The bag has to be able to breathe. And, if that leaf sucker isn’t electric, be careful of carbon monoxide.

This repair was on a BMW. I don’t know anything about an Opel and I don’t give out my email.

That was really.cool.to.fix

Not sure what you mean.

I’m working on a 16 ga right now that has a broken firing pin and the screw is staked ! Maybe someone had them work loose and staked them , or it could have been factory .

You’re entirely welcome. I’m glad you got some use out of it.👍

It has been so long since I did this, I can’t remember the code. Bank lean or rich? Leaking and or rotted, cut vacuum hoses will also cause these type codes. Also bad POV or CCV systems can do it also.

What do you mean “do mods”?

I’d have to take mine apart and just figure it out just like you would. So no I don’t have any ideas off the top of my head.

Same issue here as well.

@@medianetwork7972 I was able to remove the rod, wrap the hook end in electrical tape, and after some experimentation and luck, was able to get it back into the right orientation in the mechanism. I now have a replacement e-brake sitting on the shelf, but but the temporary fix is holding up. I'm careful to fully press the button, pull the lever, and then release. As long as it catches, it's good. It's not relying on the electrical tape for anything other than holding the rod in place when the brake is not engaged.

If I remember it was a 5/16” I had laying around. A 1/4” will work but I wouldn’t go any smaller.

Yessir, you’re entirely welcome.

I guess that would be a good name for it. I put that nut shown in the still photo at the end of the video back on the gear shaft with red loctite. That last pic shows how I found it when I opened the actuator. Nut just laying in the housing. Pitiful design.

@@stearman gotcha. Did your son say he had grinding noises at random times while driving? That's what I've been having happen and I'm wondering if that nut could be the culprit

Yes, use blue lock tite, or for a more permanent bond, use red.

That’s how I did it, after calling Hardinge to no avail, like you, I just figured it out. I had tried although very gingerly, using a slide hammer which is a BAD idea. I posted this video to hopefully keep others from ruining their tailstock.

@@stearman I know man I was using the slide hammer as well but nothing but finally figured it out in the end

ditto ...!! ...1986 hlvh

Possibly. I’d also look to see if the tip is conical or partially broken off.

@@stearman Thanks

I can’t tell without seeing it in my hands. I’d take it back apart and fit each part one at a time and make sure it moves freely before adding another part. You’ll figure it out that way.

Jesse Pacheco I didn’t have a set measurement. I made them as thick and wide as I could to span as much surface area as was available in those little pockets in the plastic to both thread it to accept a bolt and to spread the tension the tightened bolt would create in hopes that it wouldn’t crack the plastic any more than it already was. A flat washer and a nut would work just as well, this is just material I had laying around my shop so I used it.

Brian Ross I’m afraid what I showed on this video is about the extent of my knowledge on it. This car got totaled not long after this video was made by a flood. I’ll never own one again.

If I was an algorithm I would tell that this was written by a robot to hype the video.

A robot trying to make revenue to this video.

None of my videos are revenue earning or monetized. They are free informational attempts, by me, to help those with the problems these are intended to help solve.

@@stearman The effort is much appreciated. I was able to diagnose and determine whether mine was repairable.

I don’t know where you’d be coming from but it is yours. I was about to haul it to the dump. Good timing.

@@stearman I've fixed my top using your tutorial and the e46 message board, but I'd still like to get that top for R&R for manufacturing a brass replacement part. I already have a guy that is a great machinist that I need donor parts to send to so he can make the parts. Due to fixing my house I wasn't able to come to you last weekend, but I will contact when I can make the drive to you. Don't throw it away!

Watcher Watchmen The top was given away. You eventually came and got it and I thank you for getting that thing out of my way.

I figured it out! Hold the extractor from the side with a pair pliers and rotate counterclockwise 90 degrees then pull strait out. I pointed the bolt face into a small plastic container in case the spring and follower came flying out but they were pretty gunked up and had to be worked out. Putting it in the new bolt was a matter of putting the spring and follower in their hole, holding the extractor with the claw side up then using the flat on the side of the extractor to compress the spring while pushing it into the recess and finally rotating it 90 degrees clockwise. If I had to do it again I doubt that it would take 2 minutes.

Curtis Reinke using that plastic tub or a plastic bag was a wise move on your part. Looking for crap that flew into the next county sucks!

Which one, the one in the center that drives the two latches? 10 minutes for that one.