right status update for the day, with pictures coming later

started off by stripping the front off the bmw, saw a thread on retro rides saying he hammered the front end off, to begin with i was a bit miffed by this, until it came to removing the bumper etc, now i completely understand, unless you have the fingers of a small child you have no hope getting to any of the important nuts and bolts ( out comes the angle grinder). just getting to a point were we could start to see the front of the engine took nearly 5 hours, this did include removing the intercooler, oil cooler, radiator and the power steering fluid cooler so wasnt the end of the world. also stripped the aircon system out, which wasnt anywhere near as hard as i thought it was going to be GOOD THING. also removed the power steering pump and the fuel filter and its housing, along with all the rubbish stupid plastic that bmw attaches to nearly everything it can. also did some more measuring and by the looks of things the engine and box should go into the sierra quite easily, its going to be snug though, and it will mean removing the front of the car just to change the alternator belt, so its getting changed before it goes in. gearbox mount aswell is only about 3cm out and its adjustable on the sierra so it should fit quite nicely. il keep you posted on further developments and il upload the pics in a bit, if you have any questions please feel free to ask