Recent content by Mike Le'mans

I had a look inside the SAS to make sure, it's free to move infinitely and uses four brushes on some sort of resistor plate. I haven't got a working INPA (do you need an old laptop for that?), but a local BMW specialist is doing it for £36 which seems reasonable. The sensor itself seems ok, and...

I've just spent the weekend ripping apart my steering column in order to fix the 611C fault code "steering column torque'. I'd previously read that this was an issue that could only be remedied with a new/salvage steering column, because the torque sensor is buried deep within the column...

Hi all, just rebuilding my Coupe's front-end (bought as a Cat-C write-off), and I'm nearly done. However the bumper I have doesn't have any of the brackets for the kidney grilles, so my new grilles won't fit... sigh. I think the brackets are meant to be an integral part of the original bumper...

thanks, but all sorted now. The only part I needs now (fingers crossed) is a number plate surround. Will be hoping to start it up tomorrow - may need more parts if that goes wrong. Just to complete the thread, here's a picture of both radiators, the old manual version on the left, automatic...

Hi all, I'm nearly finished in rebuilding a Cat-C front-end damaged Coupe, but I've been scratching my head for a couple of days on this one.. When I bought the car, it came with a selection of replacement front-end parts, which have mostly ending up being the wrong ones for the car... But I...