[uucdigest] Saturday, April 8 2000 Volume 03 : Number 573 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: Garage Heater Follow-up Re: [uuc] Bleeding with ASC+T [uuc] <wob> Rob's got no Hart? (was Removing Oil Filters) [uuc] [E36] Bad vibrations under acceleration [uuc] <E30> Radio in German mode? Re: [uuc] hawaii bimmerheads...plz read [uuc] AutoWeek on SpeedVision Re: [uuc] 87 325is - buying assistance RE: [uuc] [E36] Bad vibrations under acceleration [uuc] Re: Whadja find in dere? Re: [uuc] E30-Broken trunk lock ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 21:55:32 -0600 From: Rob Shively <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Garage Heater Follow-up I wanted to thank everyone for their input on my garage heater question. Using radiant heat in the floor sounds like the best way to go but the cost is big $$$$ for the few times a year I would use it. After talking to our contractor I don't think the vent less natural gas heater meets the building codes. I need to call the inspection unit next week to confirm this. If that is the case, then I will have a vented natural gas heater installed as part of the building process. Thanks again for the help. Rob Shively '73 tii '91 318i ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 21:10:37 -0700 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Bleeding with ASC+T Well I feel better about Bentley now that they are smart enough to agree with me ;) Jim Larry Simmons wrote: > > See Tech Talk, April 2000 Roundel, page 106. > > Larry Simmons > '91 M5 > '91 iX > > : ------------------------------ > : > : Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 12:58:00 -0700 > : From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Subject: Re: [uuc] Bleeding with ASC+T > : > : Don't worry about it. Just pressure bleed them and get on with life. > : If it really freaks you out. Bleed them, go engage ABS a few times and > : bleed them again. > : > : Jim > : > : "Robert B. Kasten" wrote: > : > > : > Is there an official procedure for bleeding brakes with ASC+T systems? > : > I take it from the "wonderful" E34 Bentley that pressure bleeding is > : > not an option? Is there a workaround? > : > : ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:41:19 -0400 From: "James Sheridan-Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <wob> Rob's got no Hart? (was Removing Oil Filters) > not to his liking. May I guess this will be my last post, if even. God I hope so. At the most charitable I'd have to call you "incoherent". This is Rob's list, period. You don't like it? Feel more than free to make your own and leave. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. (Yes, this one was *supposed* to go to the digest folx <g>) - -- James Sheridan-Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Capital Chapter '98 323is '85 SCCA Spec RX-7 #00 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:56:42 -0400 From: "Lane Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] [E36] Bad vibrations under acceleration Recently (within the last two days or so) my '94 325is has begun to vibrate under acceleration. The vibration is like a shudder that occurs only when I am on the gas but disappears as soon as I am off (to upshift, for example). It only occurs under at least moderate power (at least halfway down on the gas pedal), and then only above 3-4000 RPMS. I experience it as soon as I push the pedal and the RPMs climb above that level. I get the vibration in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears but the higher gear I'm in the more RPMs it seems to take to start shuddering and I have not reached that speed in 4th or 5th gears since it started. More throttle/higher RPMs/lower gears all seem to increase the strength of the vibration, but I do not get the vibration at all unless I am accelerating somewhat hard. I think that fact would rule out things like wheel bearings, tire pressure/wheel weights, various driveshaft bushings, etc. I don't notice any clutch slippage either; speed seems to rise smoothly with RPMs even during the shudder, and I would think that if the clutch were slipping I would be able to smell it burning as I melted it under hard acceleration, but I can't. The car has 98,xxx miles and is rigorously maintained. Somebody please help me figure out what this is and what I need to do to fix it; this will really spoil any upcoming nice weekend drives around twisty roads! Thanks! - --Lane Flynn BMW CCA #158896 94 325is <--hurtin' P.S. Some months ago I mailed out some copies of a procedure I had to install one-touch sunroof opening and closing into an E36. I think I've since lost that procedure. Could one of you who asked for it and still has it send me back a copy? Thanks a lot. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:05:06 -0500 From: "Grant Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> Radio in German mode? Sorry for the cross post... Hey everyone, I was working on my radio yesterday and I think I left it disconnected from power for too long, and now it's stuck in a weird mode. The FM freq steps in every tenth instead of every other tenth, and the "SC" letters come on with every other press of the tune buttons. The AM freq has weird possibilities, like 1035, and the weather band is non-existent! Is this a default German radio setting? Is there a secret key-press sequence to get it back in U.S. mode? I have the base stereo from '87, i.e. no pyramid-shaped toggle button or stereo amp. Thanks guys (and gals), Grant 87 325 http://gunter.gunter.com - "Friends of BMWE30.net" P.S. My 15" OZ wheels are on for good, and I love 'em! - http://gunter.gunter.com/personal/parkfrontleft.jpg ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:29:54 -1000 From: Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] hawaii bimmerheads...plz read i'll try...its more of a "new auto show" than a "custom car show" (with aforementioned...umm...hunnies)...hopefully one of the other drivers thats gonna meet up with us will bring a digital camera...i've lived here all my life...okay, so its only 22 years, but i STILL DROOOOOOL over the members of the opposite sex that live here... jayson.......aka The RainMaker Chester Wong wrote: > Sure....depress the living sh*t out of me. Um...while you guys are cruising > around, please take pictures (hint, hint...not necessarily of the cars...) =) > > Man, if I were to move to Hawaii, I think I would be more of a pimp-daddy than > Jim "da-pimp" Powell. Hawaiian girls......must stop thinking about it....I > think I'm drooling.. > > Have fun, > Chester ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:51:52 -0400 From: "Ricardo A. Venegas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] AutoWeek on SpeedVision This week on the AutoWeek there was a nice little segment on the BMW 2002. It may be repeated on Monday at 5:30p or Tuesday at 7:00a. Ricardo ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:51:24 -0500 From: "Thi & Erika VanAusdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 87 325is - buying assistance Roland, I just sold my '87 325is last summer. Dangit, why? But I digress ... Keep looking for the six if this is the only 325is you've seen. I agree with Dana (dlearl@aol) and others who said to hold out - for that price you can find a nicer example. For a few dollars more you can find an EXCELLENT example. Brake lining light: may be that the sensors were not replaced when the pads were done - it's less than $10 but aftermarket pads don't come with new sensors. It wouldn't be that hard to short the leads for the sensor to keep the light off. Coolant warning light: my '87 was sensitive to the level in the overflow tank. That being said, any car for sale should have its fluids topped off. Duh. Replacement headlights are available at Wal-Mart's fine, extensive automotive lighting department for about $8. I just bought one for my '87 325i (4-door) to pass inspection for the same reason. If the PO hasn't handled these three simple issues, what else has been ignored? And any moron (including yours truly) can make the lights go off, assuming the NiCad batteries are not totally dead in the instrument cluster. Although a resistor is preferable, I have also done this work with a paper clip, which isn't quite $500, even at the local friendly Pentagon parts supplier. - Thi - > I've been looking for a six, but this car popped up at work. I took it for > a test drive. Car handled well, motor seemed strong. Damn, I should have > looked more closely at this car before I bought my VW in 94, but I digress. > The owner claims regular maintainance (2nd owner from 18k, now has 148.5k), > but the brake lining and coolant warning lights are lit, OBC is red (claims > the dealership wanted $500 to reset the lights). The trunk shows burglary > damage (pried up so it doesn't seal well - pool of water on drivers side). > Interior is good up front except the carpet is shot by the gas pedal. Rear > seats look like a tortoise shell. Timing belt changed at 98k. The body > shows small dents and dings, the front spoiler is intact but abused and both > fogs and a high beam have rock holes. I just had time for a quick drive. > The owner is asking $5k. Any comments would be appreciated. I'ld like to > get back to my six search if this is overvalued. > > Cheers, > Roland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:50:46 -0400 From: "VincentMathew Malfa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] [E36] Bad vibrations under acceleration Hey Lane, Funny that you should ask for a copy of that procedure; the one-touch write-up already made it to the webpage... http://www.wpi.edu/~vmcmalfa/bmwhome.htm Click on the Skunworks navigation button, then the UUC section, and it's in the list of procedures. :) Later, - -Matt << mailed out some copies of a procedure I had to install one-touch sunroof opening and closing into an E36. I think I've since lost that procedure. Could one of you who asked for it and still has it send me back a copy?>> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:02:47 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curtis A. Ingraham) Subject: [uuc] Re: Whadja find in dere? When I was a student at the University of California at Davis, I drove for the associated students' bus service. As you might imagine, this was a low-budget operation, and the rolling stock had been selected, mostly on the basis of low cost, from the castoffs of legitimate transit systems. (Drivers were selected on much the same basis, except that considerably less expereince was required of them.) My electrical fixit compulsion really bothered me when stuff didn't work and when bare, loose wires dangled from under the dash. I conned the boss into a job as the Bus Electrician. One of the minor problems I got around to after months on the job was an entire row of non-working interior lights on the upper deck of a London Bus (one of five in the fleet). These bulbs had huge bayonet bases and ran on 24 volts, so they were impossible to find in the U.S. and expensive to import from Britain. Because of this, they burned out often and sometimes disappeared to become souvenirs. Even though it was possible for several to expire in a month, this did not explain my problem that day. After some probing with a meter and some rooting around in the wiring conduits, I found a cleanly cut wire in a junction box under the rear stairs, along with the following written on a folded-up scrap of paper: "This piece of paper was put on this bus on September 19th at 11:10 a.m. Will the finder please write to Mr. D. Woods, 8, The Retreat Crown Rd., Grays, Essex, England" I wrote but never got a response, and I never learned the year of Mr. Woods's stunt. And there was light. Curt Ingraham 72 2002tii Oakland, California ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:39:54 -0700 From: Chris Baisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30-Broken trunk lock No, removing the back seat won't help, unless perhaps he has the ski pass through. The trunk and car interior are separated by a steel partition. At 08:46 PM 4/07/00, you wrote: >Any suggestions on how he can get into the locked trunk? I suggested he >might be able to again access by removing the top section of the back >seat. Chris Baisley 1989 e30 325i 2dr 5sp Bronzite http://www.infomatch.com/~cbaisley/bmw.htm ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #573 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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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