Finally replaced that gooey front passenger door handle. 22 minutes from start to finish, including the time to find the correct torx bits.

Replaced A/C clutch/pulley assembly, recharged and now enjoying ice cold A/C! :D

2011 X5 35d 110K service this month in order:

-Thermostat and water pump. Replaced original 2011 parts on the engine as the waterpump had the plastic impeller and metal gasket.
-Replaced Trans fluid thermostat.
-Checked and cleaned turbos
-Removed and cleaned charge pipes and intercooler of CCV oil.
-Installed Provent CCV fix.
-Removed intake manifold, cleaned carbon and sludge, replaced all seals. Decoked egr valve and degreased throttle body.
-Drained refilled both diffs and transfer case with Ravenol fluids.
-Drained transmission, changed filter, and filled with Mercron SP.
-changed engine Intake, and cabin filters.
-Engine oil change using Ravenol oil and mahle filter
-Coolant flush and fill.
-replaced serpentine and ac belts

Collected parts and stuff for a couple months and got after it. X5 was down two weeks but in the end it was worth the work. Should be good for another 100k.

I really need to do this.

How was replacing the serpentine belt? I've heard it's a bit of a pain.

Getting the AC stretch belt out of the way is the only hard part. You can get a tool, but you still need to turn the crank. Some just use the pulley bolt, but I made a tool to turn the crank by the hub of the pulley.

That is outstanding!! :thumbup:

Put on Hamann pedals and new rear wiper!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3a169fa9fa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ebca6eb28d.jpg

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Sweet! I like those pedals!!

For the AC belt I got the Lisle tool from amazon and one of those crank hub adapters with the 4 holes from ebay. $40 bucks total for the two tools. I cut the old belts off since I had new conti belts to replace them with. The serpentine was tedious due to routing issues but I left it out in the sun for a while for it to "lose" its carboard holder memory and be easier to put on the pulleys. The ac belt with the lisle tool went on in a snap.