The BMW UUC Digest
Volume 3 : Issue 277 : "text" Format
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Re: [E30] wiper malfunction
Re: E39 540i/6 driveline issues
Oktoberfest Question was :An unexpected free day in Germany - what
to do?
Re: Check out eBay: oktoberfest bild, Reklame Werbung, Motive, Sammeln
Re: Check out eBay: oktoberfest bild, Reklame Werbung, Motive, Sammeln
Re: E39 540i/6 driveline issues
Oktoberfest poster....
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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:12:16 -0400
From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: [E30] wiper malfunction
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sounds somewhat similar to my E28 wiper failure, so you may want to evaluate
a bit more. I would have expected the motor to die slowly rather than
suddenly. Isn't it possible for the arms to loosen up relative to the motor
as well? My failure was the steering wheel stalk/switch.
I can't recall if they ever worked slowly (I think so). But sometimes they
would not work, would only work at a certain speed, or sometimes at the
wrong speed (relative to lever position). Once working, they would remain
working, unless you moved the lever, then it was crapshoot whether they
would continue working or whether you would have to wait.
Stan
> From: "Gilbert Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hey Gruppe:
>
> Couldn't find anything in the archives about diagnosis of this. So here it
> is.
>
> Car: 1987 325(e) 213xxx miles
>
> About a month ago after driving down a dusty Forest Service road, the
wiper
> did not work. (I attempted to wash the windshield.) I had apparently left
> them on, and sometime within the next 90 miles they started working again.
I
> attributed it to bumpy road and dust. (Wishful thinking.)
>
> Last night after my car had been parked under a sappy conifer, and I used
> the wipers to clean the windshield, they slowed down. I was hoping that it
> was increased friction from the sap, but I am an optimist.
>
> I'm thinking motor. Anyone else agree/disagree? I would like to have
> functional wipers before it starts raining everyday here in Seattle.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gilbert
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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:17:17 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Rich Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: E39 540i/6 driveline issues
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My appologies to Rich and the group...man when I screw up, I screw up.
Even when I admit my errors and appologize I screw that up too, oh well all I
can say in my defense is I ahve been sick LOL
David Ellsworth
Richmond, VA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Rich Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Oct 2, 2006 10:48 PM
>To: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [UUC] E39 540i/6 driveline issues
>
>David,
>
>Just an FYI, on the message you sent to me, it looks like you only sent it
>to me but it appears you meant to copy the digest (not apparent unless you
>did a BCC).
>
>Regards,
>
>Rich
>
>On 10/2/06, Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> DAMN...
>>
>> Rich you are correct and I am glad you caught my typing error.
>>
>> I ment to say, "Not sure what prior owner did, but officially dual-mass
>> flywheels are
>> NOT resurfaceable. Not sure if this is your problem, but worth keeping in
>> mind."
>>
>> That is what I get for answering anything at that time of morning without
>> my tea.
>>
>> Yes, the dual-mass is NOT considered resurfaceable. I can also confirm
>> that if they go bad, it is bloody unlikely that you can take off
>> smoothly. My 96 318ti was always hard to take off from a stop when the
>> clutch was hot. When the dealer replaced my gearbox for the shift detent
>> issue at less than 50,000 miles I had them replace the clutch and flywheel
>> and the dual-mass had excessive rotational play. Basically it was not
>> damping the clucth engagement properly...winding up and unwinding, widing up
>> and unwinding until fully engaged. Damn car would almost jump up and down
>> when it was hot and the clutch would chudder.
>>
>> Again thanks to Rich for keeping my typing honest
>>
>> David Ellsworth
>> Richmond, VA
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Rich Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >Sent: Oct 2, 2006 5:33 PM
>> >To: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
>> >Subject: Re: [UUC] E39 540i/6 driveline issues
>> >
>> >On 10/2/06, Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Not sure what prior owner did, but officially dual-mass flywheels are
>> >> resurfaceable. Not sure if this is your problem, but worth keeping in
>> mind.
>> >
>> >
>> >I have actually always heard the opposite, dual mass flywheels are very
>> hard
>> >to resurface and BMW does not recommend it.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Rich
>>
>>
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:37:41 -0400
From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: Oktoberfest Question was :An unexpected free day in Germany - what
to do?
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Office mate just came back from Oktoberfest and she brought me a
wonderful 1 liter stein with a logo of this year's Oktoberfest.
She really wants a poster with the same design on the poster as is on
the stein but although she saw many, no one would sell her one.
How can I get such an item?
ED
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:02:52 -0400
From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: Re: Check out eBay: oktoberfest bild, Reklame Werbung, Motive, Sammeln
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks to all who have responded!
It is not on eBay, German or American sites.
It is not available from the Oktoberfest souvenir page.
IT was commissioned from a contest run annually by the city of Munich
and is the property of the city. There must be strong controls on it for
eBay has no vendors.
Here is what I'm looking for:
<http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/raw/Tourismusamt/oktoberfest/138589/Posterarchiv.html>
I can't tell if they will sell me one from this year (2006) with
Bavarian Cloud.
Ed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Click here: eBay: oktoberfest bild, Reklame Werbung, Motive, Sammeln
> Seltenes
> <http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.de%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=oktoberfest+bild&category0=>
>
>
>
> is this the poster?
>
>
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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:10:12 -0700
From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: UUC Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: Check out eBay: oktoberfest bild, Reklame Werbung, Motive, Sammeln
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
That is a very cool poster. Good luck finding one.
Mark
On Oct 3, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Ed MacVaugh wrote:
> Thanks to all who have responded!
>
> It is not on eBay, German or American sites.
>
> It is not available from the Oktoberfest souvenir page.
>
> IT was commissioned from a contest run annually by the city of
> Munich and is the property of the city. There must be strong
> controls on it for eBay has no vendors.
>
> Here is what I'm looking for:
>
> <http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/raw/Tourismusamt/oktoberfest/138589/
> Posterarchiv.html>
>
> I can't tell if they will sell me one from this year (2006) with
> Bavarian Cloud.
>
> Ed
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Click here: eBay: oktoberfest bild, Reklame Werbung, Motive,
>> Sammeln Seltenes <http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?
>> cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.de%2Fws%
>> 2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=oktoberfest+bild&category0=> is this the
>> poster?
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:43:57 -0400
From: Felix Vicente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>
Subject: Re: E39 540i/6 driveline issues
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> List,
>
> Car: 97' 540i/6 with 165k miles.
> 2. When taking off from stand still I can hear clicks under the car. One or 2
> of them. This is very clear metallic sound almost like pieces of sheetmetal
> touch each other
my 2001 did this. The driveshaft was replaced under CPO warranty and the
noise went away. Of course, that doesn't mean the driveshaft was the
problem, just something included as part of it was.
> 3. Vibration at 75mph. Not on a steering wheel. I had suspension completely
> redone before and this feels like coming from a bottom - completely different
> from previous wheel shimmys
>
> Do I look at dual mass flywheel and driveshaft mount? What else can be a
> problem?
I'd check the driveshaft mount, the guibo/flex disk/whatever it's called
these days and the driveshaft itself. the jerking *may* be related to the
driveshaft problem or it might be something else, not sure.
-felix
miami,fl
01 540/6
98 740
95 525
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 04:22:34 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com
Subject: Oktoberfest poster....
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/raw/Tourismusamt/angebot/135052/Posterverkauf.h
tml
In German: Posterverkauf = posters for sale
On this page you can choose which poster you like, put an "x" in thebox, then
go to the bottom of the page and fill out your address. Each poster is â¬4,
about five US Dollars. They also have a larger size for six euros.
No idea how much the shipping costs. But you can contact me off line and I
will give you my German address to mail it to. Then I can ship it via my US
Army
APO box. Btw... I live in Germany. But only for the next two more weeks!
lolol
Take care
David
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