BMW Service lights reset tool?

[Peje]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEBI:IT&viewitem=&item=140072736144&rd=1&rd=1

seen that while i was supposed to be revising and since it was gonna waste another 2mins of my revision time i thought i mite aswell buy it.

20quid so its not bad...heard people sayin bout all you do is earth number 7 pin, others said number 11 pin so since there was confusion i thought id rather not get it wrong.

Anyone ever got one of these or reckon it will or wont do the job?

Cheers, Pete

 

[Jason]

You can get them in halfords too apparently

 

[pablo]

Ive one in the garage. 5 spot lifts it.

 

[Jason]

pablo - duno if i read it on e36coupe or not but do you have any oil left for ///m?

 

[Gaz]

Are they not £12 from Eurocarparts

Gaz

 

[pablo]

pablo - duno if i read it on e36coupe or not but do you have any oil left for ///m?

Ive a stack of gearbox oil (royal purple) but will prob hoy it in the alfa.

have some other misc stuff I must post up FS.

 

[Peje]

ffs pabs!!

any other wee BM tools lyin about goin cheap?

so are we agreed that it should work ok?

Pete

 

[pablo]

never used it i got mine serviced properly so it was always done.

 

[Peje]

ur some use

well u got any other useful bits before i waste more on ebay?

Pete

 

[pablo]

will make a list at some point. nothing mental things like rear braided brake lines,, caliper rebuild kits, momo steering wheel boss. crap like that.

 

[Peje]

how much for brake lines? y rear n not front outta interest?

Pete

 

[pablo]

i fitted the front never got round to rears.

£15? goodridge ones.

also have black diamond rear pads may be m3 only tho.

 

[Lyons]

How does this work?

 

[Yogi]

Is a tool even required to reset the service lights??

 

[Peje]

well aparently you can reset them by earthing one of the pins, where this tool plugs in, off an earthin point.

so im guessin on of the pins inside the block is an earth and this wee jobbie knows how to do it.

so u can do it without the tool but id rather not incase i pop somethin

Pete

 

[Peje]

also im assumin by the selector switch you would mayb have to earth different pins depending on what type of service it said was needed

 

[pablo]

all the tool will do is connect pins up. just idiot proof.

 

[Peje]

thats the perfect tool for me

 

[Peje]

i order it on tues at half 4 in the afternoon and it was on my door on wed mornin...i actually cant understand how but hey

just turned off the oil inspection one cos i changed the oil and filter bout 2wks ago...well impressed

Pete

 

[pablo]

its called next day delivery mate

 

[Peje]

yes but order placed at half 4 and they were comin from england...if i put stuff in the postbox at half 4 it'll nt b at my door the next mornin...i think

 

[Peje]

oh and....smart ar$e

 

[Cooper]

Resetting the service light is very simple, why you would spend £20 I don't know!

 

[Peje]

cos if there's a possible way to do somethin wrong i WILL find it...20quid keeps me happy so its all gd