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

[Bdc101]

Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd

You would think people would figure it out, but no....

Especially with diesel being $6/gallon here. You would think people would figure out that idling your 6.7l diesel for 25 minutes costs you a lot of money at $6/gallon. Like, the kind of money that gets you a christmas card from the Saudi royal family.

[zener]

X5 pass inspection for this year. Put it on sale.

[workingonit]

Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd

I have a weird combination of good hearing and tinnitus. It makes the teenager repellent devices that some asshole stores like to use very uncomfortable for me.

Don't strap into a race car without earplugs, kids. It's a bad idea.

I also have that same hearing combination; what are the "teenager repellant devices" you speak of? Manual-labor jobs, manual-shift cars, and cell-phone signal jammers would be the only ones I know of.

It's just the Boomer (born in 1950) in me that makes me suggest those; I retired from my job at 65.5 (though I wanted to work longer), since I was the only one willing to do the grunt-work needed sometimes, and my body just wouldn't cooperate. The kids (18-22 years old) that upper management sent me wouldn't/couldn't do the hard work, or were "late to work/late from lunch/always on their phone" when I needed them. I spent more time babysitting than getting things done. And we all know they don't shift manual transmissions. Hahaha.

I admit I never took much care of my hearing, from the '60's rock concerts, gun shooting, and drag racing pastimes I had, to my job(s) in industrial environments, where I just used hearing protection occasionally. I got my tinnitus at a George Strait concert in 2014, but wondered why then, and not when working on engines or in the drag race environment, years before. Inevitable, I'm sure.

[nick325xit 5spd]

Originally Posted by workingonit

I also have that same hearing combination; what are the "teenager repellant devices" you speak of? Manual-labor jobs, manual-shift cars, and cell-phone signal jammers would be the only ones I know of.

It's just the Boomer (born in 1950) in me that makes me suggest those; I retired from my job at 65.5 (though I wanted to work longer), since I was the only one willing to do the grunt-work needed sometimes, and my body just wouldn't cooperate. The kids (18-22 years old) that upper management sent me wouldn't/couldn't do the hard work, or were "late to work/late from lunch/always on their phone" when I needed them. I spent more time babysitting than getting things done. And we all know they don't shift manual transmissions. Hahaha.

I admit I never took much care of my hearing, from the '60's rock concerts, gun shooting, and drag racing pastimes I had, to my job(s) in industrial environments, where I just used hearing protection occasionally. I got my tinnitus at a George Strait concert in 2014, but wondered why then, and not when working on engines or in the drag race environment, years before. Inevitable, I'm sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito

Wow, never run across one of those. I can still definitely hear above 17kHz as learned during my stereo tuning. Wonder how annoying that thing actually is? You said it's uncomfortable... I bet.

[nick325xit 5spd]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Wow, never run across one of those. I can still definitely hear above 17kHz as learned during my stereo tuning. Wonder how annoying that thing actually is? You said it's uncomfortable... I bet.

The good news is that they are generally just set up at the entrances to discourage loitering. But it generally knocks my tinnitus up a notch for a few hours.

[workingonit]

Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd

The good news is that they are generally just set up at the entrances to discourage loitering. But it generally knocks my tinnitus up a notch for a few hours.

I never heard/detected one, before my tinnitus set in; I've tried to detect the frequency on several video/audio links, but can't.

However, I know of several people (some politicians, too) that are natural repellant frequency emitters, that still repell me, even with my tinnitus. My ex-wife is one of them.

[EODguy]

Oil, air and cabin filter changed.
Transmission filter changed (still looked new) and found an electrical guy who is rebuilding the MAF (fingers crossed) with new hot film and connectors.

Grabbed a tailgate light and switch assembly from a rolled over 2005 4.8iS.

Siphon jet shit the bed!!

You'd think I'd be swimming home in this rains it pours scenario........

We also had to move to a different compound another 45km outside Riyadh by the camel souk that has no shade and a beautiful bouquet of turds from the shit plant added into the camel smell....

Plus side date night is cheap out here!!


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[andrewwynn]

Siphon jet usually can be repaired. Just needs an o-ring and some teflon tape (and a zip tie to prevent self destruct)

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Siphon jet usually can be repaired. Just needs an o-ring and some teflon tape (and a zip tie to prevent self destruct)

Yeah, I bought a new fuel pump and this one will be my spare once repaired.

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