Look under the hood by the passengers side of the vehicle in the fuse box. You wil find the fuse there.
The car has to be lifted up and on the transmission pan there is a plug that has to be opened. Note: the Fluid can only be pumped in with a pump. There is noway of pouring it in. It is considered fulled when the fluid starts to come out after being pumped in.
It beeps to tell you when you are in close proximity to something eg: when you are about to hit something. The faster the beeps the closer you are until it is a solid sound and you are inches away. It is quite sensitive and will detect branches and non threatening obstacles also, so can be turned off by pressing the PDC button under the stereo
open the hood. in back of headlight assembly there are two metal tabs. pull them up. the assembly will slide oot of the grill giving you access to bulbs.
37 Convol the Cold Blooded Brute
38 Hellion the Fiery Foe
39 Krestor the Crushing Terror
40 Madara the Midnight Warrior
41 Ellik the Lightning Terror
42 Carnivora the Winged Scavenger
The Li is 5 inches longer (L = Long wheelbase)
it also has the silver lining on both bumpers and an extra one on the top just over the doors.
there is no "dipstick", only a threaded plug on the side of the transmission, accessed from underneath. It is assumed that your trans will not leak, nor use fluid so you don't have to add. It's assumed you will have the dealer check it and fill it to the plug level then never need servicing. It is assumed you will have the dealer look at it every 80K or so. YMMV... :)
The 02 standard seats have the headrest movement linked to the forward/reverse movement of the seat. I was not going to buy the car because of this ill-conceived "feature". It assumes if the seat is moved back the passenger is a tall person and adjusts the headrest up accordingly. Move it forward and it lowers for a smaller person. There IS an undocumented defeat switch of some sort under the seat that only one person in the service dept at my dealer knew was there and how to operate it. What ever he did (it took 3 minutes) the headrest no longer moves with the seat. You can manually move it up and down however. If your service person can't figure it out tell him to contact BMWNA.
if you disconnect the negative battery terminal for several minutes it will reset * On newer models it requires a "scan tool" available for purchase at most parts stores or at Sears. Also, many repair shops will do it for a small fee.
If you have replaced the pads and sensors(right front, left rear) put the ignition key to position 1 and wait until the brake warning dummy light goes off. If it stays on you probably have a faulty sensor. Take the old sensor plug it back on and short circuit the two exposed tiny 2-3mm metal pads using a flathead screwdriver or whatever metallic. Turn the ignition key to position 1 and wait until the light goes off. If it does then the replacement sensor is bad, if it doesn't go off, the warning light panel is bad. The sensor is just a closed loop of wire. When the brake pad is worn enough, it scrapes the plastic off the sensor until it erodes the wire causing an open circuit, triggering off the light.
740il as follows: 7 = 7 series, large sedan 40= 4.0 litres of engine displacement ( size of engine) i= fuel injection l= Long wheel base.
i am a tech at a BMW dealer, and BMW does not allow us to do any trans work, only sensors inside the trans, and a valve body perhaps. the trans in you car is very touchy. your car if in good condition still is worth fixing, i would recommend taking it to the dealer, if you are sure it needs a trans, hopefully they will diagnosis correclty and quote you a trans, i would put a new trans in, ( it will actually be a remaned one) but still good since BMW rebuilds them.