Battery tender for agm battery via jump posts advised?

wpoll · #1 11-05-2018, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by omodos

Hey wpoll you must think i am a total nutter by now....obsessing over this is an understatement but its been bugging me for too long...you may well be right...new starter in order , best deal i can get is on ebay that is for sure compatible they say and is an unlabelled new starter out of the factory that makes remy stuff....or get exiating one reconditioned for a little less than the cost of the unbranded new one...

Nutter? Nope. E53 owner.. yep!

We recognise your "condition" as we are fellow sufferers....

BTW, in case you go there, here's the manual page on the starter motor removal.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...unting/Ozps6qi

omodos · #2 11-05-2018, 03:36 PM

Hahaha x5 syndrome....not easily understood by the spouse...thanks for link to removal guide...maybe best left to my mechanic....but for sure will browse through it

wpoll · #3 11-05-2018, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by omodos

Hahaha x5 syndrome....not easily understood by the spouse...thanks for link to removal guide...maybe best left to my mechanic....but for sure will browse through it

Looks like you'll need to remove the upper acoustic cover (easy) and only the transmission cover underneath (also easy). That's it. Well, other than the battery negative cable (again!).

Pretty easy access really - at least in theory.

omodos · #4 11-05-2018, 03:40 PM

Wpoll as i thought no ref to having to approach this from the top...so not sure why my mechanic said has to remove this bit up top and that bit etc...either he doesnt know or told me that to justify keeping the car in the garage all day, much prefer he told me is an easy job and quick and i would still pay him knowing my slow start would be solved.

wpoll · #5 11-05-2018, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by omodos

Wpoll as i thought no ref to having to approach this from the top...so not sure why my mechanic said has to remove this bit up top and that bit etc...either he doesnt know or told me that to justify keeping thd car in tge garage all day, much prefer he told me is a some job and quick and i would still pay him knowing my slow start would be solved.

30 minute job. Tops. But I've never actually done it, so I might be talking out my ....

omodos · #6 11-05-2018, 03:50 PM

Hmm just like when i took it somewhere to get door handle mechanism changed....i waited 2 hours...but guy hovered all over garage and spent max 15 minutes on it....made me wonder why he made me suffer sitting there waiting...i have no issue paying once i agree to price dont give a rats bum if it takes 1minute to do or not

wpoll · #7 11-05-2018, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by omodos

Hmm just like when i took it somewhere to get door handle mechanism changed....i waited 2 hours...but guy hovered all over garage and spent max 15 minutes on it....made me wonder why he made me suffer sitting there waiting...i have no issue paying once i agree to price dont give a rats bum if it takes 1minute to do or not

I would take me a couple of hours to change a door handle carrier but I'm slow and methodical - at least on my own car!

I HATE opening up doors cards...