Okay as I am almost ready for my auto to manual conversion on my 530i, I need to figure out the wiring involved once I get the trans in, and a friend of mine did a 6 speed swap in his e38 and was able to just wire the reverse lights into his cluster, as opposed to wiring all the way to the DME, and I wanted to know if anyone has done their wiring this way or if there are any links that could help me figure out the electrical end of this swap. Thanks in advance
The I6 vs V8 swaps are very different. You'll just be confused if you look at 740 or 540 swap info.
Look up the various I6 manual swap threads by Stuck and by blackknight530i. They spell all the stuff out you need.
2003 M3CicM6 TiAg
2002 540iT Sport Vortech S/C 6MT LSD TiAg
2008 Audi A3 2.0T DSG (the daily beater)
2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i (wifemobile)
Former:
1985 MB Euro graymarket 300SL
1995.5 Audi S6 Avant (utility/winter billetturbobattlewagen)
There is a lot of info out there it appears to be very DME dependant and coding at times if you don't go around that.
http://www.bmw-planet.net/diagrams/r...9new/index.htm
Attached is just 2 random bits of info grabbed from WDS, can get more info if you tackle it yourself & know your DME and what you're after.
Cheers
Mat
Originally Posted by hakhawkOriginally Posted by geargrinder
Thanks I’ll prob just end up making the harness to the DME if I have to but was hoping there was an easy route to just get it driveable
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