Finished up a valve job last night. I used the BMW special tool for turning the engine with the dual timing chains. I highly recommend one. Found mine on eBay for $68.
I also had some fun with my tachometer. I posted about it yesterday in another thread, but thought I should add it to my build thread here.
Anyways, I studied images of an early Alpina tachometer and illustrated my own. I could not find a matching typeface for the numerals, so I made them from scratch. They new overlay was printed on 3M vinyl. The real tachs have the silver dollars painted black and an adjustable red needle. I opted to not paint mine. I also added a green "fun zone" and the stock redline.
The original Alpina tach.
My version before install.
Overlay applied.
And this morning installed in the 1600.
I will offer this version and one that is more true to the original design (no green, or red) in the near future.
Jason
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