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Originally Posted by rmuntan
Dean, I had to take a double take at your X5......for I had thought you had hooked mine up and put a new engine in it for me...lol..looks EXACTLY as mine down to the wheels....what a great post sir,
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Haha thats funny! I wish the previous owner could know what I am doing to the car but he isn't classy enough to be on a forum. He is a lying super douche!
I continued today on some things.... The windshield had a big round crack in it like someone threw a basketball at it so I had a glass guy put a new one in. I bought new OEM top trim for him to put in too which got rid of the deteriorated old one.
Then, since the cluster display was just about completely dead I had purchased a new LCD and ribbon to rebuild the cluster. Let me tell you... In hindsight, for the $60 difference in cost, I would totally ship this off to someone for a rebuild. It tried my patience and took 3 hours out of my day and I'm still not happy with the results. I don't know if I got a bad part or if I messed something up, but I still get some faint lines through the display when I first activate the dash which is weird because it only last a few seconds. But at least it's good and usable now!
This is what I had to start with. Also note mleage unknown. The PO used that to his advantage when he sold it to me...
After I figured out how to crack open the case I got smart and looked at some DIY's. You have to drill on your cluster to get the LCD panel off! 4 holes!
Then you get to the ribbon cable. Mine basically fell off...hardly any of the contacts were still holding...
New display on the left, the parts I'm fixing on the right...
Cleaning the old material off the board contacts.
Lined them up to hold with some tape. Once you bolt back down the LCD sub-assembly it clamps the ribbon cable to the circuit board for a good connection.
And testing... I had very little faith in my repair so before putting it all back together I just connected the wires to the back to make sure it worked. It was mostly OK but I went back to redo my ribbon cable and this picture is the second test. Note the mileage, 182,000 miles!!! The PO said he knew it had about 147k on it! DAMN!
Looking at the paperwork and DMV registration history, it means that he drove it around for almost 40,000 miles without transferring the title into his name. What an ASS!
