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wkohler wrote:Put it back in the garage since the E34 is back in commission!

Yay for Sport mode.

Mine doesn't have "Sport mode", what's up with that?

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swatterssr wrote:

wkohler wrote:Put it back in the garage since the E34 is back in commission!

Yay for Sport mode.

Mine doesn't have "Sport mode", what's up with that?

Put the stick in 3 instead of D. Sport mode. I only use D on the freeway.

Replaced front and rear pads/rotors on the eta, found out the center bearing is toast and it needs another set of tie rods after only 30k.

wkohler wrote:

swatterssr wrote:

wkohler wrote:Put it back in the garage since the E34 is back in commission!

Yay for Sport mode.

Mine doesn't have "Sport mode", what's up with that?

Put the stick in 3 instead of D. Sport mode. I only use D on the freeway.

I'm an idiot, sometimes... and that's only after a small glass of wine.

Mine has a selector next to the shifter;
A
--
M
Guessing that's the mode selector, but without a manual, it'll take some learning time.

Just found out yesterday that the rear window can be opened without opening the complete rear hatch.

What else is there?

Fixed aux fan. Thanks to mye28 for the link to an ETM!!!!! New relay and high speed now works. Low speed resistor dead, so bypassed it. Fan will only run on high, but better than no fan at all. Right?

swatterssr wrote: Mine has a selector next to the shifter;
A
--
M
Guessing that's the mode selector, but without a manual, it'll take some learning time.

Just found out yesterday that the rear window can be opened without opening the complete rear hatch.

What else is there?

If you set it to M it will hold whatever gear you select without up or downshifting. If you shift to 3 or 2 without selecting manual, it will up and downshift in sport mode.

Heated seats are great.

mooseheadm5 wrote:
Heated seats are great.

Anything with heat is something I never use.

1) Fixed my binary heat problem. The plastic vacuum line from the manifold to the interior temp sensor had a crappy connection at the manifold. Replaced the little bit of disintegrating rubber vacuum line, and I am back to adjustable heat for zero $$ (had been thinking about rebuilding the heater control valve, so I'm stoked).

2) Fussed around with my warm idle problem. No definitive progress.

Oh well, one victory makes it a day in the plus column!

Swapped in a new bulb housing in the tail light. Proceeded to scrape off the black tape the previous owner put over the check light on the dash because he couldn't figure out the brake light issue.

Picked up another 16x7 RA, so now I have a matching spare, 15" Style 5's goin on the market soon then I guess..

I got it running after 5 years of sitting!

mooseheadm5 wrote:I got it running after 5 years of sitting!

If it were me, I'd be doing , but for a pro like you, I guess one exclamation mark will suffice.

mooseheadm5 wrote:I got it running after 5 years of sitting!

Sweet!

I dropped by on Saturday, but the shop looked dead.

Baby steps for the newbie over the past week. Did an oil/filter change, final drive fluid change, replaced the green coolant with the stock blue coolant after a flush, replaced a few old hoses, reconnected a few things that had come undone, and replaced a jacked up accelorator cable. Still trying to get some tired arse purple tint off...almost there! I have not turned a wrench in a long time, and my past experience was minimal at best. The Bentley is a great item for sure, but I find the small pieces of information that make things easy to understand from this site...so thanks. Hopefully I can contribute something of substance to it one day as well. I am having fun so I guess that is what it's all about. Sorry...that went way long.

New dogbones.

Getting quotes for full detail courtesy of WA State DOT.

Replaced clutch master cylinder/slave with MC output pipe attached. It can be done!

http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=75184

Washed car, wheels, went for a drive.

Registered it with the state of Arizona, passing smog with flying colors:
Hydrocarbons: 0.53 out of 2.4
CO: 7.73 out of 20
NOX: 1.91 out of 3.5

When I was getting back in the car the tech asked me "Did you know your speedometer don't work?" Really dude? Hadn't noticed...

repaired the loose door handle...turns out the anchor at the top of the handle was pulling out f the handle itself.....gorilla glue FTW!

Spent Saturday and Sunday detailing for next weeks' St. Paddy's Day Meet in San Diego. Also tidied-up a few interior items.

Thank you whomever invented the EZ-up canopies; working on the car out of the direct sun is never an issue anymore.

aaront wrote:Registered it with the state of Arizona, passing smog with flying colors:
Hydrocarbons: 0.53 out of 2.4
CO: 7.73 out of 20
NOX: 1.91 out of 3.5

When I was getting back in the car the tech asked me "Did you know your speedometer don't work?" Really dude? Hadn't noticed...

Went wire fishing & reattached my OAT sensor this morning. I know, i know, a simple job, but...

Got high on paint fumes in the garage painting my new Euro bumpers and valance alpineweiss, going back out when the dizzness goes away.

Pulled plenum and intake horns to gain access to remove starter and begin replacing hoses fron the kit I bought from Pelican back in September. Sprayed P21s cleaner on the dirties parts and scrubbed. Weather turned ugly, so that's probably it for this weekend.

grab a set of e30 sport seats for it.

Moved some wheels around.

Cleaned the 20 odd years of crud out of my rear number plate lights. Took all of 5 minutes, but worth the effort.

The to-do list on this car is getting smaller every day, and is mostly little things.

I just salvaged a 7 speaker pioneer system from a Lexus at the yard. I'm a cheap bastard, but I can't stand the 26 year old speakers anymore; 4 satellite speakers, 2 tweeters and a sub should be a substantial improvement. Plus the whole thing only cost me like $25

Gave it some well-deserved exercise.

Getting its 27th birthday present closer to ready.