They are either side of the gearbox, the one on the left side of the car is almost directly above the gear change cable and XYZ switch and the one on the other side is in the same position. They might be what you have assumed are observation stoppers as I don't think there are any. If you give them a squeeze and you get dirty water running down your arm, you've found them.
Looks to me like it's ERR6445 (a stud with a 3/8 UNC thread at one end and an M8 at the other) but earlier ones used a 3/8 UNC bolt which is ERR6444.
Looks pretty good for a very early one, most have got a lot more blobby bits on that that (even my '98 has rust on the front edge of the bonnet). What are the lights next to the front fogs? I assume they don't do anything as they appear to have wires dangling.
You'll find most of the UK based people that answer questions on the other forum are on here. We've all fell foul of the over zealous moderator over there (the one that doesn't consider Fife to be a legitimate location but that WA is) at some time which is how this forum started in the first place. You'll get a much better class of sarcasm here too......
What day are you going? The off road course is on the way home for you anyway, do they allow spectators?
Chris, if you want to meet up, I'll PM you my address. You'll be coming past mine on the way to the showground anyway.
As it's Bosch I suspect it's going to be the same as a MAF connector on just about every other European car on the road. Local scrappy would probably be your best bet.
Anyone going next weekend? As it's only a couple of miles from my place, I'll probably wander down there.
It may not have started out that well, but there is a happy ending. After a trouble free run to Latvia, we got home about an hour ago. At no point did I have the need, or even felt I ought to have the need, to open the bonnet. Before setting off yesterday morning I checked the tyre pressures (no change from when we'd set off from the UK 10 days ago) and filled the washer bottle. The mosquitoes had caused me to use the washers quite a bit and with having to have the headlights on all the time it meant I'd nearly emptied it so it got filled with the 2.50 Euros for 4 litres stuff from the local filling station in Saulkrasti.
Now for those that think a P38 is unreliable, think again. On the 17 August I took it for the MoT and the mileage was showing 315,632 miles. Now, three weeks later and after the slightly rocky start, it's showing this.....
So that's 5,802 miles in 3 weeks and most of those concentrated into 5 days and not only have I hit the half million kilometre mark, I've gone way past it!
In case anyone doesn't believe it, I really did drive it to Latvia and back. This was taken yesterday morning as we left Latvia and entered Lithuania under the rather curious looks of the two policeman that were parked at the roadside just out of shot.
About 5 miles down the road it rolled over 320,000. The more observant will notice that I looked at the picture I'd taken earlier of the all black grille once I'd painted it, and decided that it would look better with the bottom strip in body colour. I also painted the front bumper (only the bumper though, not the bit below it) but with the number of dead flies stuck to it, you can't really tell in that picture.
Not a bad trip really but I think next time I'll go the same route (France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia) but come back the northern route of driving into Estonia, getting the ferry across to Finland and then driving through Finland and Sweden before getting to Germany.
Goodyear Wranglers on mine, good on the road, wet or dry, and seem to work pretty well on the slippery stuff too. They are cheap on mytyres.co.uk, came out as the cheapest of the known makes when I got mine.
Thanks Peter, I've just added the link to the How Do I Mend It sticky in oily bits so all useful stuff is in one place.
davew wrote:
And for anyone else doing this via 'Photobucket'...
Just click on the 'Direct' box on the right of the photo (second line down - eg. http://i etc etc -) to copy it
and then paste it in the pop-up box on rrpub as Gilbertd explained....Note that the other Photobucket http://**s** etc etc variants don't work (well at least they didn't for me) !
That's right. This site is looking for a direct, clickable url but the others have additional code for other forum/facebook/email, etc software. So yes, you need to use the Direct url.
I like Photobucket as it's free and has loads of space. I've got about 5 pages of images on there and it's still telling me I've only used 3% of my available space.
Oh bollocks. Sorry Dave, I just tried my mod status to edit your post so the picture appears rather than a link and cocked it up so both have disappeared.
If you edit the post, put the cursor under the text, click on the Image button and paste the Photobucket location for you picture into the little pop up box, it should appear in the post.
I've had that a couple of times when clicking on Forum to go back to the home page. Try a second time and it works.
I've swapped two front axles. The first time I took the axle off complete with radius arms, the second time me and Marty unbolted the axle from the radius arms and left them on the car. Agricultural engineering at it's best but with big sockets and a long length of tube to put on the socket, it isn't that difficult. You'll also need a crowbar to get the axle disconnected from the radius arms.
Yes, it doesn't matter where the photos are hosted as long as there is a url that goes directly to them.
Step 3 is simply pasting the url of the picture in the box.
Archived pages on other websites can be done just the same only using the link button (to the left of the image button) instead.
To post pictures you need to upload then to a hosting site like photobucket (which is the one I use) then, when you are writing a post and want to insert an image, click the insert picture button and put the url of the photo you want in the box that pops up.
Yup, loon is short for lunatic but in a friendly, bonkers, sort of way. It basically defines anyone that considers doing 3,000 miles in a 17 year old, 300,000 mile car as a good idea.
Latest update is that I seem to have confirmed I've worn out the track on the fuel gauge sender as since bunging 20 litres of 98 octane in the tank (well, it doesn't get to run on petrol very often so I may as well give it the good stuff and anyway, it's cheap out here) the gauge has sat at half full and not dropped to empty and come up with a fuel gauge fault since.
In other news, if we do organise a road trip, do it at a different time of year, the mosquitoes at this time of the year seem to like Western blood. Oh yes, and with the running around I've done here I'm currently 500 miles short of 320,000, the magic half million kilometres mark. By the time I get home next Thursday (assuming I do get home and Big White doesn't suddenly decide to die terminally on the way home), I'll be up to 321,000.......
and welcome to Dave too before we get completely sidetracked. Where in the country are you?
Nothing from either email as yet but now the thread on the other forum has disappeared, I suspect it is all being brushed under the carpet and never happened.
Their loss not mine.......
Sorry Nick but I still think the E30 is the best looking 3 series they ever made, the later ones just look a bit too bloated. Like someone pumped up the spare wheel and the air leaked into the car and inflated it.....