The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 161 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Brake warning light Re: Brake warning light Re: Brake warning light Re: Brake warning light Re: [uuc] E36 sunroof reinstallation w/out cartridge Re: e36 shifter... Directly fix to transmission? Re: Houston tire shops Re: Better than Rondezvous Re: Better than Rondezvous Re: Better than Rondezvous Re: Better than Rondezvous Carbide screwdrivers ?? Re: Carbide screwdrivers ?? Re: Carbide screwdrivers ??
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:34:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brake warning light Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Carey Probst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just changed the fluid in my 325e for the Watkins Glen weekend coming up and am > now getting a > flash of the brake warning light when I put on the brakes. > > The light is intermittent, comes on about 1/2 pressure and goes off at about 3/4. > > I used a pressure bleeder and it left the master over filled. Would too much fluid > cause this? > > If so, how can I get out the excess without contaminating the fluid? Shop vac, straw, turkey baster, syringe, etc. are all acceptable solutions. :-) Regards, Rich ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:12:19 -0400 From: "Steve Stoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Brake warning light Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've noted that cheap basters are available at the dollor store. I always pick up a handful, as the brake fluid seems to deteriorate the rubber bulb rather quickly. Usually after one brake flush job using it to suck the old fluid out. Steve Stoner Mike writes <Please note that this is, indeed, the last step for the turkey baster at least, and the turkey baster should take up permanent residence in your toolbax and not make its way back into the kitchen lest your thanksgiving turkey be (ahem) more flavorful than last year's.....> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:13:49 -0500 From: "Malcolm Reitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Brake warning light Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I figured I'd save aggravating the wife for something more important and picked up a turkey baster at the $0.99 store around the corner. Clean the brake fluid out before sticking the baster in with your good tools. Malcolm '88 M5 - fresh fluid in the PS, with the old removed via $0.99 turkey baster '98 328i -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] Brake warning light You skipped the last step in bleeding the brakes with a pressure bleeder, which is to piss off your mom/wife by stealing the turkey baster from the kitchen and using it (clean, of course) to suck the excess fluid out. Please note that this is, indeed, the last step for the turkey baster at least, and the turkey baster should take up permanent residence in your toolbax and not make its way back into the kitchen lest your thanksgiving turkey be (ahem) more flavorful than last year's..... -Mike 97 M3 IP #121 -----Original Message----- From: Carey Probst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:16 AM To: E36M3; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] Brake warning light I just changed the fluid in my 325e for the Watkins Glen weekend coming up and am now getting a flash of the brake warning light when I put on the brakes. The light is intermittent, comes on about 1/2 pressure and goes off at about 3/4. I used a pressure bleeder and it left the master over filled. Would too much fluid cause this? If so, how can I get out the excess without contaminating the fluid? Thanks. Carey Probst, '99 M3/2, '86 325e w/i cam BMW CCA Patroon and Genesee Valley Chapters JC CAIed and Sharked, Stressed, Schrothed, Gauged, Hitched, X-Braced Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ __ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ __ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ __ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:51:23 -0400 From: "Michael Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Brake warning light Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You skipped the last step in bleeding the brakes with a pressure bleeder, which is to piss off your mom/wife by stealing the turkey baster from the kitchen and using it (clean, of course) to suck the excess fluid out. Please note that this is, indeed, the last step for the turkey baster at least, and the turkey baster should take up permanent residence in your toolbax and not make its way back into the kitchen lest your thanksgiving turkey be (ahem) more flavorful than last year's..... -Mike 97 M3 IP #121 -----Original Message----- From: Carey Probst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 8:16 AM To: E36M3; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] Brake warning light I just changed the fluid in my 325e for the Watkins Glen weekend coming up and am now getting a flash of the brake warning light when I put on the brakes. The light is intermittent, comes on about 1/2 pressure and goes off at about 3/4. I used a pressure bleeder and it left the master over filled. Would too much fluid cause this? If so, how can I get out the excess without contaminating the fluid? Thanks. Carey Probst, '99 M3/2, '86 325e w/i cam BMW CCA Patroon and Genesee Valley Chapters JC CAIed and Sharked, Stressed, Schrothed, Gauged, Hitched, X-Braced Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ __ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________________ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:12:48 -0700 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E36 sunroof reinstallation w/out cartridge Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Um, wouldn't that have been a Confederate flag? Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [uuc] E36 sunroof reinstallation w/out cartridge >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Apr 25, 2004, at 5:46 PM, Marco Romani wrote: > re: water tightness. > >> I got a huge US flag made in adhesive vinyl and placed it over the sun >> roof. >> Water tight and patriotic at the same time. > >That's so ... so ... Dukes of Hazzard. > >- Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:22:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: e36 shifter... Directly fix to transmission? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gruppe: Came in late on this thread, but I've noticed, in billboard ads, that the 350Z shifter is bolted to a frame that bolts to the transmission. Looks like a many-fingered thing holding up the carrier with the finger ends bolted to the casing. Does not have the one end on chassis and other end of tranny setup. While this may make for more slopping around of the shift lever in the console as your accel/decel, etc., the shift action itself would be less sloppy. In the chassis-casing mounting, the slop in hole would be halved, but you'd get some of that going into the slop in shift. As usual, a trade-off (a very convenient term I learned only after coming to the US!). Doesn't seem to be used in Indian English. I think other cars, like the Miata, have a similar situation, but with the lever going into the casing directly. IMHO, this is equivalent to the 350Z setup, but with the difference that packaging allow the Miata guys a direct connection while the Z guys had to put the tranny ahead of the console hole like the BMW guys. Neil Deshpande ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:37:28 -0500 From: "Scott Staewen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Houston tire shops Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Malcolm, It's not exactly a tire shop, but Bavarian Machine Specialties will do your tires. It's at 3117 D'Amico St., near Buffalo Bayou -- not too far from I10 and 59. They will order them or mount tires you order from Tire Rack or wherever. I recently had them put new Pilot Sports on my M5. I've been very happy with their service. Scott >My 328i needs new tires (standard sport package 225/50-16s). Any >recommendations on a decent tire and alignment shops in Houston? I live >in Sugar Land and work around Hwy 59 & I-10, so those would be the >preferred parts of town. _________________________________________________________________ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:03:59 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Better than Rondezvous Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 4/28/04 8:31 AM, jkerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is flat out across NYC. OBMWC: count > how many BMWs you see in the video. > http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg Well, I guess film maker Lucas Brunelle deserves some kind of recognition for getting half the population of NYC pissed of at cyclists in one swell foop. Too bad someone didn't open a car door on this incipient organ donor - and please, not the brain - dipsh!t. (Warning for the curious: it's a 50MB download.) Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:11:27 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Better than Rondezvous Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 01:03:59PM -0500, Neil Maller wrote: > on 4/28/04 8:31 AM, jkerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I guess film maker Lucas Brunelle deserves some kind of > recognition for getting half the population of NYC pissed of at > cyclists in one swell foop. Too bad someone didn't open a car door on > this incipient organ donor - and please, not the brain - dipsh!t. It's been years since I was to NYC, but from what I saw, this is pretty standard bike messenger behavior. Those guys didn't suddenly develop those avoidance skills just for that little film. As a longtime cyclist, I enjoyed that immensely. -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:44:36 -0400 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Better than Rondezvous Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually, I've gone out and played with WAR, Washington area Rollerbladers that start every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm tearing around the streets of DC looking for long hills to skate down (there's a great one over by the train station, but you have to time the light at the bottom. Getting back to car videos, I was kind of impressed by the following. Think it's 12 MB. Yur basic Porsche GT3 tearing around the ring...some pretty neat shots of tires smoking in opposite lock at speed. http://www.lad.lv/~martini/porsche/Videos/RUF-CTR_Nurburgring2.wmv Marc Plante E36 325i, 220k (For Sale) E36 M3/4 50k Vienna, VA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:59:56 -0400 From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Better than Rondezvous Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe the clip I saw at the link below is the RUF turbo aka yellow bird?, not a GT3. I have a few miles in 911's at speed, both turbo and NA. I truly cant understand the steering inputs in that video. In any 911 I have driven, that type of steering would result in either 1. too little turning at turn in, 2. off roading if inputting 3-4inch movements of the wheel at triple digit speeds on a straight section of the track. Great video, but the steering just doesn't make sense if you really pay attention to it. Mike -> -----Original Message----- -> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Plante -> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:45 PM -> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Subject: Re: [UUC] Better than Rondezvous -> -> -> Actually, I've gone out and played with WAR, Washington area -> Rollerbladers that start every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm -> tearing around the streets of DC looking for long hills to -> skate down (there's a great one over by the train station, -> but you have to time the light at the bottom. -> -> Getting back to car videos, I was kind of impressed by the -> following. Think it's 12 MB. Yur basic Porsche GT3 tearing -> around the ring...some pretty neat shots of tires smoking in -> opposite lock at speed. -> http://www.lad.lv/~martini/porsche/Videos/RUF-CTR_Nurburgring2.wmv Marc Plante E36 325i, 220k (For Sale) E36 M3/4 50k Vienna, VA Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ __ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:06:41 -0500 From: "BMWBits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "E21 Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "E9coupes BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Senior Six Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sixer coupe Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Uucdigest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "2002digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Carbide screwdrivers ?? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, I am sick and tired of soft-tipped Phillips screwdrivers that get me halfway into a job then strip their tips and mess up the screws . I know all about "Get them properly lined up and push while turning " ..which is wonderful in theory , provided the design engineers who create the object I am working on give me the requisite access ..which they seldom do ... SO ...has anyone got , seen , heard of , or smelled a set of drewscrivers with Tungsten carbide tips ?? Long ones , short ones , fat and thin ones ..I want to buy a full set !! Help !! Off-digest replies pls ...save the endangered bandwith .. Bill Proud with a drawer-full of chisels that used-to-be screwdrivers !! Seattle Summers , Tennessee Winters . Long Commute between , ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:04:38 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Carbide screwdrivers ?? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm no carbide expert, but I've worked with the stuff enough to know it is EXTREMELY brittle and would not likely make good screwdrivers. There are some very tough grades of tool steel which would get you what you want and be far more durable than carbide (D2 comes to mind). There may be grades of carbide that are tough enough to do the job, but it doesn't feel like the right answer to me. But to answer your question in either case ... No. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BMWBits Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:07 PM To: E21 Digest; E9coupes BMW; Senior Six Digest; Sixer coupe Group; Uucdigest; 2002digest Subject: [UUC] Carbide screwdrivers ?? Well, I am sick and tired of soft-tipped Phillips screwdrivers that get me halfway into a job then strip their tips and mess up the screws . I know all about "Get them properly lined up and push while turning " ..which is wonderful in theory , provided the design engineers who create the object I am working on give me the requisite access ..which they seldom do ... SO ...has anyone got , seen , heard of , or smelled a set of drewscrivers with Tungsten carbide tips ?? Long ones , short ones , fat and thin ones ..I want to buy a full set !! Help !! Off-digest replies pls ...save the endangered bandwith .. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:39:05 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Carbide screwdrivers ?? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I tend to agree with you about the carbide being a bit brittle for this application, but it may be possible as there are grades of tungsten, tantalum and titanium carbide that are useable for rock drilling bits for mining and deep well drilling. As you noted a good grade of tool steel that has been properly formed, heat treated, drawn and tempered should do a very satisfactory job. I have used Wiha and other brands with satisfaction. David in Richmond, VA -----Original Message----- From: Karl Zemlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Apr 28, 2004 9:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] Carbide screwdrivers ?? I'm no carbide expert, but I've worked with the stuff enough to know it is EXTREMELY brittle and would not likely make good screwdrivers. There are some very tough grades of tool steel which would get you what you want and be far more durable than carbide (D2 comes to mind). There may be grades of carbide that are tough enough to do the job, but it doesn't feel like the right answer to me. But to answer your question in either case ... No. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BMWBits Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:07 PM To: E21 Digest; E9coupes BMW; Senior Six Digest; Sixer coupe Group; Uucdigest; 2002digest Subject: [UUC] Carbide screwdrivers ?? Well, I am sick and tired of soft-tipped Phillips screwdrivers that get me halfway into a job then strip their tips and mess up the screws . I know all about "Get them properly lined up and push while turning " ..which is wonderful in theory , provided the design engineers who create the object I am working on give me the requisite access ..which they seldom do ... SO ...has anyone got , seen , heard of , or smelled a set of drewscrivers with Tungsten carbide tips ?? Long ones , short ones , fat and thin ones ..I want to buy a full set !! Help !! Off-digest replies pls ...save the endangered bandwith .. Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________________ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(14 messages) **********
