1982 E23 Limited slip diff!!

Can't say about the diff, but the cc will be down to electrics somewhere (no surprise there then). Unplug and clean all contacts that you can and check continuity. There is an ecu in the n/s footwell behind the speaker grille. Bit of a pig to get at/out, but can be done, I would leave that to last.

PS. Welcome!

Edited by eta.

Hi Sharknose, welcome to the board.
Change the oil in the diff with proper oil, but it'll still make a few rumbling noises anyhow, nature of the diff I'm afraid.

Andy, pushing Hiab's parts still then?

Well you know what losers E23 owners are! :-) All
talk and no action..............

The sad thing is, a complete 735i with buffalo
leather, sweet engine and LSD will be crushed into a
cube this time next week. They don't even
keep them in for breaking now - it's in the yard, a
bloke with a crane and grab rips the engine out and
the rest is crushed. The same thing happened to
Hiab's 745i last month (minus the engine), now it's
time for this one. That's the trouble with worthless
cars, the parts are worth nothing also.

Of course, when all the rare and useful bits are
gone, owners will whine like hell when there are
none left! I hate E23's with a passion so it's no skin
off my nose, just seems like a pity that's all. Not as if
we're talking lots of money either.

Pete 07970 645599.

But hurry!! The man with the lorry is a comin'

M3AG wrote: That's a little bit strong Andy, we don't all have places to store these cars when they come along like yourself and Hiab. Owners of the e23 are reliant on guys like Hiab to keep their cars running.

Well it was meant as a bit of harmless sarcasm (the
highest form of wit). I remember quite clearly
Horsetan offering you all a place to store a scrap
735i whilst you stripped it - of course there were the
usual excuses and nothing happened..........

As far as I know, Pete has had this car rotting in his
garden along with the blue 745i for 18 months. None
of the regular E23 posse have yet rescued any bits. I
wasn't talking about anyone taking the whole car -
but for one E23 owner to get some dollars out and
buy a few bits before it gets dropped into a very hot
foundry.
Sorry, but I wasn't under the impression that Pete
was obliged to keep an E23 in his garden on the
unlikely offchance that one of you chaps might need
something.
If you're at all serious about E23's, you'd be having
the interior trim, LSD, wings, chrome and other rare
expensive (when new) bits - hardly lottery money is
it? In five years time there will be none of these left
and you'll be going to BMW for parts.
££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££