JohnS

An original vintage B&W photo. ebay purchase from Isreal.

My receipt says that $24.95 is a $4.95 savings off the regular price. Thanks guys for the information on how to get the gloves.

Thanks for the heads up. I just picked up two 5 Qt. size @ the same $24.95 each here in Central CA. No free gloves though...

The NGK BP5ES is a slightly higher heat range than the BP6ES. I run the BP5ES in my tiis. Both plugs work fine on an M10 engine. With NGK, the lower numbered plug has a higher heat range. With Bosch plugs, it's the opposite (Higher number == higher heat range).

The wheels are still available it seems. But like Daniel said, not the same "spider" type as Max's http://www.hbspecialists.com/html/restorationTuning.html

On my '73 a 185/70 13 fits in the spare tire area with the trunk boards flush. On my '74 I need a to use a 165/80 for the spare. It might be different for each car, I dunno? Those Pirelli Cinturato tires look pretty cool. I like the 185/70 size. Anyone in the 2002 community try them yet? John

https://www.belmetric.com/brass-acorn-nuts-c-3_50_1536/na6brs-acorn-nut-brass-p-9737.html

If you order a Bosch rebuilt AL40X these days, you'll probably end up one of these that's been converted by Bosch to fit the tii. I ordered one from Steve "Blunt" a few years back and it wasn't too pricey. Works fine. The good thing is that it came with the correct pulley and fan. No core charge either. Next to an original AL40X...

And the new tii rear muffler

It just so happens that I received a new one of these from Blunt today. Stoked to see that they are still made by Eberspacher in Germany. You can see that they look different than the standard 2002 center resonator.

Interchangeable, but definitely not the same. I think the real tii center resonator part from BMW is superior (18-12-1-245-265). Esspecially if you are using the correct tii rear muffler piece to match it (18-12-1-108-739). These two pieces are very well made and last a long time. Free flowing without being too loud. Like most things, you get what you pay for. John

H again Paul, When Jeff Schlemmer at Advanced Distributors rebuilt the stock 0 231 180 013 distributor in my '74tii, he suggested that I plug off the vacuum (retard) port on the distributor and then it would have the same curve as the regular 008 tii distributor and would give me slightly better performance. I ended up not plugging the vacuum port and keeping all of the stock bits in place. It works fine as it is. I figured that all of the specific parts on the '74 work together as a matched set (different distributor, different injection pump and that wacky vacuum limiter valve). All of those bits are strictly for emissions control and don't seem to hurt the performance that much. I wanted to keep my '74 car original. Your engine build looks awesome by the way. If you have a choice, I'd stick with the pump from a '73 and the 008 distributor. Depends what year of car it's going to end up in. But, that's just me. I'm still using points too Thanks, John Information on the years & injection pumps: http://www.2002tii.org/kb/133 My rebuilt 0 231 180 013 My rebuilt 0 231 151 008

Here's some information posted a long time ago by C.D. regarding the US 1974 2002tii fuel injection and distributor. My 1974 tii still retains all of the stock setup (injection pump, distributor and vacuum limiter valve). (on the air cleaner housing) 1974 2002 tii emission control changes: ______________________________________________________________________ " To reach more favorable control of HC (hydro carbons / unburned gas) during coasting (during high manifold vacuum), the air filter and the intake manifold were connected by an air-hose in which is interconnected a vacuum limiter. The valve is controled by vacuum and connected to the vacuum line between the intake manifold and the vacuum unit of the distributor. At high vacuum , the valve opens the air-hose fully. " FUEL INJECTOR PUMP WITH MODIFIED IDLE ADJUSTMENT: _____________________________________________________________________ "In conjunction with the described vacuum Limiter Valve, the fuel injector pump got a new idle adjustment. During coasting (closed throttle butterfly), the pump injects a small amount of fuel and produces in connection with the air through the Limiter Valve an air mixture. This fuel injector pump has the factory type number 92 004 020 PL04 - 124.02.A1 on a plate at the left side of the housing. These injector pumps are not exchangeable with hitherto existing injector pumps." MODIFIED IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR WITH VACUUM RETARDER: ________________________________________________________________ "The ignition distributor was replaced by a new type with vacuum retarder. The factory type is 0231 180 013 The ignition timing is 25* BTDC at 2,700 rpm. During adjustment, disconnect the vacuum hose from the distributor vacuum unit." Dwell angle 60* spark plug gap 0.024" idle speed 850 ...1000 rpm information from BMW of North America Emission Control Training Manual 6/1978 part number for the Vacuum Limiter Valve is 11.74.1.259.110 (No Longer Available) testing of the valve should be easy using a hand vacuum pump and checking for leakage happy trails, Creighton Demarest Darien, CT.

Both my '73 and my '74 have them. They are easy to loose because they are only held on by that plastic retainer that is prone to breaking.

I wouldn't be so sure about using those wires on a 2002 if they are intended for an E21. I used to own a 1980 320is and I remember that it required special wires that have a specific resistor in them. I don't believe that the specs for the resistors in the wires is the same as what a 2002 requires. I use the wire sets from Kingsborne. (They do use the BERU resistor boots that are made out of bakelite though. Those resistor boots have the proper resistance value for the 2002. for sparkplugs I would go with NGK BP6ES or BP5ES. BP5ES is a slightly hotter plug than the BP6ES. These plugs don't have a resistor built into them (unlike the BPR6ES or BPR5ES). The BP6ES is about the same heat level as the old Bosch W7DC. The BP5ES is about the same heat level as the old Bosch W8DC. The Bosch W7DC and W8DC also didn't have a resistor built into them. I use the BP5ES plugs in both of my tiis. Good luck, John

"BTW, also obtained a clip for the return fuel line! (lower-right in pic) " Where did you get the clip for the return fuel line? I'm in need of two of those clips. Nice work, John

Blunt's site has the aluminum cogged wheel for $116.30 new from BMW. Part #13-52-1-259-586. I bought one from him a couple of years ago. Just in case the plastic one gets buggered up.

Hi COOP, that M2 of yours is gorgeous. You've probably been asked this a thousand times, but what wheels are those? They really fit the car. Very sporty! John

This article might help:

Duh, should have used search, all my questions are answered here (with pics):

Ireland Engineering sells center support bearings made by FEBI. They are good.

It's funny, I've found that the depth of the spare tire wells are not all created equally. The 185/70 13 spare on a 5x13" early tii alloy wheel fits just fine in the trunk of my 73tii, but the same spare doesn't fit in the spare tire well of my 74tii without pushing up the tire cover boards.

If you don't want to spend the high $$, Tires-easy lists of couple of off-brand tires in 165/80 13: https://www.tires-easy.com/tires/165-80-13?filtering=,price If your rims are 5"x13", you might consider 185/70 13. I have the Toyo Extensa in 185/70 13 on one of my cars and have been happy with them: https://www.tires-easy.com/tires/185-70-13?filtering=,price

Here's a good website to check the status of HWY 1 through the Big Sur coast: https://bigsurkate.wordpress.com/