Tell me about it. I’m embarrassed to say how many hours I chase down electrical faults with the old-school stuff, I shudder to think how all of this will play out in the future. Manufacturers are helping us in recent years by coating electrical
connectors with dielectric grease at all contact points (especially chassis grounds), so that makes all the difference in the world to reduce wear-and-tear faults. Component life (due to QC) is another matter...
Everything you want to know is here. In the “resource” page is the service manual. You basically got it – you’re just toggling a set of reduction gearsets to get from lo to hi range and also the midrange within each gearset (via the finger
and thumb switches on the gearstick):
https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/catalog/transmissions/rt-18-transmission.html
I love using these transmissions. The dog engagement allows clutchless shifts. You only use the clutch when moving away from a standstill, otherwise, lift (the throttle) and shift (the gearstick).
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Very cool looking… Your last 10 seconds says it all.. hate to be the guy diagnosing it.
You have to be “hands free” on your phone, but it’s ok to flip through 18 pages to find you EGTs…. I can see why Charlie jumped for an analog dash. One quick glance and you see any gauge not mid-scale.
18 speed. Do they do that with a 2nd countershaft and splitters?
On Nov 9, 2021, at 9:07 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
As promised Rick, here’s a short video of the new digital dashboard now making appearances in commercial vehicles. Pretty slick (by the way, this truck is equipped with the 18 speed transmission, not eight speed as I mentioned):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgeWYf2S5c
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I was aware of the door problems and I have the Wheeler Dealers episode on my PVR where they sort out the common glitch(es) with that system. Didn’t seem to be a big deal at all if one is willing to get their hands dirty. I suppose that
makes the 97% of owners pass the car along in short order.
I’ve put up with a couple of idiosyncratic cars, I don’t think this would be out of line of any of them. At least this car has a glovebox, I’m still annoyed that my Mondial doesn’t have one...
Peter
P.S. I had about 5 jobs on the go today at work and I didn’t get any videos of the Peterbilt. Hopefully tomorrow.
P.S.S. Supply shortage disruptions are hitting everyone. One of our customers had to buy Mack tractors as all of Kenworth and Peterbilt production is sold out for 2022!
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I have a friend who had a Bimmer Z1... those doors!?!?! NO.
The glove box was behind the seats...? why?
Body panel colors didn't match... although all were dark blue, not all the same dark blue. Even the gas cap didn't match (but there was only one...) The steering wheel
had it's own hue of dark blue. He inquired at BMW if the "changeable" body panels had been changed with 2 different blues?? Nope, just one dark blue was offered. No carfax on any damage. No record of any dark blue body panels sold in California. Surprisingly,
he said BMW records showed only two people had bought a second set of body panels in another color.
Just like the Countach, the door sills are wiiiiiiide. And, the seats are much lower than the sill.
Women do NOT like the fanny, foot, foot entry in a (short) skirt and heels. After about 4 months, his wife refused to ride in it and he sold it. Having the driver side
door drive belt snap helped him make up his mind to off it before it broke again. Think of a 308 cam belt having to lift and lower a 160lb door several times a day.
The guy Pat sold it to, sold it again inside 2 months. He couldn't get his golf clubs in the trunk.
Pat saw it on a Porsche lot many years later. He still had some paperwork on it, so he ran the carfax. Since it was sold in 1990 until he saw it in 2000, it had 13 owners.
He was #2. No wrecks. Under 80K miles.
It was a car everyone wanted... no one wanted to keep.
Pat said BMW offered or were going to offer the Z1 in a coupe... but he said it looked like a AMC Gremlin. I never saw one.
What was the car that had doors that slid forward into the front fenders? Allard? Kaiser?
On Sunday, November 7, 2021, 09:19:05 PM PST, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
You never liked those (bottle cap wheels)?
What’s your take on the Z1? That’s another of my favorites and quite attainable. The only one I ever saw was in Montreal of all places
back in the early ‘90s. It was owned by a German diplomat who lived and worked in Ottawa, Ontario. He had the red Canadian consulate licence plate on the back that was merely strapped on top of the car’s original German tags. I always thought they were fun
cars, what with the sliding doors.
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I really like the OEM wheels too.
The BBS mesh style was great on cars that really needed it like most of the older German designs.
Remember the horrible BMW Bottle cap wheel on the otherwise charming E30?
On Nov 7, 2021, at 23:30, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolinasound.com> wrote:
One of my all time favorites as well, although never driven or ridden in one. But it’s one of those iconic bodies where you know what
it is from ½ mile away.
It’s also the only BMW with the chops to backup having a roundel on BOTH sides of the rear.
😊
I never shopped for one before they got hot, but it’s been common to see them in the $450-$600k range for the last couple of years.
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Subject: [Ferrari] BMW M1 - Re: F355 GTS Sale- Strong!
BTW- the BMW M1 is one of my favorite Italian cars ever.
They were at $50k back in the day when I was first looking at them.
I have never driven one but friends who have said they were not very exciting.
I think the BMW engine is really well done but not enough drama to match the chassis and bodywork…especially at today’s values.
Another case of “never meet your heroes”…
Yes, a 1980... I think... too many cars ago.
Yep, had two fuel fillers
But I thought the wide body or "G" were done by Peter Stevens before he went on to do the McLaren F1.
I'm going to have to look that up... but not tonight.
And who thought the F1 was a Gordon Murray design???
Too bad, I was hoping you were looking at an M1... maybe next year? ;-)
G Body Turbo Esprit actually...
That was my guess... given the 2 fuel fillers clue.
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