[uucdigest] Saturday, April 1 2000 Volume 03 : Number 552 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] Speedbleeder- The good, the bad, the ugly??? [uuc] Re: K&N's Re: [uuc] <misc> Whadja find in dere? [uuc] Re: Whadja find in dere? [uuc] master brake cylinder sizes? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:17:09 -0800 From: Aleksandr Milewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Speedbleeder- The good, the bad, the ugly??? At 13:16 -0600 on 000331, you commanded the electrons to create a missive titled "[uuc] Speedbleeder- The good, the bad, the ugly???": |Does anyone have any personal experience (good or bad) with Speedbleeders? | |http://www.speedbleeder.com | |Looks like a great idea - but I'm concerned about introducing a weak link in |an already excellent brake system. I've run them on several of my cars. They aren't a weak link by any stretch. If they fail completely, they're exactly like a normal bleed screw. Earl's also makes something similar, and I think I like the Earl's design a little better, but I've never used them. - -Zandr - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aleksandr Milewski BMWCCA #166568 SysAdmin, 530i.org '95 540i/6spd [EMAIL PROTECTED] '00 740i Sport Ben Lomond, CA '00 M Coupe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:34:35 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: K&N's Chris wrote: >I have a K&N conical on my 89 Bronco and the last time >I went out to the desert, I purposely checked the inside >of my Mass Air after I got home, expecting to find a light >film of dust inside it. Well I'am here to tell you that after >100+ miles off road, in an incredibly dusty environment, >that there was no visible dust or dirt in my MAS. Then Jim C. wrote: >Good for you Chris.. don't worry about. >The rest of us who've seen the actual scientific data.. >and the oil analyses.. well, WE'LL worry about it, and >simply not use the things. Since Chris was in the desert he may been in a "sandy" rather than dusty environment. Sand particles are a lot bigger than dust particles. I'm not an expert like Jim C. and I don't have any lab tests, but the Land Rover list guys in Africa have reported that a (properly oiled) engine with a K&N will be shot after a couple weeks of driving in convoy on dusty roads. Land Rover list member Daniel from San Francisco who shipped his Land Rover to Africa for a safari heard many K&N horror stories while waiting for his engine to be rebuilt. He went from burning a quart of oil every 3,000 miles to burning a quart an HOUR in two weeks (driving in a convoy with other vehicles kicking up dust). On Land Rover trips in Northern California we do a lot of driving on logging roads and the big Cat tractors that make the roads grind the dirt in to fine baby powder like consistency. It is ugly to look under a K&N filter after a day of off roading on logging roads. I think K&N filters are fine for track days (or if you are leasing a car and don't care if the engine lasts more than 30,000 miles), but I will always pop the paper filter back in for the drive home from the track on a car I care about. With the Range Rover I always replace the paper air filter with another paper after I leave the pavement (and pop an oiled sponge in to the air horn). When I swap filters so I have a clean one for the drive home and bang the filter on the ground I am amazed how much dirt makes it past the oiled foam. Kevin Kelly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 01:43:52 -0500 From: neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <misc> Whadja find in dere? In the trunk of my 325is, I found a sterling silver cufflink, with a gothic "P" on it. In my 85 318i, I found pot, under the ashtray, and in that odd, little square cutout in the carpet that E30s seem to have on the tranny hemp....I mean hump. When I was little, my older bros would buy cars (mostly wrecked), and part them out for extra money (and to get parts for free), and we young 'uns would often help. Anyhow, my bro bought his friend's Dodge Omni 024, which had an argument with a very large tree, and lost (the driver's seat was ~10-12 inches wide, and the center console was under the passenger seat). We found ~$10 in change scattered in every square inch of that interior. There were coins up under the dash, between the rear seat and side panels, etc.. every time that I find a coin in a car, it reminds me of the joy of scuttling cars.... - -- Do Svedanya! Neil Hitze '91 318is '87 325is '85 318i <-you put yer weeeed in there.... http://www.hitze.com/~neil "..the underdog will eventually survive...." --Colin James Hay "This is not a step." --Heywood Banks Star Trek stuff for sale: http://www.hitze.com/~neil/startrek/startrekforsale.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 22:49:57 -0800 From: Chris Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Whadja find in dere? >From: Scott Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >What's the best thing YOU'VE ever found inside a used car? Besides, of >course, cargo netting in rental cars. We've already ridden that thread >like a two dollar...horse. ;-) In my ex-'81 320is, one of those cheesy Wal-Mart car compass, a ball point pen, 30 cents and a small half eaten bag of chips stuffed in the back seat... <thinking> mmmmm, chhiipss... In my 83' 528e, nuttin' yet. Still looking... Chris C p/s Was in the supermarket parking lot putting the milk in the trunk, when this guy walks up and tells me what a nice car I have and that he misses his 325 (he drives off in a Toyota, go figure.). I'm smiling on the way home :-) - -- '83 528e Bavarian Auto Club of Vancouver Island member #2137 http://members.home.net/iphoto/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 02:09:20 -0500 From: Ken W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] master brake cylinder sizes? Anyone know where I can find a list of sizes of master brake cylinders from various BMWs, as in the E30 M3 begin 23mm and the 750iL 25mm? I am particularly interested in the E34 M5's size. Thanks. - -Ken '91 M3 '86 GTI - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ScopusFest ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #552 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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 ����������������������������������������
