[uucdigest] Saturday, July 28 2001 Volume 03 : Number 4069 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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] Speedvision World Challenge [John Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <E30> Major Work. Done! [Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Gum Ball 3000 on MTV! ["Steven Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] :<E30> One more time - for the cheap seats.... [Neil Deshpande <nei] Re: [uuc] Re:<E30> One more time - for the cheap seats.... ["Pat Donahue"] Re: [uuc] <E30> Major Work. Done! ["Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] :<E30> One more time - for the cheap seats.... ["Pat Donahue" <] RE: [uuc] And for those who like the M-Coupe.. ["Bill Matthews" <bmatthew] RE: [uuc] Failed emission inspection - HC ["Bill Matthews" <bmatthews34@h] RE: [uuc] E36 M3 sunroof problem ["David Ellsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Gum Ball 3000 on MTV! [Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] [E36] Valentine 1 Remote Hard Wire [Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] Re: Duke brothers..was flaming M3 GTR [Brad Houser <b_houser@pa] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:20:44 -0700 From: John Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Speedvision World Challenge > Good observations, John. Mark's car is really prepared to club racing > level, and his investment in the car is a tiny fraction of what the rest > of GT field spends. And yes, it is registered - he drives it to all the > events he runs, including his Speedvision debut. I guess the presence of a car like that in World Challenge is kinda at the discretion of the organizers; if they don't have a field jam-packed with high-buck teams anyone with a competition license and a car not too far outside the class rules can get in. So, when are YOU going to be running WC GT? ;) I'm waiting for Griggs to finish my damn cage so I can run AI next year - I'm not sure yet whether I'm going to end up as the last of the low-buck cars in AI or the first of the high-buck cars... > While I don't pretend to understand his thing re: the eR*m stuff (which > even he admits is dead), he's actually a pretty good driver. He put one foot wrong, locking his brakes into Two early in the session. Otherwise, from what I saw he ran a really clean event. Then there was the blue C4 who was apexing Two seemingly about halfway up the hill, correcting with a big stomp on the right pedal, a dose of opposite lock and a hearty HiYo Silver on the way to Three. Whosoever that was, I'm amazed that individual stayed on the track for the entire event. John. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:18:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> Major Work. Done! Gruppe: I finished up quite a bit of work on the 88 iS. 1. New gas tank. Used. $95. Fixed the leak. The drain plug needed quite a bit of torque to stop dripping, but the original tank plug was pretty tight too so I think that is fine. 2. New brake hard lines. $60. All rear parts including t-connection. Makes me wonder if we have 3-channel ABS, since the rear brake line is just one, branching to both wheels even though there are four sensors. 3. New parking brakes (cables and shoes). Used. $60. At last I have them after 3 years. 4. New rotors. I painted the hats! $40. 5. New SS brake lines. BMP Earl's with the sheaths. $130. 6. New brake fluid. Castrol LMA. I like it. I think I'll stick with that over ATE Super Blue. I used the Jim Powell brake bleeder and that thing rocks! Don Udel was kind enough to come around with his. 7. New semi-trailing arm bushings. Can't remember how much I paid as I bought them 2 years ago and only put them in now. This made a HUGE difference even though the old ones _looked_ OK. The car is very tight now. I really like it. I'm going to do this to the iC as well to take up the slack it has. 8. New ICV. $85. Idle is as it should be. Temp sensitive and then steady at around 600 RPM. 9. New oil - Castrol 20W50. In the GA heat this should be fine. I'm up to ears in car work, but eventually all this will get to my WWW page, along with some more stuff I'm doing to the car. Many thanks to George Cole and Don Udel for continuous assistance during the 4 weeks the car was up on stands. Neil Deshpande http://www.neilwerke.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 01:23:05 -0400 From: "Steven Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Gum Ball 3000 on MTV! ben detroit said: >I believe that perhaps Johnny Knoxville & >his merry band of Jackasses somehow went along for the ride for the Gumball Right, he participated (though I don't know what in). Steve Nashville (in keeping with the name tradition) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 00:10:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] :<E30> One more time - for the cheap seats.... Jim: I feel your pain! I'm struggling with the chain tensioner on my E34 and I just hate not knowing what is causing the noise, if it is even the chain tensioner, and how to fix it. Don't know about the mains, but Jim Powell had the rod bearings on his E30 325i done w/o removing the engine or anything. If the engine does blow up, you could go the M20 route or even the Z3 route. The Z3 engine is the same weight as the S14 with the all aluminium block and could be made to produce 200 HP. Neil Deshpande http://www.neilwerke.com *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From what i understand, it is quite possible to install both new main bearings and rod bearings with out completely pulling the engine. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:24:51 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:<E30> One more time - for the cheap seats.... How's this. Look at the hinges on the front of your hood when it's up. It pivots around a pair of hollow tubes flared at the ends. Drill out one end of each and you can press them out easily - replace those with a clevis pin of appropriate length and girth. Cut the hose to your windshield washer jets and buy a connector for that. Slip the clip for the hood support strut at the hood (throw away the plastic buffer parts). Now with that disconnected and pushed back down to it's closed position (it'll stay there) lower the hood back down. Pull the clevis pins you put in and lift the hood off. To replace the hood just set it on in that laying down position and replace the clevis pins, raise it and clip the hood strut back on, and connect the two parts of your windshield washer hose. With the hood off it's a simple matter to get to things. Pulling the entire engine is very straightforward with the tranny still attached. I had to raise my car onto jackstands so there'd be enough room to swing the tranny down then up and out. Ooohh. Look at all that nice access to things to be cleaned, removed, replaced, uprated... You get the picture. Geeeze '95 525iT - 4GTFUL '91 Gold Wing - GEEEZE From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gruppe, > I am guessing that a weekend is not a good time for deep probing q's on the > ultimate demise of your car, so I will repost again what i posted on Sunday. > Any and all answers are appreciated. From what i understand, it is quite > possible to install both new main bearings and rod bearings with out > completely pulling the engine. Feel free to try and disuade me one way or the > other. An S-14 convo is just not in the cards right now, but Oh I > wish.......... > > << I have an '88 325is track car. The car has 125k mi on it. When I ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:30:04 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E30> Major Work. Done! Stop wondering. Geeeze From: "Neil Deshpande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I finished up quite a bit of work on the 88 iS. > > 2. New brake hard lines. $60. All rear parts > including t-connection. Makes me wonder if we have > 3-channel ABS, since the rear brake line is just one, > branching to both wheels even though there are four > sensors. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:32:43 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] :<E30> One more time - for the cheap seats.... Neil, How closely did you inspect the chain and sprockets? It's possible the chain is stretched or has a broken link on one side of that double row. Perhaps you've tossed a tooth or two from a sprocket? I hope not but that's cheaper than the next set of options on an S38. Geeeze From: "Neil Deshpande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I feel your pain! I'm struggling with the chain > tensioner on my E34 and I just hate not knowing what > is causing the noise, if it is even the chain > tensioner, and how to fix it. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:36:45 -0400 From: "Bill Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] And for those who like the M-Coupe.. http://www.autoextremist.com/page4.shtml A spy shot of the production prototype in testing Bill Matthews Hockessin DE 00 M Geeze some Volvos > -----Original Message----- Don Eilenberger > > http://www.smartcenter-nl.com/index.html > > Then look around the site (it's a VERY cool site), and click > on the "i" in the upper right corner, then look for "Smart News" > > Talk about a coupe.. this might really be neat! > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:42:52 -0400 From: "Bill Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Failed emission inspection - HC > Jay Guillermo wrote: > > Hi guys, > I was surprised to get rejected at the NJ State inspection > shop. I got a > reading of HC-166 (failed, std is 124). Following are the rest > of the result; > <snip>I have 40 more days remaining for reinspection. > Can anyone offer some advice on how to resolve this high HC? > Many thanks!!! > > Jay > BMW CCA NJ Jay, My 73 Volvo 1800ES recently failed on high HC at idle on the Delaware test. The tester (an actual State of Delaware DMV employee) had me hold it at 2,000 rpm for about a minute and then retest at idle. No problem passing. Bill Matthews Hockessin DE 00 M Geeze some Volvos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:41:35 -0400 From: "David Ellsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] E36 M3 sunroof problem Been there done that on my 318ti. It is a long story and involves removing the sunroof panel and lots of cusing. Basically it is a couple of small plastic parts that grab each other in a different way depending on if you tilt or open. I may be able to find my note, I had a computer crash. You will need a good manual too. David and his Alaska Blau ti - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert S. Hatrak II Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:35 PM To: UUC List; Suzy's List Subject: [uuc] E36 M3 sunroof problem The sunroof on my E36 M3 (9/95 build) has developed a problem that I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with. The black fabric coved panel/liner no longer is attached to the metal sliding roof panel. At times, it will not move forward when the sunroof is closed. If I then push it forward by hand and then tilt the roof up and then back down, the fabric liner will move forward and backward with the metal roof correctly. All is fine until the roof is tilted again, and then the fabric panel disconnects itself again. I know this is an akward explanation of my situation. I hope someone has had some sort of similar experience that they can share. Thanks in advance! Rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 06:00:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Gum Ball 3000 on MTV! Ben Keyes wrote: >>what is with Carlos & TV listings ;-) Jackass is on at 10pm on >>Sunday _night_ OK so I switched one little "a" for a little "p". :) >>when the F1 race will be long over. Chances are that's when I'll be watching it. ...heh..heh... Carlos. (who just watched qualifying...hmm wonder what Button's team manager has to say now 'bout JPM...) 91 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! 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TIA, Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 07:00:21 -0700 From: Brad Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Duke brothers..was flaming M3 GTR They were the "Duke Boys", and the General Lee had its doors welded shut for jumping: http://www.angelfire.com/ga/GeneralLee01/ http://www.angelfire.com/ga/GeneralLee01/01Pictures.html CB was in and it worked everywhere in Hazzard County, but you never heard anyone else using it. Brad Houser - ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID NGUYEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 10:55 AM Subject: [uuc] Re: Duke brothers..was flaming M3 GTR > > > > >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:09:36 -0400 (EDT) > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hart) > >Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Airborne, flaming M3 GTR > > > >Sorry, but, uh.. > > who are the Duke brothers? Any relation to > >Wright bros? Duke of York? > >Serious answer welcome! > >JOhn (wide flared name) > > > ... "i'll take poor assumptions for $800 alex!" ~sorry i just saw Finding > Forrester too. i grew up on Dukes of Hazzard so i take it he's mentioning Bo > and Luke Duke. don't think the general lee ever had fender flares but i > could be wrong. it's been a long time! just remember i had a crush on Daisy > Duke! ( i was only 8 years old) don't be dodging cops like the Duke boys > there boy and girls! it gets your toys impounded! trust me i know! hahah and > don't ask how i know!! anyone have any "duke boys" car chase sories but in a > bimmer that can keep me entertained? this lambo thread starting to bore me. > sorry. > > ~david '94 325is (18 more days 'til she flies again) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4069 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Detailwerks Chicago Inc. 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