[uucdigest] Monday, March 13 2000 Volume 03 : Number 430 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] Torque on the Line [uuc] E46 325i: More Power? [uuc] <e36> Alternator sizes... Re: [uuc] CD Changer [uuc] Re: [E36M3] <e36> Alternator sizes... [uuc] Re: Cargo net Re: [uuc] Re: Cargo net [uuc] Road Atlanta Driving school pictures and short video Re: [uuc] Re: Cargo net Re: [uuc] <E30> diff q Re: [uuc] Bell Sounds Re: [uuc] RE: Bell sounds Re: [uuc] Road Atlanta Driving school pictures and short video Re: [uuc] Road Atlanta Driving school pictures and short video [uuc] Microfilter replacement...need help [uuc] E34 ///M Key ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:57:39 -0500 From: "Weimer, Matt J. .(SE_ENG)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Torque on the Line Gary is 100% correct in his response. We use air-powered and electric drivers to fasten different items onto plastic automotive headlamp housings, such as the bracket that retains the lightbulb when you twist it into the lamp. These are secured with three metal Torx style fasteners. These tools can have a mechanical clutch that simply disengages at a torque setting, or they can have several sensors that detect the wrench/driver stalling which is used in conjunction with a depth sensor. It all depends on the application and material. If there were no torque detecting devices the operator would strip 80% of the plastic housings. BTW you should see the way the lamps are visually aimed at automated stations, way cool. Matt Weimer Hoosier Chapter - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:25:30 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Torque on the Line Not theory, reality. I've spent a lot of time in assembly plants. There are torque clutches on even mundane items like rear view mirror screws. They design this stuff so the most dis-interested operator can't screw it up. For any safety related item, the checks are more rigorous. Toyota ran an ad highlighting their special $25,000 torque wrench that torque's the tie rod end and aligned the castle with the cotter pin hole. A moron, on his first day, using this tool, would perfectly torque and position the nut every time. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:57:36 -0500 From: Steve Noe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E46 325i: More Power? Anyone know if it will just be a rebadged 323i or will it come with some changes like more ponies in the corral? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:00:21 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <e36> Alternator sizes... I was just looking through the electrical section of the E36s on unofficialbmw.com. This message was posted by Jason Leung: " *Interesting tidbit* There have been three alternators on 6cyl E36s. >From largest to smallest, 120 amp, 105 amp, and 80 amp. Early 6cyl e36s came with the 120 amp (mine did.) Middle ones came with the 105 amp, and even later ones (M3s) came with the 80 amp. (Facts relayed to me by ERT.) " Is this true? Anyone know what size alternator came on a '99 M3? Are the 120A alternators still made? Hmmmm.... Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:07:02 -0500 From: "Bill Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] CD Changer http://www.stinger-aamp.com/peripheral/1999-Cat/1999-Cat-index.htm BMWPIL BMW 1996-99 to Pioneer P-Bus changers Plugs into factory cables in the trunk of 3 and 5 series BMWs. The BMWPIL protocol interface will integrate any Pioneer P-Bus 6 or 12 disc changer. No affiliation, don't even know if it works, but their adapters do work in Volvos. Bill Matthews Hockessin DE 00 MGeeze 3 Volvos From: Barry J. Bocaner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Celisa: careful... you have a late model E36, right? You will need a > changer manufactured by Alpine, but an alpine-branded unit will not work, > there is no adaptor that will work as far as I know. You will NEED to > have the BMW-branded unit with I-bus. You should be able to find the unit > you need along with the install kit designed by BMW especially for your > car for under $400. It can be installed by any layman or laywoman with > minimal knowledge and tools. A "universal" changer could be installed > without an adaptor, but it will not use the controls on your headunit and > the sound quality will suffer because of the RF modulation usually > involved with this sort of thing. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:09:29 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] <e36> Alternator sizes... As far as I know, its true. - - Jason Leung ;-) BTW, if you have a 120 amp and you want to put a supercharger on there, it won't fit. - --- Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just looking through the electrical section of > the E36s on > unofficialbmw.com. This message was posted by Jason > Leung: > > " > *Interesting tidbit* > > There have been three alternators on 6cyl E36s. > >From largest to smallest, 120 > amp, 105 amp, and 80 amp. > Early 6cyl e36s came with the 120 amp (mine did.) > Middle ones came with the 105 > amp, and even later ones (M3s) came with the 80 amp. > (Facts relayed to > me by ERT.) > " > > Is this true? Anyone know what size alternator came > on a '99 M3? Are the 120A > alternators still made? Hmmmm.... > > Chester > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > E36M3 list archives > http://www.sonic.net/~dls/cgi-bin/e36-search/search.cgi > To unsubscribe, send an email to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _____________________________________________________________ > Want to find the best email lists? Check out the > Topica 20! > http://www.topica.com/topica20 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 13 Mar 2000 13:19:58 -0800 From: Gleb Arshinov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Cargo net >>>>> "John" == John Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> Where can I buy a cargo net for my e36 325? John (tired of John> loose items slinging around the trunk) If your E36 has the same trunk as '99 E36 M3 (probably), your friendly BMW dealer will have a rather nice net that fits very well. It is $80 or something ridiculous like that. Gleb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:23:43 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Cargo net The cargo net out of a Ford Taurus station wagon is very nice and much cheaper. Jim <== Cheaper is my middle name Gleb Arshinov wrote: > > >>>>> "John" == John Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > John> Where can I buy a cargo net for my e36 325? John (tired of > John> loose items slinging around the trunk) > > If your E36 has the same trunk as '99 E36 M3 (probably), your friendly > BMW dealer will have a rather nice net that fits very well. It is $80 > or something ridiculous like that. > > Gleb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:24:07 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Road Atlanta Driving school pictures and short video I volunteered at the driving school this past weekend - a great time was had by all. The weather was weird - Friday was dry, with some rain late, Saturday was overcast with monsoon-like rains in the afternoon, then Sunday was clear and cold - in the 30's early - and very windy! Road Atlanta lived up to the challenge, only a few cars were damaged, mostly on the rain-slickened track on Saturday. I've posted the pics to a new page on Photopoint, link below. http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=344104 I also had Stella out on the 'parade laps' on Saturday and Sunday, and took a short video coming out of corner 10b, up the hill to 11, then down the hill heading towards turn 12 and and the front straight! I was using my Mavica and driving with one hand while shooting with the other - and even a 'parade lap' speeds, that hill takes your breath away. It's like you are going to launch yourself into the Georgia sky, and by the time you see that there is MORE TRACK,. it is too late. That concrete wall comes up in a hurry.....quite agressive 'parade laps' if you really wanna know!!!! http://www.conundrumcomputing.com/mvc-017v.mpg 800K, 35sec. Steve Jones 1990 750iL 'Stella' BMWCCA Peachtree, GA Chapter #164681 pics at http://conundrumcomputing.com/bimmer.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:33:13 -0800 From: Jim Ochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Cargo net At 01:19 PM 3/13/00 -0800, Gleb Arshinov wrote: > >If your E36 has the same trunk as '99 E36 M3 (probably), your friendly >BMW dealer will have a rather nice net that fits very well. It is $80 >or something ridiculous like that. > Sheesh! That's enough for 30 rolls of duct tape....or an entire trunkful of bungy cords! :-) Jim Ochi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:37:23 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E30> diff q A diff analogy: Take a ruler and lay it on a table. Push in the middle, (6 inch mark) perpendicular to the ruler, it will move across the table. Have someone else push on the ends of the ruler (0 and 12 inch marks), also perpendicular, to counter your force. Whatever force you apply, half is available at each end. If one end is stopped, the other moves at twice the speed of the middle. Inside the differential there is a carrier with 4 bevel gears in a square. Two are attached to the ring gear, the other two are attached to the output shafts on each side. These gears work like the ruler analogy. Pull the cover off the old one (non LSD) and take a look. The LSD has clutches that hide the gears. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just picked up a new/used 3.25 LSD on Saturday. Woo-hoo! > > A first practical question: what are the "wave washers"? Mike Miller's > article in EC said that you needed 6. If they're for the rear cover, > you'd need 8. Are they perhaps for the CV joint/output shaft junction? > > A second more theoretical question: how the heck to diffs work? I've > been trying to figure out a gear combination that would do what a diff > does, but haven't been able to do it. Opening up the case and poking > around inside didn't help clarify things. > > See, I'm trying to be able to build a car from trees (for when the > impending NATO/OPEC/Trilateral Commission invasion crushes all our cars > <G>). No, actually, I just want to understand how everything works. I > understand IC engines, transmissions, etc., but I can't figure out > diffs! > > TIA. > > KC Boyce > '85 325e --> soon to have a diff that matches its name ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:18:34 -0500 (EST) From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Bell Sounds [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > degrees Fahrenheit (before freezing, just in case the signs that say > "bridge freezes before road surface" are accurate). That's typically correct since bridges can lose heat on their undersides as well. Never spun on one, but have witnessed it. - -- Just Moe '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS BMWCCA Peachtree Chapter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:20:05 -0500 (EST) From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Bell sounds George, Zachariah (CICG Development) writes: > Gosh! dear Celisa asks a question, and > nearly half a digest gets devoted to her. > > I hereby change my name to Cameron D. *chuckle* Remember too the degree of difficulty of the question. - -- - -- Just Moe '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS BMWCCA Peachtree Chapter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:34:39 -0500 (EST) From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Road Atlanta Driving school pictures and short video > http://www.conundrumcomputing.com/mvc-017v.mpg 800K, 35sec. Very cool; what *ARE* you listening to in that? (Or is it an overdub; in any case, what is it?) - -- Just Moe '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS BMWCCA Peachtree Chapter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:08:57 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Road Atlanta Driving school pictures and short video Is a video camera mount being used in that shot? It's awfully shaky... Or is there someone in the backseat holding a camcorder? Thanks, Chester - --- Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.conundrumcomputing.com/mvc-017v.mpg 800K, 35sec. > > Very cool; what *ARE* you listening to in that? (Or is it an overdub; > in any case, what is it?) ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:09:40 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Microfilter replacement...need help I have to replace the microfilter on my M3 and am dreading the procedure. I have heard that there is two seperate ways to do it. I remember that there was a Microfilter replacement procedure (with pictures) on the web somewhere...does anyone have a good procedure that will cut down on the cursing and throwing of tools? I heard this procedure is a real P.I.T.A BTW, I have the procedure off the Ron Styger Unofficial E36 website. Is there a better one? ===== Sean E. Cain <NCC Chapter> 95 M3: ECIS Intake, Euro HFM, AA euro chip, BL/SS, X-Brace, euro clears, LTW Spoiler exts. http://www.ecisbmw.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:38:55 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E34 ///M Key The key that came with the E34 M5 is like a standard BMW key with a black roundel button to turn on the light, but it has the ///M logo on the back. Any idea where to buy another one of these? I called BMW of SF and Peter Pan BMW in San Mateo and they both said they have never seen one. If I find a blank any idea where I can get one cut in the SF Bay Area? Kevin P. Kelly BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #430 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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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