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^^^^^^^No sh*t - just look at their gun laws, or lack of....

Ha I would abandon the lawns until i fixed the ride on if mine did that Been there done that when other things have happened to mine

Seriously - just go for OEM pads. Not cheap but you know what you are getting.

Contact wreckers to find out who has & for what price. No a replacement engine will not require coding - all the ancillaries will transferred from yours. Have a search of other threads on here relating to these engines - they would have to be the worst engines BMW have ever built!!

Maybe someone has put a stop leak, along with other crap, into the cooling system

^^^^^^ Nothing wrong with going for the branded products. You will find a lot of Milland parts will be of brands of suppliers to BMW AG I have a contact in Europe for BMW AG parts & mostly better pricing than Pelican too. Also much sharper shipping

Andy. Not sure what you mean as not being true? Those suppliers mentioned (+ many others) are suppliers to BMW & therefore come in a BMW box. Many of these can also be purchased under there own branding as well, & often much cheaper than BMW branded.

Don't recall seeing the "sold" line when i looked last night, could be wrong though. Date may be a typo error as in the manufacture date in the title

Absolute stunning example, would love in my garage, next to an E30 M3 ^^^^^ Actually same $$ comparison could be used for E30 M3 v E30 M325i & those stack up in the real world

Stem seals can be done in situ but is a PITA. Have not done myself in situ but many years ago I was going to attempt this on the E12 (M20) I confirmed what you have found. Talking to the local dealers at the time, they confirmed they had a service tool to do the job so I gave it to them to do. I have replaced them on other M20 engines since, but always when the head has been off.

Need to mow your lawn Dave

^^^^^^^And use to integrate a reversing camera into the OEM screen. You need them on your cars Dave Edit. Digital TV still an issue with reception (out of main centres anyway) I fitted one as a test exercise. Reception was fine while driving around Hamilton city - there is a dedicated transmitter in the city. Out of the city it was receiving from a more distant transmitter (where our home digital receives from) picture soon started pixelating then failed/intermittently re appearing. No reception at home but do get while sitting in the middle of the intersection 100m from home Was meant to be work in progress to try & amplify the reception ability but have dropped the ball with it. This reminds me...

^^^^ Word!

But no to F/L rear lights onto a pre. Totally different size. Even F/L bumpers on a pre look disproportionate due to different lamp sizing & different rear guard height

Yep, realize that, I was merely thinking of "complete" Motronic conversion.

You need one of those to add to your collection Dave

Ok, I stand corrected. I thought the issue would be the Motronic dizzy into the front of the M10 cam, & cover. Along with the fitting of the CPS. you saying that late M10's blocks came with provision for? Edit - carpet I would make a cut under the heater & remove. Will never notice once back in place

I concur with above - you are keen Everything can be fixed but there does look to be a lot of work with this one. Hopefully it is economical to do so. Would pay to evaluate. As for rear shelf repair - probably best to get that fixed first & covered - these repairs require "official" repairing if noted. As for Motronic - not possible on M10. Was never an option for them. Some parts may be able to be fitted, but not all.

Surprised the donor didn't have rear door air bags. My 99 E39 does as I think earlier ones do too. Being critical Dave but photo suggests a different colour shade or is it just camera/light? Also - needs better aligning (raising) at leading edge

Absolute music to the ears. And dare i say - the E24's & M1's still sound the best, followed by the E30 M3's

Yes but this only applies to gen 1 video modules - up to 09/98. Beyond that, the 2nd gen unit requires programming the SW with Navcoder etc, My 99 car original video module (gen 2) required this. When i upgraded to gen 3 & (16:9) monitor, required the same. Not of much use now unless you have add on DVD player or add on Digital TV via the AV circuit

Hope the colour code is the same or the difference may be obvious.

^^^^^Paintless (sp) Yep a good idea if not too bad or creased. I have had great results with this on various cars. Only as good as the operator though.

Pretty much with anything - if it can be done, it can be undone. With the right tools & knowledge of course