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Thank you for the kind words! I struggled to come up with a fair price for it to be honest, prices seem to be all over the place for 6'ers, I know this is a strange market and time to be selling any car. I actually put it up for cheaper here than on the local Craigslist hoping it goes to an enthusia...

Up for sale is my 1986 BMW 635CSI, a beautiful black on black 5-speed example with a long service history including recent work in the past year to make it a wonderful driver. The car is a fantastic grand touring car and a pleasure to drive. I purchased this car in January of this past year (feels l...

Ok as alluded to above, I did some more maintenance and got the car running again (a "weekend" service had spitballed into a few week affair) Oil Tube Banjo Bolts Replaced the dislodged bolt and its partner with the OEM bolt with loctite, fingers crossed this holds up better. As mentioned ...

That banjo bolt hiding below the valvetrain looks all too familiar. I hope your #1 cylinder cam lobes looked better than mine. The forward section of the cam suffers worse from oil starvation when the banjo bolt drops out. You should have two crush washers hiding down there with the bolt. One goes ...

Engine Bay Cleanup Part I I will probably update this over the weekend when I finish it up, but here we go. To make a long story short it looked like the PO had taken a lot of the wiring harness apart to do the 5 speed swap and was kinda blah looking so I wanted to clean it up. I got proper tape an...

Heater Motor and Blower Repair Like many of these cars I only had high fan speed so apparently it was the infamous transistor. I think the heater valve could also use replacing as the heat is only so so even at full blast, so I think the E46 valve swap will occur, luckily spring is upon us soon on ...

Hey everyone, I posted an introduction thread but figured I would add a project thread so I could chronicle my adventures for myself and anyone else that is interested in following along. The car is an '86 with ~140k miles on it, the car used to be an auto but was swapped to a 5 speed by the PO. It ...

Thanks for confirming! I did some more digging around last night and came across this post that says the same, that is hilariously overkill that they have a whole sensor just for TDC diagnostic, god bless 80's engineering! :mrgreen: People get confused by the "crankshaft position sensor". ...

Hi All New to the BMW world and specifically the e24 and am thus still learning my way around the engine bay. I picked up my car a few months ago and have begun addressing the various maintenance items and thus am in the midst of doing the plugs, distributor, etc. I either bumped it with my arm or i...

Welcome Hutch. Is the blue car a Saab too ? Hi yes it is a Saab as well, thats a 9-3 Viggen which is basically their hot-rodded, M3 type car with bigger engine, brakes, nice seats, etc. Sort of a blah chassis but a great engine and a very fun and reliable daily driver. In less happy news the fuel p...

I live in Lancaster, which is ~2 hours away from Bethlehem, so not down the road but closer than Florida :mrgreen: Pennsylvania is a nice place to live, usually reasonable cost of living and depending where you are good employment opportunities. I won't lie to you and say the weather is always nicer...

Hi all Been lurking here for a little while trying to gather information towards a potential purchase, but am pleased to say I finally have a 6'er to share with you all! Just picked this up last week, its an '86 635CSI, it needs some cosmetic work but appears to be very strong mechanically and most ...