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

[andrewwynn]

That's good info. I have special spacers to put e53 onto e70 id have to use rings to center them onto f10 that's a hoot. Thanks for the feedback

[TriX5]

Here are some pics with the 74s on the F10. I have 20mm spacers in the back and 15mm in the front. I just received a set of 20mm that will go on the front tomorrow. A 25mm H&R set is waiting for me in the UK at a friend's house. Those will come back with me when we return from our trip to the UK for the holidays.

On a different note, this morning I put the E53 transmission back together. But I can't find the torque spec for the bolts holding the bell housing to the case. I guess it will have to be Gut 'n Tight....

Saturday my order from FCP should come in with the rest of the stuff I need to put the oil pan back on the motor.

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by EODguy

The Witch decided to suck in a semi-tractor tire tread at 120 (RF) at 0415. I now have a dicked-up front valance, a dripping leak from the transmission cooler and a driving light removed from the backside along with a super ventilated inner fender liner...

On the plus side I can now reach in and replace a driving light without tools..


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On our way to vist family in Asia and (unbeknownst to the wife) pick up a new old stock radiator for 300 USD. At the lounge ran into a Billionaire who has quite a car collection who said we can check them out if we make it to his island of Iloilo. (Jose Chan)

The radiator was just luck, but with the wife's birthday and Christmas we were taking this trip anyway...

[EODguy]

Picked up the Witch's new radiator and got back to my island without hassle!



Did get to see a couple of neat rides so far....

[andrewwynn]

Some JB Kwik and a tiny screw (and a fair amount of luck), didn't need to replace mine last January!

(Took two tries: apparently brake kleen alone didn't prep the aluminum good enough it needed wire brush and heat with a micro torch: it was about 34f=1.1c at the time)

The fins bent are part of the repair process: needed to work the metal to get enough surface area for JBK to grab). Been almost a year since the repair still going strong.

(Not surprised I've repaired the high pressure line on AC evaporator same way and that's 250 psi vs. 15).

[amebb]

Installed a new water thermostat on the X5.

The old thermostat did not warm up the car quickly so i ordered a thermostat from ebay and installed that.
Well i tried to install it... but it was a faulty item so ended up paying more for a better quality part that fitted with NO issues.


Tomorrow is another day, another project on the X5

[X5chemist]

Reattached the recording camera after having an eyebrow tinted on. It looks great.

[Salty B.]

Originally Posted by amebb

Installed a new water thermostat on the X5.

The old thermostat did not warm up the car quickly so i ordered a thermostat from ebay and installed that.
Well i tried to install it... but it was a faulty item so ended up paying more for a better quality part that fitted with NO issues.


Tomorrow is another day, another project on the X5

How much coolant did you have to drain, and from where?

I need to do this eventually; no heating/overheat issues but I've been getting a repeat code P1620 thrown about "Map Cooling Thermostat Control Circuit Signal High".

[andrewwynn]

When i do the e53 stat I just caught the fluid with a bin and using plastic to guide the fluid away from the front of the motor. Under a quart i think came out.

[EODguy]

Having the last of the damage from ingesting that 18 wheeler tire repaired while I'm on vacation...

New rack inbound, new steering pump hoses. I'll have 3 days upon returning to get the new radiator installed

When the wife found out about the side trip to get a N.O.S. radiator, I can say what I DIDN'T get for Christmas...

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