Please take pity on me and HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP

[beelzebubs 0]

Hi all, really need help here

right, mate blew his 1991 auto e34 up, I wanted to change my 1994 auto e34 to maunaul

so I offered him my engine and box and bought an 1993 e34 manual to caniblise

well fitted the m50 vanos into his non vanos no problemo, runs revs and doesnt blow the rad top off

but the 94 ZF 5HP 18 box has a different connector to the 91 ZF 5HP 18 box

I have the complete 94 car, and have fitted the seperate loom from the sports/economy/snow button, kick down switch, up under the bonnet and clipped to the 94 wiring, but the loom on the 91 still has the plug hanging down where it should have been plugged into the back of the box.

Is there any way to make the later ZF 5HP 18 work in the earlier car?

Any help would be greatfull appreciated

thanks

Pawl

[beelzebubs 0]

oh, 91 is a 525ise touring, 94 is a 525ise saloon, and the engine going back in the 94 is a 93 520i manual

[beelzebubs 0]

Failing any advice on the above

car was towed back, At around 60mph, for 160 miles, had any one had any joy with reusing a box after a simmilar tow, or are they very fragile like old ford boxes?

just saying this as I know you are supposed to tow in neutral with the engine running at no more than 25 mph for no more than about 3 miles.

Edited June 5, 2008 by beelzebubs

[beelzebubs 0]

LOL, not a very talkative lot on here, or do you really just want to see me suffer

[hybrid 1044]

Give it a day .. the Brents of this will world should see this soon.

[beelzebubs 0]

cooool.....as i've been around a few bm forums with not so much as a sniff of someone trying to help.

I have 4 options

get it working

take a chance on the old box

find a manual box for this one as well

or

stick a rover v8 under there

as I say, I have the complete 94 to take parts from, so far i got it down to seats carpets and dash out to get to look at all the wiring.

[jochen 4]

LOL, not a very talkative lot on here, or do you really just want to see me suffer

Do you have the ETM documentation for both cars?

ETM = original full BMW wiring information, as interactive PDF files.

Would make life easier for you...

[CamB 48]

So the '91 plug won't work with the '94 box? Or the boxes are so different the '94 doesn't have the plug?

Rover V8 is very 80/90s conversion - the new hot ticket is the Toyota/Lexus V8 - usually about $1000, 250hp and come with a free auto trans.

Not getting an answer to a very specific technical question for 20 minutes is not "quiet"!

Edited June 6, 2008 by CamB

[BM WORLD 1284]

i have boxes from all years .

what do you need to match the engine.

021433600

[beelzebubs 0]

sorry bud but you are o the other side of the planet to me, but thanks

no the problem is at the mo is the car thinks there is no box connected due to the earlyier box having the bowes ecu in the car, and the later car having the ecu in the engine bay on the 94 loom.

only put that question in after 10 mins due to there being 18 people viewing the thread and no one saying nowt wasnt a dig

basically, this plug hanging down, I need to know if there is any way of bridging any contacts on that plug to make the car think there is a box attached, hance putting the power from the cars loom to the gearbox ecu under the bonnet

does that make sence?

[beelzebubs 0]

okily dokily

thanks for all your help

my mate has told me he doesn't want it as a manual

I dont want to take a risk and all that effort attempting to try his old box

I dont want to spend X amount of currency on another matching box

so I've decided to scrap it

Edited June 6, 2008 by beelzebubs

[beelzebubs 0]

So the '91 plug won't work with the '94 box? Or the boxes are so different the '94 doesn't have the plug?

Rover V8 is very 80/90s conversion - the new hot ticket is the Toyota/Lexus V8 - usually about $1000, 250hp and come with a free auto trans.

Not getting an answer to a very specific technical question for 20 minutes is not "quiet"!

both have a plug but the plug is different

you mentioned the right word there for a lexus v8, ""Quiet""

thats like having a '69 dodge charger and it sounding like an amc Pacer:)

this is my rover ~V8 in my '76 Granada Ghia coupe

http://www.granadaclassics.com/vroom.htm

Edited June 6, 2008 by beelzebubs

[jochen 4]

sorry bud but you are o the other side of the planet to me, but thanks

That makes no difference at all.

If you want the ETM, give me your chassis numbers and I'll send you a copy.

[beelzebubs 0]

i have boxes from all years .

what do you need to match the engine.

021433600

the othere side of the world was in relation to the above quote

I got to the point where I have nigh on dismantled my own 525ise to get this car working, i was going to swap the dashtops with the gearbox loom attached, but I had a look at the connectors on the 91's bulkhead, and even that was different....

so It's now up on ebay as M50 vanos engine, comes with free 1991 525ise touring 9 months tax and test