E34 DIY Quick Links

[jamesdc4]

Updated 7-16-09

This thread contains links to common DIYs. Some, but not all, of the DIYs reside within the Bf.c Do It Yourself (E34) section, so be sure to check this thread as well as the sub-forum.
If you find a DIY that has not been added to this list or find a broken link, please contact MacR or jamesdc4.

Thanks

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E34 DIY Quick Links
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Engine/Mechanical
Fuel Pump Replacement (540i)
Fuel Filter Replacement (540i)
Plug n Play Megasquirt for the 535i, 525i, and U.S. M5
M50 Vanos Oil Canister leak repair


Cooling
AC compressor replacement (M50TU)
Auxiliary Fan/ "Be Cool" Electric Fan Retrofit
Electric Fan Retrofit
M50 Cooling Fan Replacement

Transmission
Transmission Fluid, Filter, Gasket Replacement
M50 525i Auto tranny to manual swap
LSD Disassembly/ Assembly
Differential Fluid Change


Suspension
Rear bearing replacement
Rear shock mount replacement (no pics)


Electrical
LKM Repair
E34 to E32 Autodim rearview mirror retrofit
E34 SLS bypass/delete
92-93 factory amp to passive xover conversion (blau "bypass")


Interior
Instrument cluster repair
Rear door lock actuator removal
E34 Rear Headrest DIY


Exterior
Chrome Shadowline
Repairing chipped paint
Door handle and lock cylinder replacement
Windshield wiper arm painting


Exhaust
Exhaust replacement (no pics)


Lighting
Euro Hellas/HID retrofit
Smoked headlights/ trim rings/ kidneys
Rear Fog Lights
Hella smileys with working tilt motors conversion
US Ellipsoid -> H1 HID
Rear Opera/Map Light Install
Fog Light Glass Restoration
French Style Headlights and foglamps

Misc
Rear door lock actuator removal
Fuel Tank removal
Hardwiring radar detector




E34 DIY Websites
Bimmer DIY
http://www.e38.org/e34/
http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main.html

[jamesdc4]

As you can see by the update date of this thread, I'm kept pretty busy in other sections of Bimmerforums (mostly the E39 subforum). I'd like to bring this quick link list up to date but do not have the time right now to go through the E34 DIYs to see which ones have not been added to the list. If ANYONE has a little extra time and would be willing to let me know which DIYs have not been added, I could do the update. It would be a shame for the list to get so outdated that it warrants deletion.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

James

[MacR]

Just post updates into this thread. Either James or myself will update.

Thank you.

[MN525i]

Just to let you know...
I tried the heater core replacement link and it does not work.

Thank you

[jamesdc4]

Just to let you know...
I tried the heater core replacement link and it does not work.

Thank you

Thanks for the notification.
It looks like the archived file has been blocked.
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"We're sorry, access to http://www.homeofsbc.com/Fixes/Heate...r1/heater1.htm has been blocked by the site owner via robots.txt."
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I tried accessing it in different ways, but this is all I could come up with.
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Some sites are not available because of Robots.txt or other exclusions.
What does that mean?
The Standard for Robot Exclusion (SRE) is a means by which web site owners can instruct automated systems not to crawl their sites. Web site owners can specify files or directories that are allowed or disallowed from a crawl, and they can even create specific rules for different automated crawlers. All of this information is contained in a file called robots.txt. While robots.txt has been adopted as the universal standard for robot exclusion, compliance with robots.txt is strictly voluntary. In fact most web sites do not have a robots.txt file, and many web crawlers are not programmed to obey the instructions anyway. However, Alexa, the company that crawls the web for the Internet Archive, does respect robots.txt instructions, and even does so retroactively. If a web site owner ever decides he / she prefers not to have a web crawler visiting his / her files and sets up robots.txt on the site, the Alexa crawlers will stop visiting those files and mark all files previously gathered as unavailable. This means that sometimes, while using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, you may find a site that is unavailable due to robots.txt or other exclusions. Other exclusions? Yes, sometimes a web site owner will contact us directly and ask us to stop crawling or archiving a site. We comply with these requests.
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If anyone knows of a solution, the help would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, I will have to delete the link from the list.

TIA

jamesdc4