The BMW UUC Digest
Volume 2 : Issue 262 : "text" Format
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Need E30 325i tachometer/wiring help
Re: Need E30 325i tachometer/wiring help
Re: Need E30 325i tachometer/wiring help
Re: S$$$ happens
Re: S$$$ happens
Re: S$$$ happens
Re: S$$$ happens
New M5
Peake code reader
Re: Peake code reader
Re: Peake code reader
Re: Peake code reader
01 M3
Re: 01 M3
shipping a car
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:42:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Muskopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need E30 325i tachometer/wiring help
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all,
My 1989 325i tach is not working. I am building up a Spec E30 car,
and I can't figure out what is wrong. I have a known working cluster.
Could it be a bad SI board? Will new batteries help?
Which wire carries the signal from the Motronic box to the tach? I
think it's a white with black stripe wire, but I'm not sure. Anyone
know which pin on which plug on the back of the cluster it is? And
which pin on the big Motronic plug is it? The E30 Bentley manual is
lacking in wiring diagrams.
Can I simply take a wire from the coil ground to the instrument
cluster like an aftermarket tach?
I'm desperate. I need to get this fixed by tomorrow.
Thanks in advance!
JamesM
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:41:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "James Muskopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need E30 325i tachometer/wiring help
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
James Muskopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> My 1989 325i tach is not working. I am building up a Spec E30 car,
> and I can't figure out what is wrong. I have a known working cluster.
>
> Could it be a bad SI board? Will new batteries help?
if the SI board batteries are dead (or mostly dead) they will definitely take
out the tach (and the mpg gauge)
I've replaced a few by unsoldering the nicads from the SI board, soldering in
two wires (routed through a small hole filed into the edge of the cluster
cover) and hooking them into a 2-AA battery holder (with 2 AA nicads) tie
wrapped out of the way somewhere
make sure you charge the nicads before installing
when reinstalling you can leave out the SI light board (never have to reset
the lights again), but DO have to include the SI circuit board with working
batteries, otherwise the tach won't work
chris pawlowicz
'89 325i
'99 Z3 2.8
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:16:27 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "James Muskopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need E30 325i tachometer/wiring help
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"James Muskopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My 1989 325i tach is not working. I am building up a Spec E30 car,
> and I can't figure out what is wrong. I have a known working cluster.
>
> Could it be a bad SI board? Will new batteries help?
Yes it could.
I would even say it's the most likely scenario if the old cluster has been
sitting disconnected for any length of time.
HTH,
alex f
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:51:48 -0400
From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: S$$$ happens
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There was a comedian (Gallagher, Carlin,???) that suggested that we
> "good drivers" should be equipped with paint ball guns. Then
> when we saw
> someone doing something stupid we blast their car with the
> paint gun. When
> the cops see a car with 3 paint gun blasts they pull them
> over and give them
> a ticket for being stupid. That flaw in the scheme is that
> the idiots would
> find a way to get paint ball guns and blast US with them.
I think it's more likely that there would be bills, lawyers, suits about the
fact that not being "good" implies someone is "bad," which would surely hurt
their feelings. I'm sure that demographic, racial or gender (especially
gender, I'd think :-P) groups most excluded from the "good drivers" would
have to have some kind of law passed to garauntee that there was an equal
number of all groups put into the "good drivers with paintball guns" club.
This would lead to some of us snobby "driving elite" being necessarily
bumped.....
Of course, then how would you determine a "good driver?" Testing is
obviously biased towards what ever group makes the test & therefore couldn't
be administered to the other groups. So, I guess you'd have to take a
survey & ask people if they were "good drivers." Last I saw, 87% of
liscenced drivers said they were "good drivers." So, now we're to the root
of the problem......either none of those people leave the house, OR
everybody holding me up on the way home is liscneced!!!!!!!!
>
> Dennis
> 01 M5 silver/black
Lee
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:26:05 -0400
From: "Josh Coltrane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S$$$ happens
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've always thought that banning automatic transmissions would cure most
of the stop and go traffic problem. Lots of people would quit driving,
and those who didn't wouldn't want to do the 1st gear-2nd gear shuffle
for more than about a day before they figured out that their left leg
would be much happier if they'd just go a constant 15mph.
-Josh Coltrane
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Wynne
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UUC] S$$$ happens
That is the one, thanks!
Dennis
At 12:29 PM 07/08/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Dennis Wynne wrote:
> > Someone had a web page about driving a constant speed rather than
> > stopping and starting - I tried to Google it up, but didn't find it
(yet).
>
>You might be thinking of this website:
>
>http://www.amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html
>
>--Andre
>
>
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:33:30 -0500
From: Jenny Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: S$$$ happens
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think the best way to deal with traffic came out of the mouth of Will
Rogers...
Only allow cars on the road that are fully paid for.
-Jenny Morgan
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:02:02 -0500
From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: S$$$ happens
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
That is the one, thanks!
Dennis
At 12:29 PM 07/08/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Dennis Wynne wrote:
> > Someone had a web page about driving a constant speed rather than stopping
> > and starting - I tried to Google it up, but didn't find it (yet).
>
>You might be thinking of this website:
>
>http://www.amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html
>
>--Andre
>
>
>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
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:29:47 -0400
From: "carl sewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "BMWUUCDIGEST \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New M5
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But will it make it to the USA??
http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2040623.001/bmw/1.html
Carl
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:43:32 -0500
From: "Ivan Demkovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Peake code reader
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is it worth it? I read they don't read all codes.
Should I get it or Peake reset tool is all that needed?
Thanks,
Ivan D.
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:30:14 -0700
From: Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Peake code reader
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 01:43 PM 7/8/04, Ivan Demkovitch talked about:
>Is it worth it?
I think so, but then I have 2 E36s out of warranty that I do a lot of the
work on myself. $149 is cheap if it allows me to fix a problem myself or
saves my mechanic some diagnosis time.
>I read they don't read all codes.
Not that I'm aware of. There isn't a whole lot of explanation about the
codes, but I haven't found a case where the Peake tool wouldn't read out a
code.
>Should I get it or Peake reset tool is all that needed?
If all you want to do is reset the SI light, then all you need is the reset
tool. If you want to diagnose the occasional CE light, then you'll want the
code reader.
My 2 cents,
Jim Bassett
1998 M3/4
1993 325is #44 JP/A5
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:39:42 -0400
From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Peake code reader
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1995 or earlier will tell you codes via the check engine light flashes.
1996 or later can use a generic OBD II reader which is cheaper than the
Peake and will read any 1996 or later car.
Dealer tools will read many more codes and perform all sorts of diagnoses.
Gary Derian
> Is it worth it? I read they don't read all codes.
> Should I get it or Peake reset tool is all that needed?
>
> Thanks,
> Ivan D.
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:36:31 -0500
From: "Ivan Demkovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Peake code reader
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks guys.
I have 97' 540i/6 and I'm DIY guy.
I think this tool a must for me. I heard that "it's not reading anything"
and was thinking if I need to buy it...
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Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UUC] Peake code reader
1995 or earlier will tell you codes via the check engine light flashes. 1996
or later can use a generic OBD II reader which is cheaper than the Peake and
will read any 1996 or later car.
Dealer tools will read many more codes and perform all sorts of diagnoses.
Gary Derian
> Is it worth it? I read they don't read all codes.
> Should I get it or Peake reset tool is all that needed?
>
> Thanks,
> Ivan D.
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:58:56 -0500
From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "BMW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 01 M3
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I had heard somewhere there were troubles with the E46 M3 when it came out.
I am looking at an 01 M3 coupe with 53k miles. Are there any issues with
these engines? On roadfly they were talking about bearing failures and this
and that.
Alex Cagann
http://www.autoconsortium.com
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:26:41 -0400
From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 01 M3
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Nothing but a few 100 motor's exploding and resale with it
Mike
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-> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Cagann
-> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 5:59 PM
-> To: BMW List
-> Subject: [UUC] 01 M3
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->
-> I had heard somewhere there were troubles with the E46 M3
-> when it came out. I am looking at an 01 M3 coupe with 53k
-> miles. Are there any issues with these engines? On roadfly
-> they were talking about bearing failures and this and that.
->
-> Alex Cagann
-> http://www.autoconsortium.com
->
->
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-> the BMW CCA.
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-> UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the
-> Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092
-> . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com
->
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:15:24 -0400
From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bmwuucdigest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: shipping a car
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am in the process of selling a car to a buyer who is reluctant to make the
trip to pick up the car. I would only need to ship the car regionally in
Virginia.
Can anyone get to me with referrals and approximate costs to ship a car
about 300 mi?
Thanks,
Marc Plante
Vienna, VA
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