You guys saw my video from Helio's 2003 M5 Inspection, but here's his! Be sure to see more of Helio's content at / keepitdirtyoffroad E39Source website: www.e39source.com Help support E39Source by donating: www.e39source.c...
Great video and seriously impressive stock of parts you have there. Makes me wish I still had one and lived stateside. (Though there's other things that also make me wish I lived in the Bay Area, but hey ho.) However, I have an e61 M5 now and when the SMG pump went, I called my guy and he came in a small car and borrowed tools and then "Have you got a 40 amp maxi fuse. I'll be impressed if you've got one of those!" Ta da. ... 'Is it likely to blow again? Well have a cheap one until we know...' Not quite the same but small things right!
Awesome video! How I never discovered your website until now is baffling. Need some moonroof parts!!! Beautiful car too, BTW. My 97 540I has nearly as many miles due to the insane care the original owner took of it, and still runs like a dream.
@@E39Source Thank you very much! So glad to be here! I believe I need one or both of the drive cables because both the gear (which I have a replacement for already) and the cables have some damage due to the slippage over the years. I took the whole tray out and replaced most both the main and front sliders, as the rears are metal and are fine. I also created a leak by using WD-40 to clean the old grease off the cables and out of the tracks because the WD-40 dissolves the butyl rubber that's used to seal the metal-to-plastic interface of the rain gutters. That...was a big pain because I had to remove and replace all the old butyl 100% before I put it back in the car. One cable slides out the back, but the other looks like it requires drilling out two rivets to remove it. I can find everything but these cables- as I want to hopefully avoid buying a whole new tray. If it's OK, I'll post a link to my Google Photos gallery for all to see of my progress restoring my 227,000 mile example that I picked up for exactly $0 dollars, and put about $500 and probably hundreds of hours of cleaning into so far.
@@theamerican7080 Unfortunately, replacing the entire sunroof cassette (tray) is the easiest solution, and what I sell the parts for. It's honestly easier to just swap out the whole thing than to try to rebuild a damaged one. Feel free to post the link!
Great video....I've been over every inch of my '00 M5 and this helped to validate or quash any concerns I had with things on mine. Great insights into the most random things. A+
I want some E39Source stickers... 🙏🏼 Ryan, I have an 03’ 540/6 with 60,000 miles. I am the 2nd owner and recently replaced the timing chain tensioner and it was shot. Oil recommendations for a M62TU?
Thanks for the upload, very interesting to see through the camera as you did underneath the car and elsewhere in great detail, and beautiful car also - great rims BTW. Nice to know your car is in good hands!
Hey Ryan. Could you share the e39Source.com link to the production numbers spreadsheet that you mentioned in the video? I can't seem to find it on the website. Thanks!
Youre documenting trim levels? Id be happy help you to give you my specs, unless this sheet is filled out entirely and its only to see what category/rarity the owners car is in. (Im still a bit confused on its purpose)
I have a whole spreadsheet with many pages of production statistics. How many in each color with each interior in each market. What options were standard, what % of cars in each market had them, etc etc. I think the document is fairly complete, though not with 100% accuracy. There are some 'un-documented' press and photo cars that throw off the official statistics by 1-3%.
I know you’ve probably said it somewhere, but what software do you use to scan like you do? I use INPA but it doesn’t seem as in-depth. I have a 98 540i I pulled out of a field I’m restoring so those kind of codes would help
Emily1963eh there’s some files you can download and override the german ones with. I think someone did a whole translation for most of the normal codes a bit more recently. Some of the forums have it
It sort of amazes me how close the spec this is to my car. I purchased mine fall 2019 and I'm super happy with it so far. Unfortunately the interior isn't quite as nice but it was sold by Crevier BMW and lived in Cali most of it's life so the body is spotless which I was most excited about honestly. Here's a link to my car! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bO-luQ_HjAM.html
That's a low price for a well optioned and clean 2003! The car looks nice, just needs some specific attention in specific areas- like all of them do. Enjoy it!
Hi Ryan, Great content as always 👍🏼 Just want to ask if you guys have ever thought of retro fitting a reverse camera using the original 16:9 screen? Would make a great feature for the M5
Very nice video! I wish I had done an inspection on mine just to get more information. I did my own inspection with my limited car knowledge And it's worked out pretty fantastic so far I've owned my M5 for 2 1⁄2 years fix a few things I'm up to 196,000 miles. Purrs like a kitten.Just have to address the high pressure power steering fluid hose leak.
