Salvaged 2005 GX470 Project - Now with Rebuilt Title & Plates!

Oh, and my drivers side door speaker isn't working. I haven't really checked all the others, but it's not terrible for stock speakers. I'll definitely upgrade them at some point though.

 

The interior looks amazing! Your body work looks dang good also!


The title dealy here in Texas well,,,,, never mind that because lately my memory is crap! If you find a county court/tax collector annex (one in a small town are not that busy) you will have to go there and get a couple forms to get that registered and don't forget the insurance, plus inspection. You might be able to get the form thru DMV online??? I do not know. All the best luck in that.


In the picture the dang interior looks brand spankin new!

 

I’ve used Simple green and a brush with great success on carpets and seats of cars I’ve salvaged from the wrecking yards. Just don’t use it on alloy engine parts.

 

just scheduled a windshield replacement for next Friday. Through Safelite. I was gonna do OEM but it was twice the cost.

+ $410

 

Looks great!

 

New windshield!

 

FINALLY fixing an oil leak on the M3 (one of the many). Probably been this way for a year but it's been getting worse lately. I had done a valve cover gasket replacement at some point, and didn't realize I needed extra crush washers for a banjo bolt. So I reused the old ones. No Bueno. Been causing a slow leak right on top of the exhaust manifold heat shield. So rolling up to a stop light after a while cruising, smoke could be seen slowly coming out of the passenger side...

Just went to Orielys and got some generic crush washers. Should work. Same inner diameter but larger outter...

+ $3.50

 

I hate banjo bolts.

 

Unfortunately I still have to replace the crankcase position sensor gasket also. That's a huge PIA to get to, being at the far backside of the engine. I'm probably gonna work up a list of things wrong and hand it over to a local BMW shop. Hand them the keys and warranty information, and my list of issues. Tell em fix whatever warranty will cover even if it's not on the list. Go to town on em lol

 

Yeaaaaaa......it's definitely going into the shop soon. Not sure where exactly the rest of the leaks are coming from.

 

Gettin er done! Looking like it is coming to the end. Very nice, this has been an interesting follow along. Thank you for posting up the project/s progressions.

 

Hmm, few things with the M3. I was feeling around the wires in the back and...wth...I guess I forgot to plug the cam sensor back in the last time...

And it seems the leak is coming from either one of the new valve cover bolt gaskets, or this part that I replaced. forget it's name but has a red circle on it

 

The one positive of having to R&R my S52 is fixing a bunch of little things that had been pissing me off.

 

Found a few more oil leaks. From the front vanos side of the valve cover gasket, the rtv failed. And the crankcase vent that I had replaced last time, it's gasket also failed. And these are just the top passenger side oil leaks! I have bottom drivers side oil leaks too...

 

Boo

 

Ordered 2 crush washers, #8, and one o ring, #11.

+ $17

But SOB the hood clicked closed on one side and I can't get it open lol. I guess because of the ramps I drove up

 

Boo parte deux

 

It’s a BMW, if there’s no oil under it, there’s no oil in it,

 

Mine is leaking no liquid, but oil is belching out of the tailpipe like the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal.

Thank you broken ringland

 

Aaand while I'm here, ordered the crankcase position sensor o-ring. Knew that was leaky last time and didn't replace it. Almost forgot about doing it this time.

+ $22!! for an o-ring!

 

PIA to get this one bolt out. It's essentially upside down and at an angle

 

Gotta love BMWs build practices. Everything is in odd locations.

 

Aaaand it's a freaking Allen or hex or whatever bolt!

 

https://youtu.be/QrPSjeKdQ0o?feature=shared

 

Ok, i told them the wrong thing. it's actually the CAM positin sensor that I need the o-ring for

only + $7

 

Pro move if i don't say so myself. Put the magnetic sleeve down and it just barely caught the bolt

 

You should think about shaving those arms.

 

That's already the trimmed down version lol

 

E46 M3 - New (left) vs old cam position sensor o-ring