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Originally Posted by X5UK88
Amazing.
I really would love to do this myself, but having done no real engine work myself, I'm not sure if I could do it.
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I'll let you in on a little secret... the very first thing I've ever done with a car was rebuilding the timing chain guides (on a 200k mile 2001 540i). I had never really done anything past changing the oil at that point, but I bought some tools, watched some videos, read some threads, and dived right in. These engines aren't rocket science, and everything that could go wrong has been extensively documented, so there's nothing to be afraid of.
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Originally Posted by itsbrokeagain
Wish there was a way to like this thread. Because I'd like it a thousand times.
Kudos to you for the extensively detailed rebuild. I'm always in a rush doing such work so I never take pics.
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Thanks! I just remember the super detailed threads I read about this stuff when I was a noob, and they gave me the confidence and technical know-how to tackle a chain guide rebuild with pretty much zero prior mechanical experience. I'm a web developer by day, so working on cars was completely foreign to me when I started out. Now that I know a little more about cars, I'm happy to contribute to the community
I've always taken plenty of pictures when doing these kinds of jobs, not only to share it with the community but for my own reference. For example, when I was finishing up the reassembly on the X5 I had forgotten how the vacuum lines went, so I just pulled up my photos and found a picture of how they were.
It did get a little tricky to constantly pull out the DSLR, but that's why I use gloves when working on cars, so I can use my phone/DSLR for pictures without destroying them with dirt and grime.