[uucdigest] Friday, March 17 2000 Volume 03 : Number 461 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] <E36> Inspection II DIY info? [uuc] RE: PAG (Was: BMW sells Rover) [uuc] Re: Entry level car - 240D! [uuc] Kumhos [uuc] Re: BMW sells Rover [uuc] <ALL> Leaky Water Pump Re: [uuc] Kumhos Re: [uuc] Re: BMW sells Rover [uuc] RE: PAG (Was: BMW sells Rover) RE: [uuc] Re: BMW sells Rover [uuc] UUC front swaybar endlinks received [uuc] <WOB>Re: BMW sells Rover [uuc] (e28) Fuel Leak Fixed, Thanks to all [uuc] E30 gas mileage [uuc] Parts <FS> E30 M3 [uuc] RE: Battery source [uuc] RE: <E30> 325i poor gas mileage [uuc] RE: WTB: CD changer bracket ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:49:48 -0500 From: "James Sheridan-Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E36> Inspection II DIY info? I'm now due for my first Inspection II (of course, JUST past 36K mi period and no one will service it under the maintenance agreement) and I'm not prepared to bend over the railing if I don't have to. Is there a good online reference for performing this yourself, or is the Bentley sufficient? Should I do some parts myself and leave others for the dealer? I have access to a lift if I need to and/or I've darn near all the tools I think I'd need if I were to do this on jackstands in the garage. Thanks folx. - -- James Sheridan-Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Capital Chapter '98 323is '85 SCCA Spec RX-7 #00 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:19:44 -0500 From: "George, Zachariah (CICG Development)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: PAG (Was: BMW sells Rover) I forever, fail to understand how Mercury can be mentioned in the same breath as Aston Martin, or Jaguar?? So the saga is over, and in a coup de tat BMW cedes Land Rover, if only to recoup costs of selling Rover. Heck,they make their own SUV..er..SAV anyway. Zach > > Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:05:08 -0500 > From: "Joseph Lerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] Ford to Buy Land Rover > > I copied this from DLJ web site: > Ford agrees to buy Land Rover from BMW - sources > DETROIT, March 16 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. F.N has > agreed to buy the profitable Land Rover sport utility unit from > German luxury automaker BMW BMWG.F for 3 billion euros ($2.91 > billion), acquiring another prestigious name in the global > consolidation of the auto industry, sources close to the talks > said on Thursday. > The deal, which includes BMW's Land Rover Solihull assembly > plant in England, will be announced on Friday, sources said. > The move would strengthen Ford's hand in the luxury and > sport utility segments. Its Premier Automotive Group already > boasts the Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo > brands. Ford's board of directors met at noon on Thursday. > Ford's deal with BMW comes a year after the U.S. automaker > bought the car operations of Sweden's Volvo VOLVb.ST for > $6.45 billion. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:17:09 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Entry level car - 240D! With the talk about BMW bringing back the E30 Dave McLaren wrote: >Not long ago I owned an E420 (only about a year) and >I joined the MBZ mailing list. The hottest thread at the >time, and taken _very_ seriously mind you, was about >what a great idea it would be for MBZ to reintroduce the >240D (circa '78-'83). Damn thread went on and on and >on. I kid you not. The W123 240D is kind of like the 2002 in MBZ circles (the W123 300D Turbo is like the 2002tii). Some people just love simple cars that last forever (the 240D is just getting broken in at 300K). At least the 240D will hit 100 mph on flat pavement (back in 1981 I got a late model 240D to hit 100 on 280 passing the Crystal Springs golf course). On the Land Rover lists there are people who are _very_ serious about bringing back a no frills Land Rover with a small 4cyl gas or diesel engine that would top out at 70mph. The Land Rover list had to split in in 1996 since these people did not want to hear about the power seat and cruise control problems of the newer models. Kevin Kelly BMW and Land Rover Owner P.S. I can't wait to see how the Land Rover die hards react to BMW selling the company to Ford ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:07:57 -0800 From: "BILL MITCHELL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Kumhos The Tire Rack is advertising heavily the new Kumho Z rated tire, the Ecxata, or something like that. The tread looks very agressive and the price is certainly well below most other performance tires. I remember reading some thoughts on Kumhos in the past, but I think this was mostly about R tires,(I may be wrong) and anyway, I didn't pay any attention to them at the time. Any thought on your experience with the brand would be appreciated. Bill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:09:15 -0800 From: John Edward Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: BMW sells Rover > I thought, with that 'other' acquisition we > were going to have a new company - "Rolls-over". I understand them booting the Rover car division out the door. I have a harder time understanding the Land Rover selloff to Ford. John. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:26:45 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curtis A. Ingraham) Subject: [uuc] <ALL> Leaky Water Pump In BMW UUC Digest v03.n458 Bruce McReynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now my question: Small and intermittent leak from water pump. > I'm betting on an internal shaft seal. (Have a new one in the > boot ready for when it finally gives up the ghost. Got it from > Circle Tire. Thanks, Michele. Great price and service.) Any > advice on how I should be treating this? Forget about it until > it blows? Check for slop in the shaft. If it's loose, replace the water pump now; the bearings are worn, and the shaft could seize suddenly and unexpectedly, a Bad Thing (tm). If the shaft is snug, take your time but keep the coolant topped up. I procrastinated for almost three months, then put in the pump I got from Michel P at Circle Tire. To confirm that the leak is from the shaft seal, look for coolant stains originating at the weep hole in the pump housing. Curt Ingraham 72 2002tii Oakland, California ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:41:14 -0500 From: "James Sheridan-Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Kumhos > The Tire Rack is advertising heavily the new Kumho Z rated tire, the Ecxata, > or something like that. The tread looks very agressive and the price is > certainly well below most other performance tires. I remember reading some > thoughts on Kumhos in the past, but I think this was mostly about R tires,(I > may be wrong) and anyway, I didn't pay any attention to them at the time. After talking with the Tire Rack, they're not expecting to have these in until May 1. They'll happily take your order, however. - -- James Sheridan-Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Capital Chapter '98 323is '85 SCCA Spec RX-7 #00 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:44:00 -0500 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: BMW sells Rover John Edward Miller wrote: > I understand them booting the Rover car division out the door. I have a > harder time understanding the Land Rover selloff to Ford. simple math : Alchemy "buys" Rover (may have been paid to take it off BMW's hands) BMW takes a $3.1 billion hit against 1999 earnings Ford buy Land Rover for $2.91 billion things come out roughly even on this transaction, however BMW have spent something like $3 billion in investment at Rover & have lost over $1 billion the past several years, so nto such a good deal overall. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:46:11 -0500 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: PAG (Was: BMW sells Rover) "George, Zachariah (CICG Development)" wrote: > I forever, fail to understand how Mercury can be > mentioned in the same breath as Aston Martin, or Jaguar?? if it's not Ford, it's PAG. I agree that it's a bit of an odd set-up, but that's how it's happening thus far. makes for some convoluted org charts for sure... Ben ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:51:09 -0700 From: "vanderHeide, Alain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: BMW sells Rover Can you say "We need 3 billion smackeroos and we need it NOW!"? "Any PC built after 1985 has the storage capacity to house an evil spirit." - - Rev. Jim Peasboro > From: John Edward Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 10:09 AM > > > I thought, with that 'other' acquisition we > > were going to have a new company - "Rolls-over". > > I understand them booting the Rover car division out the > door. I have a > harder time understanding the Land Rover selloff to Ford. > > John. > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:16:48 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] UUC front swaybar endlinks received I received the UUC E36 M3/MZ3 adjustable front swaybar endlinks and I must say they are impressively heavy duty. I doubt I'll ever have any problem at all with these pieces. Guess it will take me a couple days to get over kicking myself for not following your advice in the first place and wasting my money on the wimpy ones from BMP Design. BTW, are the UUC greasable urethane Swaybarbarian bushings available yet? If so, I'll need a set of 27mm ones for my front bar, too. Unfortunately, late Wednesday the military pulled a fast one on us and bounced us off the event site for our first SEDiv Solo2 Series event this weekend. Since I'm the SEDiv Solo2 Steward I've been going crazy making sure everyone who planned to attend is informed of the last minute cancellation, so I apologize for not thanking you sooner. Please email me back privately and let me know what I need to do to compensate you for your assistance. Just chalk it up as another awesome UUC experience for me. Mark Sipe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:52:41 -0500 From: "James Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOB>Re: BMW sells Rover Does anyone else find irony in the name of the new Rover owners? Jim Moran '88 M6 - ----- Original Message ----- From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <snip> > > Alchemy "buys" Rover (may have been paid to take it off BMW's hands) > BMW takes a $3.1 billion hit against 1999 earnings > Ford buy Land Rover for $2.91 billion > <snip? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:15:00 -1000 From: "Pearson, Ben J LCDR (CSSPH NCSS1_46A)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] (e28) Fuel Leak Fixed, Thanks to all The leaker was the hose from the cold start valve to the fuel rail. What a PITA to get out of there. Took me about 2 hrs. But no more fuel everywhere. Thanks again to all. Ben 87 535i 5 spd ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:37:41 -0500 From: "Phemister, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30 gas mileage <<<<<<<<<Kevin Henry wrote: > > Car: 1990 325i, 114,500, 4 SI lights left til inspection 2 > > After filling up last night, I realize that I'm only getting about 14.5 > mpg, and as gas prices rise, I'm not liking this. I also had the > emissions tested in VA last week, and just barely passed: > > 15 MPH 25 MPH > Limit Reading Limit Reading > HC ppm 148 56 144 135 > CO % .83 .26 .92 .54 > NO ppm 1110 173 1014 1013 > RPM 1979 1976 > >>>>>>>>>>. What's with the RPM per MPH?? ------------------------------ Date: 17 Mar 00 12:42:52 MST From: Jason Briedis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Parts <FS> E30 M3 I have the following for sale from a 1988 M3: Complete AC System (Almost) - Includes A/C Compressor, Condensor, Evaporator, Compressor Bracket, all Hoses. - $200 Complete Cruise Control System (Add it to any E30) - Includes all parts to make it go. - $175obo Stock M3 Springs (Will fit E30) - $75 bucks. E30 M3 Camber Plates and Guide Supports - Will yield - -2.25 negative camber. 2 months old. Paid over $300. Will sell for $225. Complete stock radio system - Includes head unit, speakers, amp, code to use it, etc. - $150obo Misc interior parts. - -Jason 480-715-4697 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:42:09 -0600 From: "Fadeev, Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Battery source "Alarcon, Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: > > Can anyone recommend a good place to buy a battery (E36 & > E30) ? I'm in Pittsburgh, so Batteries Plus is out of the > question ... Robb, As long as you are not bent on procuring the US OEM Douglas batteries, just about any auto parts store will carry what you want. One of my E30s has PepKids battery (forgot the brand name), another one has the Douglas one. If you must have Douglas and Batteries Plus is not in your state, try Interstate, local import car auto stores or http://www.dcbattery.com/ alex f ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:47:20 -0600 From: "Fadeev, Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: <E30> 325i poor gas mileage Kevin Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: > > Car: 1990 325i, 114,500, 4 SI lights left til inspection 2 > > After filling up last night, I realize that I'm only getting > about 14.5 mpg, and as gas prices rise, I'm not liking this. > The car runs perfectly--I don't see any power losses, idle > is dead even at ~700 RPM, but I do occasionally get a slight > hesitation when first starting to accelerate. I haven't run > the tests for the O2 sensor yet, but I'm thinking it may be > time for a new O2 sensor (as far as I can tell, it's the > factory sensor.) Does this sound right? Kevin, I don't think a dead 02 sensor will decrease your mileage by that much. If the mileage is down, your car is most likely running rich (check by inspecting the spark plugs). If so, this could either be leaking injectors, dead coolant sensors prompting DME to fire cold start injector all the time, high fuel pressure (bad regulator), or something else ;-) Another possibility is that you are _leaking_ gas. Check the fuel lines, especially around the fuel filter. Sometimes a pool of liquid under the car is not water. alex f ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:49:35 -0500 From: Bob Stommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: WTB: CD changer bracket If you can't find a used CD changer bracket, Circle BMW in New Jersey has good prices on new ones: http://www.circlebmw.com/parts/access/acc-cat.htm Bob Stommel >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:26:46 -0800 >From: "Joe H. Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] WTB: CD changer bracket > >Hello. I'm posting for a UUC-impaired friend. He just purchased the >factory CD changer for his '95 ti, but he needs the mounting bracket. >Dealer quoted $140. He plans on calling around for a better quote, but >since I have been extolling the virtues of the UUC Digest for many months, I >thought I would go to the ultimate BMW parts source in cyberspace. > >If anyone has this part, please email my friend directly. Thank you. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Joe >00 M coupe ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #461 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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 ����������������������������������������
