Recent content by bdejong11129

And this is my oldest daughter working on restoring an older E36 that she drove throughout college. She learned how to perform all the maintenance and even the body work. We bought two old Junker's and made one nice car for her. So, yeah, we have a problem.....

Thanks, It runs deep. This was a 540 that I had back in the day. Still one of my favorites. The tan interior was its only fatal flaw, lol.

As Mike6 stated, there are cable ties holding the black shell in place. For me, I first removed the top cover which is held in place with tape, then as I pulled up on the bottom shell I was able to get a long body panel tool down between the lower shell and the attachment point and the zip tie...

This was the first one I owned. It was more memorable for the trip I took to pick it up than anything else. I bought it from a place in Austin Texas and took a 3 day road trip with my son to go pick it up.. We flew there and drove it back. Its also when I learned my distaste for run flat...

I have been a Z4 owner for quite some time and recently I have been working on my 07 3.0si. I bought it about 10 years ago, drove it for many years and then, due to work and life it was parked for a few years. The time in storage was not kind and the old girl needs some TLC. This was my...

My top exhibited the same behavior and it ended up being the DC motor on the hydraulic pump. I had the same flashing lights as well. I dug out the pump and motor and sure enough, it was rusted solid. I ordered a replacement motor from amazon and swapped it out for the rust bucket. I also...