After reading the thread about the changes they made.
I threw in a few cars I always search for and found 1997 BMW 5 Series.
Hmmmm . . .seems like the usual stuff. But I clicked the little "info" icon beside it and it told me:
- 1997 BMW 5 SERIES
- Doors: 4
- Type: Sedan
- Exterior:
- Interior:
- Fabric:
- Engine
- Engine Size: 4.4
- Number of Cylinders: 8
- Aspiration: N/A
- Fuel Type: G
- Cam Type:
- Valves: 0
- Transmission
- Transmission Type: M
- Transmission Gears: 6
- Transmission Details:
Six speed . . . at Pull A Part?? My luck is that car is probably picked clean . . . .
Glad my luck was wrong!!
Six speed trans + Turner short shifter + driveshaft + misc goodies = $150!! I couldn't get the flywheel as I don't have the special BMW tool to remove it.
I like the new Pull A Part site . . .
Isn't that special tool called a Milwaukee Sawzall?
I wish it was that easy!!
Dual mass, monster flywheel has T50 bolts buried down in there . . . The Bimmer tool (~$30) is needed.
It would be nice to bypass that 35lb lump and get a 13lb LW flywheel . . . But they start at $800
Wow, the six speeds are rare birds. I almost bought one a while back, but talked myself out of it because it was white.
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
Bmw stated 50% of all e39 540i are 6speed, so they arent all that rare buy in the junkyard yes, all I ever see are auto 540s. Awesome snag man.
I plunked down 70 smackers for the BMW flywheel bolt tool . . . Made quick trip to the yard at lunch and returned home with a $25 flywheel 
Sure beats $450 for a new one or $800 for a LW unit.
Strike_Zero wrote:
After reading the thread about the changes they made.
Link to the original thread? I can't find it.
I really dislike the new website. It's great that it shows trans type and such, but no searching multiple yards or spans of model year, WTF!
When I do a search, it gives me the year I put in as well as all other years under that model.
