Alright got some updates for my "Heavy 7"
These particular fixes/replacements happened late last year, early this year in January
Transmission
- Something told me to get the transfluid checked and flush.. I turned out to be right the trans fluid looked quite bad, so I did the first stage of flushing the fluid with fresh fluid. (Btw does anyone know why BMW didn't put a trans fluid filler cap at the top of the engine bay? the whole pumping thing was confusing for my first time but I got it done and figured out.)
- Transmission feels much better and shifts better from what I've experienced since driving with the fluid flushed partially, the final stage of flushing the fluid will happen this spring
SUPRISE - Passenger Window Stuck Halfway Down!
- So I had a friend riding in the car with me one day late last year and they decided to roll the window down to get some food that was brought out to the car at this restaurant, and lucky me he rolls the window back up and it only goes halfway up and does not move any further. Quickly searched up a passenger side regulator and ordered one for $40 to replace it.
- Enlisted my trusty BMW Friend/Mechanic to help me with this one, took a good 2 hours or so but we got it done!
- If you take a look at the photos below you can see the old regulator, the motor was fine, but the cable was brittle and got mangled causing the window to be stuck in place.
Speedometer dead! - Wheel Speed Sensors
- I was meaning to get around to doing my wheel speed sensors on all 4 corners, as my ASC and ABS light was on since buying the car. But my 740 forced me to when the speedometer died on indefinitely. (which also freezes the mileage on the odo from what I found out.)
- I had the wheel speed sensors sitting around since early November, just didn't have the time to sit and do them with all the holidays and family gatherings happening on top of work and such.
- So I went ahead and swapped out the sensors today when the speedometer needle just fell yesterday evening and would not spring back to life. It was pretty easy to do myself with the help of taking the wheels off to do it it also cleared my ASC and ABS light as well
These are the factory OEM Sensors and they look DESTROYED I am surprised the wheel speed sensors worked for so long seems like they was NEVER changed
The new sensors went on just fine and all 4 were replaced
While I was at it I went ahead and did my best to clean off all the calipers they pretty much was consumed with brake dust & looked like they were never clean since leaving the showroom floor new.
I will need to have it water blasted to get the rest of the brake dust off of there, but to be honest its nearly impossible to keep them clean with the 'Style 5' wheels on the car.