[uucdigest] Thursday, January 23 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6047
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[uuc] Re: Safety Devices Brand Roll Cages [uuc] <E34> '92 525i front seat noises Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Re: [uuc] <E34> '92 525i front seat noises Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Re: [uuc] Disabling Traction Control ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:39:40 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad on 1/22/03 8:50 PM, "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ordered one last week. Always thought the $100 for the UG version was > insane. Maybe, but it's built like a battleship and will last several lifetimes. It falls into that category of things, like other good tools, fine kitchen knives or cookware, that are deeply satisfying to own and use because they're made that much better than strictly they have to be. That said, due to my collection of low profile jacks, I no longer use the UG Jack Pad that I've owned for several years. For sale for a reasonable offer. Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:53:12 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Insanity is in the mind of the beholder. Snap On, vs Proto One is 4 times the cost of the other. Guess which one I buy? Does that make me insane? Doubt it. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member > > I ordered one last week. Always thought the $100 for the UG version was > > insane. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:03:00 -0800 From: marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Disabling Traction Control For the airbags you don't need to clip the cables. Just remove the control box and make sure the ground wire isn't grounded. Even with the box removed if the ground wire is grounded you'll get a warning light. This applies to great than 93 325is but if you have traction control I doubt you have less than a 94. Marco Mark Dadgar wrote: > Anyone know of a good way to permanently disable the Traction Control in an > E36 325is? > > How about removing the airbags? Can I just yank 'em out and then remove the > airbag control module under the rear seat by clipping the cables? > > Thanks! > > - Mark, project in progress > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:14:50 -0800 From: marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad You spend your money they way you like ;-) I frankly think 100 shmoes for a piece of metal that I might use 20 times a year is insane no matter how well engineered. Do I like fine knives - sure the Henckels I use are great but I use them practically every day. I save my pennies for really fine pieces of engineering like this http://www.breitling.com/ Marco Neil Maller wrote: > on 1/22/03 8:50 PM, "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I ordered one last week. Always thought the $100 for the UG version was >>insane. > > > Maybe, but it's built like a battleship and will last several lifetimes. It > falls into that category of things, like other good tools, fine kitchen > knives or cookware, that are deeply satisfying to own and use because > they're made that much better than strictly they have to be. > > That said, due to my collection of low profile jacks, I no longer use the UG > Jack Pad that I've owned for several years. For sale for a reasonable offer. > > Neil > 96 M3 > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:17:23 -0700 From: "Ike Moolla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30 Light Reset Pin Numbers Hi Mohamed, Pin 7 needs to go to ground - however the best web page for this information is at: http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/electrical/e36_reset_service_lights.htm l Hope this helps. Ike You wrote: >I am looking to reset the inspection lights on my 87 E30. Could someone >let me know the pin numbers used for this procedure. I have my own tool >that I use to reset the pins on my E34. >Thanks in advance, >Mohamed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:21:49 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Disabling Traction Control KMS - Brett Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Plus, I'm a glutton for punishment. > > It takes little effort to push the 'ASC' button before entering the track. > The question is - will I remember before the light starts blinking madly at me in the first corner as the rest of the field streams by? > You may just be glad that you have it on a rainy day at a deadly track like > Mid Ohio, that likes nothing better than to spit you off the track in the > rain. That occurred to me (Sears Point!). I gotta look in the rules and see if it's legal. Thanks, Brett. Much appreciated! And is your oil distribution block ready yet?! - - Mark - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:34:47 -0800 From: marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Ah but you're a professional. When it comes to my profession cost is no object. If I were jacking up a few hundred BMWs a year than sure the UG version would be in my tool kit. When it comes to things I rarely use, bang for the buck is my choice. The $70 I save on a jack pad will buy a few nice Snap-On or Facom wrenches or 1/20 of a new diff ;-) And I am insane ;-) Marco KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > Insanity is in the mind of the beholder. > > Snap On, vs Proto > > One is 4 times the cost of the other. Guess which one I buy? Does that make > me insane? Doubt it. > ----------------------------------------------------- > BMW Special Tool Rentals > Pay per incident tech support > ----------------------------------------------------- > Brett Anderson > KMS > (440) 338 1650 > www.koalamotorsport.com > > OSS committee member > > >>>I ordered one last week. Always thought the $100 for the UG version was >>>insane. >> > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 00:30:32 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Aluminum Jack Maintenance -- check yours today! Gruppe, If you have bought one of the cheap aluminum jacks from Costco or Harbor Freight, you need to check the nuts and bolts on the jack before you use it again. I happened to notice one of the handles was a bit loose. In the process of tightening it up, I decided to check all the other nuts and bolts. They were all loose, some almost falling out once you looked closely. Just a heads up for everyone! Cheers, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter '95 M3 #21 I-stock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:32:48 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Safety Devices Brand Roll Cages Neil N. wrote: >Appealing to club racers and other track drivers out >there, I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience >with Safety Devices brand roll cages. This is the brand >sold by Stable Energies out of New Jersey. When I first saw the subject line I thought someone had sent a Land Rover post to the BMW list (like I have done in the past)... Safety Devices is an OEM roll cage supplier to Land Rover and makes the external roll cages on all the North American Spec. Defenders as well as all competition roll cages for Land Rover. Everything I have seen from Safety Devices seems well designed looks good. I have never seen a car with a Safety Devices roll cage after an accident, but the Safety Devices roll cages in all the Camel Trophy Land Rovers held up after brutal rolls. Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 00:47:12 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] <E34> '92 525i front seat noises The driver's seat is creaking a bit under side loads (i.e., spirited cornering). This is a new noise so I am assuming that something needs attention. The seats are power seats. Any thoughts? Thanks, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter '95 M3 #21 I-stock ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:00:34 -0800 From: "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Marco if you were jacking up hundreds of BMWs all year, you would not be using a jack pad, a lift would be more in order :-) Speaking of jacking, does anyone know how to properly jack up a W203 C class Mercedes? They have the weirdest looking jack points underneath the car and I am afraid that they will slip off the jackstands. Bora On 1/22/03 9:34 PM, "marco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah but you're a professional. When it comes to my profession cost is no > object. If I were jacking up a few hundred BMWs a year than sure the UG > version would be in my tool kit. When it comes to things I rarely use, > bang for the buck is my choice. The $70 I save on a jack pad will buy a > few nice Snap-On or Facom wrenches or 1/20 of a new diff ;-) > > And I am insane ;-) > > Marco > > KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: >> Insanity is in the mind of the beholder. >> >> Snap On, vs Proto >> >> One is 4 times the cost of the other. Guess which one I buy? Does that make >> me insane? Doubt it. >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> BMW Special Tool Rentals >> Pay per incident tech support >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Brett Anderson >> KMS >> (440) 338 1650 >> www.koalamotorsport.com >> >> OSS committee member >> >> >>>> I ordered one last week. Always thought the $100 for the UG version was >>>> insane. >>> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:19:05 -0800 From: marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E34> '92 525i front seat noises Lose weight ;-) Cheap shot, I know, and if I didn't know Kirk personally I wouldn't have taken it. He definitely doesn't have a weight problem ;-) Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The driver's seat is creaking a bit under side loads (i.e., spirited > cornering). This is a new noise so I am assuming that something needs > attention. > > The seats are power seats. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Kirk Lachman > Sin City Chapter > '95 M3 #21 I-stock > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:21:35 -0800 From: marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad I'm trying to convince my better half that a lift should be part of the budget to remodel the house. I told her "think of all the money I'll save not buying cheap jack pads" Marco Bora Akyol (BMW) wrote: > Marco > > if you were jacking up hundreds of BMWs all year, you would not be using a > jack pad, a lift would be more in order :-) > > Speaking of jacking, does anyone know how to properly jack up a W203 C class > Mercedes? They have the weirdest looking jack points underneath the car and > I am afraid that they will slip off the jackstands. > > Bora > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:37:24 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Disabling Traction Control At 11:30 PM -0500 1/22/03, KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: >It takes little effort to push the 'ASC' button before entering the track. >You may just be glad that you have it on a rainy day at a deadly track like >Mid Ohio, that likes nothing better than to spit you off the track in the >rain. Someone had a cool mod for reversing the function of the ASC switch. I forgot how he did it. But basically the ASC was always off by default. By pressing the button you can turn it on when needed. ...steven ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6047 *************************** | | 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 |__________________________________________
