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Fair enough, if have to pay someone to install it probably makes more sense. I always inspect them and replace the brushes etc if needed. Remanufactured\rebuilt is such a broad term that you dont really know what you are truly getting for your money, same with alternators.
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$20k, damn, almost had a flutter last minute with the E30 resto fund 😬
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I bought a VEMO remanufactured Bosch from Rockauto. No pesky core charge (FCP). I'm sure it'll be good enough, factory rebuilt. You're lucky. I had to replace starter motor in a Mitsubishi Sigma with 220k kms on it (things had changed - five years earlier I'd have bought a new solenoid and brushes, and put it back in - in 1997 chinese units were on the shelf and cheap. I replaced one on a Maxima with about 170k kms... a common failure according to many taxi drivers I spoke with (the A32 and A33 was the alternative cab de jour from the questionable reliability of the falcodore of the time). It's the first time I've done it in a BMW - it's the car my wife drives, given it was making noises it gets replaced before it leaves her stranded. Can't see the point in wasting time with a used unit that might fail soon after install - for the effort (cost) of the work. YMMV.
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Never replaced a BMW starter motor in my life. All the cars ive ever owned look to have the original units in them. Id trust used OE starter over aftermarket.
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And here she is after 500km and needing her first wash (hopefully this weekend). If the guy driving a white E91 Touring who waved at me on SH1 northbound lane just south of the Newmarket bridge in Auckland on ANZAC day around midday is also member here, hi back! 👋
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https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/335i/listing/4676583554
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What BDS is doing is interesting, 300bhp, faceballs reel thing - https://www.facebook.com/reel/1417224932251571
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That’s where the market is these days, plus it’s bound to have been abused being @Jamez car!
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So, my trailer failed its WOF today because the LED lights are flickering when the wagon does its light checks, it has been the same for 10 years but today the VTNZ guy actually checked it with his eyes open and decided its a fail! After i told him what it was he suggested bringing the trailer back with a different car....🙄 After looking at a few aftermarket "work around" solutions i think the best option is to just turn off the trailer light checks in the coding, but i don't have the technology, so looking for someone who can do it for me? Happy to throw some cash someones way if they can sort this for me. Based on the shore but have some gas in the tank so can travel...
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
Neil McCauley replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
Racecar MT2 M52 anyone? Go to 3.2 and it would decimate all at Race Wars. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/325i/listing/4675293669 -
What starter brand did you go with? Just went down the rabbit hole trying to figure out the best option nowadays. Didn't want to go with Bosch as their new units seem to have switched to 1.1kW from the 1.4kW that the originals came as for some weird reason. Chatter online seems to lean towards rebuilding an original rather than going with anything aftermarket...
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Yeah, we liked it because it never got hot in the sun.
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that whole interior is lush AF, so much better than black. Would hoon.
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Things were going well. Until they weren't. My kingdom for 2mm.
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Another update on this, since I did it, it has flickered with LED lights on the stop lights, and thrown bulb faults on the indicators. Since I had wired the US receptacle in parrallel with our 7pin flat style one, I made a dummy plug with resistors on indicators and stop lights. This solved the indicator showing as bulb faults, but still had flickering stop lights, read somewhere this could be due to the test pulses checking the top lights on the car's bulbs (the trailer module takes the brake signal in through a wire connected to the brake lights) and that taking it from the high stop light is a better option since there is a filter on it. Sure enough, moving that wire got rid of the flashing stop lights. So now it works all good!
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Hey SWR (and Russell - sorry found your Part 2 thread, then this one!) - a similar question I asked Russell/replied to in his Part 2 thread, but did you use a Genuine Cam Position Sensor in your car, assuming it's an M52? Haltech has some interesting information on the sensors, namely that they're not a standard Hall-Effect Design, but a custom design where there's a base frequency fed to them, and then a cam/metal moving past it modifies that frequency - so essentially the result being anything that isn't Genuine BMW doesn't seem to work, at least from what I'm reading on the USA threads as well. https://support.haltech.com/portal/en/kb/articles/m50-engine https://support.haltech.com/portal/en/kb/articles/m52-engine
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Hey russell, apologies for bumping an old thread - thought I'd check however, did you use a Genuine BMW Cam Position Sensor when you replaced yours? Found some interesting information on Haltech's Site about the sensors - apparently the E36 CPS isn't a standard Hall-Effect Sensor, but a custom design. It seems even the VDO ones aren't the same sensor, and it has to quite literally be genuine in some (most? all?) cases unfortunately. https://support.haltech.com/portal/en/kb/articles/m50-engine https://support.haltech.com/portal/en/kb/articles/m52-engine At the very least, hopefully this is useful to some other weary internet traveller!
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Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising!
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Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising!
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Changed the rear bump stops on the F31 - first time wrenching on a newer BMW - was quite pleasant dealing with 10 year old bolts, rather thn 35 year old ones.
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Love the wood, but the beige is questionable
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Yeah I was thinking 8's probably worth starting at. Have put it on market place for $8.5k
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I got mine for 10 with 135k, maybe 8 or bit less ? Looks super tidy, jelly of that woodtrim
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Got my white one which I need to now sell, I'm seeing a wide range of pricing but what's a fair price for a 2006 white manual 130i with 220k on the clock? It's in good running condition with no oil leaks etc.
