VolvoBusDriver

Good luck mate! Got mine running last weekend, but I've gone the stingier path and re-used the flywheel and clutch and suprisingly they were still in good nick. Geez they're a different car, and I did mine to sell but I don't think I can part with it! I've got the Trans Program warning up, but there's a bit of info out there to get rid of it, plus an airbag warning light after having the wheel off. However, I've got a feeling my selector rod (between the gear lever and box) is the wrong length as the shifter sits quite far forward and you punch the dash going from in reverse and 1st. Seems there's two different length rods pre 10/1994 and after that. For the interior, I had to cut the old auto gearshift console to fit, picked up a genuine wood surround but had to cut the ASC section out, stained the leather boot with a paintbrush to match, and picked up an illuminated knob off ebay. Thanks for the help fellas.

Hi mate, Hey, if you've mounted all the clutch stuff except the pedal box that'll be awesome if you could take a photo. I haven't actually fully got around to working out where everything goes, but I've got the pedal box in. I'm waiting on too many parts to go ahead with too much more which is somewhat annoying!! Hope everything is going well over in NZ for you. Cheers, Al

Hey Ian, I never got to say thank you for posting the pedal box photos, so thank you. I ended up sourcing the part from another wrecker who was cheaper and more reliable. Just wondering if anyone here can help, has anyone got a photo of what the clutch master cylinder looks like mounted in a RHD 540i? I've just noticed I'm missing annoying little things like the nipple on the top of the clutch master, and other random grommets and things.... Looks like more parts from the States.

Thanks again fellas. I ended up printing off the part numbers from realoem.com, and my part is out of an E46. I have the correct numbers for the E34 now so if I can't match it with anything from the wrecker then I'll just get my money back. I've found another wrecker with an E34 one though it is interstate, so should have it sorted in the next few days. Been scratching my head a bit with the clutch setup as I've been told the gearbox was out of a Canadian E34 M540i, but the clutch supposedly part of it when the car was wrecked is out of an E39 M5 and is missing the pilot and throw out bearings...... I thought it'd be the same but realoem have the E34 M5, E34 540iM and E39 M5s having different clutches. Anyway, I'll take a punt on the correct parts and put it together and see if it actually works before investing in some new parts.

Excellent. Thanks guys. Been chatting to the wrecker and he is insistant it came out of an E34, so I'm taking back tomorrow and he's going to show me the car. I've looked through the diagrams from realoem.com and it honestly looks like an E36 pedal assembly....... Been trying to find a photo of an E34 RHD pedal box on the web without any luck. Time to go searching for the part again....

Thanks gents. I really appreciate the reply. I do have photos of the pedal box I picked up which the wrecker said was from an E34, but I guess they could be wrong? Would be great if you could identify it because I can't really find any more info on the web. I got the old pedal box out okay, but thanks for the advice. Great to hear that the E34 6-cylinders also had the brake booster on the left. Went through so many car sales sites to try to work it out. Hope your swap is going okay Creaver - STOK3D, but I'll keep you updated with how I go as I'm sure we can share our wins along the way. I hope!

Hi there. I just spent the last 3 hours searching for this forum as I had read it a couple of weeks back and wanted to see how things were progressing. I'm doing the same conversion here in Sydney, Australia and have hit the first stumbling block, so wondering if you've hit it too? The left hand drive pedal assembly doesn't work in the RHD as the 540i has a weird 90 degree setup to activate the brake booster which is still on the left side of the car. So I tried to move the clutch and brake pedal to the auto pedal bracket but it doesn't work, so found a pedal assembly out of 535i but it is completely different as it appears the brake booster is on the correct side on the 535i. Anyway, naturally I can't find a pedal assembly or pedals out of a genuine 540i Manual RHD, so not entirely sure what to do. I tried to get the parts direct from BMW but there part numbers match the part numbers for the 535i which I have with me that definitely won't work. So it looks like I have to dodgy up and modify the existing setup somehow, so bummer, there goes my hope to get it running in a couple of days. Unless anyone else has a suggestion? Thanks in advance. Al