Let us know how it goes! I'm looking at this myself.

I will do so. It'll be month or two though, and I have to figure out if I need more hangars. It only came with two. Also the owner was a little confused about whether it was a 4.8 or 4.6 exhaust, but he said it bolted on to his 3.0, so I am guessing it will work. The parts diagrams show the 3.0 only has three exhaust hangars, that can't be right, can it?

New pusher fan and fixed the open in the AC Compressor Clutch. Stupid design with a fusible link under the clutch pulley......... that wont ever happen again

Did you replace the compressor?
If so, is it done from underneath??

No

There is a fuesable link(temp fuse actually) under the clutch pulley. you can get to it from the bottom but if you full the fan and shroud off it gives you a bit more room for the snap ring pliers. I also took the coil portion off so I could solder that on the bench, much easier to see what your doing and not dripping hot solder on your face

There is a thread on here about doing it on the bench, but I really didnt want to break the system open and have to take it to be pulled down and then filled.

I don't love thermal fuses. I've had two terrible issues recently.

1) in the bottom of a hot water heater. A momentary burst of heat from the gas company killing the supply while the hwh is running bursts the glass vial and you can't buy the $4 vial. If you are lucky you can find the part for $90 on eBay else you need to replace the HWH!
2) my fridge: something in the circulation system malfunctioned. To disassemble the repair guy used a heat gun: he hit the thermal fuse opening it so it deactivated my defrost cycle so my fridge after repair worked for less than a week!

It was time for an oil change - "M" weight during the summers in Texas for me. (Doesn't leak out as fast :bustingup) and an adjustment to the parking brake. I hate unintentionally rolling down the boat ramp.


I was also starting to experience a slow 3-4 upshift and extended engagement of the convertor clutch so I discussed a transmission filter change (filter only - not the fluid) with the service department manager, thinking at 344,000 miles there might be some restriction through the filter.


He said they'd take a fluid sample and progress from there. Turns out all they had to do was re-flash the transmission and it's shifting perfectly again.


2002 X5 3.0 344,400 miles
2014 428i 38,800 miles


2004 325i sold at 123,600 miles
2001 325i sold at 66,000 miles


1970 Firebird Under restoration - body shop work finishing up

Smoked turn signals. Ordered from Amazon. Came straight from Taiwan. Blends in with the black trim and I like it.

https://s33.postimg.cc/8ehjok1u7/IMG_8125.jpg

Guide parts are in, paid under $500. Cant wait to get this thing back on the road next week.

Looks good - might need to do that myself.

Nice car too! ;) Don't see too many the same colour as mine, with the same wheels... :thumbup: