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Do it sooner rather than later people - I think to be safe any engine over 100k it should be done without delay. |
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Oh believe me....the signs weren't ignored. I knew exactly what it was. Unfortunately however I didn't have another vehicle to use at such short notice otherwise trust me....I would have been using it without hesitation.
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So it's been about 3 months since the X5 broke down, and I'm finally getting around to fixing it. Life got in the way for a while— I moved to a different house in a different part of town (no more HOA!), worked on chain guides for a 740i, did a heck of a lot of work on my 540i touring, worked on a Mustang GT with a friend, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
I had the X5 towed to my new house, and it just kinda sat in the backyard for a while. I ended up using my 540i touring to push it further into the backyard so that I could access the garage and use the backyard for parking other cars. It's desperately in need of a wash, though it's got a coat of sealant on the paint so the paint should be okay despite sitting in the sun for months. It also hasn't been super hot until recently so that's a good thing. Amazingly, the battery only died recently— I was able to lock/unlock it last month when I needed to get something from it. The last time I started it was in March, but it started just fine. In any case, I found a person parting out an X5 4.6 with much lower miles than mine, and he sold me the transfer case so now I don't have to reuse my questionable 214k mile transfer case. I also bought a new transfer case chain and an extended driveshaft from Cobra Transmission, so everything should come together nicely once all of that stuff arrives early next week.
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2003 X5 4.6 | 2000 540i Touring Formerly owned: 2004 Range Rover | 2000 M5 | 2000 540i/6 1995 750il | 2003 Mercedes S500 | 2003 540i/6 |
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Does that guy still have side mirrors?
Garage: E53 4.4i M62 born 2003-03-04 (SOLD) E53 4.8iS N62s born 2006-03-16 E90 325i N52 born 2006-03-28 F30 328i N20 born 2012-09-06
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"better the devil you know than the devil you don't" 2003-03-04 E53 X5 4.4i M62 [SOLD] 2006-03-16 E53 X5 4.8iS N62s 2006-03-28 E90 325i N52 [TOTALED] 2012-09-06 F30 328i N20 (CEO's) |
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It's one of the guys on here, jcorreanyc. Shoot him a message about it.
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2003 X5 4.6 | 2000 540i Touring Formerly owned: 2004 Range Rover | 2000 M5 | 2000 540i/6 1995 750il | 2003 Mercedes S500 | 2003 540i/6 |
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Never mind. I missed those already. Thanks though. Garage: E53 4.4i M62 born 2003-03-04 (SOLD) E53 4.8iS N62s born 2006-03-16 E90 325i N52 born 2006-03-28 F30 328i N20 born 2012-09-06
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"better the devil you know than the devil you don't" 2003-03-04 E53 X5 4.4i M62 [SOLD] 2006-03-16 E53 X5 4.8iS N62s 2006-03-28 E90 325i N52 [TOTALED] 2012-09-06 F30 328i N20 (CEO's) |
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The X5 lives again! Huge thanks to jcorreanyc for selling me a 4.6is transfer case (apparently the 4.6 has a special LWX-500 transfer case) and shipping it all the way out from NYC. That was one heavy sucker!
The full writeup is coming later today once I can get everything off my DSLR, but let's just say it was quite the job! The transfer case is quite heavy when you have a foot and a half of clearance under the vehicle and the exhaust is quite fun to maneuver into place. I replaced the transfer case, replaced the chain inside the transfer case, and replaced the front driveshaft with a brand new 1" extended one from Cobra Transmission. Fresh Dextron (5?) fluid inside the transfer case. It's still quite filthy from sitting outside for the better part of 4 months, but it drives great. No check engine lights, no warning lights, and the drivetrain is super smooth. I took it on a shakedown at like 2:30am last night and everything went quite well. The engine fired right up and initially had a lifter tick from sitting for so long, but after a drive it sounded pretty good. I drove it to work today and it was awesome. I forget how quick 4.6's feel, even though they're not all that quick on paper. I documented the first part of this repair job in this video on my YouTube channel (shameless self-promotion): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy1HcVHOrM
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2003 X5 4.6 | 2000 540i Touring Formerly owned: 2004 Range Rover | 2000 M5 | 2000 540i/6 1995 750il | 2003 Mercedes S500 | 2003 540i/6 |
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Congrats on the repair and the smooth running X after all these months
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'01 740i Sport MKIV, Quad Brake Lights, Bi-Xenon retrofit, HID Fogs Dinan 7 Struts, Springs, camber plates, Intake, MAF, CAI, Throttle Body, NBT Retrofit, Strong Strut '99 318ti Titanium Silver; '97 318ti Boston Green; '13 X5 3.5i Saphire Black Metallic '84 633csi Black (sold); '88 325iC Black (sold); '97 740iL Black(sold); '01 740iS Black (sold);'97 318ti White (sold); '08 X5 4.8i Titanium Silver (sold); '96 318ti Alaska Blue (sold) |
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Congratulations on you truck
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