What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[SoCalM5]

Originally Posted by sandbagger

just be glad you dont have a E85 Z4, cup holders are JUNK, a small coffee will break them. Worst engineering I have ever seen

lol, BMW cup holder technology has always been kind of a running joke. I think it was the engineer's way of saying they don't think you should be drinking anything while driving .
I've only had my e53 for a few weeks and I'm still rolling my eyes on how lame the cupholders are.

Today I installed an extinguisher and first aid kit I had in the parts bin.

[Serb404]

Originally Posted by wpoll

If you have the newer design, they are fitted from the front (inside the cup holder) - the older versions had to be pushed in from the outside (inside the damn console... nope!).

guess I'm screwed lol I'll make it a project another weekend

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by Serb404

guess I'm screwed lol I'll make it a project another weekend

Pretty sure they are all the new design by now. Like this...





I think the set of six clips are referred to as a "cup holder repair kit".

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by Serb404

found plastic clamps for the stupid cupholder that broke year ago, ordered 2 packs since all of mine are broken

Got a link?

[Fifty150hs]

Will doing a cooling system refresh this weekend, including the plastic pipes. I don't think those pipes have been touched in 273,000 miles. Not looking forward to pulling the intake manifold. Putting in a new Graf water pump with metal impeller. My hope is I never have to touch that again. Won't be changing the thermostat as I had to replace that recently. The expansion tank only has about 2 years on it as well. Same with the trans cooler thermostat. Radiator is still in good shape. I have one leaky hose.

[ajacks8]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

Got a link?

I sell them individually for $12/ea. I think I have 9 left. Will ship any qty within US for $3.

[Henn28]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

Will doing a cooling system refresh this weekend, including the plastic pipes. I don't think those pipes have been touched in 273,000 miles. Not looking forward to pulling the intake manifold. Putting in a new Graf water pump with metal impeller. My hope is I never have to touch that again. Won't be changing the thermostat as I had to replace that recently. The expansion tank only has about 2 years on it as well. Same with the trans cooler thermostat. Radiator is still in good shape. I have one leaky hose.

Not sure which motor you have, but if it’s a 4.4/6 you might want to take a good look at the CCV, separator, and associated plumbing, as well as the vacuum lines that are under the engine cover. It all degrades into a mess after 20+ years and can be replaced more easily with the intake off.

My X finally came back today and is running like a top. She should be after almost 3 weeks languishing in the land of broken BMW dreams (my Indy’s staging lot). I tried the easy trifecta fix and bought an eBay module, which didn’t work. I then considered sending one of my now two modules off to be reworked, but ended up biting the bullet and buying a new DSC module. I thought it would need programming, but it was plug and play. In for a penny, in for a pound with this car I guess.

While it was there he put in the rear Bilstein B4s I had been trying to find time to install, adjusted the parking brake, and put a new aux water pump in as the OE one failed as he was troubleshooting the trifecta.

Speaking of suspension, I spent the day installing a four corners Arnott Spring Conversion kit on my wife’s 2015 Jeep GC Overland. Last air suspension car I’ll ever buy. Worked great until it developed a leak a few weeks ago. Compressor was running way too much, leading to an intermittent dash warning. I suspected the right front strut, but the 20 gallons of soapy water I sprayed onto every likely candidate piece and part turned up nothing. Fronts are done and the rears will be tomorrow. Pretty straightforward, but a pita none the less. I will say the left front axle does need to come out of the diff (both need to come out of the hub), a process that was infinitely easier than the same axle work on the x5. The a quick tap on the end of the axle slid each out of the hubs, and a light pry with a pry bar popped the inner splines out of the diff. Arnott provides some electrical trickery to splice into the wires leading to the box that controls the air suspension is suppose to fool it into not lighting up the dash with service warnings.

Next owner will hopefully thank me as the the system uses nitrogen, has a zillion parts, any of which could be failing, and the air struts are over $1000 each and on indefinite back order according to the local Jeep dealer. Very un jeep-like. Car is going to be sold soon.

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by Henn28

Not sure which motor you have, but if it’s a 4.4/6 you might want to take a good look at the CCV, separator, and associated plumbing, as well as the vacuum lines that are under the engine cover. It all degrades into a mess after 20+ years and can be replaced more easily with the intake off.

My X finally came back today and is running like a top. She should be after almost 3 weeks languishing in the land of broken BMW dreams (my Indy’s staging lot). I tried the easy trifecta fix and bought an eBay module, which didn’t work. I then considered sending one of my now two modules off to be reworked, but ended up biting the bullet and buying a new DSC module. I thought it would need programming, but it was plug and play. In for a penny, in for a pound with this car I guess.

While it was there he put in the rear Bilstein B4s I had been trying to find time to install, adjusted the parking brake, and put a new aux water pump in as the OE one failed as he was troubleshooting the trifecta.

Speaking of suspension, I spent the day installing a four corners Arnott Spring Conversion kit on my wife’s 2015 Jeep GC Overland. Last air suspension car I’ll ever buy. Worked great until it developed a leak a few weeks ago. Compressor was running way too much, leading to an intermittent dash warning. I suspected the right front strut, but the 20 gallons of soapy water I sprayed onto every likely candidate piece and part turned up nothing. Fronts are done and the rears will be tomorrow. Pretty straightforward, but a pita none the less. I will say the left front axle does need to come out of the diff (both need to come out of the hub), a process that was infinitely easier than the same axle work on the x5. The a quick tap on the end of the axle slid each out of the hubs, and a light pry with a pry bar popped the inner splines out of the diff. Arnott provides some electrical trickery to splice into the wires leading to the box that controls the air suspension is suppose to fool it into not lighting up the dash with service warnings.

Next owner will hopefully thank me as the the system uses nitrogen, has a zillion parts, any of which could be failing, and the air struts are over $1000 each and on indefinite back order according to the local Jeep dealer. Very un jeep-like. Car is going to be sold soon.

I have the 3.0. I replaced the CCV with the cn90 mod and a catch can.

[zhent]

Walked out of work this rainy Saturday morning after 12 long hours to find a flat tire. I pulled out the original spare, the jack (that showed no signs of ever being used before) and my cordless impact and made fairly short work of the swap.



Took it to Discount tire on the way home and dropped it for full tire replacement. We found a bolt in the dead one and the 23-year-old spare was leaking too. I wasn't looking to spend $1700 on tires this weekend, but somehow that happened anyway. I had them replace the well-worn Pirellis that were on there when I bought it with a fresh set of Continentals. all five are now new and matching...

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by zhent

Walked out of work this rainy Saturday morning after 12 long hours to find a flat tire. I pulled out the original spare, the jack (that showed no signs of ever being used before) and my cordless impact and made fairly short work of the swap.



Took it to Discount tire on the way home and dropped it for full tire replacement. We found a bolt in the dead one and the 23-year-old spare was leaking too. I wasn't looking to spend $1700 on tires this weekend, but somehow that happened anyway. I had them replace the well-worn Pirellis that were on there when I bought it with a fresh set of Continentals. all five are now new and matching...

Same here except that I cracked another rim, so the White Witch is on her way for replacements....

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