DIY This Weekend

Rob -

Nice write-up on the DIY event in the dB this month. I also liked your article on the 530xi. My wife and I are already looking at that car as a replacement for the 525iT. We just need to wait until you finish leasing it first ;)
 
Ladies/Gentlemen,
Are we going to have another DIY event soon? I missed this one and my car is due for some maint work.
Please let me know if anybody can let me use his/her lift, even for a fee.
Thanks
 
Take advantage of having ODS in our backyards. Its days are numbered. The land is worth more for a subdivision. The DC area also used to have the Beltsville Speedway in Md and back 40 years ago the Malboro track hosted drivers like Penske, Clark, Hill etc. And if you are really old like certain club members Andrews and I believe Bolling had sports car races.
And who knows you may see the next phenom in NASCAr at ODS!

Nice to see DIY. Any thought been given to having them a week or two weeks before drivers school so students could get tech done at the session?
 
new member - can anyone direct me solving a cooling problem in my 1988 735i? The car blew out the top of the radiator, car has 165,00 on it. I live in Howell, NJ, which is between Lakewood and Freehold. thanks, jim
 
jim english said:
new member - can anyone direct me solving a cooling problem in my 1988 735i? The car blew out the top of the radiator, car has 165,00 on it. I live in Howell, NJ, which is between Lakewood and Freehold. thanks, jim
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No input whatsoever, but you may want to contact your local NJ BMWCCA members... While you're more than welcome here, I suspect that they'd be able to direct to more effectively to local suppliers and mechanics.
 
jim english said:
new member - can anyone direct me solving a cooling problem in my 1988 735i? The car blew out the top of the radiator, car has 165,00 on it. I live in Howell, NJ, which is between Lakewood and Freehold. thanks, jim
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You might also want to send an email to Mike Miller at Roundel - techtalk@roundel.org . He's very helpful with those ancient cars. ;)
 
Yeah, he will tell you to get a Honda. :)

Actually if it is the original radiator, it may just that that it is old. A knonw problem with BMW raiators is they tend to break teh plastic pieces at 110,000 miles or so. So one way to look at it is you got 150% of normal life out of the radiator.

There are all Aluminum radiators out there, but not sure if anyone makes one for a 7
 
In 1988, BMW was still making all-Al radiators. Pinecone, that doesn't make you wrong about it maybe being old. Just not because the plastic parts are breaking. :p
 
Rob,
I just became a member and live in Northern VA, so next time there's a DIY locally, I'm in. I wish I had known about the one in Manassas, because that's like 20 minutes from me.

Brian
 
A few of my friends and I have had some DIY days as well. Just had one last Saturday at FCCT in Sterling, VA, along with a Dyno Day. I'd be happy to set another one up, if enough people were interested.
 
I think a few members of my other car club (still German) were interested in setting up a DIY day, I'd see if I could set something up if there was enough interest. Who else would be interested?
 
I know we will have a few DIYs next year but if you want to put something together, I will not stop you. Take a look at the sticky on the top of this section.
 
Hello. My name is Devin Williams, Derek is my older brother. We had a copy of der Bayerische, but we had rain damage to our house and his room got totally ruin. The copy was lost in the room. I was wondering if anyone had a copy still of this issue of der Bayerische. I would like to buy it from anyone. I'm looking for 2 or 3 copys because other family members would like one. If anyone could help me out, you would be a life saver. Thanks
 
goinfromslow said:
Hello. My name is Devin Williams, Derek is my older brother. We had a copy of der Bayerische, but we had rain damage to our house and his room got totally ruin. The copy was lost in the room. I was wondering if anyone had a copy still of this issue of der Bayerische. I would like to buy it from anyone. I'm looking for 2 or 3 copys because other family members would like one. If anyone could help me out, you would be a life saver. Thanks
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Which issue? I could check my garage.

---Eric
 
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