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You have those, don't you Joseph? It's okay, they probably look good with your blue LED wiper jets.[;)]

got it. Thanks again Graham. I'm like that kid that made it through high school without learning how to read. It's like I know a bunch of stuff about these cars, but I don't know simple stuff. Too afraid to ever ask the stupid questions.

[wiggle]Valve adjustment is for sissies anyways. You just don't get that cracking and gurgling and popping when you downshift or lift off the throttle.[:p]

I've got 257,000kms on my cabrio, 260,000kms on my E34, and my "E30 parts car/winter beater/driveway queen/oldest car I have" has about 240,000kms. E30 cabrio: Everything works except the rear defrost, but I don't use it anyways. E34: Everything works except AC, but she's the winter car, so...

http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/techarticles/E30-Valve_Adjust/E30-Valve_Adjust.htm Been a long time since I've had an M20, and never did this myself, but this might be your best bet.

okay, so basically, if I want to go faster on the highway at lower rpm's, I'd wan't a lower number like 4.10 or 3.92 or something, but I'll lose out down low accelerating from a stop?

nope, not the fuse.

[werd] My thoughts exactly

Where does it jam though? Almost closed, or stuck wide open?

So don't you want to know how to open your glove box? ;)

The best part about the M42 is the self adjusting vavles for sure... If you've never owned an M20, it probably goes unappreciated. The DOHC is sweet, and the timing chain means you don't have that PITA job of doing the timing belt every few years. I just installed a new chain tensioner on my...

Really the only way you can drive that car... acceleration isn't spectacular, but the trottle response is immediate, even punching the throttle on the highway in 5th... I always found that I had to downshift to pass on the highway, but the M42 gets up and goes all on it's own. I think the dual...

Yo, the OP was like a million years ago

First try swapping the driver's switch for the passenger switch, just to rule out that possiblility.

Good work... for such a simple job, it improves the car so much.

Dude!! M42's never came with a slush box attached![rofl]... and if they did, I would never own one... I think my rev limit is 7200rpm's, with the torque peak around 4600rpm... These engines are a blast to wind up, but overall a very fatiqueing car to drive as you have to constantly be on the...