The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 186 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: E36 tranny issue similar to Jamie's Re: E36 tranny issue similar to Jamie's Air Compressor Question Re: Air Compressor Question Re: Air Compressor Question
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 00:09:16 -0400 From: "Ryan Brenneman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: E36 tranny issue similar to Jamie's Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gruppe I also have an E36 325 with 191k on it that I just today replaced the input shaft seal on myself. It had a pretty serious amount of play in the input shaft that I considered not good but didn't have any specific info to tell me how bad it is. Gary mentions an input shaft bearing for $100. Can I get that part from BMW? What kind of transmission place is going to be able to take this box apart and service that bearing? Or is it something a competent shade tree can do for himself? I am all about taking apart stuff and learning how to fix it but if I need $500 in special tools then it would seem like something a pro should do. Or do I just throw a 100k junk yard box in it and call it a day? This car is my track dog/once a week car so it doesn't have to run all the time. Just next weekend when I go to Road Atlanta. Thanks Ryan B ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 06:56:52 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ryan Brenneman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: E36 tranny issue similar to Jamie's Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It all depends on how much time you have. Labor costs keep rising and the cost of manufactured goods keeps falling. Things that were rebuildable in the past are now throw-away items. Complex items such as transmissions are often best rebuilt by specialists who can use assembly line techniques to keep costs down. Input bearings are fairly easy to reach and don't require pressing the gears off the shafts. Some simple tools are helpful but nothing exotic. The G280 transmission on the E34 M5 has a very expensive combination ball/roller bearing on the input, about $150 last I checked. The ZF trans in the M3 has what is listed in the ETK as a 35x80x20 ball bearing. That part may be standard enough to buy anywhere for perhaps $10. Gary Derian > Gruppe > > I also have an E36 325 with 191k on it that I just today replaced the > input shaft seal on myself. It had a pretty serious amount of play in > the input shaft that I considered not good but didn't have any specific > info to tell me how bad it is. Gary mentions an input shaft bearing for > $100. Can I get that part from BMW? What kind of transmission place is > going to be able to take this box apart and service that bearing? Or is > it something a competent shade tree can do for himself? I am all about > taking apart stuff and learning how to fix it but if I need $500 in > special tools then it would seem like something a pro should do. Or do I > just throw a 100k junk yard box in it and call it a day? This car is my > track dog/once a week car so it doesn't have to run all the time. Just > next weekend when I go to Road Atlanta. > > Thanks > > Ryan B ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 11:35:17 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Air Compressor Question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a horizontal Sears Craftsman 5 hp, 30 gallon tank air compressor rated at 10 CFM at 90 psi. A neighbor wants something similar in a vertical mounting. Why doesn't anyone make such a thing any more? Did they rate horsepower differently back when I bought mine 15-20 years ago? Now I see 3 hp with a 30 gallon tank and nowhere near that many CFM rated. What are folks using to run cutoff wheels and other tools that call for a compressor rated at better than 6 CFM at 90 psi? TIA, ED ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 14:59:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kazuto Okayasu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: Air Compressor Question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My Porter Cable (made by DeVilbiss) 6hp 25gal is rated [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the hp rating is simply from the power draw of the motor, it's not much of an indication of how the compressor part works. Incidentally, I just checked, and the Sears branded version of my compressor (19541) at some point got rerated from 6 to 2hp. > I have a horizontal Sears Craftsman 5 hp, 30 gallon tank air compressor > rated at 10 CFM at 90 psi. > > A neighbor wants something similar in a vertical mounting. > > Why doesn't anyone make such a thing any more? > > Did they rate horsepower differently back when I bought mine 15-20 years > ago? > > Now I see 3 hp with a 30 gallon tank and nowhere near that many CFM rated. > > What are folks using to run cutoff wheels and other tools that call for > a compressor rated at better than 6 CFM at 90 psi? > > TIA, > > ED > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Kazuto Okayasu Administrative Computing Services University of California, Irvine ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:12:40 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: Air Compressor Question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The "rerating" must have been recently, since the vertical version of that compressor still has a picture showing 5 hp although the spec page shows 3 hp. Ed Kazuto Okayasu wrote: > My Porter Cable (made by DeVilbiss) 6hp 25gal is rated [EMAIL PROTECTED] If > the > hp rating is simply from the power draw of the motor, it's not much of an > indication of how the compressor part works. > > Incidentally, I just checked, and the Sears branded version of my > compressor (19541) at some point got rerated from 6 to 2hp. ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(5 messages) **********
