Removed tow bar, what should I do with electrics?

[Dinoboy]

Removed the tow bar from my 82' BMW 528i.
What should I do with the electrics?
There wired through a hole behind the bumper and then into the taillight.

Can I just cut the end of the wire, wrap in insulating tape and tape to inner wall of the boot?

[Penelope Stopit]

Yes you can cut the cables in the 7 core at different lengths and tape them

Best way is to cut them off at the rear lights and tidy the wiring up back to original

[Dinoboy]

Thanks for that, job done

[Penelope Stopit]

Nice

You work very fast

What's your hourly rate?

[Dinoboy]

Penelope Stopit said:

Nice

You work very fast

What's your hourly rate?

Hehe apreciate the help.

[Penelope Stopit]

Glad to be of help

The E28 is a real car

Solved a few electrical problems on E28s, E30s, E31s, E32s, E34s, E36s and Z1s

Always liked the E28s and E30s

Enjoy

[Dinoboy]

Penelope Stopit said:

Glad to be of help

The E28 is a real car

Solved a few electrical problems on E28s, E30s, E31s, E32s, E34s, E36s and Z1s

Always liked the E28s and E30s

Enjoy

Yup the E28 is a fabulous car, believe it or not I'm on my 10th 528i since 1992. I'm gonna keep this one.

[Penelope Stopit]

Dinoboy said:

Yup the E28 is a fabulous car, believe it or not I'm on my 10th 528i since 1992. I'm gonna keep this one.

I believe you

Out of interest

Why 10 of them and why all 528s?

[Dinoboy]

Penelope Stopit said:

I believe you

Out of interest

Why 10 of them and why all 528s?

Haha my wife would ask the same question!
I've had 535's (e28 and e34) too but I really like the revvy nature of the 528i. A nice manual one is so sweet to drive when it gets a second wind up the Rev range.
A 535 is torquier but I prefer the way the 528 engine delivers.
I should really start a readers rides thread with photos of them all!

[Penelope Stopit]

Dinoboy said:

Haha my wife would ask the same question!
I've had 535's (e28 and e34) too but I really like the revvy nature of the 528i. A nice manual one is so sweet to drive when it gets a second wind up the Rev range.
A 535 is torquier but I prefer the way the 528 engine delivers.
I should really start a readers rides thread with photos of them all!

Very interesting

Electrics are what I play with, the engine techies never mentioned the differences between 2.8 and 3.5

Yes you should post them up, not so many have owned so many

Driving an E28 M5 a while back, taking a sharp right hander, rear kicked out on me then in and out once more before straightening up, the thing is there was a stationary car on the other side of the road waiting to turn right across my lane, the M5 danced around that car, every time I read about or see an E28 that day comes back to me

If anyone had witnessed what happened they would have commented "wow what a great driver"

A few may have commented "lucky bd" and they would have been correct

Enjoy

Yamas