Changes
Here is a list of the changes made after the purchase in spring 2008.
What is still to do...
Here is a list of the changes made after the purchase in spring 2008.
- Timing belt changed
- Heater valve renewed
- Radiator replaced
- Wheel suspension new mounted
- Rear brake pads renewed
- Hazard warning switch repaired
- Blower switch installed
- Blower repaired
- Heater control unit renewed
- Analog clock (glass and adjusting screw)
- Passenger door lock linkage renewed
- Rims painted
- Wood parts new veneered (walnut)
- Radio from the 80s mounted (Blaupunkt Amsterdam)
- Gear knob new
- TÜV for Nardi steering wheel (thanks to Alex from my-spider.de)
- Shock absorber rebuilt to original (before Koni red)
- Wiper motor repaired
- Fuel filler flap rubber replaced
- tarpaulin new in leather
- Safetybelt guide (BMW spare part 52 30 0 302 425)
- Flasher relay replaced (Hella 4 AZ 003.787-001) and position lights connected
- Trunk floor renewed
- Trunk carpet installed
- Battery terminal clamps replaced by OJOP quick release fasteners
- eyelets for tarpaulin fastening hammered in
- Rubber under the rear lights replaced
- License plate light replaced
- Speedometer cable replaced
- windshield washer nozzles replaced by metal nozzles
- Handbrake switch installed
- Lighting for heating system refurbished
- Window crank rosettes installed
- Spare wheel renewed
- exhaust renewed (end muffler)
- new front frame (incl. hood moulding)
- track widening rear 20/20mm mounted and registered
- Converted to Weber 32 ADFA and 1800 intake manifold
- Exhaust manifold painted
- Heat protection plate from 2000 i.e. mounted (without connection for preheating)
- fuel hoses, fuel filter replaced
- Check valves in flow and return installed
- Brake lines replaced
- Brake master cylinder replaced
- Brake booster replaced
- Soft top replaced in Sonnenland fabric beige
- soft top bows covered in leather (paint must be solvent resistant)
- Convertible top frame painted with 2K primer and varnish
- Headlights converted to relay
- Handbrake cable renewed
- Door seals renewed
- Thermoswitch at radiator (bottom) renewed
- Silent bushings front axle completely renewed
- new (used) steel rim set powder coated (cloverleaf design) and new tires ContiEcoContact
- air filter converted to KN E-2670 (78 airfilter box / adjust carburetor setting !)
- Fuel pump converted to electric (incl. emergency shutdown with changeover relay and pushbutton to fill the float chamber)
- Timing belt replaced again (10 years are already over)
- Mechanical fuel pump removed
- Water pump replaced
- New tank sender installed
- Simmerrings stub axle right + left exchanged
- Thrust rods, push rods and Panhard rod replaced
- Fuel hoses in the underbody replaced
- Blaupunkt Madrid 200 BT (80's design) installed
- TÜV renewed to August 2025
What is still to do...
- Cavity sealing
- Interval wiper repair
- Relay rebuild starter motor