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Originally Posted by Bdc101
I swapped on my Blizzaks - and I'm happy to report that I'm throwing away the crappy all-terrain tires that I have been using for the past 7+ years (Toyo Open Country). They are terrible tires and make the X feel like a truck. I am shopping for both new summer tires and new wheels. Currently I have been using Style 57s for both my summer and winter sets, but I'm looking on craigslist for something nicer - there's a set of Style 131s that need a paint job locally, or I'd take a set of style 58s or 130s too.
I also found the fuse that powers the 12v outlets in the car and replaced it. Been way too long since that has last worked.
Lastly, I bought a fixer-upper which is almost running (2010 Prius with a blown HG). Hopefully in a couple of weeks I can be driving that and I can put the X under the knife. I have two new giubos and a driveshaft spacer (from X5Chemist) that I need to put on, as well as some other deferred maintenance. I'm hopeful that the addition of a third car will go a long way towards keeping the X in top running shape. We were close to buying a diesel E70 recently, because we have to keep a tow vehicle around, but I kind of concluded that we should stick with "the devil you know." And with only 133k miles it hopefully has a lot of gas-guzzling life left.
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Sounds like some fun under the X5. I wonder how many of us keep a third (or second if single) car to help keep the X5 on the road. In addition to my wife’s car and the X5, we keep my 93 grand Cherokee which gets maybe 400 miles annually and can be considered a whistling tin can of death at this point. I think about donating her occasionally, but then need to call her back to active duty. She’s never let me down tho when it comes to being available to run parts to the X5 somewhere, or drive while the X is on jacks, at the shop, etc.
On another note, is there a bushing r/r tool that will work on the rear diff bushings and the transmission/t-case bushing that anyone knows of? My diff will be coming out when I rebuild a donor with the LSD and might as well do the OE bushings. A t-case chain is also on the long term list and I’ve got that bushing laying around somewhere. If I’m going to by a specialty tool, I’d like one that will do all 4 bushings, and hopefully not break the bank.