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I recently got a red cog of doom on the centre display of the M5, not the first time but last time it was the clutch and I have done that, soooo... A bit of googling and I discover a common failure point on the SMG 3 box is the insulation on the small wiring loom that connects the shift control solenoids to the main harness, long story short, heat + years = warning lights! As luck would have it there was an E60 M5 box on trademe so I bought that with the intention of putting it into my car while I give my box a good refresh, and then swap them over again. First issue, the replacement box also had the wiring loom issue so I did a practice run on that box to sort it out before it goes in the wagon. box as it was when I got it, approx 140km on it, insulation is hard and crumbly.... Disassembled plug, unpinned one wire at a time and scraped old insulation off, then 4mm twin wall heartshrink and repin the wire, repeat as necessary.... wrapped the whole lot and replaced the loom clip, then covered the end in liquid electrical tape to keep water out.... Oil changed, oil strainer cleaned and refitted, new crush washers on all the plugs and filter...

Selling on behalf 1982 BMW 318i Manual, LHD German import 1st owner purchased new in Hamburg in 1982 and imported the car with them to NZ around 2010, I'm the 2nd NZ Owner. 343kms Car is almost all original and is in fantastic condition overall, very well looked after no cracks in the dash. No WOF, needs a few things to get her back on the road - Happy to provide WOF sheet $7500 FIRM Please contact Chester 021 483 056 - Car located in Auckland.

19x9 and x10 style 63 aka tiger claws. Fitted with 275/45/19 pirelli snow tyres. $750ono. Located christchurch

A competent mechanic should be able to have the rocker cover off and check the cam timing in 2hrs. With the N47 having a track record of chain issues, it would be high on my list of things to check.

Interesting indeed, added to my watch list and I feel a roadie to the BoP coming up. I think I need to join the cool kids club sooner rather than later!

Wof tech in training, needed a 2nd opinion from the foreman.