The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 236 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Gas detectors For all you Mitsu EVO fans, who go to the track or auto-x, doh. Re: Front Seatback Removal Neat 2002 parts on ebay.de Wanted: 1602 brake shoes / 700 parts Need an E30 325e cat. Re: Update on Rear Hub Removal / Brake Job <long> Re: Update on Rear Hub Removal / Brake Job <long> Independent or dealer recommendation - N Caldwell NJ 318ti NOT braindead E36 Rear View Mirror Re: E36 Rear View Mirror Re: E36 Rear View Mirror Re: E36 Rear View Mirror and related... Jeremy Clarkson on F1, Ralf, BMW 645Ci and homosexuals driving 911 Cabrios
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:33:51 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Gas detectors Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve and others, I'm glad to hear that BMW is keeping up with the state of the art in unwanted odor detection, but my question still stands. Who has the best technology for determining the source of the odor? If it is from inside the car, I would think that it would lower the windows, slide open the sunroof and engage the warning flashers so that following drivers could keep a safe distance. Scott >Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:38:50 -0700 >From: Steve Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Gas detectors >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Scott Miller wrote: > >On an automotive note, I recall reading about a detector in the HVAC system >of some Mercedes Benz automobiles. When it detects unpleasant smells, it >switches the system to recirculate. I always wondered how it knew that the >unpleasant smells were coming from OUTSIDE the car? > >Scott, this feature is also available on BMWs. My E39 has this capability where the HVAC system >automatically switches to and from recirculate. > >Steve Albrecht ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:19:44 -0400 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ferrari List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BMW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: For all you Mitsu EVO fans, who go to the track or auto-x, doh. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Beware.... http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?threadid=83525 vty, --Dennis ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:05:32 -0400 From: Martin Bullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Front Seatback Removal Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brett, Early and late Vaders, huh? Just my luck to have the early ones... Thanks for the information. It confirms and expands greatly on what I'd suspected. Sounds like I'm in for a fun weekend. Martin Bullen '95 M3 '97 Z3 2.8 On Jun 15, 2004, at 12:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:38:58 -0400 > From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Front Seatback Removal > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is no seat back cover on the early Vader seats. > > The surface that you can see from the back seat is the seat shell. > > The leather is wrapped around it's edges and tucked in, tight. You > need to > remove the two staples securing the leather cover to the shell, down > in a > similar position to where the write up you mention shows the screws. > > Then you need to pull the leather out of the channel around the shell, > finally pulling the entire leather/foam front off the seat to access > the > mechanism. > > Not a fun job. 5 times less fun trying to put it back together. > > Brett Anderson > KMS > > >> -----Original Message----- >> I need to remove the passenger-side front seatback (or, at least, the >> cover) to get at the broken seat back tilt-cable. >> Chris Connor's website, http://m3.digital7.com/vaderswap.php is very >> useful, but I'm stalled at one of the first steps: I cannot find the >> 2 >> torx screws he mentions as holding on the seatback; other postings in >> the archives while inspirationally useful also don't locate these >> screws. The only ones I can find are the two under the seat towards >> the back, that hold on a plastic cover that stop you scraping your >> shoes on a metal stiffening bar. >> >> Where are those two missing screws? >> >> The car is a 6/94 M3 with manual heated Vaders. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:53:13 +0000 From: "Gregory Bradbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Neat 2002 parts on ebay.de Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No one I know, endorse or am commissioned to. Look for these from ebay in Germany!! 2481887807, 75% LSD for 2002 2481887281, sport 5 speed for 2002 (disassembled) 2481885864, sport 5 speed for 2002 (complete) Good luck !! Gregory in Geneva ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:57:30 +0000 From: "Gregory Bradbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wanted: 1602 brake shoes / 700 parts Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm about to redo a 700's brakes and the 1602 uses the same. For those with old things in their garage, I'm looking for one (or two) sets of brake shoes (or the linings to rivet to the metal supports) for the early 1602 (small 200 mm drums, same as the 700 air cooled car). 2002 shoes are NOT the same (they are bigger at 230 mm), nor E21/2002 turbo/2800 CS (250 mm). Anyone with specific NOS 700 parts, please contact me off digest. BR, Gregory in Geneva ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:53:37 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Need an E30 325e cat. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone got a catalytic converter lying around that they want to get rid of? My mechanic's just died and I don't pay him enough to replace it with new. 5/86 E30 325e Manual trans. Must be from 325e up to 9/87 production with manual trans. Thanks Brett Anderson KMS --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 5/22/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:47:40 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Update on Rear Hub Removal / Brake Job <long> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 6/15/04 11:27 AM, "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know you've all been waiting with baited breath to find out what > happened. Not me, man. Even a bottle of mouthwash and a tin of curiously strong mints couldn't take care of that kind of halitosis! Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:17:06 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Update on Rear Hub Removal / Brake Job <long> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe the term is "bated breath" <http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=websters&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D3256489eeaae7e15%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dwebsters%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.m-w.com%252Fdictionary.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DnsBrowserRoll%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.m-w.com%2Fdictionary.htm> Ed Quotes supervisor (as opposed to grammar queen) Neil Maller wrote: >on 6/15/04 11:27 AM, "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > >>I know you've all been waiting with baited breath to find out what >>happened. >> >> > >Not me, man. Even a bottle of mouthwash and a tin of curiously strong mints >couldn't take care of that kind of halitosis! > >Neil >96 M3 > >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, 15 Jun 2004 21:04:39 -0400 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Independent or dealer recommendation - N Caldwell NJ Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone have a recommendation of an independent or dealer in the North Caldwell area of Joisey? -- ...steven 2003 Mini Cooper S 1996 BMW 328ti 1990 Mazda MX6 +200000 miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:25:54 -0500 From: "tom dotzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 318ti NOT braindead Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Had the ti carried to the dealer for no start. Thought it was surely the DME or maybe EWS. Thought I had checked everything. Didn't check the crank sensor, though. Apparently it was plugged in but loose in the mounting. They tightened it up. Car starts fine. No charge...I can't believe it. The chief tech/shop mgr. knows I am deranged and took pity. He actually has loaned me a tool a time or two. Nice to have some friends at the dealership. Plus all the service writers were on vacation 'cept the new guy. Thanks to all who posted helpful stuff. I am riding my supercharged beastie again at last. Now, back to my never-ending fixit list. Tom Dotzler ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:48:31 -0700 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW BMW BMW BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E36 Rear View Mirror Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The rear view mirror just fell off the front window of a friends 1994 E36 325is. Does anyone have any recommendations of a place he can take it in the San Francisco area that will do a good job gluing it back on for a good price? I seem to remember that the rear view mirror glue kits from the auto part stores don't work well, or are there new ones that work better? Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:58:03 -0700 From: Marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E36 Rear View Mirror Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> it just fell off? That's weird. You know they don't use glue on those. It's a spring fit gizmo. Marco Kevin Kelly wrote: >The rear view mirror just fell off the front window of a friends 1994 E36 >325is. > >Does anyone have any recommendations of a place he can take it in the San >Francisco area that will do a good job gluing it back on for a good price? > >I seem to remember that the rear view mirror glue kits from the auto part >stores don't work well, or are there new ones that work better? > >Kevin Kelly >BMW CCA 50039 > >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, 15 Jun 2004 22:26:31 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E36 Rear View Mirror Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:48:31AM -0700, Kevin Kelly wrote: > The rear view mirror just fell off the front window of a friends 1994 E36 > 325is. > > Does anyone have any recommendations of a place he can take it in the San > Francisco area that will do a good job gluing it back on for a good price? > > I seem to remember that the rear view mirror glue kits from the auto part > stores don't work well, or are there new ones that work better? Mine fell off last year when I clobbered the mirror while cleaning the windshield. d'oh. I got a Permatex glue kit for rear view mirrors. It comes with some exotic goop to prep the steel and the glass before bonding. I followed the instructions to the letter, including using super fine sandpaper to smooth the steel button down after removing all the old glue. I stuck the steel button to the glass and waited a couple days before attaching the mirror to it. So far so good. Observe correct orientation so that the mirror mounts straight! I noticed while driving with only side mirrors that tailgaters have no effect. I recalled the same feeling while driving a dump truck some years back, but then was I far less concerned about getting rear ended by any car. :) -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:23:24 -0400 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E36 Rear View Mirror and related... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin -- sorry I can't help you... But on a related subject: where would I find (is there a separate P/N for) only the disc that gets glued on, without the mirror? I need to get one for a 1993 325is. Thanks. -Jay help request hijacker... *********** > The rear view mirror just fell off the front window of a friends 1994 E36 > 325is. > > Does anyone have any recommendations of a place he can take it in the San > Francisco area that will do a good job gluing it back on for a good price? > > I seem to remember that the rear view mirror glue kits from the auto part > stores don't work well, or are there new ones that work better? > > Kevin Kelly > BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:39:11 -0400 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ferrari List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "911" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BMW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Jeremy Clarkson on F1, Ralf, BMW 645Ci and homosexuals driving 911 Cabrios Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From The Sunday Times BMW 645 Convertible: Even Ralf could drive this By Jeremy Clarkson When you go to a grand prix only one thing really matters. What sort of pass you have dangling round your neck. I went to Monaco this year as a guest of Jaguar, which meant I had two passes: a green one which afforded me entry to their caravan in the paddock, and a silver one which allowed me into their hospitality unit above the start/finish line. Unfortunately, to get from one to the other I needed to cross a footbridge, which meant I needed a red pass, and red passes are only allocated to really important people who have liveried shirts and serious faces. You see someone with a red pass dangling among the medallions and you know they’re better than you. People with red passes have the swagger of 19th-century butlers. These people are allowed upstairs into the drawing room and as a result they sneer at the dishwashers with the green passes. And the only comfort we can take is that while they’re allowed over the footbridge and into the drawing room they’re not allowed on the grid after the cars have lined up at the start of the race. To do that you need a track pass and to get one of those you need to be mates with Bernie Ecclestone. This year at Monaco, Bernie’s mates included Lionel Richie, Roman Abramovich and, for some extraordinary reason, me. This meant I could go on the footbridge. And from there I could look down on the Gordon Jacksons. It also meant I was on the start line as the drivers climbed into their cars and started their engines. And as a result of that, my views on motor racing have changed for ever. As a spectator at events in the past, the most exciting thing had been the pass round my neck. At home, watching it on TV, the most exciting thing had been the adverts. But here, on the grid, the atmosphere was so electrifying the air felt almost solid. The only place you’d find pacy breathlessness to rival this is in an MTV video. And the only place you could find such a dazzling array of primary colours is in a seven-year-old’s pencil case. Then there was that primeval Jurassic howl as the V10s roared into life. I whirled round and round thinking: how in God’s name can they make this so dull and anodyne on television? Part of the problem is that the people who run the teams and organise the events and drive the cars are always there, live, as the race happens. So they never actually see just how stupefyingly dull this sport can be for the folks back home. They have their read-outs and their strategies and they can see that their man is gaining on the chap in front as each lap slides by. So they must think when the race is run, “Wow!” But we cannot see all these things on television. We only see the cars going round and round and then we nod off. There must be a way of capturing the crackle of excitement I felt in Monaco. I refuse to believe that these extraordinary cars, and the brave young men who try to tame them, cannot become a Michelin three-star feast of excitement on the electric fish tank. People have made cooking exciting. They have made other people moving house exciting. There is even a programme about dirty carpets which attracts a quarter of the total viewing audience every time it’s shown. So don’t tell me that a Jaguar doing 200mph inches from a Ferrari’s gearbox is dull. One of the things I’d do is ban stewards’ inquiries. After every incident, accident investigators sit down and study videotape to see who was to blame. Er... this is motor racing so no one was. Ever. Two weeks ago Takuma Sato did his best to liven things up at the European Grand Prix in Germany by diving down the inside of Rubens Barrichello’s Ferrari. Happily, the two cars touched and the Japanese driver was forced to pit for a new nose cone. It was a brilliant speck of chilli in a sea of wallpaper paste. But far away in the commentary box, James Allen and Martin Brundle told us it was a silly, impatient, reckless thing to do. What? Are they mad? Do they want to kill the sport? If I’d been in that commentary box I’d have been on my feet bellowing with excitement and calling for Sato to be knighted, or gutted, or whatever it is they do to heroes in Japan. I fear today’s observers are too close to the action. They are afraid to criticise drivers because, as we keep being told, they all sleep in the same hotel and give one another lifts to the circuit in a morning. They also know that if they criticise the sport itself their beloved passes will be taken away. Fine. Commentate from home. But give me the dirt. Give me a bad guy. Give me someone to hate. And you can start with Ralf Schumacher. Just because his brother is the greatest driver of all time does not mean he ’s even half way competent, or else why not have the news read tonight by Huw Edwards’s sister? Ralf is paid £7m a year by the BMW Williams team and I cannot remember seeing him overtake anyone, ever. He just cruises around at the back, getting in everyone’s way until he has a Reginald Molehusband accident. He pulls into the pits when there’s nothing wrong with his car. He brakes far too early for corners. And he has a face you’d never tire of punching. The only thing in F1 that’s uglier is that walrus-toothed car he drives. It makes my blood fizz that there’s a brilliant young guy called Anthony Davidson trying desperately to get a drive in Formula One. But he can’t get one because that sour-faced ape is in the way. I have a great deal more to say about Ralf and many, many plans for rejuvenating Formula One racing, but I’m afraid time is tight and I really must move on to this week’s car. The BMW 645Ci convertible. I’m not a fan of the hard-top version because it has awful seats, a terrible driving position, a nasty ride, a useless satellite navigation system, an ugly backside and, if you go for a manual, a dreadful clutch. I’d rather spend £6,000 more and buy a proper sports car like a Porsche 911, or a proper GT car like a Jaguar XKR. But it’s different with the convertible. You can’t have a Porsche with no roof because you’ll look like a homosexual, and you can’t have a drop-top Jag because the hood looks like it’s been made by Millets. You could have a Mercedes SL, of course, but the dealer will be rude and for this sort of money it’ll have the same sort of engine they put in a motorised pencil sharpener. As a result it will only do 4 mph. Sure, the new BMW convertible is still riddled with the faults that plague its more solid sister, but it’s rather elegant to behold and as a result it’ s a nice place to be. What’s more, with the roof down you can actually hear the 4.4 litre engine making V8 noises as you accelerate. It handles with much finesse and steers well, too, but it’s more a cruiser than a B-road barnstormer. I suspect BMW’s idea of the ultimate driving machine is far removed from mine. As is their idea of the ultimate driver. ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
