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

[Dblock2151]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

^Yeah, was just coming back to edit the post. Saw the sale on Stoptech's site. Smoking deal. Wish I wasn't so greedy and wanted the 380mm or an X5M brake setup. LOL

I know! Get a front and Rear BBK for the price of just the front!

[terminx]

Jury-rigged a 16 year old E46 fuel pump into my E53 in order to make it to Christmas with the family. Oh, the noises that thing made after not being submerged in fuel for 5 years or so.

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by terminx

Jury-rigged a 16 year old E46 fuel pump into my E53 in order to make it to Christmas with the family. Oh, the noises that thing made after not being submerged in fuel for 5 years or so.

Good fix to get thru. Glad it worked !

[terminx]

Update: made it there and back on the E46 fuel pump w/o issues. New pump comes tomorrow. Wife now understands why I don't throw stuff away until I know for sure it's broken beyond repair or will never be useful. I originally replaced it at 99K miles as preventative maintenance!

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by terminx

Update: made it there and back on the E46 fuel pump w/o issues. New pump comes tomorrow. Wife now understands why I don't throw stuff away until I know for sure it's broken beyond repair or will never be useful. I originally replaced it at 99K miles as preventative maintenance!

I go thru that with my wife.

"Why don't you throw those old parts away???", "You had to change it so throw the old one away".

Those old parts if not completely dead can save you a ton of grief for sure.

[Overboost]

Installed my Hard Race upper control arms and transverse arms today. Took about 3 hours to install taking my time. I did make one mistake when raising the upright to ride height to preload the bushings, the jack slipped and the suspension dropped straight down and broke my rear ride height level sensor arm.

Ordered one from my dealer and it will be here on Thursday.

One thing to mention, the plastic assembly that holds the brake line, wheel speed sensor wire and brake pad sensor wire to the factory control arm will not fit on the Hard Race control arms so I did some tie wrap separation and mounting. Solid and functional.

[Crowz]

Couldn't wait any longer could ya ?

Bet you froze !

Looks awesome. I am sooooo going to do those when I get a chance.

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by Crowz

Bet you froze !

Not bad at all today. 45F high outside and in the garage was probably 60F. I actually worked up a sweat...

Note to all:
Never give a computer geek tools and let him work on your car, he/I will surely break something else...

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by Overboost

Not bad at all today. 45F high outside and in the garage was probably 60F. I actually worked up a sweat...

Note to all:
Never give a computer geek tools and let him work on your car, he/I will surely break something else...

Nice. I stepped outside and it was 45. I went back inside...

[Baker]

Replaced rear two air bag suspension (one had blown), replaced drivers door handle carrier (had broken and could not open door from outside), removed rear left taillight and rebuilt potted connection area with solder to get brake light working again.

Now it looks like the passenger actuator is playing up, and the LCD in the nav system has started to die (was only replaced ~12mths ago). Also the OEM rear camera (yes, there was one fitted OEM in Australian 06 models) is playing up and only comes on every now and then.