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As already said - Love the colour. You've got a nice car there

Aye??? Mosens are bloody competitive with their pricing of parts.

One nice car - well done! You shouldn't be dissapointed with the 2.5, no rocket ship but quite ok. Great to see another E39 on here

Yep too early 09/2001 was changeover

HB fella. Hope you've had a good one

I do. Depending on build date in 01 as to whether it has world tuner or not. PM me

Yep, seen this before, not on mine though. One motor is not driving. More likely a drive cable/linkage fault than a faulty motor. Seat needs to come out to confirm the problem. If you bought a warrenty with the vehicle - the dealer probably won't want to know & push you through the warrenty channel. Depends on excess v cost to repair as to whether feasible to claim.

^^^^^ Yep unfortunately you are correct - Falcon is the version we use on the rears

An absolute legend. I too still remember the day. Was very sad indeed

Great work & great to see another E30 saved. Good on you guys! Do love the colour even if it's not an original option Gotta love the paint booth too

^^^^ My bet it's flooded. Remove plugs again, clean & dry, or better - replace With plugs out, wide open throttle & crank the engine to clear. Refit plugs

Yep & pretty handy foot work too

HB Mark. Have a good one

PM sent

^^^^^ Priceless! HB fella Edit: Except.... blue & white on the cake are round the wrong way

^^^^^ That... or a simple little 12v buzzer & connect across park light & ign circuits. Will then come on when lights on with key off. And no - the E30 never came with light warning buzzer

Dunno sorry Matt

Don't quote me but Jochen was experimenting with Navcoder via BMW 19 pin plug & OBD2 Mine is just an interface I made up from his diagram on his Navcoder site - where it just connects to 12v & earth & to ibus circuit - a simple unit to make

- The Jap DVD nav unit is useless outside Japan. NZ map disc will not work in it. - The system can be converted to NZ spec but requires replacement nav unit & slight wiring mod to suit - I have done heaps - a brilliant system & well worth converting. - Yes it can be removed - may as well do if you don't want to convert - Yes AV input can operate Ipods, a seperate DVD player etc - Can also operate factory integration reverse camera. - Being 03 - will have world radio tuner too. If not already done - can be reprogrammed for here. Can help with all of above - PM me for rundown Cheers Grant

Very well done - I like it as an option. That said - I do still like the "Black" as well

HB mate, see you next month

Yes you can - NOT all batteries are MF - by no means. Otherwise - I wouldn't have mentioned it. And... many MF batteries have cells that can be accessed.

I was originally told by Jochen to tune to either Austria (as you mention Dean) or PAL Europe. Seems bloody illogical that they include all the almost unheard of little countries & not include NZ That said - some vm's do include NZ - my 16:9 replacement does, as do a few others I have come across. My original 4:3 didn't as don't most I have seen. There seems to be no ryme nor reason as to which do & which don't

It sounds very much like the battery at fault in this case. That said - it could also be current draw. Without checking - you are only guessing. Battery test - Hydrometer (cells even & charged) & if showing charged - load test Current draw - ammeter in series with battery lead

In the car? Key on - ign light should come on & go off when running. check voltage at battery - should be around 14v engine running Alt has two wires - a main battery supply & the w/l wire above. If the ign light doesn't come on with key on, earth the blue wire at the alt - light on = faulty alt, light still not on = wiring/bulb - w/light circuit. Make sure the alt battery supply is infact alive.