Gabe79

23 minutes ago, aja540i said:

parked the leaf next to its brother from another mother in Takapuna this afternoon...

Our Leafs are twins.

They're. 

I love your soundtrack too! Kids are so genuinely excited eh.

1 hour ago, TermiPeteNZ said:

Which rego did you check Steve's (which you can't see in the pic) or mine (JHC777)? We're talking about Steve's

Blast!. I did the obvious, yes. Sorry.

L810A National version Australia from VIN. How's that work?

If you haven't sorted by the time we do your keys, we can compare wiring. Mine works.

Just now, drtimwright said:

It's also possible I misread the price at supercheap.

Oddly, the guys at BMW came back to me when I said "sorry, but that price is out of my range" and suggested going to BNT and see if they have a listing for my car for Fuchs oil.

Tim

No, your price for Supercheap is about right. It's about $175/20L when they have their sales, but even then, your price for Fuchs is near half that.

2 hours ago, drtimwright said:

So, I just bought some oil

Supercheep and Repco were about $220 for 20L of Penrite or Gulf Western but didn't have any in stock. So I went to BNT in lower hutt and tried there. They did the computer lookup of my car and transmission and recommended a Fuchs ATF one. 20L of that from Supercheap was about $400. But at BNT it cost < $100.

BNT for the win! (although I go there quite often - and they give me a trade discount because the recognize me now - helps to have a big beard).

Tim

59 minutes ago, Eagle said:

Yep Fuchs is my goto thru BNT also. Ive used Penrite stuff in a pinch. 

I've always used Penrite, but is Fuchs really all that? THat's a bit of a huge price difference.

Slight update here. We went to Thames this weekend. The house was nice, but needed a heck of a lot of renovations to make us happy... the town... let's just say my wife and I agree we're city people, and to whit, don't want to leave Stanmore Bay.  

35 minutes ago, zero said:

schmeidmann.com

 

https://www.fcpeuro.com

43 minutes ago, Lucan said:

Don't have the aux input unforutnately hqstu, a year or so short

OK so I need to check the radio module in the boot, will try some continuity tests I'm thinking...I had a quick look and facelift E39s don't seems to have a lot of resources for diagrams? Good source/link anyone?

Would the power to the radio module potentially have been disconnected  I'm not getting a thing but static on am/fm bands.

Have you checked all the fuses in the glovebox? Mine came with a weird setup and I had to plug fuses in. Also, nothing but static sounds like the antenna might be disconnected? If you got bad reception you have a lot more options for what could be wrong, but no reception should, in theory, be simpler...

1 hour ago, zero said:

It was a sales gimmick to try and make it sound like the car required less maintenance and service costs.

No oil is life time, and bmw even stated later that 'lifetime' meant 100,000 miles (160,000 kms).

Most people recommend changing the oil before this. Every 100,000 kms is a good interval.

This is just the Valvoline equivalent of the Penrite offering. Both meet the same standards. Penrite is $175/20L from Repco right now.

41 minutes ago, Eagle said:

Technically the correct fluid is ZF Lifeguard 5. Most seem to put in some sort of Esso LT 71141 equivalent. 

That sounds off. That's the fluid we use for newer transmissions, and doesn't meet the old standard. For LT 71141 you can buy the full synthetic penrite https://www.penriteoil.com.au/products/atf-fs-full-syn which Supercheap also sells here: http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/Product/Penrite-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-Full-Synthetic-4-Litre/342304

There is no such thing as "lifetime" oils.

A5S310Z should be DEXRON 3/MERCON. See attached.

This should do:

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/Product/Castrol-Auto-Transmission-Fluid-Dex-III-4-Litre/309868

Or Penrite https://www.penriteoil.com.au/products/atf-dx-iii-mineral meets the spec too, and sold here: http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/Product/Penrite-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-DX-III-4-Litre/342303

BMW Trans Oil Chart.pdf

Can't you just disable and physically remove the rear airbags here? In the US and other countries, we disable those when child seats are installed anyway...

What's the socially responsible thing for me to do with my old control arms, tensioners, pulleys, bushings, rubber seals, etc... ? Rubbish?

I wasn't thinking when I saw your original post, I'm sorry.

You can actually plug your last 7 here:

www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi

And it'll tell you what your engine and transmission models are.

I don't know how I got these. I think they must have been on the rims I bought. They look barely used, with plenty of thread left and they too, take up space in my garage.

One Neuton NT5000

One Dayton D30

$30 each? Reasonable offers take them.

I have one more to sell, then I'm all out.

21 hours ago, Kobra said:

Fantastic, Thank you.

Found it.

8Jx17 and a bit rough, but here you go. ET20

2 minutes ago, qube said:

I have only briefly installed it and confirmed it to work, decided its overkill for my usage. 

Not sure about the bluetooth thing, no idea how good/efficient the system is so that will be for the new owner to find out.

 

gab - this is a direct fit to an e46 and i dont think it works in an e39. Not sure why or if it can work.. 

Hmph

Take Andy's $200.

Ahem, what stops this from working with an e39?

I happened to be at a Repco today, and with the sale discount, 20L comes out to ~$175NZD. 

Every 540i I see reminds me of this thread: 

It's a nice car, but good luck to the seller at that price point...