[uucdigest] Friday, January 17 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6032
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Re: [uuc] E-code Headlights [uuc] Re: (broken?) aluminum floor jacks [uuc] Request: Failed Aluminum Jack Pics (was re: floor jack) [uuc] "e" to "i" conversion [uuc] <98 740iL> tilt and slide steering mechanism and vavle cover bubbling Re: [uuc] <98 740iL> tilt and slide steering mechanism and vavle cover bubbling [uuc] Re: Where to find info.... [uuc] BMW NA advertising rips off Jim C. Re: [uuc] BMW NA advertising rips off Jim C. [uuc] <850> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:45:28 -0700 From: "Tim Pfister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E-code Headlights I thought the E-Code lights were H1 (low beam) and H4 (high beam) bulbs.I have heard they are also direct fir ,plug-n-play for the old sealed beams. Tim Pfister ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:53:08 -0500 From: "Rob Levinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] uuc] E34 525i ellipsoid replacement Marx Brothers lights? - - Rob - ---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Maybe it was Crappo. >Gary Derian > >> Jon, >> >> I e-mailed the seller, asked the brand of the lenses, was given a >name, >> seached with Google for the name and found out that they were a >> Taiwanese company. I wrote them and they said that the lenses were >made >> from a mold taken from European lenses, which is why they called >them >> "Euro". >> >> I have fogotten the name, exactly, but it was short, sorta like >"Denso" >> or some such. >> >> Ed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:02:38 -0700 From: "Clarke F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Louis Vutton Finals - Was Oracle/BMW race At 12:50 AM 1/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: >From: Steve Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] Oracle/BMW race > >Is anyone else but me watching the Louis Vuitton Cup race? I've been watching it since pre-finals. Very exciting Tuesday night! They lost tonight though: 4-1 favoring the Swiss. =-C ================================================================== "Get your facts first. Then you can distort them as much as you want." -- Mark Twain ================================================================== PGP Key available: send mail with the subject: pgp-key-request ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 01:35:20 -1000 From: Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] car washes... sorry for the late reply, damn computer crashed on me... family members report that this happened decades ago: one day when my mom got dropped off to work, my 2 aunties decided to wash her car for her...unfortunately, they used green scouring pads and brillo pads...they even got down to bare metal in some places...needless to say, my mom was upset when she got home =) Gary Derian wrote: > One can do a very good job by hand, also a very poor job. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:15:43 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E-code Headlights E code sealed beam replacement lights use the twin filament H4 bulb for the outer lights with high and low filaments. These are plug and play for sealed beams. For ellipsoids, there is no plug and play replacement. Gary Derian > I thought the E-Code lights were H1 (low beam) and H4 (high beam) bulbs.I > have heard they are also direct fir ,plug-n-play for the old sealed beams. > Tim Pfister > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:54:35 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: (broken?) aluminum floor jacks on 1/16/03 11:30 PM, Skip Bogard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my data point to contribute...I was at Harbor Freight in Raleigh and > examined two of them at the store side-by-side: > > Silver model - had a reinforcement rib running the length UNDER the lift > arm...much like a reinforcement rib seen designed into plastic moldings for > things like fishing tackle boxes, plastic tools boxes, or large plastic > storage boxes... > > Blue anodized model - was prettier than the silver model, but did not have the > rib! was completely absent. That's interesting. My original silver model certainly has reinforcing gussets under the lift arm as Skip describes. I've seen the blue model at the HF store here, but didn't think to look underneath. and on 1/16/03 11:30 PM, "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously the silver model has a greater lift capacity. Wasn't the colour > difference discussed recently, one at 3000lb and the other at 4000lb? The new 4000 lb model is apparently blue, but recent sightings of the 3000 lb version also show it as blue. The original 3000 was silver, may also still be available? Back to Skip: > You can't see the reinforcement rib unless you pick up the jack(s) & look > UNDER the lift arm. Other than that...and the color, they looked identical. > > This tells me I should share with list members a warning that they should know > Harbor Freight is not selling a consistent product in their stores...at a > minimum. As to overall quality, I do not know, but it is not consistent > product. Question for Stan or anytone: Any detail(s) on what seems to > allegedly fail? (perhaps the Lift arm or some other part?) I've heard but not seen specifics of two HF failures. One broke off an overhanging segment of the saddle, apparently because the contact point wasn't positioned centrally when jacking. This might not matter much with a steel part, but care needs to be taken with aluminum. James Clay at Bimmerworld previously reported breaking an HF side plate while jacking an "angled load." In my experience with lifting cars at the track it's not hard for a jack to tilt if the ground isn't flat and level. Maybe that's what happened here? I've previously pointed out that the HF jack uses aluminum castings for the main load-bearing parts: side plates and lift arm. This isn't as strong a construction as the machined and assembled aluminum plate found in the high end ($600+) racing jacks. So, no surprise here, you get what you pay for. I've been very satisfied with my HF jack, but I'll continue to be careful in how I use it at the track. (At home I have a pair of behemoth "survive a direct hit from a nuke" Lincolns that can be abused all you want.) Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:29:30 -0500 From: "Paci, Noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Request: Failed Aluminum Jack Pics (was re: floor jack) If anyone has pics of a failed aluminum jack, I would like to see them, and be happy to post them for the rest of the list to see. Send em my way! Cheers, Noah. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:33:16 -0500 From: "Luis Rueda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] "e" to "i" conversion I'm in the process of installing an "i" engine into an '86 325e. As I understand, there are a couple of wires that need to be spliced in order to get the tach & fuel gauge to work and I was wondering if anybody here would know which ones are these. Any other things aside from these wires that I need to be aware of during the transplant? TIA, Luis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:46:11 -0500 From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <98 740iL> tilt and slide steering mechanism and vavle cover bubbling Hello. I just bought a 98 740iL and the steering wheel electric tilt and slide mechanism is not functioning by the switch on the column. I hit the seat memory button and the wheel did start to move, which points to an electrical problem and not a motor malfunction. The fuses are all fine under the hood. Is there a relay somewhere for this dude? Another strange thing I noticed...on the valve covers. The front part (the part painted in silver paint, the rest is covered with plastic) is completely BUBBLED. It is as if the engine was so overheated that this paint started boiling. I have all the records and checked with the local dealer who serviced the car and they said it was never overheated. While that is all find and good, it could have been overheated at some point....is this a normal thing associated with faulty engine paint from the factory, or, should I be REAL concerned? The engine runs perfectly. These are the only issues with it...well, except for the 3 quarts of water in the spare tire well :-) I think she needs a tailight gasket. Alex Cagann 88///M5 http://www.autoconsortium.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:09:38 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <98 740iL> tilt and slide steering mechanism and vavle cover bubbling The steering column problem is software related. Could possibly need one of the motors replaced also. There was a service bulletin on this complaint, not sure of the number right now. Bubbled paint is from bad paint, not overheat. They all do it. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello. I just bought a 98 740iL and the steering wheel electric tilt and > slide mechanism is not functioning by the switch on the column. I hit the > seat memory button and the wheel did start to move, which points to an > electrical problem and not a motor malfunction. The fuses are all fine under > the hood. Is there a relay somewhere for this dude? > > Another strange thing I noticed...on the valve covers. The front part (the > part painted in silver paint, the rest is covered with plastic) is > completely BUBBLED. It is as if the engine was so overheated that this paint > started boiling. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:24:26 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: Where to find info.... Lee, I have a file at home with more info, but in general (this will go as far as my memory allows): The E30 325is was available in the U.S. from 1987 through 1990. In 1991 BMW dropped the "is" designation, but offered a sport package on both the 325i 2 door and 4 door - with the same equipment, AFAIK. All had limited slip, deck lid spoiler out back, BBS 14x6.5 inch basketweave wheels, sport seats, leather interior, leather covered shift knob, premium sound, electric sunroof, full on board computer, and stiffer springs (no significant difference in ride height that I could tell). I am not sure whether the front sway bar was different than the 325i. 1987: aluminum bumpers; one piece front air dam similar to the 325es, but with additional openings at lower center for the oil cooler; Bilstein shocks/struts that look like HDs, but are apparently specially valved for BMW (was also used on the 325es); three spoke sport steering wheel with M stripes at the bottom of the center spoke; rear side swing-open windows; rear sway bar 2 mm thicker than 325i (14 vs 12 or 14.5 vs 12.5, I forget which). 1988: Same except switched from air dam to new front lower valence, 2 piece - the upper part is shared with the 325i, but the lower part is unique to the "is", deeper than the 325i, contoured, and body color; elipsoid low beam headlights; Boge shocks and struts; 12/12.5 mm rear sway bar. Aluminum bumpers continued. 1989: First year of the plastic covered, body color bumpers; not sure if the rear side windows still opened; otherwise the same as an '88. 1990: First year of airbag steering wheels (4 spokes, not at all sporting); no more elipsoids, back to sealed beam headlights used through '87; rear side windows do not open. 1991: Same as '90, AFAIK, but you had to order the "sport package" option for you 325i. Rear side windows open if you have a 4 door. The Yahoo E30 Group guys can fill in the details I've forgotten. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:04:30 -0500 >From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] Where to find info.... > >On the year differences between E30 325is's. > >I know the 87/88 bumpers are different from the later cars.....but that's >about it. Was a limited slip available for all years? How to tell if the >car has one, as I think it was an option.... > >I figured there are some folks here who could spout this stuff off the top >of their heads..... > >Thanks, >Lee ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:28:18 -0500 From: Mike Greto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW NA advertising rips off Jim C. Billboard on I-95 North just south of Boca Raton: Depicts a Z4 with the caption LAND SHARK! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:39:58 -0500 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW NA advertising rips off Jim C. Yeah but that's LAND<space>SHARK not LANDSHARK right?? Geeeze (still a member of BMW<space>CCA) From: "Mike Greto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Billboard on I-95 North just south of Boca Raton: Depicts a > Z4 with the caption LAND SHARK! > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 15:02:23 -0500 From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <850> What is the stock tire size on the 91 850? Also, does anyone have suggestions on tire/wheel upgrades for this car? I was thinking something 18 inch...however, my client wants to go 19 inch....is that stupid? Alex Cagann http://www.autoconsortium.com ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6032 *************************** | | In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. |________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | | Autoscope-Motorsports - http://www.autoscope-motorsports.com | |==================================================== | | Koala MotorSport . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental | http://www.koalamotorsport.com | |==================================================== | | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com |__________________________________________
