Kudos on taking this on yourself. I have neither the skill or bravery to do this, so I gave it to my mechanic to take on back in May. He used 2 full rolls of felt isolater tape when putting it all back together so it's now quieter than before lol. The bill was a LOT, but it was expected and he was reasonable with this estimates on labour (charged me 12 hours of labour, and used a BMW part which was like 4 times the cost of yours - his words were "I'm not ripping it up to go back in there because of a cheaper part" lol)
All in all it means I have to keep the car another couple of years - not too bad as I still enjoy it....
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