this fact or fiction? The midges are usually around at this time of year, the harsh winter has killed a lot of them off and to date I have not been attacked by them. The...

Brian H

Taz-Devil wrote:the lens are a perfect oval and can be put in which side you want
you can even put upside down

This was the same on mine, the mirror/lens was not identified as being specific to one side or another, the only thing you need to do is attach the heated mirror wires if available on the car.

Brian H

Does anybody have a drivers seat/ seat frame for sale for a 1.9 98R reg Z3 or know where I could get one? Need to replace mine as the up and down mechanism has seized in the highest position. With a little wd40 and possibly a motor you will be able to fix this. It is quite a common fault for the se...

Brian H

Just bought a brand new set of ///M mirrors off ebay. I have been looking for these for a while but at 8 - 10 years old they still command a silly price second hand, c£300.00 and they would need painting on top of that. The delivery took approx 4 days.

Brian H

Whilst having problems with my temp gauge I had trouble understanding the actual temp of the car when in the test mode. I converted the hex codes into temp values, The middle green range is the running temp range with the needle in the middle. http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/Z3Temp...

Brian H

garythefish wrote:Joe Public wouldn't know an M if they fell over it and those that do wouldn't think the car was an M anyway, so please yourself

+1

Brian H

PM Sent

Brian H

hallion This link shows the door card removal. PK83 Did you say that both door locking pins go up and down? It maybe worth a try to disconnect the drivers side central locking actuator and see if this cures the fault. Use the link above to remove the door panel and then disconnect the wiring to the...

Brian H

Excellent, If you now add [img] before and [/img] after your link it will show the image on the screen. It will look something like this: -

[img]http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad31 ... z3/z2a.jpg[/img]

(you may have to resize some images as they are too large).

Brian H

Try here, this might help.

Brian H

Was the origional fuse blown?

Can you here or feel any slight movement when trying to adjust the seat, sometimed the seats stick in a position if not used for a while and need a little coercing to move again.

Brian H

When that didn't solve it they also found 2 wires leading under the seats and to the bag has aged and needed repolacing. As I'm not technical had to pay a garage to do it and cost me 300 quid. Drew I find this strange, AFAIR (I'm sure someone will put me right if I am wrong) the airbag system is to...

Brian H

Pins now on their way to Canman

Brian H

I have 2 no: longer pins but only one plastic spacer (hopefully I will find the other one). Anyone intersted send a PM

Brian H

Hi zerolam

Try here, item 16 is the switch. I have assumed you are a facelifr 1.9, M43, jan 2000 build date?

HTH

P.S. Welcome aboard

Brian H

Try here, I had a problem with poor reception, it turned out to be the connector at the back of the radio.

HTH

Brian H

No Problem, if you go to the following website you can get all the details you need. realoem Just enter the last 7 digits of your VIN in the serial number box and it will then be specific to your car and model. If you do not have your VIN to hand just use the manual selection below to select your mo...

Brian H

freds dad wrote:I've looked on Fleabay but no joy.

You could maybe email the breakers on Ebay that are breaking Z3s for spares only, I'm gussing there has to be some manuals left in the glovebox?

HTH

Brian H

Hi pianoman 3 Well I gave them a ring, and eventually I got through to someone who seemed to know what I was talking about. He said that the bolts were only cosmetic, and not structural - so I asked how the two parts of the wheel stay together? He said he didn't know - which was not a lot of help. I...

Brian H

Just had the same problem with my Earls Clutch, I contacted John Beeson @ Earls and he is going to send out an adaptor FOC. They are just in the process of getting some made so should be with me in the next week or so

Maybe worth a call to Earls to get one?

HTH

Brian H

My 1.9 has an electric roof as fitted from the factory, Not sure if this was an additional option that had to be ordered when the car was being built.

Brian H

PM Sent

Brian H

Just another thought: - The other end goes up into the seat belt catch but I've looked under the seat (being very careful to avoid loosening any other connections) and there doesn't seem to be anywhere to connect it, nor does there seem to be a similar wire under the driving seat. In the ETM there i...

Brian H

I assume that you don't have a passenger airbag otherwise you'd get an airbag light if this connector was disconnected (if you don't have the passenger airbag the system ignores the occupancy sensor - you probably don't even have an occupancy box under the seat) I thought this too, although DC had ...

Brian H

DC,

I beleive the connector is for the passanger airbag sensor, It will sence if someone is in the seat.

HTH

Brian H

Mike Fishwick wrote:Bin it and buy a Gunsons pressure bleeder!

Thats just what I have done. Thanks for all the comments.

Brian H

Perhaps you should first make up your mind - are you using a pressure bleeder or a device which draws a vacuum in the braking system? From your description that 'If I pressurise the system' it would appear the latter. The system is a vacuum bleeder. (OP now changed :roll: ) I have all the dust cove...

Brian H

I bought a second hand one off ebay with the exact same thing in mind, the base of the mirror sits at a slightly differant angle to the ///M mirror and there is a large bracket that would bolt into the door of the mini, unlike the Z mirrors that sit on the door. To cut the large bracket off would re...

Brian H

Has anyone tried to use a vacuum brake bleeding kit? When using the kit I cannot seem to get a good enough seal around the bleeding nipple. If I create a vacuum in the system and then open the bleed nipple air seems to be drawn in to the system from around the threads of the bleed nipple! am I doing...

Brian H

Thanks Ardchyle, so I have to unhook the top off first! How do I do this as I have had a look and it looks to have the accelerator bar running from above, which is attached to the actual pedal via a small pivot point. (Does this pull apart side ways or will I brake it?) Also how do you get that pin...

Brian H

PORTMYSTER Here are some pics of the accelerator pedal removed, you will see the clip that holds it in at the bottom. http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/2009_08140009.jpg http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardchyle/2009_08140008.jpg http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv218/Ardch...

Brian H

The airbag cover would need to be changed, AFAIR the non airbag cars have a cover fitted that just clips into place, the cover fitted to airbag style cars have a retaining strap fitted to the cover to stop it flying off.

The retaining strap connects to the metal work behind the dash.

HTH

Brian H

Greg, The first place I would look is the microswitch wiring loom. The microswitch that detects that the roof has been opened is located on the passenger side of the roof. There is a couple of wires that run along the metal frame towards the rear of the car and they are covered in a black braided ma...

Brian H

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Brian H

Hi DC, Your plug looks just like the one fitted on my car '98 M44. With regard to the peake tool it is a hand tool to have, at the very least if you have problems it can sometimes give you clues as to the problem. I use carsoft instead of the peake tool and last year whilst resetting my airbag light...

Brian H

Shanty,

linky to the door handle removal

Look further down the thread, there is a grommet on the side of the door to allow access to the retaining strap.

HTH

Brian H

Hairdryer in the middle of the plate and gently bend over your knee. Just take it easy and it will form the perfect shape

Brian H

Thanks to you both for the suggestion, I have now tried this sequence and others from another forum but still no change. When the window goes down to the bottom I can here the relay click as it disengages, the same on the way up. I have read that there are magnets in the regulators that sense the lo...

Brian H

Thanks myredzed

I should have said that I had already tried this. The fault stays with the same door/window.

Brian

Brian H

Courageous I have copied this from a 98 ETM, I have also looked in a 2000 ETM and they are the same. This might give some help, the cable colour below shows as brown and grey? Your location is spot on, as you can see below it should be located in th RH front bumper. http://i685.photobucket.com/album...

Brian H

I have a little niggle with my drivers side window, If I use the one touch (auto down) function on the window switch, the window will go all the way to the bottom, this is fine and works OK. My problem is that with the window now in the down position the window will now not go all the way up using t...

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