Mechanical Overhaul - Tired V8 SUV BMW E70 X5 - Project X5: Part 4 

Seriously! I was starting to lose it. I found myself sitting in the corner of my room, arms hugging my knees, repeating the words "COMING UP" endlessly. xD

True

Agreed!

@@Loulito nah, it's.... coooooooming up! German custom to lengthen the first word

I use carbon fiber towels to keep me busy inbetween episodes

You know, I was watching the episode and thinking "this looks different... well it is a bigger car than usual!" Did not realise the image quality was better, and an wider angle, until Sreten pointed it out :) Good job, great content as always with you. Loved the US episodes. Thank you.

I'm watching in 1440p quality, because my monitor doesn't go up to 4K and rewinding and all that sort of jumping on the timeline is demanding and may cause a bit choppy video at times, but I can too already see a clear difference with the old camera and the new one. For example in the outro that clock on the wall had blurry numbers with the old camera. With the new one the numbers are visible and not blurry at all. The quality turned out to be great Sreten. The settings seemed to be correct on this video so keep up the good work my man. :D

@@MrBrander please tell me what time it is, I´m watching in 480p (thought it was some kind of dart board)

The dude's name is Sreten, not Streten.

@@Adlerwacht Shit, you are correct about the spelling of his name. I've been misspelling it from the start; thanks for the heads-up, friend.

I wouldn't be so brave I would have used the chains to tie down the exhaust to the stand.

@@Adlerwacht .. and don't forget his Starbucks name: "Mike"

@Dacia Sandero guys Indeed! The shit they do to make a buck is ridiculous. Yet most people have no clue what it takes to do the job right. Hopefully, after watching the master at work, they better understand. We can always hope.

I‘m pretty sure I spent already over 1000€ in tools only due to this channel hahaha

I just buy the tools and keep on watching youtube videos.

@@gplusgplus2286 I to have a garage full of tools bought for specific jobs that I now take to a workshop to do after watching these videos, simple maths, the garage charges £200/day & I earn £600/day in Qatar

@@bobstacey9311 cheap. Here they charge 100-150 per hour

Same here

SAME😂

He does. 0.437millions 😂

Until 25:32 😉

@@Carnolds_reviews_and_projects replaced right after! :)

Her reaction: "What the hell is this Sreten? You work on beautiful BMWs all day long and I get this ugly-ass SUV that drives like a truck and rolls over in corners? Do I look like an American soccer mum?"

She's receiving a BMW that'll be wholly sorted out where it matters most. She will be thrilled, I guarantee it!

Coooooming up, you're broke, for the rest of your life. Don't worry so am I. I have the M52 E53. Bye bye all our money.

I really wanted to, but it's a lot of work on this car to the point that I don't have the desire to do it. Heating elements are sewn into the leather, and there's no way I'm gonna find used seats in this color, in good condition that have heaters. And frankly, would rather work on E31 than mess with that.

@@M539Restorations fair enough too.

@@M539Restorations What about a water parking heater, which warms up the interior (and thus seats), oil and engine using a little fuel burner? I really like the engineering of the newer Eberspächer Hydronic S3, as it FINALLY uses a brushless motor, and lasts thousands of hours, unlike the normal brushed ones, which fail a lot faster due to the (non-replacable) brusches wearing out. There are premade install kits available for most vehicles, so the install is usually close to factory-like. Also, a fuel burning water heater with multiple redundant safety systems approved by the TÜV is far less likely to cause a fire than a heater wire sewn into flammable seat cussions (as long as you properly screw the exhaust down and make sure it is far enough away from plastic parts, for which the same rules as for the engine exhaust apply). Though I would certainly not recomment those off-brand ones, as they often lack said safety systems, and can cause a fire, which, in my opinion, is really quite a good reason to spend a few hundred € more on a genuine Eberspächer or Webasto unit, although I currently like the Eberspächer S3 more because of its brushless fan.

@@unmountablebootvolume Great idea and better than heated seats. Post a link to their site please.

@@M539Restorations Sreten, i once had this problem on my 1992 750i. A local car upholstery shop took the seat apart, let the old heating element in it´s place and put another retrofit style heating element under it. Away from the fact that the seat was heating slightly sluggish after this, it worked fine, and the repair was not too dear.

SAME!!! Only channel I have notifications on for

omg same here!!

Yup, me too.

Welcome to the club! I'm part of the glorious V-10 tier because that's my favorite engine. Yeah, I check the Patreon link as much as possible and always jump on the new episodes as soon as they release. Streten’s content is a joy to watch. His combination of dry wit and humor is second to none, not to mention when he brings Hans into the episodes. It takes it to a new level.

@@st3althyone I'm not even a BMW "fan boy", but love his content! I especially love the "Top Gear" style intro 😂

Man also saves hundreds of euros just by doing stuff by himself you know.

saving 'a couple of euros', he's probably put 5k into this POS bmw

We'll do that at the end of the next episode.

Hopefully E46 part 3 is still to come please?

Actually, the bearing itself didn't take any beating, the hub did and as it's pressed all the way in, there is no impact on the bearing.

@@M539Restorations Is that true? The drive shaft is part of the rotational part of the bearing, and the wheelhub (not rotating) is what's pushing back when you hammer the center of the driveshaft.

Of course, the wheel hub is one part with splines and goes through the bearing. It's seated fully in, so you are just hammer metal on metal. It can't go in any further than that. Also, destroying a wheel bearing isn't that easy anyway.