Project: E34 Busted Pile

[Jake]

Fixed the door!

And no thanks to BMW, for making the lock/latch mechanism such a pain to remove. There are two obvious bolts, a third behind the weatherstripping on the door, and a fourth that allows you to remove part of the window track (?!) and thus remove the mechanism.

This is the mystical fourth bolt:


The old cable and new cable, aka why the handle didn't pull:


The cable hooks into that little rubbery grommet on the right side of things:


...and hooks onto the door panel's similar yellowish rubbery grommet:


So, that little task is done. Now for the window regulators (shipping soon) and to diagnose the rough idle and slight misfire while running. She shudders pretty bad around 2,000 rpms, and the idle will randomly dip a few hundred. I kind of remember putting the coils back on the plugs, and seeing one of them look a bit melted. That'll be where I check first.