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Manual to auto gearbox conversion?

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  • 07-01-2009 10:51am
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    joeperry
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    Hi,hi the car is a 1998 5 series 528i manual. I've been thinking of this lately as im getting old and i like my comfort. I test drove a 530i auto recently and really liked the the drive but I don't want to change car now as I've spent a lot on it this past year and it's worth feck all. Is this an easy thing for a specialist to do. Are they're many parts needed. I'd be hoping I would source the parts from a good breaker.


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    Anan1
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    I'd imagine it would be far cheaper to swap cars, it's an expensive job and the car will probably be worth less afterwards. Talk to unkel about a swap against his 740i.;)


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    galwaytt
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    tbh, it's not going to be economic to do it. There may be differences in all sorts of things, from mounts, to exhausts, definately in wiring. Pedal boxes, internal trim, etc etc.

    A car of that age (no diss intended !), simply wouldn't be worth it after doing it - I'd imagine if you pay someone to do it, you're talking thousands of €€€.

    A better idea is to just change the car - a 530i of similar vintage will also be worth feck all, as no-one wants 3.0 cars, either. It'd work out cheaper to sell your car (even at peanut money..), and buy a 530.

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    Darsad
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    No I would say its easier to go from Auto to manual but manual to auto is very very difficult as you would need to fit a TCM and all the associated wiring the rear diff could be different too so not really an option unless you had a donor car even then it could be more trouble than its worth !


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    joeperry
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    Hi, sorry I was hoping to avoid the it's uneconomical comments,I should of said so :). Cheers for any technical replys :)


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    Anan1
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    Probably the best thing to do in that case is to start googling - i'm sure somebody somewhere has done it already and they'd be in a much better position to tell you exactly what's involved. In the meantime, you could give AC Car Sales a call, they're a dublin BMW specialist with a good reputation, perhaps they could advise you further. My main worry would be starting a project like that and finding out halfway through that it's a lot more complicated than anticipated.


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