to buy or not to buy

[portlandareae28]

I have an opportunity to buy an M535i for $5500 it has some issues that I am not sure are a huge issues or not.. some of the overheads don't turn off, heater motor doesn't turn on, the fuse slot for #14 is TOAST, speedo and tach don't work, other gauges on panel work fine. Car drives great, is as far as I can tell pretty much stock. not positive of mileage but will do a leak down and compression check.

Any opinions??

Brian

[Kyle in NO]

Those are all easy fixes FWIW...

[portlandareae28]

I am thinking the fuse panel needs to be replaced, this a horrible job??

[Kyle in NO]

Under an hour if you know what you are doing...basically plug and play, but all the wires look the same and are not color coded. One wire at a time...probably 50 of them. Not difficult.

[stuartinmn]

One thing to note is the fuseboxes in euro cars are arranged differently than US cars. I discovered this when I first got my M535 - I was trying to match up the fuses to the diagrams in the Bentley manual and they weren't the same. All the same circuits are in there, they just aren't in the same positions.

[DRP535]

I know everyone swears by the Bentley manuals but they are very US-specific. That's the only criticism. For the price saving if you have a non-US spec car the Haynes is probably more than most people need.

BTW what's an "overhead" and what does it not do when it doesn't work?

[portlandareae28]

overhead=overhead lights for tempramental sensors..