M20 fuse box onto M40 chassis conversion

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KiNaKa
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:35 pm

hie dude,

have anyone try put in the m20 325i fuse box + wiring into the m40318i chassis ??

basically i don't really know how to remove the fuse box.. can anyone give advise ??

Thanks alot....
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:49 pm

You can't just change the fusebox you have to strip all the wiring from the car.
If the cars are the same age they should have the same loom.
All the extra equipment is just added on (plugged in) with the exception of the check control panel which is built in.
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Post Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:15 am

Fusebox is held by a sigle self tapper at its rear, but the bulkhead grommet and a fair bit of the body looms are all attached.
As Martinaston says, all post fascelift fuseboxes are the same.
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Post Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:23 pm

how about reomve the pin one by one ???

anyway.. thank for ur information dude....
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Post Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:48 pm

If you really want to change it, it's not that difficult on a stripped out car.
The fusebox loom starts at the right front of the car, goes across the front, back the left hand wing, into the fusebox, along with a couple of other minor branches.
It then goes down through the bulkhead, and splits into two.
One branch goes across behinf the dash, and the other branch goes back the left hand cill, splits, with one branch going into the boot and right across the back, and the other branch going across the back seat, and then all the way back to the front along the right hand cill, ending up at the central locking ECU.