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https://milland.co.nz/ In Dunedin but close enough....

Go to pick a part and grab another one, shouldn't be hard to find, you can repair the display but I have never done it so can't comment on difficulty.

Replacement GM coded now, thanks to @BreakMyWindow, tailgate soft close mechanism pulled apart and adjusted, so tailgate and glass open and close as they should!! Battery secured thanks to battery bracket from pick a part, a good run up and down the motorway shows transmission is better but still showing signs of age, I don't have anything to really compare to but motor seems very healthy and pulls really well. Time to order new subframe bushes and diff seals with a view to dropping the rear subframe and refreshing it, I have a brand new driveshaft flex joint that might as well go in at the same time.

I used to daily drive a 94 318is 2 door manual and that was a great little car, cheap-ish to run, cheap to work on / fix, fun enough to drive and just a great handling car with a bit of potential for other mods if you feel like throwing some money at it. I would recommend one of those over a manual swapped 320i every day of the week and you will be spending less than half your budget for a decent one. If you are after something a bit more substantial then I would hold out for a tidy 328i and do a conversion on that if you need to, no more effort than the 320i but a much more desirable end result!

New filter and second fluid change has greatly improved the driving experience, the trans engages a lot quicker when moving away and I got it to break traction!! Now I will have to tackle the ugly patches of rust/ missing bog / spray can touch ups on the body work....

I also have this one, brilliant, cheaper from Machinery house https://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/J040A

Completed the second fluid change in the transmission, new filter and pan gasket this time, while it was running up to temp for the final fill something in the aircon let go and all the refrigerant and horrible green dye escaped!! Not sure where from yet, possibly the compressor, at first I thought a coolant hose had let go but it smelt wrong and wasn't making a puddle!!

Up on axle stands at the moment, trans filter and fuid change, turbo is a bit whistley and the trans is showing its age but it still hauls bloody well. I have sorted out the towball now so it will be taking over trailer lugging duties from the M5! I suspect the injectors could possibly use some love, but not urgently. Rear subframe bushes are the next big thing....

Replaced the passengers door mirror with a pick a part item in the correct colour, old one had had the cover glued on at some stage and it fell off at the last meet, new one has scratches and stone chips pre - installed so fits right in!!

Can you do it in a pre OBD car?

Mine did this, was a blocked sunroof drain, had to take headliner part way out to unblock them, but hasn't happened since. Short term I knocked a bung out of the boot floor so the water would drain out instead of flooding the modules, the M5 has them in the spare wheel well in front of the battery so it filled right up and drowned the whole lot. Can also be tail light seals but I haven't done them.

No, I haven't dived in that deeply yet, I have managed to find one with identical part number on ebay, so will try that first. If it doesn't work I will do some more investigationing.

the GM in my e39 touring appears to kaput, soft close on the tailgate not working, no auto up/down on drivers window, etc, question is, are the GMs specific to wagon or sedan, or can I recode a sedan unit to work in the wagon? I have tried a sedan unit and it is not plug and play, still does some wierd stuff, but I don't want to go through the hassle of coding it if it still won't work.

Except that its not. No mention of motorsport engines, only road car engines.

Pulled the GM out and took the covers off, one badly corroded leg on the big chip, doesn't look like it goes anywhere but I will clean it up a bit and have another look.

2019, Knives out, Captain America drives a 3.0 Csi, also a great movie.

Thanks to IMCDB.ORG 2016 mini series Nobel, never seen it, might try and find it though.

So the soft close on the tailgate decided not to work properly, and I noticed this morning that the windows don't go down automatically when you hit the button, you have to hold it, so I suspect the GM is now packing a sad and needs repairing / replacing. I'm pretty sure I have a spare but its probably the wrong one....

I had a similar issue with my E61 M5, insurance valued it at the same price as a sedan, but I had 2 valuations and neither were significantly more, including one from Continental BMW. They don't seem to take rarity into account. I am probably going to change insurer to someone like classic cover but that may not work for you.

No need, there's a big sprinkler!!

Washed it so it looks pretty on the skid pan at the BMW festival tomorrow, for about 2 minutes....

Does this allow bluetooth music streaming??

Give the current an alternative path, earth the radiator properly so it doesn't need to travel through your coolant and take the radiator with it, really easy to do and run the tests again.

Wouldn't FULL retard mean attaching your still to the side of it?? 😉

Excellent, happy to help.