The 'Oh crap, I won it' E39 530i
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swampy442 said:
The car pixies have been! Parked the car up to go away with work on Monday with no parking sensors, returned today to a working parking system! Strange.... I dont reckon it will last though.
Ones on it's way out; it'll play up until it properly failsIf you put the car into R or press the PCD button with the engine off; you'll hear them ticking. Can be quiet or loud etc
If ones not ticking, it's fubar
These are the ones you'll need:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-PDC-Parking-Sensor-...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-PDC-Parking-Sensor-...
I always had a few of each in in case one failed etc; they cheap enough to replace all outer 4 and then if you need to, the centre ones where the bumper has to come off
I'm not a religious man, but in the words of Winston Zeddemore from Ghostbsters 'If theres a free long weekend off in it, I'll believe anything you say' Or words to that effect.
If I had a wife she'd say "Stop touching it, leave it alone" Instead my brother said those words, and he has a point, it works so why mess about? I want it to be right. So down the unit I went again
Really must crack on with this, but thats a story for another thread.
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Anyway I digress, with the J man's resurrection, I took the opportunity to give the 5 a good, and much needed service. According to the book and receipts, it apparently hasn't seen a fresh drink of oil for 30k miles!
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So new filters, oil and spark plugs, here we go. The oil was filthy, jet black, it had clearly been in a long time, given by how flat the O ring was on the filter housing
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And the spark plugs didnt look much better
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All in all a couple of hours well spent, runs much nicer no no surprises, gave the engine bay a bit of a spruce up to celebrate
If I had a wife she'd say "Stop touching it, leave it alone" Instead my brother said those words, and he has a point, it works so why mess about? I want it to be right. So down the unit I went again
Really must crack on with this, but thats a story for another thread.
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[url]So new filters, oil and spark plugs, here we go. The oil was filthy, jet black, it had clearly been in a long time, given by how flat the O ring was on the filter housing
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[url]All in all a couple of hours well spent, runs much nicer no no surprises, gave the engine bay a bit of a spruce up to celebrate
Next problem - The failing stereo. It always had the drivers door blaring silence at me, I assumed a speaker but that was fine, in fact it woke up last weekend, and has been more or less fine ever since, sometimes it fades away then returns. Im assuming the radio unit is failing, as turning the volume dial results in all the volume or none in a degree of movement.
Pulled the stereo to check the wiring, found an aftermarket head unit adaptor, been there a while as it had an ooooold style iPhone adaptor plug
So now I have 2 options, fit an aftermarket head unit or source a replacement stock unit. Its never going to be brilliant, or even as good as the professional system in the 130, but I at least need it to work
Pulled the stereo to check the wiring, found an aftermarket head unit adaptor, been there a while as it had an ooooold style iPhone adaptor plug
So now I have 2 options, fit an aftermarket head unit or source a replacement stock unit. Its never going to be brilliant, or even as good as the professional system in the 130, but I at least need it to work
Its all about small victories today, the car came with 3 matching keys in various states of disrepair, unfortunately none of them operated the remote central locking. Normally it doesn't bother me, but a car with bells and whistles should have all said items working.
In the Jiffy bag containing keys and key parts were 2 batteries, but they have to be soldered to the circuit board, which isnt my strong point. But I had bash and blow me if it didnt work!! So now I have remote central locking keys fully working. Result!
In the Jiffy bag containing keys and key parts were 2 batteries, but they have to be soldered to the circuit board, which isnt my strong point. But I had bash and blow me if it didnt work!! So now I have remote central locking keys fully working. Result!
swampy442 said:
Next problem - The failing stereo. It always had the drivers door blaring silence at me, I assumed a speaker but that was fine, in fact it woke up last weekend, and has been more or less fine ever since, sometimes it fades away then returns. Im assuming the radio unit is failing, as turning the volume dial results in all the volume or none in a degree of movement.
Pulled the stereo to check the wiring, found an aftermarket head unit adaptor, been there a while as it had an ooooold style iPhone adaptor plug
So now I have 2 options, fit an aftermarket head unit or source a replacement stock unit. Its never going to be brilliant, or even as good as the professional system in the 130, but I at least need it to work
Speak to Baris at Carphonics Pulled the stereo to check the wiring, found an aftermarket head unit adaptor, been there a while as it had an ooooold style iPhone adaptor plug
So now I have 2 options, fit an aftermarket head unit or source a replacement stock unit. Its never going to be brilliant, or even as good as the professional system in the 130, but I at least need it to work
He'll fix & upgrade the BM54 for you and then buy a Grom Audio BT3 kit...
swampy442 said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Look on his website, he details exactly what he does 
Will do, cheers I have a BM53 I my car, but he does repairs/upgrades on those tooI was so happy the central locking work, I totally forgot about it this morning, key in door, unlock, door open, alarm blaring lol.
d_a_n1979 said:
hman said:
Prepare for radiator failure, fan blade explosion, cam cover splitting, oil breathers collapsing, seat belt pretensioner dying, air con pipes leaking, abs module packing in, and get the rusty sills sorted before the jacking points collapse.
Anyone does their due diligence wouldn't touch them with a barge poleAnd as for the rest of your post I would say you are making a lot of assumptions.
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