"Reduction in price to move hood motor into boot"

Wish Dave came to Greece for a holiday - and relocate my z4's motor before going to the islands...

it seems that my motor is dying - it is just very slow... no noise or something just slow... although i noticed that the inner lining of the top is actually sitting on the roll bars... can anyone tell me if there is space between your hood's inner lining and the two roll bars?

Thanks in advance,
Michael
 
papacham said:
Wish Dave came to Greece for a holiday - and relocate my z4's motor before going to the islands...

it seems that my motor is dying - it is just very slow... no noise or something just slow... although i noticed that the inner lining of the top is actually sitting on the roll bars... can anyone tell me if there is space between your hood's inner lining and the two roll bars?

Thanks in advance,
Michael
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The head lining hanging lower than it should ( sitting on the top of the roll bars ) is a different issue to the motor failure / relocation issue discussed here. However it could be that if your lining is hanging down badly it could be obstructing the roof working correctly .

This post may help sort at least one of your issues .

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=77459

Perhaps start with the above and see if that helps.

Bryan
 
Hi and thank you for the link - will check it out over the weekend

i contacted the dealer and asked them about it - they got back to me telling me that the pump probably needs to be top up with fluid and that should do the trick - in similar cases they had the motor is fine...

Of course they will take my z4 for two days and remove the hood to do it as per standard procedure... (and quite a few euros less for me...)

When i asked them about possible motor relocation - they cannot do it as they are official bmw dealer - so Dave should visit Athens asap...

Cheers and i will let you know how that goes
 
Gents - does anyone know of anyone with these masterful skills in the south of England - Wiltshire ways?

My motor has just packed up (for a second time) - epic timing. But a 600-mile round trip is just a little too far.

Cheers
 
DJW said:
Gents - does anyone know of anyone with these masterful skills in the south of England - Wiltshire ways?

My motor has just packed up (for a second time) - epic timing. But a 600-mile round trip is just a little too far.

Cheers
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That would be bowser (bowser134) - see this thread for details, or (if you're further towards Bristol side of Wilts) Number5 - see this thread
 
markeg said:
DJW said:
Gents - does anyone know of anyone with these masterful skills in the south of England - Wiltshire ways?

My motor has just packed up (for a second time) - epic timing. But a 600-mile round trip is just a little too far.

Cheers
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That would be bowser (bowser134) - see this thread for details, or (if you're further towards Bristol side of Wilts) Number5 - see this thread
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Thank you!!
 
papacham said:
Hi and thank you for the link - will check it out over the weekend

i contacted the dealer and asked them about it - they got back to me telling me that the pump probably needs to be top up with fluid and that should do the trick - in similar cases they had the motor is fine...

Of course they will take my z4 for two days and remove the hood to do it as per standard procedure... (and quite a few euros less for me...)

When i asked them about possible motor relocation - they cannot do it as they are official bmw dealer - so Dave should visit Athens asap...

Cheers and i will let you know how that goes
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Bad news. And good news.

Bad news: it seems the motor is dead. I have got really ugly pics of a fully rusted motor. Seriously if this happened in a Japanese car, the entire team would have Hara-kiri because of the shame of such a bad design...

Good news: new motor installed.

And bonus: managed to convince them to do it properly > in the boot :rofl:

So this should be sorted now! :thumbsup:
 
Hi All,

Just joined the forum with my first plea for help.

I've just bought a Z4 (E85) - only had it a month, and it seems my roof motor has ceased, just wondering if there is anyone near London here recommended for the - revival (or renewal) of the motor and relocation challenge/opportunity?

I've seen Bowser and Dave mentioned in this chat for example, however can't seem to find contact details.

Thanks in advance for your help all!
Much obliged.
 
rudolf said:
Hi All,

Just joined the forum with my first plea for help.

I've just bought a Z4 (E85) - only had it a month, and it seems my roof motor has ceased, just wondering if there is anyone near London here recommended for the - revival (or renewal) of the motor and relocation challenge/opportunity?

I've seen Bowser and Dave mentioned in this chat for example, however can't seem to find contact details.

Thanks in advance for your help all!
Much obliged.
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Bowser is nearest
After you've made a few posts you can use the PM function.
 
Thats a bargain price, did mine myself which took all day but now knowing whats involved it would take me a lot less time, I was lucky my motor was fine, it had been changed sometiume in its past judging by the non bmw warranty lable I found on mine. Secured it to its new home using zip ties to the bracket behind the boot carpet and wrapped some foam around it to keep the noise down. The plastic case it was in was a bit bulky to fit behind the carpet so I didn't use it. Drilled some holes in the shelf support bracket to feed the hoses and cable back into the interior and job was done. The most difficult parts were extracting the motor from its original location having to pull it up until the zip ties holding it in there snal akllowing it to be lifted out. Putting the shelf retaining clips back in was also a pain, difficult to get hands around the shelf to pop them back in, they have to be in the correct position to get them to click back in.
 
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