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My daily driver has the lights on auto. Because of this in the older car I have the habit of leaving the lights on and returning to it later to find the battery is flat. I have an E90 and a mini cooper S both of these have a safety system that turns the lights off after some minutes to save the battery. I read once somewhere that you could fit a device that replicates this. Does anyone know of these and if so where do I get one?

Thankyou all have got them

Are they 7x15 ET20? or 7.5x16 ET20?

Thank you for your reply. Im really after the style 7's for the E34

Does anyone have a clean sunroof for an E28?

Has anyone got 4 style 7 wheels for my E34 540?

Yes they are metric. And yes they are expensive. I want to have the authentic look.

Have you still got the E28 actuators? Im after two front left and front Right. My contact is 02102442242

Has anyone got 4 style 7 wheels for my E34 540?

Some years ago I read about a battery saver device that turned the car light system off after about 15 min. This saved the batt from going flat if you left the boot not closed properly or hadnt shut a door properly. Does anyone know of this devise? Or is there something that can be fitted to the older cars for this purpose? Both my later models 320 and Mini have this type of system built in.

What sort of money for the E28?

Hi there David. I was going to get in touch with you to see if maybe you had a gearbox. As I knew you built E28. In answer to your question I'm sorry but I have no spares. I just have enough for mine. Would you give me your email. There are a heap of questions I would like to ask you. I understand you are a bit of a guru on these things. I have a 535. Quite high milage but very sound. No rust which amazes me and tidy. I'll see if I can upload a picture for you

Looking to convert my 1987 e28 535i to a manual. I have quite a few of the ancillary stuff (drive shaft, pedal box, gear lever etc), but now need to source the actual gearbox. Anybody got one of these lying about?? The closer to Palmerston North, the better. But open to any location really.

How the heck is diesel fuel getting into the sump? How many ways can it get in there? after the injectors have been removed and checked ok the seals are ok the fuel is standard Diesel fuel it has had a sample checked and the oil definitely has diesel in it. What other ways can it get in????

I have a Mini imported from japan. it has a jap sat nav a TV that went till we went digital. Does anyone know of someone that could change the sat nav over to NZ and also make it bluetooth to my phone?

It's non vanos

Does anyone have and ECU from an E36 320 m50B20???

thank you that has worked for me.

Thank you but Im still having trouble with the id at the plug.

Is there a vin site that still works I cant find one. Or has this way of looking at your car build finished now? I used to be able to search with the last 7 numbers but none seam to work now

My racecar E30 has a M50B20 fitted. That part is all good. The car runs 99% good. But there an annoying problem that it has and I am into starting from scratch to try and locate it. At this point the problem is not my main focus right now. I could be barking up the wrong tree but please give me the chance to trouble shoot from the bottom up. The car was dyno'ed and the mechanic has suggested to keep costs down I go away and look for some suggested things myself. The main thing he found was he couldn't talk to the ECU through the diagnostic plug although it did power up. I have been tasked with tracing all the pins back to the ECU. That part I can do. the part I cant do is google find the pins in the plug that relate to the pin numbers on the plug that goes into the ECU. Can someone just tell me what pins in the diagnostic 20 pin plug go to the ECU plug numbers and maybe the colours of the relevant wires PLEASE. There are only 6 sockets with connections in the Diagnostic plug.

Great thanks for the help guys. Could I ask further. The engine was clearly taken out of a car by a wrecker. And as you guys would know they just cut everything to get them out. The obvious missing bits are. Alternator, ECU, and AFM. I want to get it running to check it out before it goes in the racecar. It is on and engine stand. Questions 1 maybe first. can it be run on the engine stand without flywheel and clutch assy? 2 what would I need to fire it up minimum? And would it be cheaper to get just a 2nd hand standard ECU with a loom but just connect the wires to make the engine run rather than something like a link of some sort. Need some help here if someone has got the time to tell me. Thank you

Thank you so much. I found it further along about under the no 5 cylinder covered in oil disguising it. It has 28 6 S 1. do you know a little about these engines. I have an e 30 race car that has an M50 B20 fitted. I would like to bolt this one up and try it or would I need the gearbox that fits that engine. And could you put me onto someone who could supply me with an ECU with loom and gearbox for it.

I have an engine 2.8 I think. It is not in the car so cannot id with a vin. It has a faded stick label on the back that I can only get some numbers from but not clearly. they start off with what looks like 9859 then could be M52 then faded but maybe R0103. on the head at the back there is also a number BZA 21710 and on the block at the side is 1738400. I have looked everywhere for other forms of ID but cannot find anything. nothing around the oil filter housing. Its come from a wreckers and on one of the engine covers is E36 coupe. Can anyone help with this engines id. I would like to get a ECU for it and try to fire it up.

I have also found these numbers 32551643 with this number below it 286S1