[uucdigest] Wednesday, February 2 2000 Volume 03 : Number 175 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Visit http://www.bubbaclub.com | www.bimmers.com - "serving enthusiasts on the 'net" | Visit http://www.bimmer.org - ultimate BMW bulletin boards! | Subscribe to the Zionsville Autosport Parts Digest: | http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/majordomo.htm ����������������������������������������� In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] '88 325i Spoiler on to 325es? [uuc] Harold Audair's shop (Atlanta) [uuc] <MISC> re:ABS in reverse? [uuc] <E30> re: Frozen locks [uuc] Black Valve-Train [uuc] Re: ABS in reverse? Re: [uuc] <E30> Frozen Locks [uuc] Re: mechanic for pre-sale inspection in ohio needed [uuc] Re: lanesplitting in the US Re: [uuc] OZ Wheels [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #172 [uuc] Was polite lane splitting Re: [uuc] Black Valve-Train [uuc] got illegal U-turn ticket, but I think I can beat it (long) Re: [uuc] OZ wheels ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:25:13 -0500 From: "C. Vetere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] '88 325i Spoiler on to 325es? I've never liked the look of the front spoiler on my 1986 325es. The front spoilers on the '88 and new models seem to really clean up the look of the front of the car with the integrated foglights and such. I was wondering of it was possible to change spoilers from my es spoiler to the new style. I'm assuming the '88 would be the most compatable since they used the same big chrome bumpers that are on my car, but came with the new style spoiler. What parts would I need to mount it? or does it mount the same way as my old spoiler did? Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:26:18 -0500 (EST) From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Harold Audair's shop (Atlanta) Anyone have the phone number of Harold Audair's shop in Atlanta? I want my car checked out before the Roebling Rd. drive school Feb 25. Thanks. (Sorry for the non-atlanta WOB) - -- Just Moe '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 16:57:41 -0500 From: Chris Pawlowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <MISC> re:ABS in reverse? Al ('95 M3) sez > Stupid question, but is ABS supposed to work in reverse? I was backing out > of my icy driveway and slammed on the brakes just to see. Nada. Tried it > several more times and there is no pedal pulsation at all, it just locks > right up and slides. yes it should work.. *but* if you are moving too slow the computer may not be able to calculate the change in wheel acceleration ie ABS doesn't work going real slow try the same thing going forward (same speed) on ice.. it will probably lock up as well chris pawlowicz '89 325i '74 2002 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 17:06:15 -0500 From: Chris Pawlowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> re: Frozen locks Neil Deshpande sez > I had a free evening yesterday and decided I would wash the 88 325 iS. I did take >pains to cover the > keyholes with some, admittedly flimsy, scotch tape, but water seems to have got in >and frozen the locks. > > What exactly is frozen? Is it just the cylinder (in which case I could heat it with >something) or the > linkages along which water might have dripped? > A few things may be stopping you 1- the little 'flap' sealing off the key hole may be frozen shut 2- the tumblers are frozen in their slots and won't move out of the way of the key 3- the lock cylinder itself is frozen to the housing so it won't rotate A few things that work to unfreeze 1- Hair dryer (or any heat gun) works *great* and fast.. just be careful not to melt the black plastic ring around the lock cylinder.. heat a bit.. wiggle the key.. heat a bit.. wiggle (amazingly enough, this even works down to -30F no problem..) 2- Lock De-Icer (around here available at *every* gas station, hardware store etc) Little bottle costs a buck, squirt it in the keyhole, put key in and wiggle.. will unfreeze in a few seconds 3- WD-40 and other lubricants usually manage to melt the ice but take a bit longer The amount of water inside is *very* small.. typically just a very thin film. My locks freeze up after rainy moist days and cryogenic nights :) hope this helps chris pawlowicz '89 325i '74 2002 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 17:13:06 -0500 From: Patrick Finn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Black Valve-Train I was checking the oil in a friend's 528e last night and noticed some black deposits when I removed the oil-filler cap. There were Black deposits on the oil-sprayer bar and the rough surfaces of the rocker and cam shafts. The deposits on the sprayer bar wiped off with my finger, but are a bit concerning nonetheless. Anyone have any idea what might cause this?? Thanks Patrick '84 733i ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:39:14 -0500 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: ABS in reverse? > From: albert jenab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] ABS in reverse? > > Stupid question, but is ABS supposed to work in reverse? No. Brett Anderson www.koalamotorsport.com Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 14:36:56 PST From: "William States" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E30> Frozen Locks "Neil Deshpande" wrote: <snip>... I had a free evening yesterday and decided I would wash the 88 325 iS. I did take pains to cover the keyholes with some, admittedly flimsy, scotch tape, but water seems to have got in and frozen the locks. <snip> When this happened to me, a co-worker with a cigarette lighter came by and we heated the key and inserted into the lock several times and GENTLY applied pressure to turn the key until it finally opened. I am sure there are better ways, but it worked great that day. FWIW: This was on a Nissan that doesn't have the 'double locks' that BMW uses. Good Luck, William States '99 M3 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:41:17 -0500 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: mechanic for pre-sale inspection in ohio needed Well, if ever there was a call I could answer, it would be this one. Have someone drop me an email or call me at (703 ) 629 5539. Don't let the area code fool you, I live in Cleveland. Brett Anderson www.koalamotorsport.com Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual > From: Juan Carlos Bruce-Novoa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] mechanic for pre-sale inspection in Ohio needed > > Hi all, > > I have a friend who is looking to buy an E30 M3 located in the 216 area > code in Ohio. If anyone knows of a good mechanic he could take it to I > would appreciate a recommendation. > > Thanks, > > Juan Bruce ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 18:46:39 -0500 From: Howard K Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: lanesplitting in the US I vividly remember my first trip to Europe, and one of the most striking differences I saw was the way people drive. The comfort level for distances was incredible. You'd see busses and trucks driving along no more than a few inches from one another on the 'peripherique' and other multi-lane highways around and through Paris. It was the first time I'd ever seen motorcycles split lanes. Yes, drivers are much more agressive in Europe, but my impression was that they are much more safer and more skilled, in general, than the American driver. As for splitting lanes in cars, actually there are places in the US where people routinely split lanes, and where it works. I have fond memories of a trip where I was able to cruise at 90 and 100 mph for several hours, with very few interruptions. It was on a very wide two lane road, Hwy 180, between Carlsbad, NM and Ft. Worth, Texas. We drove for 7-8 hours or so at those speeds, only slowing for small towns. Cars doing 70-80 mph (mostly pickup trucks) would see us approaching, and move over to the right. Oncoming traffic would move over likewise, and we made several high-speed passes like that, three cars wide. You just give the other drivers a wave (they deserve a salute, for a job well done), and continue on. I can't find the words to describe the feeling, sort of like driving schools, but on a public road. Regrettably, I haven't seen that type of cooperation on US highways very often, though. That very memorable, positive experience is heavily outweighed by other negative ones, where people stop on on-ramps instead of merging, camp out in, or worse, BLOCK the interstate left lane ON PURPOSE while traffic is trying to get by, etc., etc. Some day I'm going to drive through west Texas again, on that highway. If anyone knows of similar stretches of road like this, please pass the info along! Oh, and by the way, there was a thread about high speed stability of the 535i vs. the 535is/M535i some time back, either here or on the M535i list. My car is a 535is. I don't know about the non-spoiler cars, but the 'is' is rock-solid at 100-120! Ken Mitchell Durham, NC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:07:11 -0600 From: "Kittock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] OZ Wheels Larry, I tried a year ago to find a consumer site for them, the site I did find required a password so it must have been for employees or dealerships. I found OZ Monte Carlos at Discount Tire and their price was a little better than Tire Rack (who couldn't get them at all). Mark '96 328i Sport >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 13:49:56 -0500 >From: "Binder, Larry - Paoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] OZ wheels > >Does anyone know the website for OZ wheels? Or a website that carries them >at a discount? I am looking for a price on the Super T. in 17". Does anyone >know the weight of these wheels? > >Larry >97 318i > >Mech Designer/Draftsman >Synthes Spine > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:26:25 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Richard?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #172 What part of Ireland do they do this in? Up here in the north they would rather, put a bullit in your head, shoot out both your kneecaps, beat you half to death with baseball bats, or put a bomb under your car, rather than let you pass them. Richard M '89 535i Sport > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:59:19 -0500 (EST) > From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uuc] Another type of "lane splitting" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > If you are driving on a rural two lane road and > want to pass the car ahead of > > you, you simply turn on your left turn signal. > The car you are passing will > > move about four feet to the right and onto the > shoulder, while maintaining > > his speed. Meeting traffic is no problem. They > see your turn signal and > > move to their right so that you now have a lane in > the middle. You move left > > about halfway (straddling the center line) and > make the pass. Everyone is > > happy and everyone works together. Of course, it > surprised me the first time > > it was done. After that, I was doing it too. > > They do this in Ireland too. The shoulders are > wide, and you just > whip out and pass; the passee moves over, oncoming > traffic moves over, > everyone is civil and it works great. > > Now, if we could get the US citizens to be able to > handle roundabouts... > > - -- > Just Moe > '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 16:28:35 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Was polite lane splitting And that's just the clergy.... Richard wrote: > > What part of Ireland do they do this in? > Up here in the north they would rather, put a bullit > in your head, shoot out both your kneecaps, beat you > half to death with baseball bats, or put a bomb under > your car, rather than let you pass them. > > Richard M > '89 535i Sport ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 19:49:38 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Black Valve-Train Using non-synthetic oil and not changing it enough. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was checking the oil in a friend's 528e last night and noticed some black > deposits when I removed the oil-filler cap. There were Black deposits on the > oil-sprayer bar and the rough surfaces of the rocker and cam shafts. The > deposits on the sprayer bar wiped off with my finger, but are a bit concerning > nonetheless. Anyone have any idea what might cause this?? Thanks > > Patrick > '84 733i > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:29:22 -0500 From: "Grant Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] got illegal U-turn ticket, but I think I can beat it (long) This is in Indiana btw, but anyone could help on the principal. I was in the left-hand, southbound lane of a 4-lane non-divided 35mph road in town. I remembered that I wanted to go to the bank, which was north of there. So, at an intersection with a perpendicular minor street, I turn on my left turn signal, traffic is already clear(IMHO anyway), so I use the extra space in that intersection to make a U-turn. A city cop happened to be coming southbound a couple blocks north of this intersection, so he turned on his lights, did a U-turn, and pulled me over. He said there has to be 750 feet of road without cars for me to do that. So, since next car was about 500 feet away, and maybe there was a car sitting to come out of a parking lot about 100 feet in front of that one, I took his word for it and accepted the ticket. I went straight from there to the courthouse to see how much the ticket was for, and to see how many points it would take off. Well, the answers I eventually got were $95.50 for the ticket, and 4 points off my license. Unacceptable for what I think was a safe manuver. So, I go to investigate the Indiana Code statute he cited I was in violation of. IC 9-21-8-22, which reads: "Sec. 22. A vehicle may not be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be seen by the person who drives any other vehicle approaching from either direction within seven hundred fifty (750) feet. As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9." Now, the way I interpret that law is that any car within 750 feet in both directions has to be able to SEE me, not that there can't be a car in that area. In my situation, all cars within 750 feet in both directions COULD see me. I do not believe I was putting anyone at risk, as other vehicles only caught up with me because I stayed slow, being the first person to see the cops lights come on. I've never gotten a traffic violation before, and I don't want my (me being an 18 year old) insurance to go up because of those 4 points. I have plenty of other uses for $100 bucks too. Please tell me your opinions. I have to either pay it by March 6th or appear in court then. I'm thinking I can get it dismissed, but I've never done a thing like this. I'm sure being a college student in a red BMW didn't help my chances.. (cop probably has "oh, he must be rich since he has a nice car" syndrome) Grant - was going to get new wheels but not if I have to pay this ticket... 87 325 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:47:56 -0500 From: "Henry Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] OZ wheels > Does anyone know the website for OZ wheels? Or a website that carries them > at a discount? I am looking for a price on the Super T. in 17". Does anyone > know the weight of these wheels? > > Larry > 97 318i Got my O.Z. Mante Carlo wheels from The Tire Rack. I couldn't find a web site. Maybe Tire Rack can help. Henry '92 325i with 17" O.Z. Monte Carlo wheels. > Mech Designer/Draftsman > Synthes Spine > > ************************************************************************* > The opinions and statements expressed above are mine, and do not reflect > that of my employer. > ************************************************************************* > ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #175 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. 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