[uucdigest] Wednesday, March 8 2000 Volume 03 : Number 406 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] Re: Drilling Holes for Trans Mounts RE>[uuc] Is BMWNA listening? [uuc] Wheel Fitment Question RE: [uuc] Re: Drilling Holes for Trans Mounts Re: [uuc] transmission mounts and rear shock mounts [uuc] Judd Engines [uuc] Re: Who Wants to Be a Resale Expert? [uuc] Hose Clamps RE: [uuc] transmission mounts and rear shock mounts Re: [uuc] Judd Engines [uuc] E36 Every Other Gauge Problem [uuc] Tarheel e-dress/ drivers school info 4 Southeast [uuc] E36 3 Blind Mice [uuc] <M40> Camshaft special holding tool Re: [uuc] <M40> Camshaft special holding tool [uuc] Z3 fuel gauge.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 09:49:00 -0800 From: James Dye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Drilling Holes for Trans Mounts In response to the question about installing UUC trans mount enforcer: The metal in both the trans mount and the transmission itself is VERY easy to drill. I did the conversion from metric to inches, went to Home Depot, purchased some thing like a 9/16 or 11/16 bit (you should do your own converstion and double check this), held the trans in place with a floor jack, removed the old mounts, removed the alum. cross support, drilled and installed the new pieces. The UUC Enforcer is to be mounted with the "cup up." Good Luck. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:04:03 -0800 From: "Chao, Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE>[uuc] Is BMWNA listening? In Mid August last summer, I went to see the local dealer of my choice and sat down with the Fleet Sales Manager to order a car. What I said I wanted was a stock 528i, standard/manual 5 speed, with moonroof and remote rear window shade. He had no problem accommodating my order request, except - that he said due to allocations to the dealership ( and this was, I believe, one of the higher volume locations in the Bay area), the limited number of manual vs automatics built, and overall demand in the SF Bay area, the probable soonest he could get my order set into production was October. I recall a similar ration of 3-4 automatics to manual transmission builds. In fact, it turned out to be an early Nov. build with delivery taken one week before Christmas. It was a LOoooooong wait - but worth it! Harvey - I live with fear, death, and evil...but I used to be able to turn it off and use a Mac. " Author Unknown - Dragged over to the "Dark Side" under duress This day, Thursday, 9/16/99 - - A dark day indeed! - Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:16:09 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Wheel Fitment Question Does anyone know if the M-coupe wheels will fit the E36 M3? Thanks for any advice Rob 98 M3/4 Still looking for a set of wheels ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:35:26 -0700 From: "vanderHeide, Alain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: Drilling Holes for Trans Mounts > -----Original Message----- > From: James Dye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 10:49 AM > > [snip] > ...held the trans in place with a > floor jack, removed the old mounts, removed the alum. cross support, > drilled and installed the new pieces. The UUC Enforcer is to > be mounted > with the "cup up." > > Good Luck. > I found I could jack the tranny up far enough to do the requisite drilling and filing, and change the mounts without removing the cross brace. YMMV. "Any PC built after 1985 has the storage capacity to house an evil spirit." - - Rev. Jim Peasboro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:40:32 PST From: "Gilbert Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] transmission mounts and rear shock mounts >From: "Mendez, Andrew D." >I am planning to install the 320i transmission mounts with UUC enforcer >discs in my 1995 M3. I understand the two 8mm holes in the transmission >cross-brace have to be enlarged to 10mm for the 320i mount bolts to fit >through. What is the easiest way to do this? (Hopefully Duane will back me up on this.) Buy a titanium metric step drill bit from Snap-on. (in 1mm increments) This will save you from doing the math, and it's the correct way to enlarge the holes. If you're not removing the parts from the car, it's best to wear safety glasses/goggles so you don't have metal falling into your eyes. Gilbert Hoffman ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 14:10:38 -0500 From: "Steve D'Gerolamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Judd Engines I just spoke with one of my reps who's boss is putting a Judd engine in his F333SP car to be more competitive this year (he'll move it over to a different chassis next year). I told him I'd give him a dyno to do some preliminary testing. Anyone know anything about this engine? Is it competitive? SD ========================================= Steve D'Gerolamo - The Ultimate Garage 201-262-0412 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.ultimategarage.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:17:26 -0800 From: "Scott D Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Who Wants to Be a Resale Expert? I love all this name calling. Schmuck more closely approximates the proper pronounciation, but still does not capture the correct tonal inflections you would use when using such a word. But moving on... >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:10:40 -0500 >From: "Duane Collie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] Re: Who Wants to Be a Resale Expert? > >Alex Fadeev wrote: >>1. The only cherry '95 M3s that would go for much more then $26-27K will >>be those with little or no mileage. Not to say that the people are not >>asking for a lot more (and some smucks might be paying - see the Roundel >>adds). '95 M3's in good mechanical conditions but with more then 12-15K >>miles/year are selling for 22-23K. > >Hey Ben.....yer a Smuck ! (or is that Schmuck?) > >>2. Expensive upgrades generally do not add to the resale price of the >>car. Again, see the Roundel nut case exception. Otherwise, you will >>never recoup the money spent on performance upgrades. > >No....wait a minute....yer a NUT CASE, Ben.....!! Yeah....dat's it! A NUT >CASE!! AND A SCHMUCK! > >- - Duane >The Seven Sled Pricing a used car with mods is largely a case of supply and demand. You modify your car, at great personal expense. When you go to sell the car, you want to get some of your "investment" back from the mods, so you price it a bit high. The number of buyers willing to pay more for someone who "screwed up the car" is small. Were the mods done correctly? Is there a warranty? How do we know you didn't ruin the car by doing that? So your target market becomes small groups of enthusiasts like us. Advertising a modified car in the local paper or Auto Trader is not going to get you a lot of willing buyers when the price is high. In fact, they would probably expext a hefty discount for a car that is not stock. In other words, demand for a high-priced, modified car is low. But among us enthusiasts, there may be someone willing to spend more for a car that is well maintained, with records, and on which all the mods were done correctly. Hey, knowing that each part was well lubricated with Rolling Rock has to be worth something, right? So we enthusiasts price our cars high and hope to find that one willing buyer that appreciates what we've done with the car. And Duane got lucky and found Ben. Or maybe Ben had expressed interest before Duane ever decided to sell the car, who knows? So despite probable low demand, the willing seller (Duane) found the one willing buyer he needed (Schm..., um, I mean Ben) and the deal worked. But what if you price the car high because it is worth it (to you, anyway), and there are no willing buyers to be found? (Remember, low demand.) Then you lower the price and take a bath on the cost of the mods. This is what usually happens to the rest of us who can't find "Ben". When the price is low enough, there are more willing buyers - higher demand. I hope you all took notes, there will be a test - when you go to sell your car to some Schmuck. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA #44977 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:28:00 -0800 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Hose Clamps Guys and Gals, Anybody know of a source for a good quality, stainless hose clamp system where the tightening mechanism is perpendicular to the band rather than in line with it? On the big 7 there is a virtually inaccessable clamp that would be best replaced with one I've described. - -Thanks- Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:32:04 -0500 From: "Olsen, Mike (Morse TEC Ithaca)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] transmission mounts and rear shock mounts Hi Andy, I believe the pull tab is used to manually disengage the gas door lock in the event that your central locking system fails in the locked position. Hope you never need it.... - -Mike Olsen '88 ///M3 '88 325iC Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 08:54:00 -0600 From: "Mendez, Andrew D." "I also noticed something not in Bentley - on the carpet lining the passenger side of the trunk, there appears to be little pull tab with a gas pump logo on it running through a small hole in the carpeting. " ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:43:46 -0600 (CST) From: Jefrem Iwaniw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Judd Engines Oh, yeah. Team Rafanelli (sp?) ran it last year in a R&S chassis. IIRC, they won the April Road Atlanta race with it -- OK, I just looked, and they did. I recall Bill Auberlen commenting that it was a great engine (its a further elaboration of the F1 Judd V10). You'd be doing us all a favor if you could record the exhaust note during the dyno test and post it on your website :=). - -------------------------------- - -Jefrem Iwaniw, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Steve D'Gerolamo wrote: > I just spoke with one of my reps who's boss is putting a Judd engine in his > F333SP car to be more competitive this year (he'll move it over to a > different chassis next year). I told him I'd give him a dyno to do some > preliminary testing. Anyone know anything about this engine? Is it > competitive? SD > ========================================= > Steve D'Gerolamo - The Ultimate Garage > 201-262-0412 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.ultimategarage.com > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:37:10 -0800 (PST) From: Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 Every Other Gauge Problem Has anyone experienced this recently? It's getting a bit cold here (about 50 degrees and lower) in Northern California (yeah, that's nothing compared to back in my hometown NYC) but both my spedometer and tachometer stop working whenever I park outside. Is the cold weather freezing some components or are there some kind of temperature sensitive sensors that aren't working? Strange. But at least my fuel gauge is still working. Now it can detect the $2.10/gallon gas going in!!!!!!!! Richard '96 M3 _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 14:52:24 EST From: "Bret Luter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Tarheel e-dress/ drivers school info 4 Southeast Someone was looking for the Tarheel Chapter website: www.ipass.net/~tarheel/bmwcca/ Also check out www.trackschedule.com for one of the best (non-commercial) sites listing and linking info about driver's schools (mainly on the East Coast). FYI, we (Tarheel Chapter) are hosting 2 schools and co-hosting 1 other school this year. April 1-2 at CMP (Kershaw, SC)- details on Sandlapper chapter's site- www.sandlapper.org . July 8-9 at VIR !! (Between Danville, VA and Roxboro, NC), Nov 10-11 at Roebling Road (Savannah, GA). Applications are currently available for download from the Tarheel site BUT, Non-Tarheel members cannot have their apps postmarked BEFORE May 01 for the July school. In case you've been in a cave somewhere in Outer Mongolia for the past year, VIR is a reality and it is AWESOME! I predict that this track will truly separate the men from the poseurs! Bring clean underwear for the South Course's corkscrew! Also, Tarheel Chapter is co-hosting a BMWCCA Club Race at VIR May 6-7, this will be in cooperation with a Vintage race weekend, should be lots to see!! Bret Luter, Tarheel Chapter BMWCCA 52894 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:01:39 -0800 (PST) From: "K.C. Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 3 Blind Mice Geoff Patterson wrote: > While living in Germany, there was a small animal that > enjoyed nibbling on wires, specifically spark plug wires. > Believe the animal was called a martyr (phonically > challenged ... sorry). They actually sold a spray that > you could use to repel the little vermin. Any of our > German brethren clear this up for us? Close...it's spelled (if I remember correctly) "Marder". I've never actually looked it up in the Woerterbuch to see what it is in English. Though I imagine we probably have them somewhere here... Auto Bild had a big story a couple of years ago on how to keep Marder damage to a minimum. There were, in addition to sprays, electrical devices, and other James Bond-esque methods of keeping them critters out of the engine compartment of lovely german vehicles... KC Boyce '85 325e E30 Eta Page: http://rikki.coloradocollege.edu/~k_boyce/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 20:09:59 GMT From: "John G.Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <M40> Camshaft special holding tool I may be about to replace a camshaft on an M40 1.8 8 valve. There is a special tool to hold the square section at the front of the cam and allow you to undo the bolt holding on the timing pulley. The design of this tool is similar to that on the twin cam M42/44 and M50/52 I believe. Torque on the bolt to be removed is listed as 48lb/ft (BTW should it be Loctited in?). Will I get away with holding the cam with a large adjustable spanner or is it worth getting the tool? Any other tips for cam changing? Looks straightforward in my E36 Haynes manual but the car in question is a '90 E30 318i. - -- Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 12:21:07 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <M40> Camshaft special holding tool I think there were a few posts within the past few weeks that talked of people breaking camshafts (or was it crankshafts?) without using the special tool. Chester - --- "John G.Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may be about to replace a camshaft on an M40 1.8 8 valve. > There is a special tool to hold the square section at the > front of the cam and allow you to undo the bolt holding on > the timing pulley. The design of this tool is similar to > that on the twin cam M42/44 and M50/52 I believe. > > Torque on the bolt to be removed is listed as 48lb/ft (BTW > should it be Loctited in?). Will I get away with holding the > cam with a large adjustable spanner or is it worth getting > the tool? > > Any other tips for cam changing? Looks straightforward in my > E36 Haynes manual but the car in question is a '90 E30 318i. > > -- > Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland > Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 15:45:45 -0500 From: Don Eilenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Z3 fuel gauge.. Peter Posts: > Noticed the same thing in a loaner Z3 I've been driving for a few >days. Filled it up, gauge says empty. I was starting to think maybe I've >just paid $30 for a tankful of air, when slowly the gauge started creeping >up. Took about 50 miles of driving for the gauge to register full >(almost). Strange...... > >Peter Peter - as a WAG - you left the ignition on while fueling up? Known 'feature' of the Z3 series... if you turn ignition off (which you gotta do to unlock the fuel-cap) - it should register immediately on restart. Best, ................................................................... Don Eilenberger, Spring Lk Hts, NJ JMP#1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] NJ Shore BMW Riders web page: http://www.monmouth.com/~deilenberger "You're absolutely right, and I apologize" --Darryl Richman "Silly me... I apologize." --Tim Hall "Sorry..." --Magwa ................................................................... ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #406 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Curry's Auto Service . http://www.currysauto.com | Eurosport . http://www.eurosport-hp.com | Koala MotorSport . http://www.koalamotorsport.com | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | The Ultimate Garage . http://www.ultimategarage.com | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com | Zionsville Autosport . http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com ����������������������������������������
