Help with subtle engine bay differences (1989 325is)

[greensha]

Hi All,

I'm cutting and pasting my comments to the Timing Belt Replacement page in the hopes of getting a little bit more readership and hopefully answers to my wire routing and "rubber piece" issues...

I just finished replacing my timing belt, but ran into a few issues with the Pelican instructions and my own lack of experience!

I have a 1989 325is. My first problem was the radiator. It is a mirror image to the one show in the Pelican photo's. The top hose and expansion tank are on the driver's side of the car. It actually turned out to be a lot easier to remove the radiator once I figured out how it was mounted. The routing of the hoses is a little different and there is a metal water conduit that bolts to the upper timing belt cover and water pump.

The crank sensor is on the other side of the toothed timing wheel. The lead from the crank sensor passes behind the main belt and in front of the timing belt cover along with two other wires I'm not sure what these are. I suspect that these wires might not be routed according to factory specs because they are incredibly close to the main belt and can easily touch the belt. I couldn't figure out how to rewire them.

I was also confused about how to install the "rubber piece" that looks like it goes on the right hand side looking from the front of the car of the upper timing belt cover. There was not one on the car when I started and it isn't shown on an photo's.

Thanks,

Andy