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BMW E39 540 Clutch+pressureplate swap

May 5th, 2016, Mercedes-Benz, No Comments

Standard fight to get the gearbox down, it was also a lot heavier than the fivespeed in the m64b44 swapped 535i e39 old vs new clutch   Swapped gearlinkage bushings also, makes a big difference for the feel of the shifter

BMW E39 540 INPA BMW E39 m62

February 6th, 2016, Mercedes-Benz, No Comments

Analog Values 1 INPA, Battery VOltage, Air intake, Engine Speed, Coolant temperature, Throttle potentiometer, load Analog values 2 INPA Lambda Sensor voltage and other values, adaption value smoothness values INPA e39 540i

BMW E39 540 535i E39 to 540i engine swap completed

December 18th, 2015, Mercedes-Benz, 4 Comments

Swapping over the old engine harness to the new engine. The new M62B44 originally came from a car with an auto transmission, and therefore some of the plugs and connectors differed from the ones in my manual 535i. Replacing the steering box with the new one out of an M5 E39. The steering ratio is quicker(3 […]

BMW E39 540 5 speed gearbox e39 535i – ZF S5D 320Z

December 15th, 2015, Mercedes-Benz, No Comments

Also found in the E36 328/E39 528/E36 M3 3.0 but with a different bellhousing than on my E39 535i 5 speed from 1997. ZF S5D 320Z has different oil depending on the label (apparently?), dont know why, but mine has the ATF fluid.  Swapped the old ATF that had roughly 370k km on it with 1.3 […]

BMW E39 540 Engine swap m62b35 to m62b44, removal of old engine

December 15th, 2015, How-to, No Comments

Removed the driveshaft, gearbox, exhaust and loosened the engine harness from the chassis. We kept the AC-compressor “in the car” aswell as the headers on the engine, this turned out to be really tight. Had to remove the radiator, engine mounts, aswell as right side engine mount bracket (AC-pump to keep the pressure of the […]