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Cheers mate, years working on Subarus have got me used to fiddly jobs. Just glad the m52 is single vanos!

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Did vanos seals, water pump, thermostat, thermostat housing, fan clutch, hoses, valve cover gasket, valve cover bolt grommets, serpentine belt tensioner and idler pulley. Took about 6 hours all up

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Just sounds like to me that your monitor is fubared. Mine did similar weird sh*t before it stopped working all together. All its sweet in my world after shelling out a small fortune for a new monitor and head unit. Beware of you get an e38 one you will need to swap the fascia so your trim fits

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Black Murcilago out side the general store, Paekakariki. Owner was a gc, giving the small crowd a run down on the hydraulics. Popped the bonnet to show off that sexy V12. Want.

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How's the low end power? Could be timing is out/vanos needs attention

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^^mine gets munched on parking blocks too. Hate to think how bad it's going to be when I fit the acs lip. It's no wonder there's not to many around any more...

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Replaced L/R window regulator destroyed chrome trim strip at the top off the door in the process. Ideal time to find some genuine shadowline?

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Yes it's cold, but no where near as cold as say, Dunedin. In winter you'll notice that the Wellington uniform for all and sundry is a black puffer jacket. As for BMW mechanics, I've only ever used Mike page in Paraparaumu. Top bloke, top service, very reasonable hourly rate

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Its not too bad high up, no distortion or rattling bass. Pretty happy with it!

I have 4 speakers and I "think" 6 tweeters. (2 speakers in front door, 2 on back tray, 4 tweeters up the front and 2 in rear door)

How hard is wiring in sub/amp for it? Mm have to weigh up loss of boot space, which could be a problem with a toddler and prams etc.

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2 tweeters up front, two mids up front, 2 bass driver up front, 2 tweeters in the rear, and two bass drivers in parcel shelf.

Least I think that's the set up, not sure why they would need 4 tweeters up front, although I agree the grills are all small

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Pm'd

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Weird. Makes the ass end look a bit like a VN

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Sweet thanks Glenn. Will get the appropriate tool before I get into it.

Edit: Just checked and i have the correct tool already. Looking forward to getting this job done next week (Vanos seals)

Is a Phillips screwdriver a suitable substitute for a crank lock pin on an m52?

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shadowline on one side, chrome on the other? Boot interior is quite scruffy too. Still, could be worth a look.

Regret selling both my 540's. Would buy the black one back in a heartbeat if I had the funds and it was for sake

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After attempting a fluid change on a broken e34 540 trans, with the car on stands, I swore I'd pay someone to do it next time. It's messy, it's smelly, and tbh for the sake of a couple of hundy, much better left to a pro with a hoist and a proper flush machine. Also this way you know you have replaced all old fluid in one shot.

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Check your overflow tank. I had the exact same issue with mine, and it turned out to be a cracked nipple on the overflow tank, New tank sorted the issue.

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McLaren MP4-12C while gassing up at mana bp.

All other functions stem to work, like I can still change obc settings ( just can't see what I'm doing). Any chance you have a full unit then?

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I've also found that certain metallics come out a lot darker when sprayed with an aerosol can. Read something some where about it being due to lack of pressure in aerosol. Not sure how accurate that is though

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Hi All,

I need a monitor for my '97 E39 - its a 4:3 and i need the monitor part only as mine has given up the ghost. Will consider full headunit if you don't want to seperate.

Cheers

Sam

021327310

E39 Monitor/Radio:

My boardmonitor is Fubared i think - was working intermittently, but now not at all. So i took it out to compress the ribbon cable connectors etc - no joy. While i did this, i unplugged the tape deck unit while the radio was going, and the radio kept going ok with no boardmonitor for a little while. Then it just simply cut out? Now with it all back together, when i try and turn the radio/cd/tape unit on, the orange LED just flashes once, and nothing goes. Any ideas?

EDIT:

Pulling fuse 56 for an hour or so seems to have done the trick.

NZ registered silver ghost (19 RR 22) cruising down Flinders st in Melbourne.

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In Melbourne at the moo. In the last 24 hours I've seen a Gallardo vert, 2x 458's a number of m3's, an Eleanor replica nailing it up Russell st, a quattroporte, and been for a couple of rides in a B7 S4.

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I had my eye on those mirrors you scored too! I prefer genuine where possible, especially since the rest of the kit is.

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