Thank you! Your video saved my door trims. Super helpful the way you point how to push the clip straight towards the front. Other videos did not show how to push the clip, which looks like they are pushing sideways to pop out the trim. I was struggling until I found your video. Thank you for sharing..
Good video, thank you, just what I needed to see, I have to change my striker latch and / or door handle on the passengers side of my 1999 E36 M3. Thanks again!
Thank you very much for this tutorial. This is the first video that shows where the door lock actuator is attached to the lock. Since I have a problem with my passenger side actuator not working, I am planning on replacing it. I have seen videos with people extracting the actuator without disassembling the whole lock, but rather without installing it back... How is the axtuator connected to the lock? Do you think it is possible to reinstall it blindly?
Thanks good done, especially the details u need in such case!....its nice the way u took effort to show the reinstal at the end....way better than the usual” install in the opposite ...” ery helpfull, thanks, ob the belgian
Hi, I'm glad you appreciate the work I did. If you prefer I did it in french as welle since your from Belgium ;¬) : th-cam.com/video/nijWguDAGoM/w-d-xo.html
thank you very VERY much for this nice tutorial, you saved me a lot of time and labor. time is more important then a fckn doorhandle, this vid made this shit of a job a lot easier!!
I subscrived, i really am amazed, how great you people help the community, by showing how to save buckets of money, and driving the most amazing cars for handfull of dollars! That s the spirit dudes! Keep up the good work! Im a fan of diy, bmw and every bucket spared to put in the gastank instead of dealerships...and then the fun of e belgian beer, after a job self done...u know the feelin? Aaah , did my emergency handbrake today , and all went welll...but untill now didnt find any detailed utuber explain, when and how exactly the 2 bolts come in play for finetuning...suppose not every car has the luxus to finetune left and richt handbrake frome the driverseat...maybe an idea to make a. Ideo?😎😀
Thanks Bob ! Videos like I do have helped me by the passed so I happy to give back to the community, especially to help people save some money. For the handbrake, the fine tuning is to be done on the wheels as I showed and usually you don't have to touch the cables (except if you had to replace them), but you're right, it would be good if I made a video on the subject ;¬).
Interesting detail as feedback boutmy succes...i did the adaptation on rear wheels, but a friend of mine last year kind of disregulated or left the desregulated interior finetunebolts, from the previous owner...what resulted last year in a lucky pass at the otm...this year my car showed left rear difference with richt rear wheel not engaging at all... So i did what u did....and went back to otm( carinspection).’... didnt pass the test! Huge difference again...knowing my new brake pads from last year, knowing i didnt use them at all, i went for a watertight approach: took it to nearest garage that has a breakbench, ...similar to those onces the otm uses...and i explained the garageholder to hand me a deep socket 12 mm to finetune the result while the computer showed the initially indeed poor result....know comes what i had hoped, but nobody expected, not even the garageman, who is a renaultdealer....within seconds i could make the breaks exacly the same, by turning my right inner bolt under the handle a few turns... So the essence of this is that , after long trying and feeling, i couldnt get a feel how my pretension was on my cables...now im luckily at ground zero, and know the setting is even...its a story of bmw 1998. 340 000 km so 220 000 miles or so, that has been maintained by Diy ers, that often results in a “ not so ideal state of setting “.’’’ But thats what i like so much...to get the car even better, even after 20 years, ye know what i mean? I guess you do! Now my problem that showed up is a tumbler of ignition that turns indefinitly and i have to deal with this, life is e beach😎👏thx bro for your great work! I wanted u to know my story! Bob the B elgian🇧🇪
Hi, interesting feed back ! When you get your hands dirty you realize dome things can be vcery tricks, especially if you don't have special tools to contrl waht you do. But I think it's the best way to learn and understand how things work. Take care of your E36, it's going to be collector soon ;¬).
Thank you very much for the video. I have a BMW 325 E36 Cabrio, 1994. The function that lowers the windows when I open the doors does not work. On most of these cars I see that they have the latch striker on the door frame, but it doesn't happen on mine. Do you think it can be found inside the door? In that case, how could I solve it? The rest works fine: the windows go down, one tuch… Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge
You did a very good job showing me most of the issues I’m going to deal with by the way that black glue is more like black tar in my door!!... so if you’ve ever gotten tar on your hands or clothes or Upholstery or even the door itself .....you’re going to regret it.! Tar is very unforgiving! Maybe some tape over will help until assembly.
Well done. I recently purchased a e36 sedan with absolutely no door handle hardware and I didn’t know what went where until now. I did not come with those pesky pins though 😠
thanks for the info, great detailed video i going to change my handle, is it possible to take it out just the handle, without taking out the lock (3 bolt) and the window rail?
ok. i will give it a try. according to my repair manual , that metal with hook thing (connect the handle to the lock mechanism) i suppose to disconnect the bottom part ( which you unhook at the top part at 12:14 )
alright i will give it a try. the problem with my car is the previous owner done the door swap without changing the lock so i got a key that dont open the door. luckily he keep the old door so i going to swap the lock over and once again thx for the video! looking fwd for more tutorial video
Great video. Is it possible to replace only the door handle trim and gasket without sliding the latch inside the door or removing any bolts from the side of the door? I just need to replace the cracked gasket. Thank you!
Thanks ! Yes you just need to remove the door panel and do the first step of the video, basically just releasing the little tabs on the back of the handle trim with a screwdriver ;¬).
Thx!! Sorry now i see i per accident, replied on your door video😎🤣 ...indeed to search and experience and triing to understand, the knowhow is slowhow and sticks lifelong...., where are u from? Bob the Belgian🇧🇪
Hi, I don't think you have to take the glass out if it's fully up, but if you need to take it out it's not very complicated. Just take off the seals and what's holding the window then you'll be able to slide it out.
I see what you mean but when you're on it yourself it's easier to understand how everything works out. You should give it a go, just take your time and analyse every step ;¬).
It seems that you forgot to mention that the power window motor and assembly must be removed. This involves first drilling out the rivets that hold the assembly. Not an easy task.
Thank you! The opening section where you show how to unlock the handle trim was super helpful.
You're welcome 😉 !
Thank you! Your video saved my door trims. Super helpful the way you point how to push the clip straight towards the front. Other videos did not show how to push the clip, which looks like they are pushing sideways to pop out the trim. I was struggling until I found your video.
Thank you for sharing..
Good video, thank you, just what I needed to see, I have to change my striker latch and / or door handle on the passengers side of my 1999 E36 M3. Thanks again!
Thanks, glad it helped 😉 !
Thank you very much for this tutorial. This is the first video that shows where the door lock actuator is attached to the lock. Since I have a problem with my passenger side actuator not working, I am planning on replacing it. I have seen videos with people extracting the actuator without disassembling the whole lock, but rather without installing it back...
How is the axtuator connected to the lock? Do you think it is possible to reinstall it blindly?
Thanks good done, especially the details u need in such case!....its nice the way u took effort to show the reinstal at the end....way better than the usual” install in the opposite ...” ery helpfull, thanks, ob the belgian
Hi, I'm glad you appreciate the work I did. If you prefer I did it in french as welle since your from Belgium ;¬) : th-cam.com/video/nijWguDAGoM/w-d-xo.html
thank you very VERY much for this nice tutorial, you saved me a lot of time and labor. time is more important then a fckn doorhandle, this vid made this shit of a job a lot easier!!
My pleasure, very happy if it helped you out 😃 !
I subscrived, i really am amazed, how great you people help the community, by showing how to save buckets of money, and driving the most amazing cars for handfull of dollars! That s the spirit dudes! Keep up the good work! Im a fan of diy, bmw and every bucket spared to put in the gastank instead of dealerships...and then the fun of e belgian beer, after a job self done...u know the feelin? Aaah , did my emergency handbrake today , and all went welll...but untill now didnt find any detailed utuber explain, when and how exactly the 2 bolts come in play for finetuning...suppose not every car has the luxus to finetune left and richt handbrake frome the driverseat...maybe an idea to make a. Ideo?😎😀
Thanks Bob !
Videos like I do have helped me by the passed so I happy to give back to the community, especially to help people save some money.
For the handbrake, the fine tuning is to be done on the wheels as I showed and usually you don't have to touch the cables (except if you had to replace them), but you're right, it would be good if I made a video on the subject ;¬).
Interesting detail as feedback boutmy succes...i did the adaptation on rear wheels, but a friend of mine last year kind of disregulated or left the desregulated interior finetunebolts, from the previous owner...what resulted last year in a lucky pass at the otm...this year my car showed left rear difference with richt rear wheel not engaging at all...
So i did what u did....and went back to otm( carinspection).’... didnt pass the test! Huge difference again...knowing my new brake pads from last year, knowing i didnt use them at all, i went for a watertight approach: took it to nearest garage that has a breakbench, ...similar to those onces the otm uses...and i explained the garageholder to hand me a deep socket 12 mm to finetune the result while the computer showed the initially indeed poor result....know comes what i had hoped, but nobody expected, not even the garageman, who is a renaultdealer....within seconds i could make the breaks exacly the same, by turning my right inner bolt under the handle a few turns...
So the essence of this is that , after long trying and feeling, i couldnt get a feel how my pretension was on my cables...now im luckily at ground zero, and know the setting is even...its a story of bmw 1998. 340 000 km so 220 000 miles or so, that has been maintained by Diy ers, that often results in a “ not so ideal state of setting “.’’’ But thats what i like so much...to get the car even better, even after 20 years, ye know what i mean? I guess you do! Now my problem that showed up is a tumbler of ignition that turns indefinitly and i have to deal with this, life is e beach😎👏thx bro for your great work! I wanted u to know my story! Bob the B elgian🇧🇪
Hi, interesting feed back !
When you get your hands dirty you realize dome things can be vcery tricks, especially if you don't have special tools to contrl waht you do. But I think it's the best way to learn and understand how things work.
Take care of your E36, it's going to be collector soon ;¬).
Thank you very much for the video. I have a BMW 325 E36 Cabrio, 1994. The function that lowers the windows when I open the doors does not work. On most of these cars I see that they have the latch striker on the door frame, but it doesn't happen on mine. Do you think it can be found inside the door? In that case, how could I solve it? The rest works fine: the windows go down, one tuch… Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge
You did a very good job showing me most of the issues I’m going to deal with by the way that black glue is more like black tar in my door!!... so if you’ve ever gotten tar on your hands or clothes or Upholstery or even the door itself .....you’re going to regret it.! Tar is very unforgiving! Maybe some tape over will help until assembly.
Même en anglais je regarde tes tutos hehe 🙃
Good job, pain in the neck kind of job! I will be making a video of this soon. or rather I should say I'm gonna try to smh thanks for posting.
I need to do this on my son's car soon so thank you for the video and info!
You're welcome, hope it will go well ;)
Well done, that helps a lot. Cheers
Brilliant video.
Thanks ;¬) !
Well done. I recently purchased a e36 sedan with absolutely no door handle hardware and I didn’t know what went where until now. I did not come with those pesky pins though 😠
I appreciate you
Thank you very much for this video
My pleasure 😉 !
Great video thanks. I am locked out of my e36, key turns in the barrel and nothing happens, don't know how I'm gonna get it open, any suggestions?
Great video!
Thank you :-) !
thanks for the info, great detailed video
i going to change my handle, is it possible to take it out just the handle, without taking out the lock (3 bolt) and the window rail?
Hi, you're welcome ;¬) !
Not sure you can remove just the handle... but you can always try, and tell me if you manage by the way.
ok. i will give it a try. according to my repair manual , that metal with hook thing (connect the handle to the lock mechanism) i suppose to disconnect the bottom part ( which you unhook at the top part at 12:14 )
Yes, if you manage to unhook that you won't have to take everything out, it seemed a bit complicated to me but maybe I didn't look well enough.
alright i will give it a try.
the problem with my car is the previous owner done the door swap without changing the lock so i got a key that dont open the door. luckily he keep the old door so i going to swap the lock over
and once again thx for the video! looking fwd for more tutorial video
Ok, good luck with that !
I will make more videos, I have done many more on my french channel but I have to translate them as soon as I find the time.
Great video. Is it possible to replace only the door handle trim and gasket without sliding the latch inside the door or removing any bolts from the side of the door? I just need to replace the cracked gasket. Thank you!
Thanks ! Yes you just need to remove the door panel and do the first step of the video, basically just releasing the little tabs on the back of the handle trim with a screwdriver ;¬).
Anyone can do that ! Great thank you!
You're welcome !
Does this apply the same to a coupe? I'd assume so, but the holes in the 4dr seem bigger for better access.... or better view at least.
Yes, it should be similar. You might even have more space with the coupe door because it is bigger than a 4 door one.
2 door do not have room with the window attached. You will need to loosen it to tilt it or remove it to make room for removal.
thanks so much
You're welcome !
Nice video
Thanks !
Gooe done, bien fait! Merci!
Merci et de rien !
THANKS FOR SOME INFO ,,BUT THAT NOT AN E36 DOOR OR NOT FOR A 98 328I E36
My pleausure. It is an E36 door, but it was on a 1996 4 door saloon.
Thx!! Sorry now i see i per accident, replied on your door video😎🤣 ...indeed to search and experience and triing to understand, the knowhow is slowhow and sticks lifelong...., where are u from? Bob the Belgian🇧🇪
No worries ^^ ! I live in the south of France.
Do i need to remove door glass ? it look like hit the glass every time am try to pull out .
Hi, I don't think you have to take the glass out if it's fully up, but if you need to take it out it's not very complicated. Just take off the seals and what's holding the window then you'll be able to slide it out.
Is this the front door or the back door? Thank you
It's on the front door ;¬).
that looks like a nightmare job. not sure I want to begin this job.
I see what you mean but when you're on it yourself it's easier to understand how everything works out. You should give it a go, just take your time and analyse every step ;¬).
What year is this BMW?
It was a 1996 E36.
It seems that you forgot to mention that the power window motor and assembly must be removed. This involves first drilling out the rivets that hold the assembly. Not an easy task.
What a fuckins system!!! I hate this part og the car its a pain in the ass