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A 1974 E12 is born again


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Hi everyone,

after two years of work and many setbacks, my E12 is now back up and running better than ever.

Here's a video of the work done so far. Still some work to do, but the hardest jobs are all done now:

Nearly Scrapped 20 years ago and now back to life! #bmw

 

 

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The injection M10 1.8 was a good swap. It's a 518i now of course but they always went pretty well and the fuel economy and reliability it much better than the old carbed 520. Keep your eye open for spare bits - ECU's and air flow meters in particular. The airflow meter 0280202039 or 0280202050 was known to be a bit troublesome. Keep a fuel pump relay in the car as well. 

 

If you can find one, a 5 speed gearbox with a speedo drive is well worth having but they are so rare now. In the UK only the E21 318 1.8 had it as standard. You may have more luck in Europe.

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