The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 217 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Turner SS brake lines Re: Wired News or Spider in the hole Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Yelp: broken radiator inlet: E36: Re: (Somewhat OT) Umoron level BMW website designers Re: UUC - e36 M3 shock questions Re: UUC - e36 M3 shock questions Re: caliper rebuild questions Stealth V-1 Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Re: disabling CEL? WTB: E36 Driver Fender
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:11:05 -0400 From: Marty Fraiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Try the 'User Agent Toolbar Widget' [http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#uawidget.] and/or 'User Agent Switcher' extension for Firefox [http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#useragentswitcher]. They allow you to set the User-Agent HTTP header string to various values. Of course YMMV since many non standards-compliant sites rely on IE-specifics. HTH, Marty JKerouac wrote: > Guess what happens when trying to enter the > http://www.bmwtechinfo.com/ website using either Mozilla or its > Firefox browser? > > We're sorry, but the BMW TIS website was designed for Internet > Explorer 5.0+ and Netscape 6.0+ Web-Browsers running on the Microsoft > Windows operating system. > > Currently, you are using Netscape 0 which must be upgraded to > view this site. > You may upgrade your browser version by clicking on the > respective link below. > > > I run a nearly IE free server and prefer to avoid like the plague that > "hack me, oh hack me baby", "a patch a day still won't keep the > hackers away" MS browser, and the current Nyetscape that is based on > the problematic early Mozilla releases. > Anyone know a contact person at BMW to get this umoron level of > programming corrected or a quick regedit that will fake out the website? > tia, > Barry > 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: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:12:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Joel Gallun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "[uucdigest]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bmw digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, JKerouac wrote: > Anyone know a contact person at BMW to get this umoron level of > programming corrected or a quick regedit that will fake out the website? You can get an extension for mozilla/firefox that lets you change the user-agent string (browser id) http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/ you can set your user-agent to IE or whatever it requires when you visit that broken website Joel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:19:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Turner SS brake lines Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone have any negative opinions about the Turner SS lines? About to order a set, as I noticed I am in _quite_ dire need of some new lines while installing my new suspension. Any recommendations for other places with better/higher quality lines appreciated as well. Also, is Super Blue fluid more hygroscopic than standard brake fluid, or does the normal change once a year guideline still applicable? Brian 93 325 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:30:21 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wired News or Spider in the hole Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rob, Interesting..... I'd have thought our arachnid friends would have been deterred by the fuel fumes but no....... I recall that BMW had the same problems with the same system and the same causes a couple of years ago. <OBMWC> -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:14:47 -0700 From: Tom Childers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I would send a message using the bmwusa.com contact page. The URL is http://www.bmwusa.com/BMW2003/Templates/Contact%20Us/ ContactSiteRep.aspx? NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fContact%2fContactSiteRep%2ehtm&NRNODEG UID=%7b1B02CA3C-1F83-44BB-9F02-BA5690872E36%7d&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&bhcp=1 This is a problem for anyone with a Macintosh or a Unix/Linux-based computer, and is actually a technical embarrassment. Neither browser is being developed for Macs any longer. There is no reason for such a restriction, unless they are confining themselves to using proprietary Microsoft technology. As an engineer, I don't know why a serious business would do that...but no need to start a flame war :-) -tdc 4 BMWs, and an irritated long-time supporter On Jun 1, 2004, at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guess what happens when trying to enter the http://www.bmwtechinfo.com/ > website using either Mozilla or its Firefox browser? > > We're sorry, but the BMW TIS website was designed for Internet Explorer > 5.0+ and Netscape 6.0+ Web-Browsers running on the Microsoft Windows > operating system. > > Currently, you are using Netscape 0 which must be upgraded to view > this site. > You may upgrade your browser version by clicking on the respective > link below. > > > I run a nearly IE free server and prefer to avoid like the plague that > "hack me, oh hack me baby", "a patch a day still won't keep the hackers > away" MS browser, and the current Nyetscape that is based on the > problematic early Mozilla releases. > Anyone know a contact person at BMW to get this umoron level of > programming corrected or a quick regedit that will fake out the > website? > tia, > Barry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:08:04 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[uucdigest]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bmw digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Yelp: broken radiator inlet: E36: Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yelp: broken radiator inlet: E36: So that's what happens? I see all these posting about broken plastic housings on E36 radiators, but only on race cars and in severe climates. Well maybe in some temperate zones too? Would someone please send me the list that was posted recently on sources for reasonably priced radiators for E36 //M3 or another vendor for prefereably all metal housing radiators? Ideally a store in California, SF Bay area is best. Or to ask and maybe the wish will be answered, anyone in the Bay Area have an E36 radiator I could buy or borrow cheap for the few days it will take for a new one to arrive? Thanks in advance, Barry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:10:28 -0700 From: "M. Benjamin Mehling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: (Somewhat OT) Umoron level BMW website designers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You need to change your UserAgent string that the browser sends. There's info all over, here's one to look at: http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/UserAgentString Cheers, Ben Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:04:13 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Umoron level BMW website designers ===== <snip> Anyone know a contact person at BMW to get this umoron level of programming corrected or a quick regedit that will fake out the website? <snip> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:30:42 -0400 From: "Michael Gambini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: UUC - e36 M3 shock questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just installed a set of the older design Bilsteins(got them used) on my 96 M3 with OEM springs. I cut down the internal bump stops, because I was advised that there might be bottoming if I did not. Other than that, they work great. Ride is very firm, but no more so than with the OEM shocks. Bilstein has a newer design that probably does not require the bumpstops to be cut. Koni's are good also, but Bilsteins are more "serious". Konis set on medium adjustment still ride softer than Bilsteins. I also don't like the idea of having to cut your stock struts for the Koni inserts. I did get an alignment after the install but not sure if you have to. There is little play in the mounting holes etc, so I would guess that the alignment is just a comfort item. MikeG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Batt, Jeff (MED)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:10 AM Subject: [UUC] UUC - e36 M3 shock questions > Hello all, > > A few questions regarding replacing shocks on my M3. After reading > several posts from this board, I have to admit, I'm a little confused. > The majority of posters here seems to recommend the blistein sport > shock/strut or the koni set up. I was looking at the blisteins...but > when I looked at various on line stores to purchase a set, some shops > mention these shocks being the perfect match for 'low travel' > suspensions with shorter sport springs installed. In fact, I think the > Pelican shop mentions they are ONLY for cars with shorter springs? - > maybe I'm misreading? Can someone confirm if I can use Blistein sports > with stock 1995 M3 springs? > > Additionally, I don't have much (ok any) experience changing struts...do > I need to get a $100 BMW alignment after changing my shocks/struts? > > Thanks! Battman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:50:40 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: UUC - e36 M3 shock questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > suspensions with shorter sport springs installed. In fact, I think the > > Pelican shop mentions they are ONLY for cars with shorter springs? - > > maybe I'm misreading? You can use Bilstein HDs if you want to stay with stock springs. They're the same valving, just a longer body. As mike mentioned, the Koni's are a little more compliant in their middle and softer settings, though you have to do surgery on your front struts to put them in. Marc Plante E36 325i, 220k [For Sale] E36 M3/4, 49k 2002 Audi AR Vienna, VA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:09:52 -0700 From: Herman Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: caliper rebuild questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Call me Queequeg. :) >Any quality kit is good. Grease IS essential for a long lasting rebuild. I >use Dow Corning 111 silicone grease on both the piston and seals, and the >guide pins. ATE has a special brake grease that is as good or better. You >do not want any brake fluid past the o-ring. Brake fluid absorbs moisture >and will corrode the metal parts. Pack a reasonable amount of grease on the >outside of the square seal and inside the rubber boot as an additional >moisture barrier. Thanks Queeg. The local parts store carries both tubes of silicone grease, and bottles of brake cylinder assembly lube. I guess for this application, the grease would be the better choice. Herman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:31:59 -0700 From: "Jay Schwegmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMWuucdigest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Stealth V-1 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a friend I turned on to the V-1 a few months ago. He has a POS Toyota pickup that he commutes with and mounted the remote display on his dash, between the tach and speedo I think. Cool thing he's doing now is rigging a "box" that looks like a CB radio up near the roofline right above the mirror. He's into fiddling with stuff like that, but anyway he's got a smoked glass panel that looks a lot like the LED tuner so the rear-facing antenna works OK. He's got most of it built and it really does look a lot like a 1980's vintage CB. He's a real radar nut... was into all kinds of "stuff" in the USAF and raves on about his V-1 ;) Jay Schwegmann 94 325is (traditionally mounted V-1) 95 318i 74 914 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:24:56 -0700 From: Avinash Heroor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Usual solution for this and other similar sites: http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#useragentswitcher For those of you on list wondering what Firefox is: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Try it out and say goodbye to popups, and browser hijackers. Avi '85 535i (OBMWC) '00 R1150GS >Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:04:13 -0700 >From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "[uucdigest]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > bmw digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Guess what happens when trying to enter the http://www.bmwtechinfo.com/ >website using either Mozilla or its Firefox browser? > >We're sorry, but the BMW TIS website was designed for Internet Explorer >5.0+ and Netscape 6.0+ Web-Browsers running on the Microsoft Windows >operating system. > > Currently, you are using Netscape 0 which must be upgraded to view >this site. > You may upgrade your browser version by clicking on the respective >link below. > > >I run a nearly IE free server and prefer to avoid like the plague that >"hack me, oh hack me baby", "a patch a day still won't keep the hackers >away" MS browser, and the current Nyetscape that is based on the >problematic early Mozilla releases. >Anyone know a contact person at BMW to get this umoron level of >programming corrected or a quick regedit that will fake out the website? >tia, >Barry > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:33:22 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[uucdigest]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Umoron level BMW website designers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The many open source advocates on the list are making me feel silly for not installing the useragentswitcher in the first place. Btw, after a few weeks with the Thunderbird email client, its Junk mail controls have brilliantly adapted and now less than one in a hundred spams don't automatically get flagged, and likewise for false positives. "Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more." Check out http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Thunderbird lets you say goodbye to rickety bloatware like MSOutlook forever. OBMWC: This list is great. A nearby member is stopping by my house on the way to work in the morning to drop me off a used radiator to get 'Jack back On The Road until the new all metal one arrives. Barry Avinash Heroor wrote: > Usual solution for this and other similar sites: > http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#useragentswitcher For those > of you on list wondering what Firefox is: > http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Try it out and say goodbye to > popups, and browser hijackers. > Avi '85 535i (OBMWC) '00 R1150GS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:39:00 -0500 From: "Scott Staewen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: disabling CEL? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This takes the mystery out of my car's behavior when the cam position sensors fail. It's nice to finally understand what's going on. Does anyone know of links to OBD II drive cycles for specific cars, esp the E39 M5? Scott >If you're interested in the details of the drive cycle Google "OBDII Drive >cycle." The drive cycle varies somewhat by manufacturer based on their >specific implementation of OBDII requirements, and probably varies over >models and/or model years as the implementation has evolved. > >Brian '94 325ic _________________________________________________________________ MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access fights spam and pop-ups – now 3 months FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:57:39 -0400 From: "Chris Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WTB: E36 Driver Fender Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello group, This past Saturday my wife backed into my E36 with our minivan. It wasn't directly behind her, so she got the driver's side fender. It's not really too bad and doesn't affect anything functionally, but if someone happens to have a black one available I'd be interested in buying it. I'm going to try to see how well it pops out, but with that body line there I don't think I'm going to have much success. Thanks, Chris B. '94 325i <------150,000 miles and straight until last Saturday --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/2004 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
