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Wheel swap today. Loving the BBS RC's on the 750i. 740i looks ok with the 32's..

Sounds like a much better option than OEM new. Cheers Andy.

What he said.^^^ WOW.

Yeah. My father thought he'd be helpful. bless him..lol

I got the water hose fixed and the new pulley on and thought I'd change the spark plugs today. Parked the car in my fathers garage as he has better lighting and tools. I managed to do 3 on the drivers side but the boots on the other 3 were firmly fixed in place and wouldn't budge so I went to town to get a spark plug boot removal tool because I didn't want to break the wires on the V12 cause they're expensive. While I was gone someone thought they'd have a try and pulled a wire out of the boot. Then tried to pull the boot off with a pair of needle nosed pliers and ripped the boot in half. Then had another go and broke the top off the spark plug. So. Now I'm going to take the Intake Manifold off. Damn it all... So unless I can find a good second hand set of ignition leads not only am I up for a new set of those but probably(definitely) and new set of intake manifold gaskets as well as new fuel lines and vacuum hoses cause I might as well do those while I'm in there. Crikey. Not sure my wallets going to handle this. The 740i needs new feet as well so in the interim I might swap wheels between the 7's as the 750i has good rubber on it. So for the near future anyway, the 750i is off the market..ha ha I fell into this car after years of looking for one. Now it seems fate is conspiring to have me keep it.

People who think they're helping but make things so much worse. I went to town to get a spark plug boot removal tool because the boots were being difficult to get off and I didn't want to break the wires on the V12 cause they're expencive. While I was gone someone thought they'd have a try and pulled a wire out of the boot. Then tried to pull the boot off with a pair of needle nosed pliers and ripped the boot in half. Then had another go and broke the top off the spark plug. &^%$&**^

Thats the method I used and have done it successfully on many cars. Andy was right. The plastic was old and brittle. Probably been on there since 1999..

I've got the radiator hose and the pulley arrived from Germany today so I'll get into it over the weekend. Whats the long spanner, little hammer method. I've made the pulley holder tool but that fan bolt is not budging.. I really dont want to do damage to the waterpump..lol

I was surprised after following your 728i to Auckland Andy. It put on a surprising turn of speed at times.

That color combo is rare and so nice. If it was a V8 I'd be all over it.

Nice looking E39. I really like that color. Welcome to the forum.

Looking good Brent. Where did you get that sticker? And making me wonder why exactly I want to sell one? Go on Eli. You know you want to...

In my efforts to replace the radiator hose I've made things worse..lol I've used the same method to remove the fan clutch from a 728i, 735i and a 740i. https://youtu.be/l5nfnXFwk-4?t=3m29s Not exactly kosher but it works a treat. Till today anyway. While the 728i, 735i and 740i all have metal fan belt pulleys it turns out that the top of the line V12 has plastic. WTF? So I broke it in half...lol

Old BMW plastic. I've used the same method to remove the fan clutch from a 728i, 735i and a 740i. https://youtu.be/l5nfnXFwk-4?t=3m29s Not exactly kosher but it works a treat. Till today anyway. While the 728i, 735i and 740i all have metal fan belt pulleys it turns out that the top of the line V12 has plastic. WTF? So I broke it in half...lol

Damn you Murphy. What the heck. Had someone want to see the car so I start it up and drive to his place. Go for a drive with him to give him a feel for the car and all was good. Stopped for a while and talked about his nice e34 540i. Got in the 750i to leave. Started it up and it went poof in a cloud of steam on his driveway. Wow. Blew the top radiator hose. if it wasn't so comical I might be annoyed..

You beat me to it Brent but heres another one. il touring. This one looks more like a hease than a touring..lol

Amazing what you can get done on bacon, eggs and a woody.

Luv this project and have been hoping for a update for a while now. Gonna be awesome to see this one on the road. Different topic but how's the ute coming alone?

I must admit to having a bit of a thing for the E36 M3. Nice find. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Tailgaters. Damn it. The person in front of me at 100kph traveling about 4 meters behind a truck in the rain and then the person tailgating me as well. Come on people. Really?

Welcome to the forum. Pics will be great when you can. We all like a bit of eye candy.

^^^ With ya on that one Eli. And only cause I'm on night shifs atm so plenty of time to kill. I can take my time and read through ALL the posts..lol

Welcome to the world of Bimmer. Congrats on the purchase and my commiserations on the drive. Nothing worse than a long haul on a hangover..lol Post up some pics when you can.

This model is a future classic with only 5707 produced worldwide between ’98-01 If anyone wants a real classic buy my 750i. There are only 113 produced.

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