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The E53 taxman cometh
The replacement transmission has been running like a dream since last winter. We drove the absolute wheels off the thing this summer during another 3,000 mile road trip. Dammit. It's sh!t like running through the Interstate hills of West Virginia tailing a sedan that just canNOT shake the E53 that make it soooo hard to put away. When you shame the sedan on the next down hill grade with the ridiculous 6 pot brakes you installed, well. The thing might as well be a mistress. And so it is. November is that time before our Winter road trip where I like to take 'er in for a lil look see. Hell, it's been 10 months! Of course, that was a bill that committed me to the E53 for another year at least. This one? Yeah. I'm in till my daughter takes it over.
But here's why I like the guy I've been working with for a long, long time. He says, "Look. Yer at 114k. I *know* you wanna be the only N62 on the planet who has changed oil on the old school program and maintained everything to hell and back. And then you can be the guy who says, 'Not *my* N62!' But yer not. When these seals go next year, I'll have to rip out these head gaskets. Tell ya what: If you wanna do the seals while I do this, I'll do it for $2k more than the head gaskets alone."
Oh, and when I changed the oil, I think I saw coolant. Could ya... Yeah. Expansion tank. And then there's just me being silly:
And you know what? The E53 deserves it. At least mine does. There isn't a $12k car on the planet that I would drive coast to coast with my girls, have as much fun, hold as much stuff, and *still* look *that* good. Keep rollin, friends. We've memories to be made!
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The story of the blue beast continues! Glad to hear it's still getting the love it got since day one .
Still one of the best low mile deals from way back when.
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We are both similar in a lot of ways, my mechanic always gives me the "look" when I tell him to replace hoses and wear and tear items "while he's in there". It just helps me sleep better at night. There's been too many times on past vehicles where an issue arises and then it has to be taken apart again to replace a $12 part, and pay 6 hours of labor to do it.
I will be joining you on your BBK journey, just purchased a Stoptech ST40 for the front at half off through Stoptech, the rear ST22 are available as well, but they don't have matching colors for front and rear and my OCD will drive me crazy
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Aftermarket: Dinan Tunes/Camber Plates/Strutbar, KW coilovers, 22" ACS wheels, Eibach F+R swaybars, Thayer Camber+Toe bars, Stoptech F+R BBK, Audison/JL Audio/Critical Mass Audio, Eisenmann Exhaust OEM: LCI Conversion, Running Boards, Euro Headlights, Lemans flares, 4.8IS F+R bumpers w/ flares, 20" Style 214 wheels, Imola Red interior retrofit, LCI Heated Wheel 2002 Topaz Blue X5 3.0i Retired 2002-2010 |
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Aaaand I went a lil *more* nuts since I first posted. I decided to do the intermediate levers while there. Not cheap parts, but I have had rough idle on cold mornings for awhile. In fact, this makes me wonder if that's why the valve lift was set so high when I bought it. This change to valve lift was *supposed* to be a temporary fix for lumpy levers in certain circles. And I decided that this was a great time to install the AGA coolant pipe, valley pan and gaskets. Might as well since the damn thing is right there. Pricey lil thing, but it sure is pretty! Then, they saw the smallest bit of grease from the front boots. That's a rounding error at this point. Below that is a pic of 114k miles with old school synthetic oil changes. I think it looks pretty good!
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a lil deeper.........chain guides?
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N62's aren't quite the trouble with chain guides as the M62tu. The big failure on this head is intermediate levers. I do kind of hope that my occasional cold morning lumpy idle and the other low RPM maladies I've experienced will go away as a result of the change.
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Great time to wash that dirty engine bay! You have to keep my twin clean....
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Death and taxes my friend... death and taxes.
I love your truck. And your attitude towards the maintenance of her. These things develop their own personalities and almost become a part of the family when being used as family haul vehicles. Mine has been semi-retired as a family vehicle since getting the x35d for the wife, which we both enjoy the extra size of. But I still enjoy driving mine every time I get in it. I only fill it up once every 40 or 50 days now according to Fuel Log so the mileage is not accumulating nearly as fast as it once did. In fact, I'm at almost identical mileage to yours now... 114k+ so I'm sure I will have a nice amount of maintenance to do in the next 12 months.
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