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I hope that flour was manually harvested and ground etc, then transported by foot and not by fossil fuel based processes... otherwise they've increased the reliance on fossil fuels, to protest on a car that has no emissions... because it won't be driven anywhere!🤣

Musta been for an old pommie BMW??? 🤣😉

So... 135d build coming up???

Price one at the dealer. They used to be REALLY cheap. The old Jerry Claytons in Takapuna replaced Dads for free while I had it parked by workshop, back in the 90's 😎

Hmmm... Why does it look like a chinese ripoff of a Subaru XV with an extension sikaflexed on the back? The M performance version looks a bit Aliexpecial...

I especially like the mould they've cultivated on the steering wheel... A few more days and it'll be suede!

Huh... I thought it would be weird for there to be 2 manual 540i Tourings... But did notice MANY bits were different... Sometimes new owners get a bit trigger happy too, though 😁

@aja540i Look familiar??? 😁

Drive it until you think its at a point where it won't start, then check the live data for the cam/crank sensors and see if they are showing plausible signal. Then turn it off and when you try to start it, check the same data. See if it's not there, or not plausible. Does pressing the throttle any amount make any difference when cranking it?

It's probably an AliExpecial...

I managed a stick mixer at 15% off once, but its the only thing and that was about 10 years ago now 😂

I don't know how much better the 4000 is, but I've got 3x 3000 kits (130W vs 175W) somewhere, all with poked motors. They seem to eat brushes and die. The extra grunt might help with that. And that stupid place for the spindle lock button 🙄 Bunnings appears to be $198 today... so 15% lower discount on that if you get the Mitre 10 price gaurantee? 😋 Unless they've already lowered to match (as they do, to avoid the 15% discount!)

And then of course, they filed the corners off a tiny bit and made the Daewoo Cielo and kept making it WELL past it's use-by date: Apparently Uzbekistan was punished with them until 2016 in sedan form 😫

So true! I'd love an early-ish Defender... but one bad enough that would cost "only" $15K, is about the same condition as my '97 Disco 1 V8... which cost $1600... Well... "was purchased" for $1600... 🤣

^^^ I'm not convinced: The panel / paint / remaining rust / masking job around that build plate looks dodgy as! I'd wonder what was done to the rest!

Assuming you didn't buy from a dealer? That last vid: It still winds with no real compression spikes intially (like the plugs are out, or the valves aren't closing, soz!), then sounds not regular enough for a 4 cylinder cranking at that speed. 250 rpm should kind kind of enthusiastic. can you check the timing via the hole from the cam sensor and the crank mark? I still reckon a compression issue: head gasket massively blown, bent valves or a valve train issue like a slipped chain or cam pulley. Timing off may explain the camshaft code too, because the DME may not be seeing the signal within the required window of crank sensor signals, so treats it as implausible. Pretty sure you'll be taking the rocker cover off at least ☹️ I'd be a little concerned about additional damage if it did start...

Does that cranking video sound VERY wrong to anybody else??? It doesn't sound like the compression is correct/evenly spaced. Compression test and check the cam timing??

Don't lose the nut of that back bolt on the intake manifold... you could spend AGES looking for it 😉🤣 Maybe you should just LS swap it... The M57 can go in "someones" Land Rover...

Well... lucky we aren't trying to convert everything f**king thing, ever, to electric....

This has always been one of my favourites of the mobility scooter...

You need a mate with a welder 😁

Also Trodo used them a few times now. Good range of stuff.

Hahaha... did that in the E39 years ago, with a Ranger behind me... At a roundabout, I changed down to second in preparation for the exit, but didn't slow down, took the roundabout at 55km/h and booted it as I exited (only a 525i though!)... Ranger tried to follow... he mounted the footpath behind me as I blitzed off into the 80 zone 🤣 He kept some distance after😋

You're supposed to have the subframe bushes IN the glovebox... otherwise it doesn't count!

I've got the caravan set up and ready to go... soyou have somewhere to sleep (again) now