Just in case anyone is still up.......
so its almost 11pm.... been at this since 3pm.......
turn out the battery is toast.
bought a new one 162.00.
Put everything back together, went back together alot easier than apart. I labeled everything coming off so it seemed pretty easy to back together.
When I connected the negative terminal, the interior lights and radio came back on.... good news. finished putting everything back together, no extra parts.... whew. feeling ok.
Went to start the X5..... fired right up strong, settled right in.
That's the overall good.
The bad:
Now the moon roof will not open.
I have NO idea why.
The radio stays on AFTER I turn the ignition off.
....... let me clarify.... the music does in fact stop playing.... but the red back lighting stays on. Nothing is displayed on the radio screen.... JUST the red back lighting stays on. WTF?
I ended up taking the radio faceplate off to not drain the battery overnight.
2 problems....... Moon Roof and radio face backlight.
Overall seems small as everything else works considering where I was at 4pm.
THOUGHTS ANYONE?
Gonna sleep on this and hit it again tomorrow morning.....
Less Stressed on Socal....