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BMW F Series Gear Selector, Part Three: Success

Posted on July 11, 2022

This is the third and final post about adapting this 2014 BMW F20 GWS (automatic gear selector) for eventual use in an Electric Vehicle conversion:

BMW GWS sitting on my desk

In Part One I got the GWS wired up and received some CAN messages from it. Without access to a whole car I had no …

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BMW F Series Gear Selector, Part Two: Breakthrough

Posted on June 29, 2022

Previously

At the end of Part One, I found myself staring at this BMW F20 GWS (Gangwahlschalter - gear selector switch - thanks to everyone who helped dig up the German name) that I wanted to adapt into an Electric Vehicle conversion.

BMW GWS powered on bench with no LEDs lit

I had the GWS wired up and was able to …

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BMW F Series Gear Selector, Part One: Failures

Posted on June 22, 2022

I'm overdue to write up some of my vague electric vehicle conversion project, so here's a small part of it.

BMW GWS sitting on my desk

Note: This post is a journey through the awkward process of reverse engineering. If you're here to find out what CAN messages control a BMW F series GWS module, skip …

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  • BMW F Series Gear Selector, Part Three: Success
  • BMW F Series Gear Selector, Part Two: Breakthrough
  • BMW F Series Gear Selector, Part One: Failures
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