Vlad: The Zinno '87 535is

[tig]

I love the Moosehead CAB's. One of the top three changes I've made to the e28.

After a week of driving, I have to agree. Paul has done all E28 owners a great service in developing and selling these.

[wkohler]

I just moved a set into new UCAs on my E34 after 116k miles. Races were still perfect. Took them apart, cleaned and re-greased.

[yodman]

The 109k csi probably has all original bushings in it. It's solid as-is, but there's some shimmy in the steering over good size bumps.

Mooseheads are on my list.

[tig]

Changed the oil a few weeks back. Other than Blackstone mis-reading my horrible hand writing (82 instead of 87) I couldn't be happier about this:

[the_illermiller]

This is awesome. It took a few days to get through this, but it was fun to catch up. I learned about the ball joints too, but used my floor jack, channel locks seems much more... portable! What is this Blackstone labs report? Oil content to diagnose wear and tear?

[tig]

My son & I (and the stupid little mutt named Coco) picked Vlad up from the PO in Santa Barbara, CA and started the drive to Seattle four years ago this week...

[russellrh72]

Ta-da:




The a little epoxy and some F4 tape to keep the moisture out.

And they work:
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Charlie, just read this thread. Very cool! I did something very similar with the euro turn signals yesterday. The plug behind the newly modified turn signals does not have enough room to fit back into the valance due to the metal behind it. Looks like the battery box. Did you encounter the same issue and how did you handle it? The speed academy tutorial suggested hammering the metal back to make room for the turn signal.

Rob

[dsmith]

I used a hammer. Not very elegant to say the least. I would have done something else, but had a time constraint to get it in the road.

I also would like to know how Charlie addressed.

[wkohler]

Having to do something like that makes this mod a no-no for me.

[russellrh72]

Having to do something like that makes this mod a no-no for me.

Yeah I'd prefer not to as well. I rather figure something else out with the wiring on the back of the indicator. I'll start over with new turns if I have to. It looked to me like there wasn't enough room for the euro indicators even without swapping over the U.S. bulb housing. I'm probably wrong but I got the U.S. bulb housing down in the indicator housing pretty far and it is about an inch off. Is the battery box different on euro cars? Or the unmodified euro turns must fit in nice and snug.

[tig]

Having to do something like that makes this mod a no-no for me.

Yeah I'd prefer not to as well. I rather figure something else out with the wiring on the back of the indicator. I'll start over with new turns if I have to. It looked to me like there wasn't enough room for the euro indicators even without swapping over the U.S. bulb housing. I'm probably wrong but I got the U.S. bulb housing down in the indicator housing pretty far and it is about an inch off. Is the battery box different on euro cars? Or the unmodified euro turns must fit in nice and snug.

I don't remember exactly how I got it to fit, but I'm 100% sure I didn't modify any metal. I'll take a look when I get a chance, but I believe i probably further modified the connector.

[muleskinner]

I just did this exact mod. On the right side of the car, use a 2" metal cutter bit on your drill. Same on the left side. Make sure you remove the battery before you drill through on the left side or you'll have a hole in your battery. Ask me how I know.

[wkohler]

[tig]

I just did this exact mod. On the right side of the car, use a 2" metal cutter bit on your drill. Same on the left side. Make sure you remove the battery before you drill through on the left side or you'll have a hole in your battery. Ask me how I know.

LMAO.

[leadphut]

I just did this exact mod. On the right side of the car, use a 2" metal cutter bit on your drill. Same on the left side. Make sure you remove the battery before you drill through on the left side or you'll have a hole in your battery. Ask me how I know.

any acid leak?

[unknXwn]

FYI, I just did a similar epic trip after purchasing a 1987 535is as well, and I posted in my own thread because I didn't want to mess with yours even though it's a few years old.

http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=144190

Hope this post isn't considered hijacking. If it is, just let me know and I'll delete it. I just wanted to say hi and connect on common ground.

Btw, love your e28. Kudos.

[jhh925]

Sorry if I'm jumping in here late. Maybe this was discussed & solved a dozen pages back, and if so, ignore this.

To get the US bulb holder (the white part in this pic) to fit into the Euro reflector housing, you need to grind the outer surface of the bulb holder down by about 2 to 3 mm (IIRC) all the way around. In the pic above (I think that's CEK's pic? Not totally sure who I'm quoting in this post), the flange at the back end of the while bulb holder needs to seat all the way down onto the shoulder of the mounting hole on the back of the Euro reflector. If you don't get the bulb holder down into the reflector far enough, then the bulbs won't sit at their intended "focal point" - instead they'll be sitting almost still hidden down in the mounting hole.

The plastic that they used to make the bulb holder is pretty tough stuff, and it took me some patience to get it ground down, but you can get the holder to seat correctly in the reflector without modifying that mounting shoulder on the reflector. (I'm doing this from memory. It was a few months ago that I did the mod ... there may be some guide parts in the reflector that you need to grind away?)

[leadphut]

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[tig]

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I miss you too.

[leadphut]

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I miss you too.

You're not tricking me again. Twice was more than I can handle, Mr. Smooth-Operator.

[bkbimmer]

You can cut the sexual tension with a credit card, get a room, you two. You can mop up your man mess with the blue towel in your tool kits.

[leadphut]

You can cut the sexual tension with a credit card, get a room, you two. You can mop up your man mess with the blue towel in your tool kits.

You still upset you weren't included? I told you it's up to cek.

[tig]

You can cut the sexual tension with a credit card, get a room, you two. You can mop up your man mess with the blue towel in your tool kits.

You still upset you weren't included? I told you it's up to cek.

Hang on to your petunias guys. Vlad will be in your town in 22 days. You can get in the back seat then.

[leadphut]

You can cut the sexual tension with a credit card, get a room, you two. You can mop up your man mess with the blue towel in your tool kits.

You still upset you weren't included? I told you it's up to cek.

Hang on to your petunias guys. Vlad will be in your town in 22 days. You can get in the back seat then.

ew!

[kzolee]

What about Maytag?