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

[chivas]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

I didn't say they were bad in ALL vehicles... and said older domestic stuff loves them as well as older imports.

I'm glad you guys have great experiences with your +4's. Again, I am just giving you the experience I saw at a euro specialty shop where we saw hundreds (if not thousands) of cars a year. I've run +4's in our old Honda Civic and our Mustang. And they lasted 60k+ miles in those just fine. Everything else got/gets NGK's.

Yeah, i'm agreeing with you. it works GREAT in my old 302 Bronco and while they're 5x's more than the $1 copper cheap-o plugs, I'd rather put in the +4 and probably never have to replace it than go though plugs every 30,000 and at almost 200,000 miles in the Bronco, it pays for itself.

I might go with the +4 in my 4.6 in the next 500 miles when she hits 100K. Haven't decided.

[LVP]

I've got all my parts. Now just need some time to get it all done.
- passenger mirror base (wrecker)
- window clips (new)
- roof rail (wrecker)
- hood badge (wrecker)
- upper rear link (ECS)
- tekonsha RF brake controller (eBay or amazon or etrailer)
- trim removal tools
- eBay panorama mirror glass
- vac pump o-rings (bav auto)
- oil filter/change
- CV boot issues

Should get most sorted over next week or so. It's like Christmas with all the parts piling up .

[squidzilla]

Well I got the GAS DISA rebuild kit for the auto x5 today and went to work. If anyone has not done this, scraping the old built in gasket takes the longest. The rest is pretty straight forward if you study their site "how to" carefully.

My DISA in the auto was so bad the pin fell out into the manifold when I removed it. Lucky for me it was right by the opening.

The previous owner did some liquid gasket magic on the gasket and used a piece of copper wire to keep the flap attached to the middle plastic part. A ticking time bomb in my view.

I have stacks of service records and I am stunned the shop never checks the see if the DISA was in good shape. No codes or pending codes. I say this because he paid for yearly inspections and nothing has ever been mentioned about the DISA. It is so easy to check. I am at the point where I can remove and install the thing in 3- 5 minutes .

[ProfessorX5]

Changed the plugs and coils, despite the back trouble. The X is not short guy friendly, but I was undaunted!

Had to take a lot of breaks, and I'm hurtin' something fierce now, but it felt good to gitterdone myself for the first time.

Now, where's my tramadol?

[crystalworks]

Ugh... manually lowered the rear glass on the pano roof to be able to close the roof. Wish I hadn't taken the rear glass out to do it... but hey, it's done. Now time to order the repair kit...

Oh... and have to drop the headliner on the wife's panoroof X3 too because the fabric on the sunshade is coming off...

LOL, I must really love pano roofs... and punishment.

[puddinboo]

Originally Posted by ProfessorX5

Changed the plugs and coils, despite the back trouble. The X is not short guy friendly, but I was undaunted!

Had to take a lot of breaks, and I'm hurtin' something fierce now, but it felt good to gitterdone myself for the first time.

Now, where's my tramadol?

I use that daily for my slipped disc at c6 and c7 .just so I can work. its no fun.
I`m glad you got er done.

[ProfessorX5]

Bad spot for herniations

Now I gotta figure out what I did to make it give me codes

[puddinboo]

been like this since july.
what codes ru getting ?also double check and make sure everything is plugged in properly.

[ProfessorX5]

171, 174... smooth idle, runs nice. Gonna check tomorrow for vac leaks... maybe i leaned on a vac hose

[LVP]

Originally Posted by LVP

I've got all my parts. Now just need some time to get it all done.
- passenger mirror base (wrecker)
- window clips (new)
- roof rail (wrecker)
- hood badge (wrecker)
- upper rear link (ECS)
- tekonsha RF brake controller (eBay or amazon or etrailer)
- trim removal tools
- eBay panorama mirror glass
- vac pump o-rings (bav auto)
- oil filter/change
- CV boot issues

Should get most sorted over next week or so. It's like Christmas with all the parts piling up .

- Passenger mirror swapped out. One from the wrecker worked (yay). Getting the outer cover off without busting the small tabs was a bit iffy, but I practiced on the wrecker cover and managed to get mine off without screwing it up.
- New panorama glass installed on both sides (it'll take some adjusting to get used to the new view).
- Window clips replaced. Now I can close the door without it sounding like the glass is going to drop and smash. The two clips furthest from the hinge had none of their tabs left. Nothing holding them on. Awesome.
- Hood badge installed. Two used hotel keys work nicely to get under and pry old ones off .
- The basic trim tool set I ordered from ECS was perfect. Used it lots throughout these projects.

I'm getting some of the other items done at my indy this week
- CV boots
- Vac pump o-rings (I bought 2 extras for the shop and he's doing the rebuild for me )
- Upper rear suspension arm
- Oil filter/change

Not that I can't do the jobs, but at some point, it's nice to look through the glass, work on my laptop and know the pita jobs are being handled rather efficiently. I love my indy - good rates, quality work, I can source parts if I want, plus has a nice office with wifi that allows me to not skip a beat for my day job that helps pay for the X5

Cheers.