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Take it to a garage, ask them to put it on the ramp and check both the engine AND gearbox mounts.
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Have you checked engine and gearbox mounts?
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Two available, both fully working and reset to factory defaults. Comes unboxed with rack ears. Full specs available ::here:: These are £250+ each new. £75 each, plus shipping if needed.
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Well done chap, sounded like you needed a bit of good news.
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You worry too much what other people think, Jay. I'd like this one more if it didn't have those awful alloys.
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I can offer my usual zero insight, but I was wondering the other day how you were getting on with this.
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E28 M535i brake upgrade. Anyone done this before?
dan101smith replied to KingM535i's topic in E28 1982-1988
Bigg Red did mine and did a great job. Parts availability is fine - stick a set of DS2500 on the front (they’re the same fitment pads as a Sierra Cosworth) and you’re sorted. -
Using a TV as second monitor - resolution
dan101smith replied to duncan-uk's topic in Computer General Help
TVs are rubbish as monitors. -
E28 M535i brake upgrade. Anyone done this before?
dan101smith replied to KingM535i's topic in E28 1982-1988
The M635 brakes will be fine if you want to use them. As you already have them, just get them refurbished and chuck them on - they’ll do the job just fine on a road car. -
How good is the E39 compared to newer cars?
dan101smith replied to GBS's topic in General Discussion
E39 -> W212 Merc. The E39 was slower, more thirsty, noisier, had a worse ride, spent more time needing maintenance and repairs, rustier, had worse tech, was less safe and had less load space. It definitely had a charm, and I enjoyed the 30k miles I did in it over the couple of years or so I had it, but would I go back? No chance. The Merc beats it in every way. -
Advice e28 auto to manual conversion m52b28 with ZF box out of e36
dan101smith replied to kjb1's topic in E28 1982-1988
M10/M30 are the ones, apparently. -
Advice e28 auto to manual conversion m52b28 with ZF box out of e36
dan101smith replied to kjb1's topic in E28 1982-1988
Which ones? -
Lovely looking thing - GLWTS. Mind me asking where you sourced the heated seat components from? I’m assuming from the switches that they’re not OEM BMW.
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Advice e28 auto to manual conversion m52b28 with ZF box out of e36
dan101smith replied to kjb1's topic in E28 1982-1988
You’ll need a custom prop on that. -
Just read your ad. Three things would put me off as a potential buyer: 1. The rust 2. The mileage 3. The handbrake handle - when little details have been skipped, it makes people wonder what else has been missed.
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Any reason why you couldn't spend the money to get the rust sorted? I'm sure yours isn't the only M5 for sale, so any reason for someone to go elsewhere will do you no favours.
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Now there's a set of words that still bring me out in a cold sweat.
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That's the start of your engine dying. Change the tensioner - if that doesn't get rid of it, then you're looking at guides too.
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Stripped, powder coated and wonderful. Zero rust. £450 collected from Herts, or posted at cost.
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Everything you've described with the separates is basically what you have in the Dock Air. I'd suggest the devil is in the detail.
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Waste of time for the use case.
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Sell it all and buy a Sonos.
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Tested, known-good 025 AFM for an E28 M5. You'll struggle to find another! £450 collected from Herts, or posted at cost.
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Pair of non-ABS struts. Stripped, powder coated and lovely. Zero rust. £450 collected from Herts, or posted at cost.