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

[luvmy03E53]

Originally Posted by gatojurko

I mean led grill lights in a hood! In the bumper I have Philips day time running lights! Looks goods do not have to waste angels! They do not work at night! Switching on headlights they have to go off!

How did you wire them to be on as DRL's, yet not on when the headlights are on?

[gatojurko]

Originally Posted by luvmy03E53

How did you wire them to be on as DRL's, yet not on when the headlights are on?

You have to by original philips! There will be manual how to connect! There is a little box like relay may be! U have to connect one wire with headlights let the system knows when u switch on headlights they go off! If u need I could make pictures!
I do not know about usa but here it is forbidden day lights together with headlights! U can use it together but when u r passing here annual service they have to work seperately!

[gatojurko]

Self opening trunk!
Would like to retrofit self close at the end when closing! Hate when hands are dirty!

[tmv]

Originally Posted by luvmy03E53

Ricer??? ROFLMAO!!!

But seriously, where'd you get those lights Tam??

eBay for these since they are from the "ricer" dept

[X53Jay4.8is]

I completed the final touches in the engine bay where I re-installed the washer tank, placed the Dinan strut tower brace back in place. Powerwashed the engine bay to remove any residual grease or oil that was present to leaky timing covers and stripped oil pan. Now she dry as a chip and looking as the Day it was first purchased.

[SlickGT1]

What did you paint it with?

[Kristophe]

Replaced driver's side window reg clips. Turned out to be a pretty tedious task. No more window rattle now

[randiwood]

In a few words, this forum and forums like this are the BEST.
Now for what might be too many words..but maybe some one will gain some insight from the posting.

Today...The transfer case fluid got replaced, 10k miles since the last changing but since I was doing the transmission, why not refresh it as well, there was some black metallic particles on the magnetic bolt and the color had darkened considerably compared to the stuff that comes from the Bmw fluid. hence, change the transfer fluid to avoid that thing from wearing out prematurely. I didn't worry about any adaptions with both trans case and transmission, it drives fine.

The transmission....it was 20k miles since it was changed, pan dropped, fluid, filter, cleaned. vehicle has 57k miles. First I Drained the pan and filled with engine running, shifting gears, 1-2-3, reverse, drive ect for a few minutes to mix with fluid in torque converter...then drained fluid, dropped pan, replaced filter, cleaned magnets, fluid was very dark, particles on magnets, darkened fluid on solenoids, ect...I use manual almost exclusively and am somewhat aggressive, 4.8is, why not..evolved to putting extra oil in bucket, attaching a tube to a manual pump with a tube and a 90 degree elbow for filling into fill hole, trans has a metal pan, recessed fill plug, elbow makes refill a breeze, but have to pump with engine running, with oil in bucket, it goes in easy, stop once fluid starts to run out...plug and you got it. moral, these transmissions must be serviced with new lifeguard 6, filter and cleaned of particles...otherwise during operation, the contaminants get circulated and inject wear into the gear boxes. I wonder how far off the lifeguard 6 is from the transfer case fluid, it looks about the same coming from the bottle.

Rounded out the event by draining the oil and changing the filter, mobil 10-30...pour the oil in the filter before screwing onto filter housing...the engine will not be starved for oil on startup.
A few months ago, I did the entire gasket change, o ring change to see if I could eliminate the smoke on idle-takeoff... valve covers, solenoids, vanos motors, brake booster, timing covers, left and right..it was dripping oil...these engines run too hot and being aluminum, no wonder they stress the rubber components that are supposed to seal it...paid about $400 for parts, $1300 at the indy who is fantastic but ...she still belches a bit of the blue smokey shit..though not as bad but the oil drip is gone.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by randiwood

In a few words, this forum and forums like this are the BEST.
Now for what might be too many words..but maybe some one will gain some insight from the posting.

Today...The transfer case fluid got replaced, 10k miles since the last changing but since I was doing the transmission, why not refresh it as well, there was some black metallic particles on the magnetic bolt and the color had darkened considerably compared to the stuff that comes from the Bmw fluid. hence, change the transfer fluid to avoid that thing from wearing out prematurely. I didn't worry about any adaptions with both trans case and transmission, it drives fine.

The transmission....it was 20k miles since it was changed, pan dropped, fluid, filter, cleaned. vehicle has 57k miles. First I Drained the pan and filled with engine running, shifting gears, 1-2-3, reverse, drive ect for a few minutes to mix with fluid in torque converter...then drained fluid, dropped pan, replaced filter, cleaned magnets, fluid was very dark, particles on magnets, darkened fluid on solenoids, ect...I use manual almost exclusively and am somewhat aggressive, 4.8is, why not..evolved to putting extra oil in bucket, attaching a tube to a manual pump with a tube and a 90 degree elbow for filling into fill hole, trans has a metal pan, recessed fill plug, elbow makes refill a breeze, but have to pump with engine running, with oil in bucket, it goes in easy, stop once fluid starts to run out...plug and you got it. moral, these transmissions must be serviced with new lifeguard 6, filter and cleaned of particles...otherwise during operation, the contaminants get circulated and inject wear into the gear boxes. I wonder how far off the lifeguard 6 is from the transfer case fluid, it looks about the same coming from the bottle.

Rounded out the event by draining the oil and changing the filter, mobil 10-30...pour the oil in the filter before screwing onto filter housing...the engine will not be starved for oil on startup.
A few months ago, I did the entire gasket change, o ring change to see if I could eliminate the smoke on idle-takeoff... valve covers, solenoids, vanos motors, brake booster, timing covers, left and right..it was dripping oil...these engines run too hot and being aluminum, no wonder they stress the rubber components that are supposed to seal it...paid about $400 for parts, $1300 at the indy who is fantastic but ...she still belches a bit of the blue smokey shit..though not as bad but the oil drip is gone.

When and if you decide to do the valve seal repair (Cause of blue smoke) then at least you will have the superior material valve seal that should never smoke again.

[bcredliner]

FYI- The first step in refilling the transmission should be to fill it without the engine running. Then run it through the gears with the engine running and get the fluid temperature up to at least 140 degrees. With the engine running the fill plug should be removed and the fluid topped off.