Beiträge von Wildatheart

thanks gents

Hi peeps,

I need to replace mine - it's #11 in the diagram, but I'm not sure where it's located? I couldn't see it when I had a quick glance.

Thanks!

Hi all,

I'll be visiting Gerry at Phoenix in a week or two, but thought I might as well ask around now that I have worked out how to use this forum again

All of a sudden, since two months ago, I havent been able to shift my autobox (the later type) into Park. I can start the car in Neutral so it hasn't been a big problem, but, still.

I have removed the console inserts and there is nothing physically blocking the shifter as far as I can tell. I don't have the solenoid (-anymore, it caused problems in the past) that locks the shifter into P under certain conditions.

Thanks

hmm I'm a bit rusty using this forum clearly - I should have posted this in the technical forum so off I go..

Moderator, feel free to delete

I see what happened here.. still had 'http://www.8er.ch/forum/' bookmarked

80 percent of the time I see a German 'closed for maintenance' message after logging in - it was there again this afternoon but right now it's obviously fine. It's been like that for well over a year - perhaps if others are experiencing this too this could be why this forum appears to be slowly dying..?

..at least that’s my experience

I'm guessing you can't just replace the spring?

Hi all - Today, after washing the car, the driver's door shut suddenly felt different and the door won't stay shut fully but only on its safety catch; unless I pull the door very very firmly from the inside. Once shut, the door handle won't open the door, although the doorhandle mechanism is still functional. There's nothing amiss with door rubbers etc - What's up? is it the door latch?

My car had been in storage for 6 months so it must have been some grogginess from not being used. - the problem has not returned for many weeks now

The car fixed itself.. the issue hasn't returned for a few weeks now; and I have put a 7.5A fuse back in.

Will do Revtor - Many thanks and I'll report back.

Thank you gents - I have spent some more time with my ear to the pods, hope no one was watching

Zitat von revtor;127650

Does the problem also occur when you set & leave the headlight alignment at maximum drop?

Yes it does, it seems to happen regardless of the dial's position.
But, I think I may have misdiagnosed when I said the pods were acting independently; as the motors are getting only very short, erratic -lower voltage?- power they may move the pod mechanism at different times because they are pushing something mechanical. They don't reach full speed. There's no sense of 'stereo' noise between the two motors, the very soft erratic whirring noise is not in sync, but they do, I think, receive power at the same time. A 20A fuse tolerates the situation fine but the 7.5A blew (twice)... Many thanks for any tips

Weird problem today; I noticed my dash illumination wasn't working, and no sidelights on the right. Nr 5 fuse was blown, when I replaced it I noticed random, irregular whirring noises, from the headlights. After a minute or so, the fuse blew again, presumably due to the stop start headlight adjustment motors. (individual stop start whirring in each light by the way - it really is like they're off on some trip). I can still use the adjustment from the dash, the motors work as expected and then after a while start on their own again. Same when the headlights are raised. I've replaced the fuse with a higher rated one but this is obviously not ideal.. trouble is, I had to replace my batteries and there were some jump starting shenenigans along the way- hope I didn't fry something...

Many thanks

What's the FB link please

active link; http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-8-…-Swiss-Made-/171533295949

stunning

Jango, did you buy the Lotus Senator that was on PH for a while, about a 1 and a half or so ago? I always wondered what that was like.

wow - let's have a guess at the price - I open with £59995