[uucdigest] Wednesday, March 8 2000 Volume 03 : Number 407 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: Re: [uuc] bmwusa.com site problems Re: [uuc] touring? Re: [uuc] Hose Clamps Re: [uuc] E36 Every Other Gauge Problem [uuc] BMWNA Listening? [uuc] <E30> Problems with crank case breather pipe [uuc] <E30> sunroof questions [uuc] Re: Z3 fuel gauge.. Re: [uuc] Re: Z3 fuel gauge.. Re: [uuc] Re: Z3 fuel gauge.. [uuc] Newbie has question about brake lights [uuc] Bodily shortcomings, dry booze and the lower classes [uuc] BMP VDO gauge kit [uuc] Porsche Digest name? Re: [uuc] Porsche Digest name? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 15:51:55 EST From: "Steven Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] bmwusa.com site problems Rolf, I never thought of it that way. Very perceptive of you and I must agree. Nothing against newer models or features but we are definitely straying from what was once a remarkable and elite marquee in exchange for buttons and gadgets that satisfy the "marching morons" of society. Steve '87 325iS >From: Rolf Drommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "uuc digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [uuc] bmwusa.com site problems >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 08:39:28 -0800 > > >This talk about BMW USA's web site problems, in particular, the comment >from Steven Reed recently, where he remarks: > >I have problems also. They spent way too much time on all those stupid > >gimmicky appearance novelties in exchange for ease of use and loading >speed! >...well, the comment really hits home. > >Isn't that the same kind of comment many of the enthusiasts on this list >are saying about what BMW USA is doing to the cars these days: > > stupid gimmicky appearance novelties in exchange for ease of use and >'performance' > >Just a thought. > BTW, I had great luck on the BMW.de web site last night finding what I >wanted about models and colors. Lots of fun configuring that new M5 >Touring or that 330 turbo diesel touring. > >Rolf > >- + ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rolf Drommer - Member Services > BMW Car Club of British Columbia > eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: www.bmwccbc.org >- + ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:37:31 -0600 From: "Dave Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] touring? Rob wrote: >"Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >And yes, it is a real M5. Kinda cool to think of it as a "Touring Car" - good thing I don't take it that seriously! In Autoweek a couple of weeks ago (sorry, the exact issue escapes me) there is a photo of a prototype 2000 M5 Touring, and they mention that the prior M5 Touring (Rob's) was Euro-only, and that there were only 500 made. Dave Swingle ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:06:44 -0500 From: "Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Hose Clamps Depending on what size you need, cruise through some Toyota parts - they use a spring-type that is two wires (actually one wire that wraps around twice), exerting tremendous holding force along two lines. I've used them in places where regular hose clamps wouldn't grip (high-pressure turbo outlet). - - Rob - ----- Original Message ----- From: KKiely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 2:28 PM 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, 08 Mar 2000 13:25:37 PST From: "dave nln" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E36 Every Other Gauge Problem Richard aska... >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? Richard. No. Mine work just fine at -50F. Can't turn the steering wheel because the power steering fluid gets too thick, but my gauges work just fine. Hope that helps. dave. '96 Ti sport. In Alaska. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 16:31:51 -0500 From: "Chris Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMWNA Listening? >> Apparently 80% of 3-series imported into the US are automatics. I'd guess that's right. I about had a heart attack over Christmas when I saw an affordable E46 323i. It was a 5-speed equipped with CD player, sunroof and maybe another option or two for only $1000 extra or so. Total MSRP under $30K. Knowing how much the sunroof and CD player alone cost, I asked the salesman what the deal was. His reply was (and this may be total B.S.) that BMW ran short on auto transmissions, so they had just 5-speeds to sell for a couple of weeks. But in order to move them, they had to offer the dirt cheap value package, 'cause they wouldn't sell otherwise. I'd love to know if this is true. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:45:21 -0500 From: "Milliet, Ron P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> Problems with crank case breather pipe I have an 86 325e that I recently rebuilt the head on. I had trouble installing the head particularly with the breather pipe. I managed to get it done, but ever since the pipe has a MAJOR air leak where it connects with the bottom of the intake. The problem is the top of the pipe will not completely seat in the intake. I am not sure what I am doing wrong?? Questions: Is the top seal an o-ring or a square lip seal? Wound a breather pipe from an 88 325i fit the eta motor? I have an extra motor, but it is the M20 not the eta. Thanks. Ron Milliet Petal, MS 87 325is http://www.dcslink.com/bmw3/index.htm 86 325e 80 911 SC http://www.dcslink.com/porsche/index.htm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:13:10 -0800 (PST) From: "K.C. Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> sunroof questions All, My sunroof has recently become inoperable. I can hear the motor running when I press either of the buttons, but it doesn't move the sunroof. I cannot move the sunroof, either into the "open" or "vent" position manually. I'm pretty sure I need to replace some cables, but how do I access them if I can't open the sunroof? I've done some work up there before, and the only way I know how to access all that stuff is to remove the trim panel, which is done with the sunroof partially open! TIA. 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 17:29:39 -0500 From: Peter H Reinhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Z3 fuel gauge.. Nope, ignition key was in my pocket (habit). *Still* strange...... Cheers, Peter At 03:45 PM 3/8/00 -0500, Don Eilenberger wrote: >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. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:36:05 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Z3 fuel gauge.. This can be attributed to "shit happens..." =) When you had that fault, did you run the talk nearly empty? Someone once mentioned that the sending unit gets a little warm when there is no fuel around it. That's a scary thought and I have no basis for the guess. At any rate, many people run into this problem even following the "keep the key in your pocket" technique. Chester - --- Peter H Reinhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope, ignition key was in my pocket (habit). *Still* strange...... > > Cheers, > > Peter > > At 03:45 PM 3/8/00 -0500, Don Eilenberger wrote: > >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. > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:38:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Barry J. Bocaner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Z3 fuel gauge.. On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Peter H Reinhart wrote: > > > 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 - 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. I think this ignition thing is "urban legend" and not the true cause of the fuel-gauge problem. Lief Anderberg posted the following message to the 318ti list a few weeks ago: =-=-=-= Just talked to a friend at the factory in Germany about this. It seems they might have it licked. It only happens in this country, not anywhere else in any significant numbers. It has nothing with leaving the door open or ignition switches. It seems it is caused by the additives in the gas, probably MTBE, that we use here. BMW is re-designing the senders and covering all electrical connections with gold. They have worked on this problem now for quite some time and they now believe they have solved it with the help of Siemens. Time will tell, but they are supposed to issue a service bulletin, if they haven't already, about warranting these units even if they are way out of warranty. Check next time with your dealer. Just thought you wanted to know. Regards, Leif 2002 AD Please include same subject in reply =-=-=-= Hope Leif doesn't mind me re-posting his message! This seems to me to be the more likely as the true cause of this problem! - --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Barry J. Bocaner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.bocaner.net - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 14:45:55 -0800 From: ngrumba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Newbie has question about brake lights I'm new to this board, so please bear with me if this question has been asked already. Every couple of weeks or so, the gremlins in my computer on my '98 328ic light up and say "brake light failure" and I check my brake lights and they are fine. I turn off the car, and restart it, and it goes away, but comes back later. Any suggestions? I also have the fuel gauge problem of going to empty as soon as you fill it on my '96 318ti. When it was under warranty, the sending units were changed twice, but it is recurring. I will try the "pull the fuse" trick I just read about and see if that works. I've learned something already. Thanks - Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:53:20 +1100 From: "Thomas, Andrew j" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Bodily shortcomings, dry booze and the lower classes I'm saving these up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] comments on Jim's throttle body shortfall conundrum: > don't you mean that you only had a single exhaust? > ie 318ti instead of a m3 twin pipe exhaust? I'll throw something in here. It's unlikely anyone will own up to sticking an ///M badge on his/her 318 for fear of reprisal by the ///M police. However a few years ago a single-tailpiped four-door ///M318is appeared on the German price listings using the M42 DOHC 16v motor instead of the single-cam 8v M43 unit that usually appears in a 318i four-door of Euro-market ilk. It sold in numbers sufficient to qualify the car for a particular class of the DTM series (something like that anyway) as it came from the factory with a bunch of aerodyna///Mic addenda. No less an M than an M535i, I suppose, and similarly equipped with only one throttle body. Carlos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) dryly adds: > See that's odd, when I hear the term "Laguna" first thing that > pops into my mind is Laguna Seca (Dry Lagoon) the racetrack. Oh yes, I'd forgotten about Laguna Seca. Didn't think about what it meant. "Seca" is also the suffix Toyota attaches to its Corolla hatchback in some markets. So a Toyota Corolla Seca is a "Corolla Dry". Which sounds suspiciously like a brand of beer. And finally ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes about Rob's Family Truckster: > you also have the rare "shooting brake" identifyer which usually > is applied to Jag XJS's or large Aston Martin's which look like > little station wagons & are built by small Brisith conversion firms. > These seem to be for the British upper class to put large dogs in > for hunting expeditions when the Land/Range Rover is too > down-market. No they're not. They're for storing one's quarry when out shooting peasants. Andy T "This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. When addressed to our clients, any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or telephone +61 2 9335 7000 and destroy the original message. Thank you." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:58:41 -0500 From: Timothy Shandonay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMP VDO gauge kit Thanks to those that helped me find the guage kit from BMP. My next question is if anybody would happen to have one for sale. I would need one for an 87 E30. Tim Shandonay 87 325 w/167k (lacking some guages) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 17:09:01 -0600 From: Donn York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Porsche Digest name? Does anyone know the name of the Porsche Digest? I remember that Porsche made them change the name and I can't find the new digest, if it exists. Thanks, Donn ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 15:54:28 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Porsche Digest name? http://www.rennlist.org/ Elapsed search time 7 seconds. Don't thank me, I have nothing else to do. :) Donn York wrote: > > Does anyone know the name of the Porsche Digest? I remember that > Porsche made them change the name and I can't find the new digest, if it > exists. > > Thanks, > Donn ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #407 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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 ����������������������������������������
