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Anyone have a modified 27mm wrench that I could borrow? Needs a bit of meat taken off each side in order to be able to turn cam shafts without damaging the cylinder head. Pic for reference :

Easy... 2 of them. Picked up this tidy NZ-New 99' M5 today. Done 148,000kms. Ex Owner had it for 9 years with an extensive service history.

Check for dry solder joints in your radio modules.

This pins must be kept clean and lube free in order for the caliper grip action to be smooth. Grease or lube will swell the pins rubber bushings. You do need to however lube the after market grass guide bushings often. But, unless race car, too much maintenance and potential disaster if the calipers seize.

Creepers are on special at Supercheap auto.

Had some spare time over the weekend and decided to investigate a rattle and squeak coming from the RF wheel. Suspected Brake caliper and pad issues. Upon taking the wheel off there was a bit of play on the caliper and a pronounced rattle as the caliper was wiggled. First problem, who ever did the brake job last lubed the Guide pins. Big no no according to TIS. Cleaned. Caliper bracket cleaned and re-lubed with anti-squeal. Found some tar stuck on the piston, cleaned and lubed the piston to pad contact surface along with the other areas as per TIS. Brake pads look to be after market items. Cleaned up and lubed with anti squeal. I also measured the disc thickness in 5 different places. All areas within spec so I'll be throwing a set of OEM pads along with new guide pin bushes in the near future. Took the car for a spin afterwards, no more rattle or squeals. Job done!

Not unless really bad!! Sucks about the trans still acting up, thought it was reco'd??

You could go to BMworkshop in Grey Lynn and get them to check your wheels on their very expensive and fussy roadforce balancer.

Jooles. Here's your 5.4litre conversion..

Sold.

Score!

Really peak torque that high up the band? Score none the less!

Any success with water injection kits with the usa crowd to keep the carbon build up minimal?

I read somewhere the system is setup to simulate the Nurburgring Nordeshleife. Pretty cool though!

Is it something you can code in dis?

Get a rottweiler puppy also. Future insurance.

That turned out mint. This is exactly what I need to do on my seats. Time to get off my Ar$se and get it sorted. Well done!!!!

Just need the s62 and life will be choice

Bump. Still for sale

The 235i is pretty loose. Drove one arouns hampton. The 135i would be also fun.

Unless those 10,000kms are spent on the Nurburgring at full tit.

Yeah you can't deny that v10 howl is addictive !! I think you still need to pay more than 35k for a well maintained E60 M5.

DaveO's old one was recently sold again, I think it went for 26k. Since you've already owned an M car I'm sure you're familiar with the M tax and servicing costs. The vanos hydraulic units seldom fail. It's usually the solenoid o-rings, or solder join failure which causes grief - It's not expensive or labor intensive to put right. manual transmissions can be a pain in traffic, but aside from that they're an epic all rounder.

Cheers Ron. Will sell it you for 1900 slides if you're genuine? I've owned it for 18 months. I've only needed to reco the starter as it would not engage intermittently. It's passed every wof (at a subaru specialist). I have thoroughly cleaned it so no fluff or dog smells. If anyones keen you won't be disappointed at the tidyness of the interior.

But it's a cheap and reliable run about with ample room to cart around BMW parts! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=937476608