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Hi Hayden! Yeah sure. Someone's reached out to me already about the rack but they haven't paid for it or picked it up yet, but most likely it's spoken for. If you you still want the hose how's $20 inc shipping? Are you ok if the hose is bent for shipping? If not it's going to need a large box Cheers Jon

Thanks @Gaz, @Eagle & @M3AN Mrs Spinner asked why someone just didn't take the rack and sell it themselves, I told her it's because BMW owners are people of honor To be fair I just looked it up I bought it in 2010, and I can't test if it's mint or a dud so I'll re price it accordingly. Thanks again Jon

Found some extra bits 4x air duct rivets 51718229003 1x fuel pump seal 16141182905 Rack is sold. 1 x ZF steering rack , condition unknown. Purchased it from trade me in 2010 but never fitted to car. Photo attached. Unsure on the part number, the one on the tag doesn't come up on Realoem. Please see the photo for the numbers. I'm thinking $150 might be a fare price considering its unknown history? I'm open to offers though.

Part 2 of my cleanup, parts for a E87 120i I had for a while. Prices are below but I’m open to any reasonable offers accepted. These parts are brand new (never fitted to a car) VNE Brand Crankshaft Position Sensor 13627548994 $40 VNE Brand Camshaft Position Sensor 12147518628 $40 Mann HU 815/2 x Oil Filter - $5 Second Hand - (from BM World) Bosch Aux Water Pump that I never fitted 64116928246. $10 And randomly I have this oil filter housing, it’s an unnamed Chinese Brand. I purchased it for the 120i but it wasn’t the right one, I suspect it might be for the x30i (N52). $20 if anyone wants it.

I’m having a clean-up and have some parts for my old E46 325i Touring that need a new home. Open to any reasonable offers. All parts are “new” (never fitted to a car) except for the LCM. Amongst the parts are VDO Fuel Door Actuator 67116988090 LCM 61316907947 Connitech Water Hose – Heater Valve Outlet to Expansion Tank 64218376153 Sold 2x Hutchison Bushings for the rear upper control arm 33321092247 2x Lemforder Bushings for the rear lower control arm 33326770824 Various clips, the ones I have part numbers for are 4x Floor matt locks 51478243734 + 5x Circlips for the locks 51471881521 2 x Engine Cover Trim Caps 11121726089 6 x Red Trim Insert holder thingys 51458266814 2 x Interior Plug things 51418223097 3 x Plastic Rivet Plugs for the Air Ducts 51471919209 Not in the photo, but I also have a **not working** Valeo 120A alternator for the E46. It’s free to a good home if someone’s looking for one they would like to restore. 12317501597 And lastly a random clear trim insert holder thingy similar to the red ones, but I don’t have a part number for it.

My diesel knowledge hasn't been tested in 20 years so I appreciate things have changed a lot since then so possibly take this suggestion with a grain of salt, but reading your story the thing I keep looking at is it's pretty cold where you are which is really when you want those glow plugs doing their job. I spotted in your video the engine in cranking before the glow plug light has turned off. Back in the old days we used to set the ignition to "on" and wait for the glow plug light to turn off before cranking the engine. If that's not helping, I don't know if you have a way to even give the car a double shot of the glow plugs heating up prior to trying a crank?

Hey Marty Have you looked into Tonys AGA Tool Rental Service? https://www.facebook.com/BMWN62/ I don't know how much they charge but I think they ship worldwide now. Alternatively if buying rather than renting is a consideration some of the cheaper end of buying could be https://www.ozwidetools.com.au/bmw-n62-valve-stem-seal-tool-kit - their shipping is quite reasonable. But it looks like they don't have any stock right now. There is where I got mine from. All Euro Parts in Auckland may have one for sale? I think I saw one on their trade me store late last year for ~ $900 https://www.germanspecialtytools.com/products/bmw-valve-stem-seal-tool-set-bmw-n62-and-n62tu-engine but I think shipping is a but spency for this one. Or slightly outside of the box I'm making an assumption here if your willing to remove the engine that's because you would be removing the heads to do the job instead of using the AGA style tool with the heads in place. If thats right there is an alternative generic tool available that requires you to remove the camshafts but you can leave the heads on. So if you're comfortable re-timing the engine then that's maybe an option too? Here's a youtube video of a guy using it on his N62.

I thought this was a cool idea for electric tucks

I'm going through this exact same problem with my E61 at the moment. As soon as I jumped in the car when I picked it up from the windscreen repairer it looked fuzzy like yours and made me ill to look at it. The dealer has had a look at my car and thinks the replacement windscreen is defective. I'm currently waiting for a replacement windscreen to arrive.

I've recently done the valve stem seals on my E61 and must have looked at this thread at least ten times over the last year or so while deciding whether to send it somewhere or do it myself. There was a lot of umming and ahhing over the outlay of tools vs the cost for a garage to do the work. In the end I went DIY so I thought I'd just put it out there for anyone else that's thinking about it, I got the job done for somewhere around the $1700 mark plus a week of my time, which is a big discount assuming you have the time to spare of course. Parts were around $650, shipping and exchange rate dependent of course. I got my parts for this project from FCP. On top of the valve stem seals that also included all the gaskets & o-rings etc for the valve covers, upper timing covers, spark plug tubes (I used Febi as they were much cheaper but I think I'd use BMW original next time), and spark plugs because it's so much easier to do them with the spark plug tubes out that I think every time you have the valve cover off you should change them. Tools ~$1k I had a tool up a little. Its a bit of an outlay but relative to the spend to get someone else to do it I thought it was worth it. I already had an air compressor and decided to go the air method (vs rope method). I ended up getting A N62 valve spring compression tool kit from Aus (not the AGA one) A really long (650mm I think) 1/2" drive ratchet to turn the engine over with - long enough it poked out the top of the engine bay. A cheap leak down tester to hold the air pressure in the cylinders. And I splashed out on some AGA Valve Stem Seal plyers It's worth noting that Tony's AGA Tool Rental Service delivers worldwide now, but I don't know what the cost would be for rental + return shipping but may be worth a look into too. In terms of difficulty, I agree with other peoples opinions I've seen that if you can do the valve covers you can do the valve stem seals. And I guess the final test is - would I do it again if I had to? Yes I would, especially now I have the tools.

Thanks @wrs I like the thinking. If I disconnected the cable from the navigation system and used a multi meter on the Ohms setting would that be enough to get me the answer? The cable is attached to a circuit board at the other end so I'm wondering if that may need to be considered too?

Thanks @M3AN Yeah that's what I've done for now I've wrapped it in some foam to stop it making a noise and tucked it in the roof liner in a gap where the sun shades have a mould. I'm not sure that's a permanent solution but it'll do for now

A couple of tips from me from when I replaced mine 1. Don't be tempted by the starter motor from Partmaster. The signal cable connection isn't the correct size to hold it on (the retaining ridge is too far back). Other than that it's working fine I wish I had just got the Bosch one though. 2. Most e-torx bolts can be fitted with a multi sided metric tool (not the 6 sided ones, whatever the more than six sided ones are). An 11mm ring spanner fits nicely onto that top e-torx bolt. You're right you can't get a torque wrench on there but you can double up the ring spanner to get a good bit of leverage onto it.

An update from me - I spent some quality time with the car this week, the score is currently E87 5, Jon 2. The box is an aerial for the VICS system, I found a part number on the cable going to the box which is 65 90 6 925 653 and the label also said "VICS-ANTENNE JAPAN". According to Wikipedia it's a Japan specific system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Information_and_Communication_System , and I'm guessing based on the description it might be responsible for the random "accident area ahead" type announcements I hear infrequently when driving around. There is no disconnect that I could see (I followed the cable down the passengers side A pillar and then lost it under the dash), but I did find the other end of the cable connected to the Navigation system in the boot. Disconnecting the cable at that end raises a fault code in ISTA A3E8 "JNAV: GPS aerial is not connected". The money light isn't on. Next steps for me is to figure out if it's possible to code it out. Otherwise it'll be staying where it is. My motivation for removing the box is when the windscreen was replaced it looks $(#$(# now the way it's been reattached. So if I can't remove it then I'll see if I can do a better job of re fixing the box to the windscreen.

Hi If you just need help to jack up the car & get the wheel off I can bowl around and help you with that. I have a trolley jack, some ramps if needed to raise the car a little to get the jack under, and some axle stands. But I haven't worked on F series before so I don't think I'll be any help with the actual horn removal part.

Hi Does anyone know what this black box thing on the left of the mirror is? It's stuck to the windscreen like its some type of sensor but I can't figure out what it's a sensor for. Both my cars are Japanese imports with the ETC mirrors and I'm wondering if it's maybe something to do with that and I can remove them? Thanks

Hi @IainR Sorry I'm a bit slow on the uptake on this one, that might have been me? The covid tracer app has made itself useful I was at Mitre 10 about 2:15pm on the 28th. I think I was parked against the wall near the entrance? My 130 has what look like style 261's but they aren't BMW rims. They were on it when I purchased it and don't really have any identifying marks so I'm not sure exactly what brand or model they are TBH.

Hi - Does your car have a sun roof?