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I think I got it...if this is correct with what I am looking at for the E46ZST.000, particularly the E46 330Ci.

According to this:

These are the only three I get to pick from. BN51, BN52, and BN53. Mine is a BN53 from various VIN decoding plus going to realoem.com and entering in the VIN. So seeing how mine is a U.S. model, and the other two are Euro, my GM number will not change, unlike for the E36 recoding/reprogramming. So, as mentioned in Neil1138 (e46fanatics) link in a few posts above:

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=659314

He only seems to mention the SA code. I strongly believe now that this is correct with looking at the E36 instructions and how it examines the GM code in the NCSExpert data files.

I'll have to post my own E46 programming write-up when my time comes. There is also the coding bit about recoding the cluster (kombi) to have it disable the transmission gear display.

I used the SA decoder/encoder here to get my new SA code. If I am correct, all I needed to do was to uncheck "0205-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION" then re-encode it to get my new SA code.

Wait, I think I see something...all the 11's were looking the same. I see the 11B2 and the 11A2.

How did you know to save the 0700 from the 11B20700 and just pair it with the 11A2?

Try out the tool Ross made for re-coding your GM.

http://www.bminfo.co.nz/?page_id=31

Thanks, but I have an E46

Do you have the E36ZST.000 file? My NCSExpert version 3.0.8 had E31 files in it?!? I wanted to see how you and Ross got the new GM code. The attached image here shows an except from a data file named E36ZST.000 but for some program called Zeko v4.2a. How accurate is this compared to your E36ZST.000 file?

Is it the GM that needs to be changed or the SA? Does this depend on the model? In an auto to 5 speed swap for an E46, Neil1138 notes the SA code and changes his SA code but leaves the GM and VN alone.

Step 12: Coding

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=659314