- Sep 2, 2012
- 468
Today was a day of mixed emotions. I parked the Envoy in March when I got the X5, and was just getting ready to winterize it and do a bit of maintenance. I had it parked at my employer's truck yard, and when I went to bring it home I had no brakes. I already knew I had developed a piston seal leak at the (brand new!) right rear caliper, so I assumed a quick fill and bleed would get it home and out of my employer's hair....but not to be - 6 months of sitting had allowed a brake line to rust and burst.
So, with a sigh, I looked to the heavens and said a small prayer for sparing me the time & expense of additional maintenance and put it out to pasture for good.
Should be available at the Ottawa yard soon. Has new rack and pinion, new front Timken hubs, all new rotors pads and calipers (1 leaky) new vent visors, newish alternator, new CPAS...a long list. And a VAST assortment of spare parts in the interior (instrument clusters, tie rod end boots, headlight assemblies, lower control arm brackets only needing bushings, spare rear glass, fan control modules with transistor already replaced, BCM module, seat heater pad, lumbar support motor, ignition switch, coil packs and much more).
I grabbed my nearly new AGM battery and my brand new Michelin X-Ice Xi2 winter tires on alloys, but FORGOT to get my PCM4Less tuned PCM - I do have the original in a box at home though.
Even at 420,000 km everything but the drivers seat was in pretty decent shape. The fan clutch still works, my spare tire winch still works, AND, unusually for an XL, the HMSL fairing is attached and working!!!
But enough whining, my X50i has way more power, way more luxury and is better on gas by like 30%...I'm not really suffering
Cheers
So, with a sigh, I looked to the heavens and said a small prayer for sparing me the time & expense of additional maintenance and put it out to pasture for good.
Should be available at the Ottawa yard soon. Has new rack and pinion, new front Timken hubs, all new rotors pads and calipers (1 leaky) new vent visors, newish alternator, new CPAS...a long list. And a VAST assortment of spare parts in the interior (instrument clusters, tie rod end boots, headlight assemblies, lower control arm brackets only needing bushings, spare rear glass, fan control modules with transistor already replaced, BCM module, seat heater pad, lumbar support motor, ignition switch, coil packs and much more).
I grabbed my nearly new AGM battery and my brand new Michelin X-Ice Xi2 winter tires on alloys, but FORGOT to get my PCM4Less tuned PCM - I do have the original in a box at home though.
Even at 420,000 km everything but the drivers seat was in pretty decent shape. The fan clutch still works, my spare tire winch still works, AND, unusually for an XL, the HMSL fairing is attached and working!!!
But enough whining, my X50i has way more power, way more luxury and is better on gas by like 30%...I'm not really suffering
Cheers