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Drove the compact, shredded the drive belt. Luckily not far from home, so let it sit for 10-15mins to cool down, drove it 2 mins up the last part of three mile hill, then coasted it pretty much all the way home with only needing two quick bursts of power then shut it off again. didnt have a spare belt, so fitted the rear strut brace instead.

Just got back from a trip to the Gold Coast, and this was the only e36 I seen, and only two e46’s, but a heap of new stuff. Can’t be much older bm’s around.

Compact came back home after a 6-odd week vacation from having seatbelts sorted and going through cert, with only needing a second muffler added to pass.

They are a bit of an addiction! Welcome.

There could well be! Haven’t given it a good check over, but will let you know if the good one doesn’t need it

Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising!

Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising!

First quarter of the job. Good box out

I have gone though this same thing but with the m54 and m57 e53 x5’s gm 5 speed auto, but everything I found was pretty much hearsay, so no concrete evidence, apart from different gear ratios. Otherwise there was a full manual conversion on trademe with a six speed box

Got my partly broken x5 it’s own partly broken x5.

I had the same thing on my 94 316i compact! Worse thing was it was dealer serviced most of its life, and had 220k on the clock.

That sucks man! So much time and effort for some careless person to screw it all up! Good luck for its next reiteration

As long as it’s the 5 speed it’ll fit, assuming they got the 6 speed in the facelift

Be good for a compete swap to a 6 speed atleast. Sold now tho

Please? Even one from A e39 530d will work

As per title, searching for a good GM5l40e for an ‘02 pfl diesel x5 so I can go backwards again. cheers

Finally had a spare moment to fill the diff and refit the exhaust on the m3 last night. Also fitted my new intake. Now need to redo that hose to the booster round the back to make it look a bit nicer.

Finally got the m3 into the garage to replace the leaking diff pinion seal. Got all the. It’s out the way, old seal out, and to find the one that was listed as the correct part isn’t. So onto realoem for the right part number and rang bmw this morning to order one through them, and should be here tomorrow to get that job finished up. while I was there, discovered the rest diff mount top brace has cracked, and maybe the weld around the base of the mount. So will get that fizzed up asap

Yea most I’ve seen are the v8 or the m54 being wrecked. The m54 does share the same box, but I seeing that most people say the m57 box has stronger internals, so not sure if wise to use one, and with looking to remap it as well.

Where has everyone mounted their seatbelt mounts on the tunnel of an e36? Best place I found was right where the centre hanger mounts and think I’ll have too much angle if I move it back by the drive shaft hoop

Have finally had a moment to do some basic checks on the x5. Goes through all forward gears no probs, but can shift a bit rough. drained a bit of oil out the pan and is not looking good! Very dark and sparkly for something that has only done 10k since having the torque convertor replaced and fluids flushed, so my guess would be the clutch packs gone, as it does have some reverse. replace? Rebuild? Or manual/zf auto swap….

Have a seen a few videos of him driving others cars. The man is a machine!

Because of your post I bought some as well! Arrived yesterday but yet to test it out, but good to see it’s working already!

Ray is the master, and would be the man to ask! hopefully get it here late this coming week and can sus it out. My towie mate picked it up and actually drove it through to Cromwell from Queenstown and said it was super tidy and drove well otherwise, so am hoping can get it sorted easily enough

Hi guys, have recently acquired an x5 with the issue of no reverse gear, but Drives forward no problems. Has anyone had repaired/ or done themelseves, and was it easy/cost effective enough? from what my extensive research has told me, is that it’s a GM 5L40E box, and was a common issue, so have found a replacement sonnax remanufactured valve body to fix the issues from summit for about $600US dollarydoos. seems simple enough to replace myself, but just seeing what everyone else has done. cheers