One of our club members has some trouble with a camshaft on his E32 735iL (built 1990) and we want to help him to change it.

Questions to the people which have done this already on E34 535 or 735:

1. is it possible in situ or does the head complete to come out?

2. Any online DIY procedure available besides Bentley manual? Or special hint from own experience?

3. What else would you change on this occassion in addition to camshaft, as we are working on that area? A chance to do some preventive maintenance.

3. recommended parts to order to be on the save side that nothing is missing when we do it? Rough price idea for parts?

4. approx. time required for DIYers

I have checked various boards. Most say: cylinder head has to come out of the engine room complete to do this.

But on the German board they say it is possible to keep the head on the engine and just pull the camshaft out. Might be a little bit tricky work.

Thanks for the input