That was my first repair on the car. I added the 3/8" of coat hanger into the socket where the cable goes into the motor. That was about 5 years ago and everything has been working perfectly since then.

Kevin Elmore
'86 735i
224,200 miles
Virginia Tech

• Power headrest cable repair (pic) - davidc 2004-02-23 22:03:06 (23575 views)
  • Re: seat twist repair - toups 2004-04-25 07:17:36 (1685 views)
    • I haven't had that problem yet, so I don't have a fix, but (m) (url) - davidc 2004-04-26 17:52:31 (1379 views)
  • great pics David...remember this works for the infamous seat twist, too! - Q 2004-04-04 11:23:02 (1469 views)
  • Thanks for this post. I made my friend do it himself and> - kff 2004-03-06 01:45:04 (1389 views)
    • the friend who did it himself here - Chip in PA 2004-03-29 20:21:26 (1173 views)
      • Re: the friend who did it himself here (nt) - Chip in PA 2004-03-29 20:53:02 (1054 views)
        • Re: the friend who did it himself here (pic) - Chip in PA 2004-03-29 20:54:43 (2056 views)
    • Sounds like a familiar story! Please post some pics and/or a description - davidc 2004-03-06 03:07:35 (1211 views)
      • Chip just bought a 1986 535i with 130K on it and it was... - kff 2004-03-06 20:28:55 (1102 views)
  • Re: Power headrest cable repair - Kevin 2004-02-25 19:57:17 (1460 views)