Small question:
My throttle cable is about to give in (break). is it easy to replace the cable?
Do I need to remove the master brake cylinder or anything? Seems awfully narrow where the cable is going!
Just did this a couple weeks ago. Unbolt and lift up the water valves as stated above, and have alot of patience. You will scrap your hand and it will take a while. Just be patient and it ll clip in.
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Engine : S38B36 - MM 296° Rally Intake Cam, E28 Exhaust Cam (248°), Race Port (31mm) , High Lift Valve Springs, High Performance Rings, Refreshed Bottom End, Port Matched Throttle Bodies, BMC CDA Intake
i did mine while replacing the vacuum and water hoses under the plenum, so i had the plenum off (not a difficult job in itself) so there was plenty of space.
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
I did our andys earlier this year, cost 20 quid from BMW, was a piece of cake, the most difficult part was getting the old cable out, there is a square hole behind the accelerator pedal where the new cable clips in and getting the square plastic clip out is a pain, just clip it out with a flat bladed screw driver
The aforementioned water hoses valves are in the way too for threading the cable round the back of the dashboard but even if youve got big hands (like me) you can still reach down to guide it through the hole round the bottom of the dash.
Took around 30 minutes in the freezing cold january weather we had
best regards
James
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How man miles should I expect from a throttle cable? Are they a common problem? do you think they broke due to wear or adjustment too tight? Just wondering when to add it to the maintenance list.
How man miles should I expect from a throttle cable? Are they a common problem? do you think they broke due to wear or adjustment too tight? Just wondering when to add it to the maintenance list.
Thanks,
Russ
i did my 3/90 production car at 150k miles, with coolant hoses, belts, vacuum lines etc. Was obviously frayed/worn.
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Mike
91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; EAT Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
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