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[uucdigest] Friday, February 22 2002 Volume 03 : Number 4896 _________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.bmwdatabase.com | | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Technical Problems? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] Re: Nady communicators [uuc] Conforti Chip for sale [uuc] Where can I buy porting tools? [uuc] Re: dealer rip-off story [uuc] Headrest [uuc] Coolant and all that... [uuc] Re: Communicators Re: [uuc] Re: dealer rip-off story [uuc] Sebring BMW Meet Sat. March 2nd [uuc] e36 5sp in a e34 [uuc] Re: <FS> Floating in the 'bay "more ugly ducklings and swans" Re: [uuc] Coolant and all that... RE: [uuc] E36 Error Code 1222 RE: [uuc] E36 Error Code 1222 [uuc] 1998 BMW M3 For Sale Re: [uuc] 1998 BMW M3 For Sale Re: [uuc] 1998 BMW M3 For Sale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:29:43 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Nady communicators on 2/21/02 11:13 AM, Joel Gallun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> So, what I really want to know, is other than Nady (which has constantly >> failing headphones) > > the Nady headphones are easy to reinforce. When they are new, open up the > earpiece (they are held together with 3 #0 phillips screws) and pot the > area where the wires and the mic boom go into the earpiece with some > 2-part epoxy. As they come from the factory the only strain relief they > have is a dab of silicone seal, which is clearly not enough. Alas that only fixes one failure mode. The Nady headphone leads are so !@#* flimsy that they have very little mechanical strength. As students pull them out of their helmets by the leads, you develop internal breaks in the conductors at random locations. The full solution is to buy a heavier gauge headphone extension cord (Target, Radio Shack), cut off the socket end, and solder it into the Nady headphone. Unfortunately this is hard to do, and you need to work under a magnifying glass. Well, at my age I need to... Truth is the Nady communicator is a godawful POS. But at least it's a cheap POS. I haven't found a better solution at anything approaching a reasonable cost. It's also not much known that you can buy replacement Nady headphones by themselves for under $25, see: http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com I solved my half of the problem by entirely disassembling a Nady headset and building its parts into my helmet. > now, if only I knew a way to make them LOUDER I'd be all set. Never been a problem for me. Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:08:43 -0500 From: "Will Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Conforti Chip for sale My neighbor has a Conforti chip for sale. This chip will fit any of the following applications below. 1991 BMW Model Body Motor DME Hardware # Bonneville # 525i E34 M50B25 0 261 200 402 402-000 525iA E34 M50B25 0 261 200 402 402-000 1992 BMW Model Body Motor DME Hardware # Bonneville # 325i E36 M50B25 0 261 200 402 402-000 325iA E36 M50B25 0 261 200 402 402-000 525i E34 M50B25 0 261 200 402 402-000 525iA E34 M50B25 0 261 200 402 402-000 He is asking $150 which includes shipping in the US. Please respond directly to him with any questions. His contact info is below: JEFFREY GASIOROWSKI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:12:20 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Where can I buy porting tools? I know there are kits of di's sold specifically for porting & polishing purposes. I need to match a set of throttle bodies to their mating surface. Thanks -Matt ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:25:25 +0100 From: "Felix Vicente" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: dealer rip-off story (from neil to 1st:) > The point being made was, as I understood it, that the > old green coolant was still in the car. Not that they > put in new green coolant and this was objectionable as > compared to new blue coolant, which was acceptable. correct, Neil. They had failed to even open the coolant container. > The BMW coolant is way more caustic (you can estimate > this from soapiness of the coolant as per my high > school chem) than the 50-50 Prestone, Zerex, etc., > that I've used and is said to cause caustic > embrittlement of the plastic radiators. Don't you mean the std green stuff is more caustic? (Mike Fennell's comment) > While that was surely satisfying, next time you might > consider giving them an 'out'. "Oh, I think the tech > must have overlooked the coolant change." This > accomplishes the important goals of getting your > coolant changed and making it clear that you check > their work without leaving a bad taste in anyone's > mouth. I don't want someone working on my car who > thinks that I was a dick last time. This service advisor and I go back a few years (and having 3 BMWs I do see him often...) and he knows quite well I've given him 5s on occasions the service didn't quite merit it but I knew it wasn't his fault. Email is emotionless, and reading back what I wrote it might appear that I was hastier in writing than I was in person. It was more of a "I can let little things slide, but this is beyond the line" kind of tone, not a FIX THIS NOW OR I'M YELLING AT THE MANAGER kind of tone. I don't function that way. I *like* getting loaner cars when I really need them. :) - -felix miami, fl '97 540/6 going in next week for yet another valve cover gasket...third one in 18 months...sigh '98 740 needs one too, when I can get around to it...went in to replace the cats last week '95 525 odd ticking noise at idle no one seems to be able to diagnose ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:33:18 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Headrest For Sale: two tan leather 535is(1987) Sport seat front headrest. Excellent condition! Cleaned and preserved. $100 delivered obo. Joe in NJ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:29:41 -0800 (PST) From: david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Coolant and all that... BMW coolant used to be green. It changed to blue about 5 or 6 years ago. > Green may very well have been BMW coolant.. ===== David Kroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:39:12 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Communicators At 1:55 PM -0500 2/21/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Thanks for the quick reply. I'll buy the much cheaper Nady unit and follow >your instructions for reinforcement. My students always ask me to turn the >volume down on the Chatterbox, so maybe this will be a nice change. You just need older students like me. I used a Chatterbox and liked it. It was louder than the Nady. ...steven ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:47:10 -0500 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: dealer rip-off story Check the exhaust manifold gasket. Geeeze '95 525iT - 4GTFUL '91 Gold Wing - GEEEZE From: "Felix Vicente" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -felix > '95 525 odd ticking noise at idle no one seems to be able to diagnose > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:23:09 -0500 From: "Mel Abrahams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Sebring BMW Meet Sat. March 2nd So far over 40 cars will be at Sebring Sat.March 2nd for the Historic races Sat. and Sun.All Florida Bimmer owners are invited to attend.Many will be meeting in Orlando for the drive to Sebring. For more info e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:42:11 -0500 From: Mo Karamat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] e36 5sp in a e34 Group, Question.. I have a friend who has a e34 with the M50 engine. He wants to know if he can put a e36m3 5 sp in that car? Has anyone done it? thanks Mo ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:04:28 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <FS> Floating in the 'bay "more ugly ducklings and swans" The wife has decreed that before I sneak into the garage to start the magnificent project car, that I first clean out the family room. As a result, I have more ugly ducklings and swans for sale on eBay: http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=macvaugh> Always starting at a dollar, never any reserve. Ed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:14:33 -0500 From: "N. J. Herrick, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Coolant and all that... Well, if it's been in that long AND has started changing colors, maybe it's time for a system flush! ;-) Jay david kroth wrote: > BMW coolant used to be green. It changed to blue > about > 5 or 6 years ago. > > > Green may very well have been BMW coolant.. > > ===== > David Kroth > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:13:23 -0800 From: "Brant M. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] E36 Error Code 1222 Pat - Error Code 1222 is described in Bentley as "Oxygen sensor lean/rich control stop". The normal O2S failure code is 1221, and is set, as I understand it, as a consequence of the O2S signal not switching from rich to lean to rich etc. frequently enough - which is how they fail (OK, that is how mine failed :-)). You, on the other hand, seem to have a perfectly operational O2S. Your problem is that your computer has lost control of the mixture. You should put a volt meter on the O2S signal and go for a drive. Given your loss of mileage, your O2S signal will probably be 0.1v or lower, a lean signal. That would cause the computer to correct full rich and mileage to drop. Possible cause: a leak in the exhaust system allowing oxygen to enter ahead of the O2S. Other possible cause: a misfire, which sends unburned oxygen down the exhaust. Etc. Happy Hunting Brant Miller ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:14:32 -0800 From: "Brant M. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] E36 Error Code 1222 Pat - Error Code 1222 is described in Bentley as "Oxygen sensor lean/rich control stop". The normal O2S failure code is 1221, and is set, as I understand it, as a consequence of the O2S signal not switching from rich to lean to rich etc. frequently enough - which is how they fail (OK, that is how mine failed :-)). You, on the other hand, seem to have a perfectly operational O2S. Your problem is that your computer has lost control of the mixture. You should put a volt meter on the O2S signal and go for a drive. Given your loss of mileage, your O2S signal will probably be 0.1v or lower, a lean signal. That would cause the computer to correct full rich and mileage to drop. Possible cause: a leak in the exhaust system allowing oxygen to enter ahead of the O2S. Other possible cause: a misfire, which sends unburned oxygen down the exhaust. Etc. As a point of technical trivia, I believe you will find that the temperature sensor that drives your gauge is not the same sensor that feeds your computer. Happy Hunting Brant Miller ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:18:05 -0800 From: "Brian Slusarenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 1998 BMW M3 For Sale Hello I am selling a 1998 BMW M3 for one of the Dept. Heads at the hospital we work at in Northern California. He's on the road a lot, and I've got the digital camera, and so the vehicle is sitting in my garage, covered, waxed, and ready to go. GGCC members: I live 1 hour east of Thunderhill (Paradise, CA.) 1998 M3 2 Door Coupe - One Owner Alpine White Mulberry Leather Interior 5 speed Sport Package Harmon Kardon AM/FM Cassette with CD Changer Sunroof Rear Spoiler 18,250 original miles Original Pilots with plenty of tread. Photo Album: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=11475534303&n=1572319198 No Accidents, No Issues, Pretty close to perfect! $33,000.00 Brian Slusarenko A Donation will be made to my kid's college fund if it sells. Not A Dealer Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:27:51 -0800 From: donna seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 1998 BMW M3 For Sale So you'll be bringing it to TH this weekend for test drives? <BG> Donna - --------- 88 M3, "Guido", #41 JP 95 330isA, super-commuter On Thursday, February 21, 2002, at 10:18 PM, Brian Slusarenko wrote: > GGC members: I live 1 hour east of Thunderhill (Paradise, CA.) > > > Brian Slusarenko > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:39:49 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 1998 BMW M3 For Sale Brian Slusarenko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am selling a 1998 BMW M3 for one of the Dept. Heads at the hospital we work > at in Northern California. He's on the road a lot, and I've got the digital > camera, and so the vehicle is sitting in my garage, covered, waxed, and ready > to go. GGCC members: I live 1 hour east of Thunderhill (Paradise, CA.) > Holy Sh*t - I didn't know there WAS anything an hour east of Thunderhill! :) - - Mark - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) E30 M3 for sale at: http://www.pdc-racing.net/m3forsale.html ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4896 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Detailwerks Chicago Inc. "Chicago's Premier Automotive Appearance | Center" . http://www.detailwerkschicago.com |==================================================== | | Koala MotorSport . 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