Battery Install...6 Yr Old OEM Swapped Out

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Switched out my oem 6 yr + old battery today. It's easy, even for this ol'fumble fingers.
Took some pics, some of which are redundant to the previous good threads that point up
the easyDIY.

As we get some aging Xs in our midst, it may pay to cop a new one, trickle charge it up, and
change it on your schedule rather than when it decides to go dead at the most inopportune time.

I had to hunt for a replacement, as we are shopping-variety-challenged here in hillbilly heaven;
finally got the Battery Plus joint in Asheville, NC to special order me one: their national site shows
the Werker Brand "Luxury Import Series" to be the only part currently available. Those that got one
from Batt Plus that is white, like the oem, got lucky. I paid a Buck Twenty Nine...hmmm.

Also, the current Werker model is less cosmetically appealing than the oem, looks like it was made
in some 3rd world country, has no "charge state eye", fwiw, and the fooking vent hole is on the wrong side,
vis a vis proper placement in a 3.0 '01.

So, I tapped in the other side for vent hole, (I got it looking a lot better than the pic shows, lol!), and installed it.

Curiously, my 6 yr old oem batt. looked "very good", the fluid level was up to snuff and the damn charge state
light was go green! I hope I didn't fook with the battery gods by swapping out the old one...the oem one
is sure pretty compared to the new black Werker batt.

Dash warning lights cleared, reset time and date and the radio kept my classical and hillbilly stations.

Be sure to carefully remove the existing vent tube and reinstall it in the replacement batt. An easy job
overall: it took me less than 30 mins from start to finish including pics and staring off at the views.
Tools needed are a ratchet, ratchet extension and a 10mm and 13mm socket.

I've linked another thread that has some good info/pics,
too. SEE LINK BELOW for more DIY Pics
BR,mD

MORE PICS IN THIS LINK:
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...r-vehicle.html