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Fixes to 3 & 5-series

Since my last report, the 1997 BMW E39 528i auto has been pressed into service. The smooth roads on the drive back revealed no immediate issues apart from the odd electrical gremlin that have hopefully been cured by the replacement of the ignition switch as well as fitting a secondhand later type ‘505’ wiper relay but only time and a downpour will tell.

The rubbish roads of Sheffield, however, did reveal that the 215,000mile dampers were well

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