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Originally Posted by Ennoch
A tube of araldite would have been about the same price! £40 for a new one, total bill £250 inc 'diagnosis'. As far as MD prices go I actually don't feel too hard done by considering I did 500 miles in the courtesy car and between the 50mpg and 1.60 vs 1.95 a litre for fuel, and that I saved 60 miles of driving with the recovery, it probably amounts to £200 net. The car's cranking perfectly now too despite the 11 year old battery (although a replacement is definitely on the radar). Very nice to get back into it too and not have a massive 3ft wide iPad on the dash, although the steering on the later cars is infinitely better than on my own.
I think most grounds from OEMs are the same as this design where it's open braided cord rather than a sealed wire but no idea why that's the case as most aftermarket grounding kits are of the latter design.
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Glad it's all fixed
And yes; even the grounds on my E39s were the same design, something I knew to look at as soon as I got one and coat it in BG Dynax UB etc - keeps them well protected