Trent's S54 Rebuild and Sedan Swap

[Slideways]

Alright, still righting some wrongs over here.

- All new Mk60 sensors installed. I now have ABS and DSC again - Hooray!
- Diff fluid swapped for the right stuff. No more diff moaning - Hooray, again. Old fluid looked surprisingly good but must have been made of something not to spec. Picture of E46 diff that came up from the Titanic attached. At least it's not made of carbon fiber as it would have exploded. Everyone knows that tho, right? Too soon?
- Got a pleasant surprise in the mail.
- Tried a new combination for the DMTL codes. Moved Pin 7 of x60011 to Pin 18 of x60004. Fingers crossed...

Question: it appears the "long" press of the DSC button did not bring up the DSC and BRAKE lights. Just the DSC light illuminates. Is that normal? I seem to remember two lights with the long press? Short press brought on the yellow DSC light as per usual.

To come: Chasing a fuel relay shadow code.

Yes, long press should show both unless you add the track mode LED to the cluster.

[heinzboehmer]

Only full on or full off for M3 MK60. If you code in m track mode, short press activates it and long press turns everything off.

[tlow98]

Only full on or full off for M3 MK60. If you code in m track mode, short press activates it and long press turns everything off.

Interesting. I like that! Thanks for the info.

Weird side note: I held the DSC button for a long time while I was trying to get it to do its thing and it triggered a shadow code in the DSC. Something about > 10-second press. Didn't seem to matter, but odd.

[tlow98]

Running well, but of course the CSB has let go.

Driveshafts are cheap as chips used, so I bought one and am rebuilding it.

First step the CSB. Came off pretty easily with a 3 jaw puller.

[tlow98]

When you’re ignoring the actual work you need to do to pass the BAR smog test and you’re just blissfully painting mufflers while swapping drive shafts.

The new/used driveshaft fixed my clunky DS issues as well. The root issue ending up being play in the U-joints. heinzboehmer swappkng this out also reduced the auto solutions noise for me quite a bit. So nice bonus there. Everything underneath looked ‘normal’ with the shifter.

Oh, and something finally showed up - hoorah!

[heinzboehmer]

heinzboehmer swappkng this out also reduced the auto solutions noise for me quite a bit. So nice bonus there. Everything underneath looked ‘normal’ with the shifter.

Oh awesome, is it tolerable now?

[tlow98]

Oh awesome, is it tolerable now?

a few more driving tests need to be done, but it’s better for sure. TBD for ‘tolerable’. I sure hope so. I don’t feel like swapping it all haha