Just sent this email to the ONE local person that MAY be able to help me, otherwise, I think I may have to ship the car to SF to Bill Arnold. Thanks Don Lawrence for your help so far.
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I have a 1974 BMW 3.0cs, in pretty good shape (I recently replaced the cylinder head), but I need a little work done, as summarized below. Note that nothing is urgent as the vehicle is running great for the most part. However, I can't find anyone in town willing or capable of working on older cars, especially with carburetors.
Basically, the car needs, in order:
If you are unavailable to do this, let me know. My only other option is to bring the vehicle to San Francisco to have this done by someone I know that knows the vehicle well.
I really and truly appreciate all of your help on this.
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I have a 1974 BMW 3.0cs, in pretty good shape (I recently replaced the cylinder head), but I need a little work done, as summarized below. Note that nothing is urgent as the vehicle is running great for the most part. However, I can't find anyone in town willing or capable of working on older cars, especially with carburetors.
Basically, the car needs, in order:
- Installation of New Carbs and Tuning Carbs correctly for altitude
- The car has old/tired Weber carburetors. I purchased the correct, new Weber replacements. I understand installing them is fairly simple, but ensuring they are tuned properly for altitude is not simple. I do drive the car to sea level occasionally, but for the most part use it in the valley. Ideally, it can be tuned for altitude but run fine when I go on longer trips.
- Removal of Pollution "stuff"
- There are a bunch of things installed originally that were intended to make it meet 1974 pollution standards, but I'm told that these affect performance and are not ideal nor required by law.
- Overheating Issues
- I was having overheating issues when idling especially when the AC was running, but installed a new radiator and haven't had any issues since, but was told that I could benefit from installing a new electric fan (which I have) along with new pulleys and water pump, etc. Not sure how important this is, but would like your opinion.
- Miscellaneous stuff, e.g. clean gas tank (rust) and coat to prevent future rust, replace hoses, fix small leak in power steering gearbox, and some other minor things along with anything you identify.
If you are unavailable to do this, let me know. My only other option is to bring the vehicle to San Francisco to have this done by someone I know that knows the vehicle well.
I really and truly appreciate all of your help on this.