1 maintenance opportunity Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:46 am
tinyspuds
Life time member
Hi all,
I have an opportunity (no licence for 6 months) to do some focussed work on my 85 K100 70,000 miles.
Over the last 13k miles I’ve pretty much done everything in the I Just Bought a K article (Most of it 10k ago).
Asking for pointers on the most effective (reliabilty / preventative) areas to possibly tackle in the downtime.
- Spal fan install
- cam chain and tensioner renewal
- efi food chain (temp sensors etc)
- I have an EDIT 88 86 engine in a box - which presumably has a 12 rivet output shaft
- gear box iro potential 2nd gear prob.
What’s worth doing speculatively? Nothing? At 70k miles have I some surprises round the corner?
- How about getting radical and converting to a 16v TPS and Motronic?
- Or a carb conversion?
Thoughts appreciated. Time is weighing heavy (if you discount the available, but undesirable, domestic opportunities).
Thanks team
I have an opportunity (no licence for 6 months) to do some focussed work on my 85 K100 70,000 miles.
Over the last 13k miles I’ve pretty much done everything in the I Just Bought a K article (Most of it 10k ago).
Asking for pointers on the most effective (reliabilty / preventative) areas to possibly tackle in the downtime.
- Spal fan install
- cam chain and tensioner renewal
- efi food chain (temp sensors etc)
- I have an EDIT 88
- gear box iro potential 2nd gear prob.
What’s worth doing speculatively? Nothing? At 70k miles have I some surprises round the corner?
- How about getting radical and converting to a 16v TPS and Motronic?
- Or a carb conversion?
Thoughts appreciated. Time is weighing heavy (if you discount the available, but undesirable, domestic opportunities).
Thanks team
Last edited by tinyspuds on Sun Nov 19, 2023 2:22 am; edited 1 time in total
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1985 BMW K100RT + Hedingham HUB and LL’s. VIN 0028106.
1986 K100RS in boxes. VIN 0141918.
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