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    Thought I'd offer a service to fellow members. I'm planning a road trip from Invercargill to Auckland and back in about 2 weeks. If there's any members on here that want to buy something from either end of the country, I'd be happy to take things up or bring them back down, meeting people in the main centres along the way for drop-off.

    The only conditions would be that all payments for the parts would have to be sorted ahead of time - I won't be handling money or paying for other people's parts upfront. And i'd want to be meeting people somewhere along the main route, really don't want to be detouring all over the place lol. Pick-up/drop off arrangements will be sorted ahead of time.

    Anyone interested? I'm not running a courier service so I'm not asking for money for this, just thought it might help a few people out.

     

    Also, @Jacko, I'll finally be able to pick the items up that I bought off you ???

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    21 minutes ago, paulo said:

    Hi there - I'm in ChCh and am keen to purchase

    Well that just made my decision easier hahaha.

    Quick side question Paul, are you on TradeMe with the same username selling E36 bits? If it is you I've bought a few things off you over the years, and gotten some great advice thank you, always good to find someone willing to go the extra mile on there.

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    I'm sorry to hear that, you've always been an upstanding member on this forum as long as I've been a member.

    Agreed completely with your last sentence, I think a lot are just venting at how they'd feel if this happened to them, public forums like this shouldn't need to turn into witch hunts, p**sing contests and slanging matches from people hidden behind screens.

    I wish you luck and hope you get some answers on the legal front, whatever they may be.

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    21 hours ago, Cammsport said:

    I honestly don't have faith in the system to make it worth the time. I won an auction on TM a couple years ago for a red E36 coupe with red interior. I was so stoked and had started the transport admin etc. Seller got back to me a week later and said he'd decided to sell to someone else. I made contact with small claims and TM, both said I hadn't suffered any real loss. Basically tough luck. I was gutted.

    Yeah that's the exact problem right there, small claims/disputes tribunal never really rule on anything on the truest sense of what's "legal", but more who's out of pocket, and it's wrong. If you have entered into an agreement (especially through TardeMe) then, as the law stands. you are the one legally entitled to the goods.

    9 hours ago, 330itis said:

    Why so butt hurt? 15k is too cheap for these cars and everyone knows it. They are factory manuals. I say let the guy have it that offered more. Probably closer to the more realistic value, and a fairer price for the seller. Dont be sour because you missed out on an opportunity to rip off the seller.

    Yeah let's see you say this when you go to buy a house, sign the contract, then the vendor/real estate agent rings you and say "bad luck, someone else offered $10k more - even though you had a contract, you're missing out". Or a dealership/car yard next time you go to upgrade cars, rings you once the contract is signed and says the same thing. Bet you won't be playing this tune in that situation.

    Property sector has laws against this. So does the business sector. And every other sector. I've been involved in contract law for 15 years or so in the construction industry, and will tell you right now - you try pulling this s**t in any of those sectors, your arse is in a sling big time, you simply can't do it without copping the penalties.

    At the end of the day, if what we are being told is true and accurate, and the seller had entered into written and verbal agreements with person A, then person B's offer should never have been accepted, even if it was cash on the spot, that day. it is immoral and, in so many other ways, completely illegal.

    So many people around these days that have no morals/honesty/integrity left........

    End rant.

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    On 8/6/2019 at 8:18 PM, swapsndeals said:

    Hi. Have just got a 325i but the nut came off the oil pump or something along those lines, the guy i brought it off said the car stopped & the car was making a knocking sound so he shut it down, oil was not getting to the head when he took valve cover off when he got home? Anyone have a 325i motor for sale, or know of a quick fix lol?

    Thanks

    Why have I only just seen this lol? Got one in an E34 525i, was supposedly running until fuel pump issues. And possibly an early one from an E3 2.5S, haven't sussed that one out yet, it may be toast but may be an option. Let me know if you're still hunting for one.

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    7 hours ago, gjm said:

     

    It seems Brad had his offer overturned (too). Although until he wrote of it here, I wasn't aware of it.

    Someone else I know of, a thoroughly nice member of the forum, had agreement, verbally and in writing, that he was buying the cars at the asking price. He'd asked for bank details so he could transfer a deposit to the seller, with balance to be paid on collection - this was all agreed. There was a lot of organisation going on, arranging funds for transfer, sorting transport - all the usual stuff.

    Then the seller pops up and says "Sorry, I've agreed to sell to someone else who has offered more money." Not even an opportunity to increase an offer. Just nope - sold to someone else. The buyer I know of was understandably very, very disappointed. Yes - sale goes to the first person in, but once agreement has been reached (especially in writing), it's normally fair to consider yourself to be that first person.
    The buyer with the higher offer is understood to have been aware that a sale was agreed. We think we know who the buyer is (we aren't sure, so will say nothing), but I suggest anonymity is unlikely to last long with cars like this.

    Personally I feel that both the seller and the buyer who made the higher offer have both acted extremely poorly. I'm annoyed, and I hadn't even considered making an offer!

    Agree completely with you Graham, sadly not the first time "deals" like this have been attempted on this site and someone has been shafted - it happened to me recently as well. Most disappointing when it happens for the one that missed out, and goes to show that there are ones out there that are not true to their word.

    21 minutes ago, M3AN said:

    Invitation to treat + offer + acceptance = binding contract, consideration (edit: payment) is unnecessary.

    The original deal was a legally binding contract if the original buyer cares that much to pursue it.

    Seller has got to be thankful this didn't happen overseas, where they would get sued for this sort of action, especially given the agreement was allegedly in writing as well as verbal. Reality is that people that do this sort of thing usually don't last long in public forums.

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    So a fair bit of research later, thinking I might bite the bullet and try one of the cheap Chinese Android things, Dynavin and Avin Avant and 3 to 4 times the price.

    With an IBus adaptor and the app to run it through the head unit, I can keep all the original MID info and have it on the display (as the BC button doesn't work), plus modify a few basic settings within the car without coding (so no need to use NCS, ISTA/P etc) - total cost of the extra IBus adaptor and the app is around $60, and a cheap Android head unit landed here can be around $260-$350 so won't be a huge loss if it doesn't last much longer than 12 months.

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    6 hours ago, Kiwi_BMW said:

    I know Alpina created the M62B46 for their Alpina B10 E39.

    Not sure about the head swap, lots of variables come into play such as cam size, lobe separation angle, the displacement of the head itself, valve size and geometry, timing gear swap and so on...... not sure you'd get all that much power for a whole lot of work and (probably) a huge expense....

    M62B46 did come out in E53 X5's, I'm not sure precisely what year they started but I think it was from about '01 to '03.  

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    I'm pretty sure I've got one down here in Invers.... and travel to Dunedin at least once a fortnight (was up there yesterday and all weekend, and may be back up this weekend lol) so can drop it off no worries if you can wait? 

    Would have to check condition for you and pray this weather turns a lot better so I can remove it lol but pretty sure it's not in too bad a shape.

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    I've got a complete motor sitting in a parts car that was "allegedly" running until the fuel pump gave up if you're not in a rush for it. Car is sitting in a friends paddock at the moment, getting it to where I could pull the motor would be the holdup (and the weather down south), if you need one urgently there's a few sponsors on here that might be able to help (and they are all up north too I think).

    If there's no major rush I'll go scope out getting it to the concrete pad as the thing needs stripped anyway and gotten rid of.

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    Everything bar the turbo oil feed line has been ordered, just need to track one down and then should be all set once everything arrives.

    3 hours ago, BMTHUG said:

    The door handle carrier still hasn't shown up yet lol. Having to get in from the passenger side at present 

    Today's life hack - I tried this on mine so should work on yours, instead of climbing in the other side first, just hold the unlock key down if the car is locked - that should unlock the doors then drop the windows. Then you can open from the drivers side inner door handle ?Probably best if this isn't done while it's raining (unless you wanna wash the inside as well lol) but it works for me, saves a trip around to another door lol.

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    Sounds like it's definitely an electrical issue, I'm not 100% up to play with common failures on the E30's but would suggest start by checking the basics - fuse is connecting good (not loose in the fusebox), check the voltage at the motor, check for continuity between the motor and ground, and any earthing wires at the motor. Might be the switch itself is playing up or the motor itself is possibly had it.

    Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge will chime in and give better suggestions, if not the above may be a starting point to try and eliminate things without just replacing everything.

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    Thanks man, much help. Yeah that's the plan, gonna put an order in tonight for all these parts including the manifold and will go over everything, clean and inspect it while it's apart, then I know it's done. Hahaha think my handle has just completely let go in sympathy of yours....... fingers crossed the new one turns up soon........ it was just holding on until earlier this afternoon.

    And managed to download a copy of the ETK so I can have the laptop outside, to make life easier...... just in case it's needed lol. Should be all good now I know what I'm looking at ?

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    On 10/18/2019 at 1:43 PM, BMTHUG said:

    I have had mine for 3 years now. Love it. In my ownership I have done the exhaust manifold as it blew and was making a whistling noise as well as fuming quite badly. I have also done both front driveshafts, the crankshaft vibration dampener which shat itself unexpectedly, also my viscous fan seized at 100kph snapping the front off my waterpump completely, so I did thermostat and waterpump, new radiator, new hoses, new viscous fan, haven't done the PCV/CCV which I feel I should get onto. Also I did the glowplugs, fuel filter, transfer case gear, intake manifold gasket, passenger side door handle carrier, (driver's one just crapped out lol), all diff fluids, transmission services x 2, the panoramic roof stopped working also so I did the mod to stop the rear one from working. 


    Any tips you need don't hesitate to give me a yell. I love my 3.0d and I do about 150 ks a day round trip in it too. 

    That's great info, thanks man really appreciate it. And yeah I'll be yelling out if there's anything I'm not sure about. Have decided to order in another exhaust manifold, and will replace the oil feed line to the turbo at the same time for peace of mind. Also going to change the thermostat to try get it to operating temp more consistently.

    It definitely feels a bit better now the basics are done, and I plan on keeping it for a while so better to do the preventative stuff now. 

    Still trying to hunt out part numbers for the CCV/PCV/whatever it's called, I suspect everyone's talking about either part 11 or 15 on this diagram? https://bimmercat.com/bmw/en/search/selectCar/E53/SAV/BMW+X5+3%2E0d+M57N/ECE/11_3935

    New door handle carrier is on it's way so will start ticking a lot of these little maintenance jobs off the list every chance I get to get back on top of it all. I'm hoping the manifold will be the worst of it, once everything is sorted it's probably then time to look at getting a tune for it lol.

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    On 10/16/2019 at 7:42 AM, dirtydoogle said:

    The fuel filter is a whole lot easier than the internet makes out though, if you have slim hands. Definitely worth doing too because nobody replaces them 

    It's done now, and yeah wasn't as bad as people claim. The hardest part was definitely bleeding the system afterwards, I mean, I had to go get the laptop and find the right section in ISTA then wait for it to do it's thing ???. So difficult........

    19 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

    I should be able to find the part numbers for you from the parts i’ve Just put in my 330d. 

    That would be awesome if you've got the numbers Jon, let me know how you get on.

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