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If you can get a Bentley book second hand and at a low price, I think it is worth it but certainly not at full price. Mine was cheap and I've found it useful in some cases and useless in others. Like most manuals, it has errors but at least it is so thick that you can use it to chock a wheel when ja...

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Great photos, Gail. Thanks for all the effort that you and Ron put in to make it very enjoyable cruise. It was really nice to see people again and to meet new faces.
Sue & Ian

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Thanks Ron, we look forward to seeing you both again. Ian

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Hi Ron,
Sue and I would like to come on this cruise. Could you please add 2 more for lunch? Thanks, Ian

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I did ours about 3 years ago so this is from memory! I unscrewed the rear wing plastic splash panels so I could see what I was doing behind the wing. Then there are 2 large torx bolts to undo from underneath the rear of the bumper. The top/side edges of the bumper are held onto the bottom/side edges...

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You probably have this sorted out by now but, just in case, the hose in the picture is part 11 15 7 520 035 and costs about £22. The replacement one should have a foam rubber covering around it to protect it from rubbing against the head. It's part of the crankcase-ventilation/oil separator system a...

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I'm afraid I can't help you there. When I bought the car, it had a 3rd party warranty on it for 6 months. I took it into a BMW dealer to get them to run a diagnostic on it, which they did, but when I came to pay they told me they had cleared any faults but couldn't tell me what they were as they had...

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I never really had a leak in the hose, it was just in really bad condition. I changed it because the valve that lets air from the air pump into the cylinder head had failed in the open position. This let exhaust gas into the air pump all the time (when the pump wasn't operating) and destroyed the pu...

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The part number that I quoted was for the rubber hose that runs from the secondary air pump to the very thin plastic (?) pipe that is attached to the head. Towards the back of the head, this plastic pipe ends and the rubber hose then runs from it to the electric vacuum valve at the very back of the ...

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You could try part number 11 72 7 545 323 which is listed as vacuum hose 3.2mm. That's what I fitted to our 2.0 when the air pump hose perished. It cost me about £8.50 for a length just over a year ago. I can't remember how long the length was but I think it did the lot, right back to the electric v...

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You should be able to get one from a dealer. The part number appears to be 36136781150 (but do check it!). They are probably 2 or 3 pounds each but might have to be ordered in. You could try a breakers as they seem to be the same as the e36 series (and probably more).

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Thanks for the information. It seems a bit weird but what's new with these cars?

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I recently fitted an LED festoon lamp in the interior light. Everything seemed OK until I drove in the dark last night. With the doors closed, the lamp dimmed as usual but instead of going out completely it stayed on at a very low level (only noticeable in the dark). It remained like this even when ...

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When I did our wiring for sensors I unscrewed the top of the fuse box and went into the cabin following the wiring loom to/from the box. A straightened coat hanger with the end smoothed off worked well. Once through, I taped strings to the coat hanger and pulled them through and then tied the wires ...

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Phil,
PM sent,
Ian

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Phil,
If you are still stuck for a pulley holding tool, I have one at Bredhurst that you can borrow.
Ian

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If you go down the braided pipe route it might be worth checking with your insurance company. A lot of companies have braided brake hoses on their list of modifications which need to be declared.

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Got a damaged pipe from a breakers at no charge so all OK now.

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Does anyone have an old vanos oil pipe they don't want, please (or just the banjo off the end). I'm making up a shouldered banjo bolt to fit an M3 evo oil filter housing to an M52TU engine and a banjo would make sure I get the dimensions of the bolt right before I pull everything down. Thanks, Ian.

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You should be able to order them from a dealer under part number 54 21 9 408 881. I ordered mine about 18 months ago from Arden in Maidstone, Kent (Tel 01622 717222) and the pair cost £4.87 + VAT. There was no difficulty, they just got them in. The same went for the C-spanner for adjusting the hard ...

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The small, square plastic cover in the boot looks like part no 51 47 8 401 899 described as "Cap" and was £2 + VAT when I bought one 2 years ago. Can't help with the rest, I'm afraid.
Ian

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Do a search for "body panel removal" and you will find a write-up I did on 13 April, 2009. Hope it helps.
Ian

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Do you get water out of the jets with the bonnet up? If the problem is only with the bonnet closed, check the pipe where it bends at the bonnet hinge - this can get kinked and then the flow stops.

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As you come to the bumpy part of the road, apply the handbrake a couple of clicks to tension the cables a little (not enough to put the brake on). If the rattle goes away then you need to adjust the handbrake. It can be a very annoying rattle and is, I think, quite common.

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Try Worldcarparts in Lincolnshire (01526348504). I think that these are the people I bought mine from last year (I can't find the receipt to check but the name and location sound right). They are very helpful and will tell you which lambda sensor you need. They sell genuine Bosch sensors as original...

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Now sold.

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Provisionally sold

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Oops, sorry, I posted this in the wrong section! Could it be moved to the stock exchange, please? Ian

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I have a Chromiumtech strut brace for a 6 cylinder model for sale. It is like new, having had very little use. £60 + £9 p&p or collect from Dartford or Medway Towns area. Ian http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac96/bowei001/Strut%20brace/PA122580.jpg http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac96/bowei...

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I think that you will find that bank 2 comes from cylinders 4,5 & 6 and sensor 2 is the one behind the cat (if the 2.8 has 2 cats like the 2.0 then it will be the sensor behind the cat fed by cylinders 4-6).

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Will the triangular-section bag fit if you have a CD changer in the boot? Worth a thought if you do have one fitted.

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The total length of the Tenax pin is 38.7mm and the threaded portion is 27.4mm long. The spacer (made of plastic) is 11.1mm long, 8.2mm in diameter and has a hole through it which is 4.2mm in diameter. I hope this helps you to make a couple up. Ian

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Yes, the 2.0 does have the exhaust flap valve although I can't get mine to close!

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Do a search for "body panel removal" and you will find a write-up I did on 13 April, 2009. Hope it helps.
Ian

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The kit may not be available but all you need are the lever and the interface box. The lever, as you say, is the same as the E36 3 series (part number 61318360926) and can usually be picked up at a breakers or on ebay . The interface is only fitted to the Z but is still available from Germany - I ph...

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Mine is a 1999 facelift but I use the 20 pin connector with INPA and don't have any trouble. I do use a serial cable rather than a USB one but that's because the laptop I use is old and only has USB1 but does have a serial port. I can't see why you should have any difficulty with INPA.

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Hi Ruby,
There are 10 on ebay at the moment but at a wide variety of prices!.. If you can wait until autumn/winter they still come up on ebay but are a lot less because they are not being used so much.

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I think you'll find that it is only the old M3 non-evo bushes that you CAN fit which alter the camber as they are eccentric. If you fit the Z3M or M3 evo bushes (part number 31.12.9.069.035), these don't alter the camber as they are concentric. These are the ones I fitted and the camber didn't change.

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I fitted Z3M bushes to our 2.0 about a year ago at around 75000 miles. The old bushes were quite soft and "squishy" and needed replacing so I went for Z3M as they looked original and I figured that they wouldn't be too harsh. They tightened up the front end quite a bit and were well worth ...

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Once you have the 4 digit code from the dealer, install it as below: Say you have code 1234: push button No1 once, then button 2 twice, button 3 three times, button 4 four times and then push the arrow button which is at the bottom right of the radio (to the right of the "m" button). The r...

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If you don't mind doing the work yourself. check the Bosch website for the sensor part number and then contact World Car Spares in Lincolnshire (they can check/find the part number if you give them the car details). I bought genuine Bosch sensors (with BMW part numbers on them) for £58 each a few mo...

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For pictures, do a search for "Cruise control retrofit" (started by estocks) and scroll down towards the botttom (car with blue seats) to see some pictures I took when I installed it in a 1999 2.0. Hope this helps; it's a very simple and fairly quick job.

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The sump plug washer comes with the BMW filter and the diff and gearbox sealing rinigs are all available from BMW (al least, they were last year when I changed all my oils). You may have to order the sealing rings as BMW considers the gearbox & diff to be sealed for life and may not have the rin...

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I think that you will be lucky to get a second hand fan housing as yours is only for a 2.0, 2.2, 2.8 & 3.0 Z3. We hunted for a long time but in the end went to a dealer (£33.31 + VAT in March 09). It had to be ordered in so allow a few days. You might want to check/replace the fan as if it clout...

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Just a couple of additions to the list of bits needed to do the job (why doesn't BMW do a complete kit rather than make you trawl through a list of parts to guess what is needed?). You will need 2 off 61131378908 (holder). These are little plastic clips that slot into the rectangular holes in the bo...

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It should be on the underside of the car, about where the passenger's seat is. It is hidden up under an aluminium heat shield which unbolts to reveal the filter. It's a long cylinder held in place, if I remember correctly, by a clip. It is easy to change but you can get petrol everywhere if you are ...

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Thanks to all those who made comments. I have now fitted heated screen washers to a 1999 2.0 and can confirm that it can be done, they work and they are controlled by a thermoswitch. If anyone is thinking of doing this you will need: 61108407806 loom & tubing 61318357632 thermoswitch 2 off 61668...

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I tried 100% screenwash but it still froze so I've ordered all the bits from a dealer. Can someone tell me exactly where the thermoswitch fits (preferably with a photo) as all I can find is a reference to it being somewhere in the driver's side front wheel arch area which is all a bit vague. Thanks,...

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Thanks, I'm glad to know that they do work, at least as far as getting the water onto the screen. I'll start ordering up the bits as soon as I can get to the dealers.

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The heated washers have a wire with a plug attached as well as the washer tube on their undersides. You can retrofit heated washers by buying 2 heated washer jets and the wiring loom. The connection for the additional loom is under the bonnet by the washer bottle. There might also be a thermoswitch ...

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