A Viewer Gave Me their Broken BMW for FREE. Its Rare Spec makes it worth MORE than an M5
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A viewer named Alex sent me an email offering up his extremely rare 5 Speed Manual e39 BMW 5 Series. The price... FREE! He took very good care of it, but typical with any 20 year old BMW, it came with a few issues, and a crazy back story...
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HUGE THANKS to Alex! One of the most generous guys in the world! If you want a shot at winning this Rare E39 Enter HERE: bit.ly/3vBq6N7
So just by donating your entered??
@@blockpartyvintage1568 I don't find a link to purchase anything either.
@@michaelreynolds1904 I figured it out. When you go to it on the site it will have a small little green clip which takes you to the site to purchase the raffles
i8 is your dreamcar? Your funny.🤣
Really looking forward to the end result and we're ecstatic that you figured out a way to benefit a great charity. We hope the new owner will appreciate the car as much as our family did and we’re very happy that our last chapter with this car will have positive outcomes for everyone involved!
A free E39, transmission issues, and a charity giveaway? Count us in, we've got your back. Parts should be there soon Sam! 🤘🏻
You guys are great for supporting such a worthy cause 🤘🏻
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FCP Euro, we have your back, too! Thanks for supporting!!!
Heck yea FCP!!! You guys are the realest. Glad to say I support such an awesome business!
My Guyzzz!! Thank you so much
His wife preferred a manual transmission. He married the right one. Awesome find!
True dat! That didn’t get by me either...
@@bandidobandicoot7496 xD aaaahahahahah ~! I chose the right one too.... Manual 97 Celica.
@@carronagringa hahaha okay let me rephrase, he married the right one in the US since most cars here are automatic.
@@carronagringa Indeed! 😍
The story of this car is great. I know for a FACT that German car factories also did similar things like renting(!) a brandnew Tesla S and reverse engineering it completely, then reassemble it and returning it to the rental car company. As if it never happened. So it's plausible that Volvo did the same with that e39.
Maybe they wanted the info for the engine/ECU development for the S60/V70?
that guy Alex is a solid dude. Gives away his car and then goes and helps to work on it afterward.
He's not a solid guy, just a stupid
@@KWCMNY the only stupid here is you, f*ck face, because you think like this!! Go back to your cave, here is full of people!
So this dude is not only give you/charity the car, but he's also helping you fix it, that's a stand-up guy right there. 👍
He's looking for an intro to step-mom...
And he provided several refreshing cooling streams on a hot Florida day.
Where the car go after that ???
He probably gave it away to get a tax cut
@@Chris-hw4mq if he was just giving it away for a tax break I doubt he'd bother helping to fix it.
Good job, Sam. Spina Bifida of Jacksonville are good people doing great things.
Too bad y’all just sinking lol
@@THEREAL_GZUS wym they sinking
@@outtaroute92 the whole state is sinking
@@THEREAL_GZUS It might, it might not. Not in their lives anyway.
You should buy another bmw like this Tavarish!
You can tell Alex and his family really love that car. I know they will miss it and kind of regret giving it away, but it's going to a great cause.
👍 My 3 year old went through fetal surgery for Spina Bifida, allowing him to walk on his own now with a prior prognosis of being paralyzed waste down. Awesome cause your are supporting. You have my entry and my wife has shared it on a private spina bifida page for more traffic!
My grandma died from spina bifida, don't have much money but donated $20 to help the young man. 🙏
Bloke seems like a cool guy. Pretty cool background story for the car too
You guys manhandled that little trans!
So many jokes right here!
His stepmom would know a thing or two about being manhandled
@@og5782 yeah😭
My brother had spina bifida. He went to Jacksonville all the time for check ups. This is a great cause.
If the winner is local (or willing to drive back to Amelia next year) we will give them a free entry into Cars & Coffee at the Concours in 2022
When you go to look at a used car from a private seller, you hope and pray the entire drive over that he’s cool and meticulous about his toys like Alex is. 🤘🏻
what? except the car was full of water in the side, couldn't get into third and had holes drilled all over the engine bay? I'd be walking when i heard water.
@@sandycheeks7865 -- The car was free, FFS. Nobody gets shit fixed on a car they're giving away. Fixing that stuff is on the recipient.
Alas, it usually turns out otherwise.
@@twatmunro9563 the point being "meticulous about his toys" is not a statement I would apply to a guy who doesn't care that it won't change gear and is full of water.
Broken bolts - heat the shank to a high level, induction heaters are good for this; weld a nut on the end (or a bar like an old bolt at right angles). Gently tap it one way, then the other until it starts to move - do not use sheer force. If necessary use more heat then let it cool and so on until it breaks the corrosion bond. It will come out but patience is key. To my way of thinking saving the original thread is better than drilling/heli coiling which will not be accurate if done in situ.
Pretty much what i wrote 3 weeks later. We are on the same page. Helicoils imo are a last resort
In Europe, these 530i in great condition, satnav, massage seats, atc. are about 7000$, this one is about 2000-3000$.
Keep in mind a decent E39 (or any old BMW for that matter) is much harder to find in the states than they are in Europe.
@@Mitchell.Is.De.Naam. I realized that. It is same when I want some US car in Europe. Any US V8 cost here lot of money.
Unless its a M3 it does not cost 20k i found a manual one going for 3k
@@acgarage1180 nah man m3 market is way higher than that.
@@Mitchell.Is.De.Naam. they are all around like camrys in the states. Not a manual but autos go from like $1500 to 3k. Good condition $5k. M3s like 15/20 for a super mint one
That interview with Alex was like an episode of of VinWiki. He's even got that deep Ed Bolian voice.
His voice is amazing haha been looking for this comment
My beautiful niece has Spina Bifida. Kudos to you, Sam.
The gentleman who helped you get transmission of the car would be fascinating to learn more about. Please consider interviewing him.
He was in Sam’s i8 series twice. He showed Sam his smart car.
23:30 - The Jamaican Priest is smart. he knows when to step in. Jah Bless
I just sold my 2002 530i 5-speed, what a great car. I still have a 1998 540i Stick, two 2000 528i’s (one auto one stick), and an 02 M5. The E39 is a phenomenal car, I’ve had like 20 of them at least. Glad they’re finally getting the respect they deserve but seeing that BaT listing makes me regret selling my 02 530i
Btw Sam the shift detent internal to the transmission is stuck, that’s why it’s defaulting to 5th if you push it forward from Neutral. The slop is of course from the shift bushings.
*edit* just got to that part lol
18:40 and that’s why the rockers rot!!
@@robertperillo8738 i was so suprised seeing a e39 sell for 18 grand, prob some fool that didnt know how much their actualy worth, 18 grand gets you a m5 in decent condition off facebook marketplace. just amazes me how much someone actually payed for that 5 series non m.
if you sold your e39 530 for around 5-8k you pretty much got what its worth, doesent go for any higher unless it has less then 50k miles with one previous owner history.
@@BmwMe-uh9sy it was very clean, 70k miles iirc that’s why it did so well but still 18k is insane. At least for now, but hey it’s where they’re headed. Look at E34s and E28s before it, super clean ones are high teens. And with the crazy inflation that’s been going on the last few months unfortunately I feel the days of sub 20k E39 M5s are just about over, unless it’s a high mileage one with issues. They’re slowly becoming unobtainable - E46s are creeping up now too. Hoard them while you can!
I was about to sell my 02 530i.... But watching this video is making me second guess myself haha.
I sort of want a 545i tho so I dunno. 😬
Great that Alex is getting into the repairs too. What a champ. You might think he was Canadian, he's so nice.
Every time I think I might want another BMW, I watch a video like this and come to my senses.
re: bolts / studs, I'd love to see how an inductive bolt heater would work.
Next time youre holding a transmission in the air, and the master wants to lecture you, ya just gotta stand there and take it.
Tip:-
Cut some threads on the broken stud, turn two nuts on it, then start turning the first (inner) nut anticlockwise.
Finally! You're the first comment with useful advice. All previous comments were fanboys.
Yeah I was also scrolling down for suggestions on removing the bolts/pins
Just weld a nut onto the stud , there’s plenty of stud left ... and the heat from welding it will make it free from the expanding ! How does everyone not know this already??
@@derekchauvinisahero2010 I guess the stud is aluminium
@@derekchauvinisahero2010 cut people some slack not everyone is as woke as you
This is the content we all know and love.. welcome back samcrac
They give you a free car. Obviously they are hoping for a meet and greet with your step Mom.
It's the least he should do
Those holes are from when Volvo installed thermocouples for their testing
Exactly what I was thinking!
Trying to figure out who was cheating on emissions.
Shouldn't they have been plugged up afterwards?
@@pfsantos007 Perhaps, but my money is on revers engineering on BMWs smog control.
How are those rockers not rotted out with all of that water in there? Crazy!! Love that you're doing the raffle for such a great cause!
My E39 doesn't have the problem of the sills filling with water.
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The water just flows out of the rust holes.
@@misterchow best comment here :))
Maybe because fresh water and not salt water.🤷♂️
@@stevelozano9523 "Fresh" water doesn't cause steel to rust, now? Must be a new type of water.
@@nickturner2813 👍👍👍
Happy to have bought a ticket! Glad to see all of the people coming together to help such a good cause.
Thank you so much
My 2 cents on removing the stuck studs. Being from Minnesota, where we have major rust, I would start by spraying it with pb blaster or home made rust penetrant. Reapply often for several days if possible, or at least overnight. Try to remove but be careful not to break. I like impacts, but be careful not to give it to much if you have a high torque impact. Next heat. Studs almost red hot an slow to cool. The heat and the cooling will free some of the rust. Be careful not to apply to mush heat to the aluminum housings. Multiple cycles of heat and penetrant if needed. Next step is a high torque impact. The impact will work better than a breaker bar in freeing the stuck stud. Now if you break a stud. Carbide bits for Dremel or drills works best on harden steel. You can use a bolt with a hole drilled in the center of it if the stud breaks off deep in the hole as a guide to not damage a hole.
Heat is your friend! Rosebud tip on an Oxy-Acetylene torch will expand the aluminum and break tension holding those bolts.
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Rosebud tip is kinda over kill for that small of bolts
@@Max-me9xq not if you want them out.
E39 Owner, that much water is getting in from above. Vapour barriers in the doors are notorious for leaking and the water tracks onto the tread plate area (where you have the Door Sill Protectors) where water gets into those sills(UK)/Rockers(US) and with the way the water tracks it fills the foot wells up with water too. I actually did a video as I kept getting water in those areas to see how it tracked, the rear doors are more than likely the culprit.
E39 Owner, 530i, 5 speed, sport package; what you said is so true. One of my door cards in the rear became soft due to this issue. Seal the barrier properly and all should be good.
20k? Don’t believe it. You can find lower mileage examples of these cars in Germany starting from about 3k.
hes selling in us, not eu
@@BmwMe-uh9sy no I know, as a European, this seems to me like a bit of a scam. Idk maybe they really are worth that much in America
Good video and it’s good that it’s going towards a good cause. As far as the $20k evaluation, I think that’s very wishful thinking. That car is worth $7k at best to the right bmw enthusiast but to the average person probably more like $4-5k.
What a great way to flip this for an amazing cause! Everyone involved make the world a better place! God bless all of you...
Wow! My boss had an e39 M5 many years ago (when it was new.) Still one of my favorite cars ever.
THE BEAT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DROPPING THE EXHAUST IS A BANGER! ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO SAM ;)
I don't think I've ever seen an e39 without a sunroof. Looks like a very nice car
mine hasnt got sunroof,has double glass,autotrans GM cos has diesel heart 193 hp,very strange spec
23:15 that's some carribean experience right there! =)
The Volvo story sounds pretty credible. Volvo currently have the only registered Tesla Model Y in Sweden at the moment (it's not sold in Europe yet), for exactly that purpose.
So Volvo have a model y to figure out how Tesla are doing the emissions? Right ....
@@frankcastle5341 Not emissions, obviously. But for studying competing products, clearly.
@@masterzedric so not 'exactly that purpose' then.
Raffle tickets purchased. Thanks so much for donating to a great cause! You rock, Sam!!
Thanks for the great plug for Carly. Finally pushed me over to get one.
2:02 W166 poking out to say hi, looks exactly like mine!
24:56 Bro drinkin the malt liquor on the job 😂😂😂 Respect
What is there to respect about a guy getting drunk while working in a mechanic shop?
We need more guys like that. Awesome dude, giving away a car and Sam fixing it up for charity 👍
I bought a new 2001 E39 530 sport, manual transmission, the first year they came out. Mine was Orient Blue, grey interior. Options were comfort seats, and rear window shades. I got my 530 the first year the new 3.0 liter engine came out. My wife had a 2000 528 sport, with a manual transmission. Sold my 530 around 2008, I needed more room, so I got a Volvo V70R. It was just an awesome car, super smooth ride but cornered great. Great to see another 530 after so many years!
Bought my tickets! I have missed my E39 ever since I sold it! Very similar spec minus the manual
Wow. That cuts deep. My father's deceased fiance had spinal bifida.
Amazing car. I had a 530i SE Manual (in the UK). I bought it at 6 yrs old with 120k miles on the clock, for £3500 and sold it for £2500 a year later. Silky smooth engine and built like a tank. Wish i'd kept it. Enjoy!
LOVE that you re helping a GREAT charity and doing the work, showing you are blessed and can pass that on
"No wood.... not a good job!" that was what she said!
Rasta to the rescue 💪🏾
If you look at the CZcams videos of flying Wheels.... Kinda makes me feel like that's his brother lol
@@hacatan24 That was my first thought as well 😊
What a great cast this episode. Thank you Sam for being such an awesome dude.
Time-Serts are great! I used one on a n20 with stripped female threads for the oil drain plug. They’re are expensive kits but well worth it.
I like these Eurocharger guys, they are always fun, especially that old dude with his accent :D
This is so awesome!!
It actually is. To catch a reversed engineered car from a competitor out in the wild must be pretty rare.
your awesome randy
@@yohanceh7862 thank you 😊
Fake Randy. Please stop pretending to be someone else's account. We can all see you're not verified.
@@sourwords1808 bro click on his acc its the real one
Thank you for being so generous Sam
Other CZcamsrs need to take notes
The look on Shane's face when Sam had the sawzall in the engine was priceless. LOL
Hello I have an E39 as well only different, mine is an M5 ESS superchargerd.. I have all the original parts as well
Amazing video and excited, but please please please don’t helicoil, you could tap it and make inserts that are 10x more reliable than helicoils. When you go to take that trans out again after using helicoils it is going to be a doosey and you’re prob gonna have to tap and insert new threads anyways
I love these sorts of uploads! I feel like I learn so much each video!
Great effort for a good cause. The saws all on top of a BMW for repair is priceless. 😂
Ill be spending $680 tonight on 48 raffle tickets. Definitely love this car and want to see it go to a good home. And I'll donate to ant good cause to be able to drive this
Alex , seems like a really nice guy , I’d really like to the whole story about the car and what it went through at Volvo , love this 5 series my favorite body style
Its probably a made up story, why on earth would they IMPORT that car from the US to Sweden just to "analyze emissions". There are plenty of those kind of cars in Sweden.. no need to import one.
@@slonkijippie Different emissions laws between EU and US? I'm not sure if there were any real differences back then, but it could make sense.
I bet that whole car has been torn down and benchmarked if it was at Volvo.
@@slonkijippie Because mr knowitall the euro cars don't have US emissions equipment. Entirely different from euro spec cars in that department.
Awesome! I got to donate to a wonderful cause.. 100% that is great.. I sometimes think - you is a good guy - Samcrac! LOL!... BTW, if I'm the fortunate one, I will keep it as original as I get it... very interesting story behind this car. Looking forward to the rest of the build.
I like the previous owner coming in to watch. Kind of like "this old car" where someone comes in and fixes problems they've been struggling with. You should do more videos like that where you help people diagnose their inexplicable car problems.
Hey man, I have a detailing business in the area, I’d love to be a part of the project and get the e39 refreshed and protected! Let me know!!
E mail him
Couldn’t even acknowledge this guys offer !!!
We were able to get in touch!
Yeah Man
Rastaman ✊🏾🇯🇲🇪🇹
Absolutely LOVE the E39 platform. Very hard to find a manual. I'm shopping them right now and it's an uphill battle!
Definitely TEAM WORK got that Trans out ! Hope all the rest of the broken bolts come out just fine.
Customer states: “My car sounds like the ocean!”
18000$ or 20000$ for an old e39 😂🤣,maybe 1500€ to a full spec M5 e39 10000€ but the price you say made me 🤪😜😅🤣,that 3 series is more expensive but still not 18-20k ...
right, i was like whos gonna pay 20 grand for that... heck, even a e92 m3 is going for that much used.
Broken/Seized Bolts Tip - Heat and wax. If you heat the area in the housing around the broken bolt and then press a crayon or candle to the treads the heat will pull the wax into the treads and with your extractor it should come out easily. This works like a champ with rusty nuts and bolts. I haven’t tried it with aluminum bolts seized in an iron block but it’s easy enough to try.
Just got my ticket. Very happy to help.
Why not weld sockets or nuts on those etorx bolts? The heat alone would have prob broken then free
He said they bolts are made from aluminum!
@@rks9612 then tig em on
20k for a normal E39? wth they are supeer cheap in Germany
Sup Jerri, What's the best forums to buy one from europe for export? Thank you.
Nah that cars worth 5-7k max in the states even with the story. It’s just a 530 with some crappy aftermarket stuff 😂
@@jackpatterson20 looks clean n all but not worth 20k lmao
Also weld nuts onto the broken off bolts. The heat will allow them to free up and come out. It might take a couple tries but it works.
Glad you're giving it away Samcrac
Nearly $20k? This guy will get a heart attack seeing this 😂😂
Alex is a real champ
Sam, this BMW was 100% a R&D car for Volvo. What the car manufacturers do is have someone buy a brand new vehicle. They will then buy it from them used, so there is no paper trail from the BMW dealer to the BMW manufacturers corporate lawyers. They do this to get around various law & regulations & they pay a pretty good profit to the mules to keep quite. I worked for a major manufacturer in Alabama for several years. We did this as well. We had about 10 or 12 different vehicles from different car companies. We would truck them in an enclosed truck and take them all apart in the R&D area away from prying eyes, and once we figured out the secrets we put them somewhat back together and sold them on the used car market. This is very common in the car industry. If I were you, I would get some torque specs and go around and torque down major components, chances are it was not done to spec. Hope this helps.
17:56 Sounds like a good beat for a song LMAO 😂
The mystic Rasta Guru has returned.
my son bought a e39 525i it was ok but he has done work on the car and brought it up that nobody would sell it is FANTASTIC you will have to wait for his video ..... AND GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ESPECIALLY THE WINNER . it going to a good cause.
Every time I hear him say samcrac it reminds me from living in Dallas,TX and listening to the radio in the morning. If you remember hearing "samcrac in the morning' lmk
130k miles, stick shift e39… that’s a lot of money he’s giving away.
They're only a few thousand over here in Europe. Can't believe how much more they go for in the US.
@@aqa321 yeah for real 😂 found a bunk of them for like 1-2k euro
@@weavingshroud hunded of then 😂😂😂😂
23:15 I wonder if that's German's cousin from flying Wheels lol
That was my first thought as well. German's cousin Jamaican 😉
It has to be
As much as I love the 530's, I've had 4 of them, proper M-sports all 4. But no one in their right mind would pay BAT prices for one of those, half of what the one one BAT went for is high even. My most expensive one cost me $3000 bucks, a 1 owner Imola red over black interior, high miler but in a very desirable spec.
What a cool guy. You too for donating this sick car. Keep them coming!
hes obv getting paid by the company to give it away... hes not that nice
That Jamaican dude is a boss!..I knew that when he laughed at you on that I8.
Naw hes just a scam artist.
@@frontspring1 what makes you say he’s a scam artist? Every video he’s in he is very friendly and helpful.
His wife daily drives manual BMW
My sister daily drives a manual type r
@Samcrac, The easiest way to get the bolts out is to get a well charged 12V battery, and a set of really heavy jumper cables.
1. Undo the ground cables off the engine.
2. Attach the jumper cables to the battery regularly.
3. Attach the negative of the 'car' end to the motor close to where the bolt you're trying to remove is located, but not to any mating surfaces as they can get marred.
4. Place the positive of the 'car' end of the jumper cables onto the bolt. Hold till it gets really hot. The bolt will get white hot if you let it. This is preferred.
5. While the bolt is still really hot, place a candle (any kind really, I use almost burnt up birthday candles) onto the stud as close to where it threads in as possible.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 2-3 more times.
7. Let cool.
8. When cool, work the stud back and forth a bit with vice grips. You'll feel it free up, then turn it out a bit more till it binds a bit again, and then work it back and forth some more. You should be able to spin it out pretty quickly after it frees up one turn.
9. Do the next one.
10. When all the bolts are out, crack a wobbly pop, and raise a toast not having to machine an engine inside the car.
The electricity breaks down the galvanic corrosion that's holding those bolts in, and frees them up. The heat expands the bolt more than the housing, causing the bolt to compress in the hot state, them shrink as it cools. I did that after I broke 3 trans pan bolts on grandma's car. Everyone of them came out really easily after that. It's a lot harder to read/write than to actually do.
Awesome video, Alex is a genuine cool guy.
Ironic you posted this rn. It’s late night/early morning here in Hawaii and I’m out and about right now messing with my 2007 e90 335i lol
How is that ironic?
@@kungfusing1 stfu. Coincidental? Ironic? Who tf cares get a life little man
@@roberthatley7415 not my problem you don’t know the meaning of basic words. You also don’t seem to be able to have a discussion without crude language. What a disgrace.
@@kungfusing1 such a nerd going into CZcams comments and picking on people’s grammar. Get a life and some friends but most importantly go get laid. Oh wait u can’t.
@@roberthatley7415 ugh I feel sorry for you. Enjoy your old beater and go buy a dictionary fool.
Will Step mom take us for a ride if we win? =)
I would definitely try to extract the bolts first saving the original threads. Drill out and heli-coil only as a last resort. First try heating the aluminum housing around the bolt, not the broken bolt itself. It was mentioned, but turning the broken bolts clockwise probably won't help now that they've already been turned somewhat counterclockwise. That trick does work for the initial attempt to remove frozen bolts.
Finally the E39 gets some love on this channel! I'm so happy to drive my manual Sienarot Metallic 2 525i!
Free cars for a rich CZcams! Well that makes sense since it’s being raffled off for charity.