[uucdigest] Friday, July 13 2001 Volume 03 : Number 4014 _________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.gis.nsw.gov.au/staff/rnott/bmw/bmw.html | | 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. | Technical Problems? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: Re: [uuc] <E30> my nuts (was rollbar install) ["Gary Derian" <gderian@ame] [uuc] Re: WTB 17" Wheels ["Timothy.E Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] Electrical Engineering Help Needed [Brad Houser <b_houser@pacbe] Re: [uuc] Electrical Engineering Help Needed [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] Re: Water Pumps [Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] RE: [uuc] Read it and...W.Mass lawyer needed ["Wil Birkmaier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] re: Double nutting-was roll bar ["Bill Mitchell" <mitch48@bellsouth] [uuc] Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:05:27 -0700 ["Bill Mitchell" <mitch48@bel] Re: [uuc] Coolant Level [nJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:46:27 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E30> my nuts (was rollbar install) There is some clearance between inside threads and outside threads. Having the nut push against one side or another makes a difference. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Double nutting does no good. > > Well, I've been double-nutted all my life, and I like to think that > second one isn't just there for show. :) > > > The second nut stretches the bolt and loosens the first nut. Use a self locking nut instead. > > Seriously, though, I don't buy the "stretches the bolt" argument. Seems > to me that the second nut just stops the first one from moving. > Granted, it's same thing that a locking nut accomplishes, but, if > anything, the second nut would stretch the threads inside the first nut > in the *tight* direction. > > To tell you the truth, though, I don't spend a lot of time thinking > about my nuts, maybe you have more experience with that kind of thing > than I do. :) > > Got a reference, or can someone else back up Gary's points? > -- > Mike Whitney - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No Gum Racing - http://pws.prserv.net/whitney/nogum.html > 89 BMW 325is, more nuts and balls than I have > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:42:01 -0400 From: "Timothy.E Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: WTB 17" Wheels >>I am looking for a set of 17" wheels that would be appropriate for my >>sister's e46 323ci. The originals were recently destroyed by a pothole and >>need to be replaced. Her budget is $750-800. Won't your insurance company cover the cost of new wheels? Try www.wheelexchange.com. They have BMW OEM wheels - new, used, and reconditioned for decent prices. Tim T ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 06:03:24 -0700 From: Brad Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Electrical Engineering Help Needed This looks like it would work. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/page9.htm#4013.gif Brad Houser - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:37 PM Subject: [uuc] Electrical Engineering Help Needed > Scenario: > > E32 740i. Has a momentary contact switch built into the wiper stalk on > the right side of the steering wheel. This switch function is marked > with a stylized telephone. This switch "makes" (contacts close) when > pressed towards the column, and "breaks" (contacts open) when pressure > is removed. > > BMW C33 radio. Has a contact on rear of radio in the 17 pin connector > for muting. Radio appears to mute when this terminal is grounded, but > may mute when battery voltage is placed on terminal. > > Mission: > > Using minimum number of very high quality components, make the radio > mute when stalk is depressed once, and return to normal volume when > stalk is depressed again. I am thinking about a latching relay or diode > switching . . . but my EE background dates to tube theory. Really. > > TIA, > > Ed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:17:53 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] Electrical Engineering Help Needed >From a musty, dusty corner of Ed MacVaugh's mind came... > >Scenario: > >E32 740i. Has a momentary contact switch built into the wiper stalk on >the right side of the steering wheel. This switch function is marked >with a stylized telephone. This switch "makes" (contacts close) when >pressed towards the column, and "breaks" (contacts open) when pressure >is removed. > >BMW C33 radio. Has a contact on rear of radio in the 17 pin connector >for muting. Radio appears to mute when this terminal is grounded, but >may mute when battery voltage is placed on terminal. > >Mission: > >Using minimum number of very high quality components, make the radio >mute when stalk is depressed once, and return to normal volume when >stalk is depressed again. I am thinking about a latching relay or diode >switching . . . but my EE background dates to tube theory. Really. > >TIA, > >Ed > I can do it with two relays and two capacitors for the cheap version or four relays and two diodes for the delux version. The cheap version will work, but if you hold down the changeover switch it will keep toggling between mute and non-mute. The deluxe version will toggle once for each press of the change switch. I can post the schematic to you if you want. I should probably just go scan it in. I don't want to try to use acsii art for this one. - -- Joe - -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:35:37 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Water Pumps on 7/13/01 1:32 AM, bsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Carlos >> 91 M3 >> P.S. That guy Uberjeph and his Bomb Ass Site has a pretty good >> procedure for the water pump replacement in an E36. > > I concur. It's informative *and* entertaining. > N. Jay Well now that everone agrees on that, ya wanna share the URL or what??! Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:14:30 -0400 From: "Wil Birkmaier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Read it and...W.Mass lawyer needed I don't even think you need a lawyer. How old was this man of law, does he need corrective vision. Did he identify himself. Did he get a clear reading of your license plate without those corrective lenses. I don't see how someone on foot, unprepared, off duty, etc could issue you a citation. Normally you have to sign the citation to recognize receipt, refusal to sign is something they will take you in for. I think that an unsigned citation(s) does not hold much water. I don't see how a half naked man can keep up with a car going 25mph, see around the corner to see you run the other stop signs, and clock your speed accurately with his finger. In Massachusetts, officers are no longer required to be present in court when you contest them. Only a rep. of the force need be there. I would just go to court, never actually admit you were doing your business, but were about to, i.e. your fly was never opened. Were startled by this strange man and feared for your daughters and self's safety by the aggressive behavior of the man. Hop back in the car and drove off, admit you might have missed one stop sign, but not four, since you were more concerned about your safty and daugters and may have missed the first sign, but at all times were driving safely considering you were unfamiliar with the area. Make sure you focus on how unsafe you felt, and it was not safe to stay. Deny running the other stop signs. Look for holes and improbability in the officers story. Look for glaring mistakes on the tickets as well, such as wrong car color, etc. The judges or the district magistrate are usually fair and understanding. Just don't come off as aggressive, don't argue everything like a child, and for gods sake, when they ask a question like, "where you speeding" don't say, "well, I was changing the radio station, someone was talking, etc" They just want to here yes or no and not waste their time. If they want to hear why you THINK you were not speeding, they will ask. Wil Birkmaier Systems Administrator BEA Systems 271 Waverly Oaks Rd Waltham, MA 02452 781.472.3294 - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Hart Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Read it and...W.Mass lawyer needed Ok, so for all that skip my posts, have a laugh at this one (yeah, as if that tag line would make anyone look!). I was driving 91 from Masspike to rte. 5, trying to get to show my daughter some supposed dinosaur prints at "Ferry Point road" near Mt. Tom, and having driven 120 miles from Boston, I had to p--/ur-----, badly. I took a side street, and idled down to a dead end with row houses, and realizing there was no privacy, backed up at the road's end, and tried to use a secondary upper cross street (probably beset beside the highway, but mostly bushes between houses). I stood at the rear/gas filler panel, bent down low, and relieved myself. Mid-stream, a voice yells, "Hey!", and I realized I was not alone, but withing curtilage, I finished in 5 secs, then made a mad dash to the car, "Hey", again... shoved off in 1st, eyed the approaching male and gave him a moving "OK" sign (probably also obscene in motion, aye). So, I blew it..turned left at 30 mph w.o stopping at a stop sign, and two days later, I get two citiations, with a total of FOUR violations...seems I got the undercover(wear) cop peering into peevedom, and naturally exaggerating to say I blew 3 stop signs, and exceeding "reasonable speeds" In truth, I did 2 out of four, but I guess my gesturing at the non identified man of "law" sort of pricked (no pun_) his ire... At this point, if I payed up and took total responsibiility for my actions, I'd be charged with "indecent exposure" for urinating in "public". Geez, maybe I couldn't keep it in my pants, but neither could the Rolling Stones...ok, so choice of full "accountablity for my actions" would lead to a 4 year driver's suspension, essentially over a roadside "accident" of nature, and yes, blowing a stop sign, b/c the cop never "id'd" himself as such, and I thought him a clear and present danger to my family's existence at that point of departure-Holyoke leads Western and Central, Ma.. I had heard, in murder and drug incidents for Massachusetts. The only question remaining is...should I look for a local lawyer, in the Amherst (college) or Northhampton (gay) areas, for a good local minorative defense..or does anyone know a good Massachusetts lawyer, willing to travel, who'll be able to get me off this officer's "s--- list?" The National Motorist assoc., only lists one lawyer, who has yet to return calls of late, and there are Mass and W. Mass lawyer referral services numbers. Any clues? Sorry to expose myself here, but I am in real trouble, and apart from flames, would appreciate any help, on list or not. John-96 328 cab,, ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 07:51:23 -0700 From: "Bill Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: Double nutting-was roll bar I can IN THEORY go along with the "streching the bolt" thing, but for years I've jammed one nut against another in order to remove a stud(a long bolt without a head on it, essentialy) and recently I used this technique to get the drain plug out of a diff I bought as I didn't have an Allen wrench the proper size. Bill-banger ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 04:13:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bill Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:05:27 -0700 <From: Lawrence Cuatico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <Subject: [uuc] E30 Cold Air Intake <Gruppe <Anybody have any info on a manufactured or home fabricated cold air <intake box for a K&N air filter kit. If manufactured...who? If home <fabricated...style, how, any dimensions or pics to accompany? All they <sell was just the heat shield. I don't think this good enough. Heat <still gets sucked in. TIA..a lot!!!! <Das Boots <'89 325i <BMW CCA SD Chapter I made my own heat shield out of some tin I had laying around. I seals all the way from the lower frame rail up and over the cone filter. It isn't total sealing from engine heat, but while moving I believe it does a pretty good job of directing cool outside-only air to the filter. I kept the rubber snorkle off the stock airbox and turned it to direct the outside air up into the filter. I made a cardboard template first to get the dimensions right and used that to cut the tin out to the proper size. Bill-banger ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:18:17 -0400 From: nJay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Coolant Level Kevin, Out of necessity, I just replaced the water pump/thermostat on my '93 325is. When Carlos and I got the thing back together and filled it, we ran it heater on, waited for it to warm/pressurize, and bled it from the top of the radiator. I don't think we got it completely bled on the first try, at 1:00 AM on a Monday night. On Tuesday, after rolling out of bed late and loading the car rather frantically, I topped up the reservoir to the "Kalt" level with distilled water and started a 2.5-3 hour drive across the state to the track day we had been trying not to have me miss! I took the water with me, and would stop periodically to vent the screw and bleed air from the system. I got to the track and let it sit for ~20 minutes while I unloaded the car and ate my lunch. At this point, the coolant was still a little warm, but below the "Kalt" level. I opened the cap on the reservoir VERY CAREFULLY with one gloved hand, while blocking the path from it to my face with a second gloved hand. I was able to relieve what little pressure there was by pausing in the un-screw. Topped it up just above "Kalt" this time. I got in some track time, keeping a close eye on the gauges -- no problem. Checked it again the next morning and it was dead-on the "Kalt" line. I got lucky. Just with the coolant level, darn it all. :-( As for blowing up the system... If you've had the campaign on your radiator cap done, or if there never was a campaign on yours (both my '94, and this '93 have required it), I wouldn't worry too much about it. When my plastic impeller water pump failed at 6500 rpm in 4th gear (120 mph) on the banked oval at Michigan International Speedway, the coolant in the block overheated *rapidly.* It expanded, and forced coolant back up into the reservoir, at which point the pressure-release feature of the cap kicked into action. The cap relieved itself all over the engine compartment, out the seam in the hood, and down the side of my car. After R&R on the pump/thermostat, no other system component show ill effects. Didn't blow a hose or anything. So if you don't mind a little clean-up ;-), I wouldn't worry too much about the system damaging itself. Kevin wrote: > Question: how the heck do you get the right coolant level in a 1995 M3? > > <snip> So, now I have a car with apparently no air in the > system but the expansion tank is filled right up to the top with coolant > (when cold). Is this supposed to self-drain to the proper level (overflow > or bypass valve?) or do I need to somehow pump/drain it down to the cold > mark? Running the car hasn't done the trick and I'm afraid of blowing up > the system since it has no room for thermal expansion now. > Thanks for the help, > Kevin ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4014 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. 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