radio and other electronics keep on turning off

[tim eh?]

okay I looked at Bruno's website and looked at my car, where is the fuseable link located, next to the battery (which I couldn't see) or in the engine compartment?

there are two in mine, but the battery in my car is in the engine compartment.


this is the 80A link before/after



there is a 50A one under my rear seat, near where the battery is on most cars. looks the same except the wire leading to it is red.
there is also the power link in the plastic box maybe needs a look. i'll have photos of that fix later today...


edit- here ya go... kriss, if i can find it, you can find it!

the link is underneath the heatwrap on the red cable.

[BigKriss]

thanks tim, i will look tomorrow, its 3am now

[shogun]

Nice pics, Tim.
Can you upload them on photobucket or imageshack with a link, I would like to use the pics on a German board to show the locations, because this question often comes because many people cannot find them. Thanks

[tim eh?]

Nice pics, Tim.
Can you upload them on photobucket or imageshack with a link, I would like to use the pics on a German board to show the locations, because this question often comes because many people cannot find them. Thanks

Thanks! I will post them together in a new thread ...

[shogun]

if you need more pics:
http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/s...ible_E32_1.jpg
E32 http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/335715/
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/377728

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/377948

E32 has even 2 of them, same like the E31.

[BigKriss]

thanks Erich, I will look tomorrow. Its off almost all the time (I mean the electronics for the radio and windscreen wipers). Do I buy the fusable link from BMW, or is it a generic part that I can purchase from a electronics store?

[tim eh?]

thanks Erich, I will look tomorrow. Its off almost all the time (I mean the electronics for the radio and windscreen wipers). Do I buy the fusable link from BMW, or is it a generic part that I can purchase from a electronics store?

i found generic ones at an auto parts store easy, i don't think electronics store will have fuses that big but maybe. you just need a really big fuse.

E32 has even 2 of them, same like the E31.

we have two also... soon to be posted in serious detail on my forthcoming 'things newbies can do to their e34 for less than $20' website... but i have posted what i have on a new thread here for the time being.

[BigKriss]

i found generic ones at an auto parts store easy, i don't think electronics store will have fuses that big but maybe. you just need a really big fuse.



we have two also... soon to be posted in serious detail on my forthcoming 'things newbies can do to their e34 for less than $20' website... but i have posted what i have on a new thread here for the time being.

[tim eh?]

i just thought of this... so you know those links are riveted! so you need to either cut the wire and attach new ring terminals (what i did) or find a way to connect the new fuse to the old rings, which looks like it would be difficult, but very possible.

the wire is 6 guage wire.

[bubba966]

i just thought of this... so you know those links are riveted! so you need to either cut the wire and attach new ring terminals (what i did) or find a way to connect the new fuse to the old rings, which looks like it would be difficult, but very possible.

the wire is 6 guage wire.

Wouldn't be difficult at all. Drill out the rivet, re-rivet it with an aluminum rivet. Would probably take longer to re-heatshrink it than drill & re-riveting it.