The mechanical fan and electric fan are pulled and replaced with a single, more efficient electric fan.
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The mechanical fan and electric fan are pulled and replaced with a single, more efficient electric fan.
I didn't realize just how much work we did until I read your post John. No wonder I only got to see the beach for like 5 minutes. LoL...
So when I drove it the Sprint Booster was on Green? If so it ran really good!
I heard Rando locked the gate after the help arrived, and "misplaced" the key until everything was done. J/K ... good job, guys !
Yup, wouldn't let Gary go home until done, lol. Yes, you drove with the SB on green. It already feels better now than that first drive. MPG is also already pushing 19 city (above the 16.5 I posted earlier today).
Oh Wow, Nice! Good to hear John. I'm really curious what your mileage goes up to.
Thanks for clarifying, auto vs manual makes more sense than sedan vs vert, lol.Quote:
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Wow. Interesting to see how much effect this maintenance has on your car, and it's so low mileage. Just drives home how important maintenance is. Good work!Quote:
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Thanks. :thumbsup
Like a boss, Randeaux.
Thanks BP!
Replaced my NAV with another used unit, but used an internal ribbon from mine, plus bought a new LCD sceen. An acquaintance did the work. The result, working NAV again and absolutely loving the new LCD, no marks or missing pixels! (Can't really tell from the cell phone pics). Missed not having my music for 2 weeks.
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Nice, JR!
Glad it turned out well! I need to get mine re-done!
Thanks. I still need the DVD portion fixed. What this swap fixed was the random reboot and now no missing pixels. Every once in a while the maps won't read even though I have an OEM map DVD. I'm thinking it might be the laser.
Does it tell you it cannot read the DVD? About 3-4 years ago mine was giving an error, I think it was something like cannot read the DVD. Then, magically, about 3-4 months later when I was about to order a new laser, it started working again, and has ever since. I think I had found the laser on eBay or somewhere, its been so long ago I don't really remember. The "fix" seemed pretty straight forward, I just had a lot of stuff going on at the time (story of my life!).Quote:
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It says "one moment please" or something like that. Sometimes it comes right on to the maps, sometimes it doesn't and it has that message. Then, eventually the maps will show, but it might take awhile. I did read about the laser replacement, not exactly straightforward but not rocket science. Think I'll try a dvd laser cleaner as someone suggested. If that doesn't work, I'll replace the unit. Thanks for your info. Glad that worked, I'd love it if mine just started working all the time again. :)
Lookin good JR...
One word, Eonon, lol...
Thanks Jay Jay. I might have to, kinks still not ironed out. Just found out my steering wheel push buttons aren't working for some reason, and they worked before the nav switch.
It can only be the canbus... Its whats controlling those steering wheel buttons... Hope its only a lose connection...
I tried a DVD laser cleaner and so far the maps now come up every time instead of intermittently. The system has not rebooted itself, so that's good. Now I just gotta figure out this canbus issue.
^ awesome! When mine went out for a few months, I tried blowing in there with some compressed air, didn't do anything.
I'll keep your victory in mind if it ever gives me trouble again!
Thanks Marcus.
Research has shown that a dead horn and no steering wheel controls indicates a bad clock spring. Replaced mine today and voila, they work! Guessing just a coincidence that the clock spring went bad same time I changed out my NAV.
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Didn't you just put a new clock spring in for the smg paddles?
Yes, a new 'used' one. Probably a fluke that it went bad. Or I "fixed' something changing it out. :) I did check the connections before replacing and it all seemed fine, so I'm still pointing to the clock spring.
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Great solve, Rando. Nicely done.
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Thanks Keith.
As mentioned in 'what did you do....', installed rear BSW speakers.
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Have those speakers in my e36 M. Really really good.
Awesome work John
He be jammin...! Nice.
Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.
I'm sure they sound a lot better than that OEM paper crap, although BMW's "OEM paper crap" is nicer than others I saw back when I worked at a car audio shop. Some of the factory speakers in cars are just laughable.
I need to put speakers on my "to do" list for my car, ugh, I know thats going to be expensive and time consuming.
Nice work!
Thanks all. The sound is better, not dramatically, but definitely better.
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Is it worth it?
That's always been the million dollar question. Audiophiles say no, not enough bang for the buck. But, for ease of installation and better sound, it was worth it to me. Clearly you can do research, find speakers, cut/mod your setup, and put in better speakers for the same/lower price, but I didn't want to deal with all that. So, while not a dramatic improvement, it was worth it to me as it IS better and it IS easy.
Nice job, Rando.
I've been on the fence with this mod going on three years now...
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Thanks. It's a tough call, but I finally pulled the trigger and glad I did. Keep your eyes open on e46 for used ones.
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Btw, next up for consideration is the BSW Vert sub. Basically the 'in car' is done, fronts, tweets, mid rear bass. The only thing I didn't change is the rear tweeters.
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Nice job.
I'll be that guy cutting up everything installing aftermarket speakers. :rofl