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General Topics / Bogus PM's

« on: February 11, 2010, 12:33:41 PM »

+1, and have seen this kind of thing before.  Just delete and move on.  Nothing to see here.   :^)

Scott

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General Topics / How many miles do you have? [NOW WITH POLL!]

« on: February 11, 2010, 12:31:21 PM »

Just over 330K miles on our '91 318is.  Was hoping to keep driving it for a lot more, but I don't have time to keep working on it, and there are too many things going wrong.  May have to consider selling either as a project or, if it doesn't pass smog, a parts car.

Scott Miller - SF Bay Area

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How-To's / How to change the reverse light switch on a 91 BMW 318is

« on: February 11, 2010, 12:11:40 PM »

I think this is my first post here - kinda late to the party.  I have to replace the reverse light switch on our '91 318is.  Is there a seal ring?  I bought the switch but didn't look in the box for a seal ring.  What torque value for tightening?

Thanks,

Scott Miller

Okay first of all you will need a reverse light switch which you can get for around 12 dollars. Once you have it jack up the car on the drivers side and crawl under a little more than halfway its on the driverside of the tranny up real high.
you will see 2 wires hooked to it. just get a firm grip on the end of the wires and unhook them one by one. Take a wrench and take it off and replace everything back. easy easy lemon squeezy. No mechanics needed!