The LKM soldering only takes a few minutes, and it's a lot cheaper than buying another one, and even cheaper yet than hitting something when your headlights go out on a dark country highway!
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The LKM soldering only takes a few minutes, and it's a lot cheaper than buying another one, and even cheaper yet than hitting something when your headlights go out on a dark country highway!
Big Time Poster
One of my low beams was intermittant like that...
It turned out to be the bulb had fried but the filament halfs would periodically touch and the light would come back on. I found that I could turn on the lights and tap on the lens for that light and make it go on and off. When I replaced it I went ahead and did the 9005 upgrade.
Mark Hall
'95 525iA EAT chipped (just one now)
'98 528iA
Well...I think it is the LKM...this morning I get up...took the battery of the charger...and went to start it...and yea I get that 2 second delay before the engine fires up...so its annoying...but I'm driving to work...and 30 mins later I remember to turn on my headlights...its board daylight by now...but by what you guys say...the lights should turn on...and after they have been on for awhile...they should stop working...or in my case my right side should stop working...so I go and flip the switch and they both come on...and I have them on for about 10 mins....so I really think it might be the LKM...
I read http://www.bmwe34.net/e34main/mainte...trical/LKM.htm
and I'm still kinda of confused...what do I need to do to fix the LKM? Just go over the relays and resolder the connections? or do I need to replace the relays?
Now about the fusible link...I figured out what it was and looked on www.bmwe34.net and I think thats gone bad too....*curses at car* anywayz...yea cold start had a 2 second delay...then after I got to the office..I was half an hour early...damn LA traffic is unpredictable...soo I turned my engine off and decided to poke around...then turn the engine back on..and it fired up quick....I looked at the fusible link...and it looks in perfect condition...but the site says u can't see if anything is wrong until you unscrew the nut....my question is...is it safe to unscrew with the battery plugged in? cuz theres a high voltage warning next to the link on the shock tower...and I wanna make sure I can still use my brain after this....also to how to I replace the links?
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