350i New Owner

[CJD2005]

The green and the black/red from the coil go to this?

[CJD2005]

The green / white is dangling next to the starter motor not used...

[CJD2005]

Thanks for this, very useful info...

[CJD2005]

Does anyone know if you can still get the short hose that comes off the overrun valve at the back of the Plenum, its 16mm ID so I could try a straight length and bend it, I have researched and can't seem to find one?

[CJD2005]

I think it's the ERC4468 hose which on rimmers is no longer available??

[CJD2005]

Had an interesting one today, repaired leaks on exhaust and replaced a couple of hoses, started the engine and it was racing away at idle, checked everything over for leaks couldn't see anything different from when I started.... In the end adjusted throttle plate so it was fully closed and had to set timing again. Running fine but no idea why this happened.... Would repairing exhaust leaks cause this???

[CJD2005]

Hi All, hope everyone is well under the circumstances, was hoping to get car on the road this year but will have to see... Anyway just sourced a mushroom cap and filter which was missing from the rocker cover however I notice on occasions there seems to be fumes coming from this??? Anything to worry about before I put the filter and cap on?

[CJD2005]

Ah right will have a look thanks , I did replace with a straight section and managed to bend it into position but had to loosen the straight metal hose that runs under the Plenum... Not ideal.! Will have to keep an eye on the fumes/vapour from mushroom, the WD40 Cap is a great idea!

[CJD2005]

Hi All, so I am currently using the spare time to replace rear brake discs, just a question to others that may have carried out this task previously, when trying to remove drive shaft bolts what do you do to stop the drive shaft from rotating, mine is currently on axle stands, wheels off etc. If it's in gear does not stop rotating so do I just have to simply put wheels back on and drop it onto blocks or something for this??

[CJD2005]

Hi Colin.. I don't like cutting wires, I left mine in place but clearly won't be used in the future...

Thanks Keith... I have the early trailing arm at the rear, do I really need to remove the whole lot for the rear disc replacement? Just slackening it all off would this not give me enough movement??? Probably no the answer but its a big job!

[CJD2005]

Well after weeks of working on the car, rear brakes are all done, MOT tomorrow..

[CJD2005]

Failed on handbrake!!! Flipping thing!!! Don't know how many times I've adjusted it! , probably because its not bedded in properly yet!!! The MOT station was also saying on the V5 did not state a brake weight????

[CJD2005]

It passed today, thank the lord! On the road from 1st July. Thanks all for the help..

[CJD2005]

So been driving around in the MOT'd TVR, however starting to notice some common problems

Oil leak around Valley gasket.
Temperature starting to creep into the red now and again.
Crunchy 3rd gear
Rough running when cold.

Neverending, but still a joy to drive.

New exhaust on Thursday this week.

[CJD2005]

Hi All, only seems 5 mins when i was going through the pain of bringing B470BCK back to life!! Sadly the car is now for sale, it has been on pistonheads already with no buyers, probably wrong time of year, however if anyone is interested in the car drop me a note, would like it to go to a good home.. Cheers Chris

[CJD2005]

I have just listed it on Autotrader today... Might take a while to show.. Please have a look, great car with some unique history..