Good day everyone!!

Well, it has been some time since I have been on here with any real updates... I made some progress today and I wanted to pass this on...

I had been looking for a viable ICOM module, either an ICOM A, ICOM A2, or an ICOM A3... I found a set on ebay that had the MOST module and all the cables... I tried to win the ebay auction, but didn't want it more than the one who won... I finally found an original ICOM A with the swivel part, new from Rheingold for about the same as I was going to spend on the other set... I received that in the mail yesterday... I hooked it all up, did some programming with the settings and went through the steps to program the new EGS I got from the 2006 transmission (that ended up being from a sport model, so technically it should have worked right away)... I pulled the info from the existing EGS into ISTA/P and paused the process... I got the replacement EGS from the workbench and simply plugged it in to the connector, sitting on a box under the X... I finished the process and packed up for the night... I installed the replacement EGS today... It worked as it should; having the "S" for sport mode and "M" with the gears (which it didn't have two days ago)...

Alas, I am still not done with this crazy possessed machine!! Now, I am getting hard shifts and a big flare between third and fourth... It is so bad that it faults the transmission out unless I maintain the RPM's until it catches... I did keep the 2006 valve body with the replacement EGS... I had swapped the new EGS over to my original valve body the other times I did this swap... I may need to buy another liter of Lifeguard 6 to top off the level... I will check that tomorrow before work... Maybe all the air in the systems worked it's way out and I'm just low on fluid... I may have to do another software update... I think I am going to do the entire X with the ISTA/P... I hope getting all the modules on the same page will correct this issue... I really don't want to put my original valve body back in and redo the fill procedure...

Well, if this doesn't work, I'm going to pull the trans and put in a 6-speed!! This crazy thing has just been sitting for far too long without any road time!!!

Cheers for now!!!

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2001 E53 X5 4.4i (03-07-2001 build date) White exterior / hellbeige interior (6MT swap vehicle - Manny)
2002 E53 X5 4.6is (12-20-2001 build date) Imola Red exterior / M-texture interior (Red)
2003 E53 X5 4.4i (06-26-2003 build date) Silver exterior / Black interior (Silvester II)
2008 Mini Cooper S ragtop (04-17-2008 build date) Dark Silver exterior / Gray interior ( Topless)
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