Hello Bernie

  Pull the cover off and inspect the belt.  I do this with my 94 Honda every
couple of years and it still looks good with the original belt at 115K
check for cracking or serious deterioration, the teeth.   I had a Toyota Celica
Belt fail at 55k, with half the teeth missing on the belt when it failed.  When
I told the garage I was able to nurse the care home from Mid-Vermont to Hartford
Connecticut, He looked at me with astonishment.  It was out of time but it got
me home shy of 5 miles.  You call,  Don't do it you can toast the valves and
consider the rest the of motor toast. Do it yourself and save some cash.  Just
jump in there and do do it.  I have had my 1986 BMW 535i coming on 10 years and
have yet to bring it to a short. I was able to think things out and fix it
myself.  This is a great car car and love it.   This is a rust free car that
spent at least ten years before coming to Connecticut and still is rust free.  I
only drive it from April to October.

Good Luck
Gil
BMW 1986 535i 197k

--- On Wed, 4/15/09, BENNIE LANE JR <princeben7@...> wrote:

From: BENNIE LANE JR <princeben7@...>
Subject: [bmw e28] Timing Belt on '82 - '88 528e
To: bmwe28@...
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 10:45 AM


I was trying to see you all experience with Timing Belt change with money being
tight! hee hee  One book (Haynes) says it should be change every 60k miles.  I
was trying to get more mileage out of it but certainly don't won't it to break. 
I'm already 6k over on the change at 60k intervals.  Is it really pushing it
trying to go to 70k or 75k and then change???
 
Ben
 

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Larry R. <dallas_larry@...> wrote:

From: Larry R. <dallas_larry@...>
Subject: [bmw e28] 535is front air dam and trunk spoiler Dallas, TX Pick and
Pull
To: bmwe28@...
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 9:07 AM









Folks,

Not sure if anyone else is close to Dallas, TX, but I was at the Pick n Pull
junkyard and they have a white E28 with both the front air dam and the trunk
spoiler still attached.

I've seen people really dress up other models with these two items.

I don't need them but figured if anyone was around and close, they might.

Larry
















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