[uucdigest] Wednesday, January 29 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6066
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Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] <misc> advise on shipping wheels please [uuc] Traction control off on power up [uuc] Wiper refills [uuc] auld lang syne [uuc] Re: Bosch Wipers [uuc] Re: Bosch Wipers Re:[uuc] auld lang syne [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Re: [uuc] UG / Pelican E36 Jack Pad Re: [uuc] <E34> Power front seat creaking, second try RE: [uuc] UG / Pelican E36 Jack Pad Re: Re:[uuc] auld lang syne Re: [uuc] RE: Rondell Wheels [uuc] Canadian E34 M5 kind of for sale maybe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:12:08 -0500 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <misc> advise on shipping wheels please I have found FedEx to cost less than UPS in almost every case when shipping wheels. Wheels with tires mounted on them are easily shipped with some bubble wrap taped to the face of the wheel and two cardboard circles to protect the face of the wheel and one cardboard circle on the back side. Use duct tape to keep the cardboard in place (rather than the plastic ties that Tire Rack uses since it is cheap and readily available). You don't want to exceed 75 lbs per package so with tires mounted, most wheel/tire combinations have be shipped individually as two wheel/tire combinations will typically exceed 75 lbs. unless they are of the smaller variety. In that case, it is more cost efficient to strap two wheel/tire combinations together. Sometimes UPS and FedEx charge an extra $5 fee for each unboxed item, sometimes they don't. I have average 50/50 on them charging it. Works for me. Regards, Rich ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:27:03 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Traction control off on power up someone a ways back was looking for a way to disable ASC on start up. I stumbled across this looking up some other stuff. Amazingly simple and cheap mod. http://www.bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/tips_pages/DSCoff.htm marco ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:03:28 -0500 From: Norman Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Wiper refills Non Bosch refills are @ wall mart. After 6mo. no issues. HTH. Norman Lieberman '97 528/5 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:34:23 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] auld lang syne Jim: Good News! Does his shop have a WWW site? Where is it? Neil Deshpande *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I rather belatedly reply that he has indeed had a paying customer (one, as of the first week of January). Last I heard the shop was up and running and he had been mostly fixin friends cars until the 'full mark up' people start rolling in. The next cryptic email I recieve from him I will let you know how the shop is doing. I wholly intend to visit his shop and maybe he and I can BC a LSD install. I'll keep y'all posted :) Cheers Jim Evo Clown ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:49:06 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: Bosch Wipers The old refills will not fit the new blades. Been there, tried to do that. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:31:31 -0500 >From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] Re: Bosch Wipers > >on 1/28/03 3:41 PM, "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> She told me that Bosch is in midst of a running change over and they are >> converting to a different type of blade/refill where the new refill will have >> the structural metal piece integrated (rather than separate in the current >> refill) and they the refill may be wider (she wasn't sure if the new refills >> would be compatible or not with the old applications, likely not). > >I saw these in a store today. According to the drawing on the box there is >now a single metal strip spring molded inside the rubber in place of the old >dual loose springs. Couldn't tell if they refills would fit the old holder >or not. > >Neil >96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:57:05 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Bosch Wipers on 1/29/03 12:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The old refills will not fit the new blades. Been there, tried to do that. Of course. That would have been too easy. Neil ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:36:03 -0800 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:[uuc] auld lang syne Jim, Good to hear about Fuerst (thanks for the update) although if he's not careful the freebie's for family (loosely defined) will sink him if he's not careful <g>. Speaking for rememberances, I laughed yesterday at seeing the new Jaque ala Carton (Jack in the Box) commercial. The "transformed" guy with the mullet reminded me of the long ago thread (can't remember if it was on the Welty forum) about mullets which also made me laugh my a** off. This community is probably the best digest on the web from many different angles. OK, OK I'm waxing nostalgic, sniff sniff, so sue me.... just kidding Ed. - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:56:38 -0500 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Pelican E36 Jack Pad Really. After people asked about the skis and golf clubs, my question was going to be, "Do you own a racecar?" Stan skis (not shape), golf clubs (broken 7 iron), awesome limited production UG brake bleeder, BMW racecar (I'll be nice to it and not describe it ...) Marco Romani wrote: > Used too. I lived to ski. Now I race my car. No time for skiing. BTW -- > I always RENTED top of the line stuff ;-) I just bought a great pair of > boots and would rent the rest of the equipment. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 02:01:25 -0500 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] UG / Pelican E36 Jack Pad Huh? Why would they only fit the E6 M3? According to the Ultimate Garage website they fit the E36 chassis and the E38 chassis. Stan Dorffer, Rich wrote: > Anyway, that jack plate only works on E36 M3s AFAIK. I don't think Brett works on hundreds of E36 M3s every year. > > I have a UG jack plate but I rarely use it. Why, because I have been jacking up my E36 M3 exactly the same way Brett does. It really couldn't be any simpler. The numbskulls over on the E36 M3 list are arguing about this very topic again (we just did this thread a week or so ago). I told them the way I did it at that time but only one person responded to me and he doesn't seem to have much confidence that I know what I am talking about. > > Regards, > > Rich - jacks up his E30 and E36 the same way...and it is easy to put them on four jack stands. > > -------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:10:11 -0800 From: "JSN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E34> Power front seat creaking, second try This was posted on the forum a while ago - does this help? I have a similar issue on my std. 535 seats. Haven't had time to try the procedure...this spring I suppose. Jeff 90 535i <snip> > 2) The driver's seat rocks forward slightly under braking. > <snip> It seems to be the base of the seat > more than the back. It seems that this is a standard BMW problem. It is a known issue in the e34, and I heard about it in e36 as well. I've copied below the best info I have on it. Hey Bret, do you rent special tool (88-88-6-521-200, $29.75)? If I knew if would fix my problem, I would buy it, and share it with anybody that needs it. I have not had the time to bother with my seats yet, but maybe after I move into my new 2-car garage, with attached house, I will be able to. HTH Doug Almost a year ago, Herman Chan wrote: The "shifty seat" syndrome is not uncommon to the manual E36 seats (both sport and non-sport); from the statement above, it appears that the power seats can have similar problems. I've experienced this problem in both my '92 coupe and a friend's '95 coupe. In my car, it manifests itself as a slight shift when the car changes pitch or rounds certain turns. Mine is felt only as unwanted movement and isn't accompanied by any noises. Keeping the seat in the lowest height adjustment position will minimize, but not entirely eliminate the problem. It's much more noticeable when the seat is set at a higher position and not wedged in place as it is when at the bottom of the height travel. While others with similar complaints have had their lower seat frames replaced under warranty (only to have the problem return eventually), my complaint to the dealer yielded only an "it's normal" response, claiming that even the new cars on the showroom floor exhibited similar behavior. My own investigation reveals that the cause of the problem is excess play in the plastic bushings that guide the seat bottom slider rails (not the seat tracks on the floor which allow fore/aft adjustment). Manipulating the seat (by applying fore/aft pressure to the seatback) while observing from outside the car makes the cause quite apparent. For the coupe seats, these rails allow the seat bottom cushion to move up and forward when the seatback is tilted forward to allow passenger access to the rear seats. While I haven't examined a sedan to confirm, I'm assuming that the sedan seats share a similar design, if only as part of the seat height adjustment mechanism. On my car, the inboard bushing has too much play, allowing the seat to rock diagonally. If both bushings are loose, I can envision the seat shifting in both the longitudinal and lateral directions. Until recently, I thought the only cure would be replacement of the entire seat frame, since the bushings are riveted to the frame and not available as a separate part. But even this remedy would be vulnerable to a recurrence, since it doesn't address the design weakness which is the cause of the problem. However, while perusing the TIS, I came upon a TSB which may offer a solution. BMW issued a bulletin in 1/92 addressing "Looseness or Play in Front Seat." The fix involves removing the bottom cushion and using a special tool (88-88-6-521-200, $29.75) to remove the excess play in the slider rail bushings. Apparently, anything over 0.05 mm play is considered excessive. Although it doesn't address coupe seats directly, it's apparent that the design of the sedan seat mechanism is similar, if not identical. The power seat mechanisms are probably also similar. </unsnip> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:12:41 -0500 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] UG / Pelican E36 Jack Pad Dorffer, Rich STUPIDLY wrote: > Anyway, that jack plate only works on E36 M3s AFAIK. I don't think Brett > works on hundreds of E36 M3s every year. Stan says > > Huh? Why would they only fit the E6 M3? According to the Ultimate Garage > website they fit the E36 chassis and the E38 chassis. Whoops, did I say that. My bad. I knew that they fit all E36s (didn't know about the E38s though). My apologies and thank you for pointing out my error. I still don't think Brett works on hundreds of E36s and E38s a year but I have been wrong before... Regards, Rich - sitting in the corner right now. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:18:59 -0500 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re:[uuc] auld lang syne - ----- Original Message ----- From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re:[uuc] auld lang syne > Speaking for rememberances, I laughed yesterday at seeing the new Jaque ala > Carton (Jack in the Box) commercial. The "transformed" guy with the mullet > reminded me of the long ago thread (can't remember if it was on the Welty forum) > about mullets which also made me laugh my a** off. This community is probably > the best digest on the web from many different angles. OK, OK I'm waxing > nostalgic, sniff sniff, so sue me.... just kidding Ed. > > -Kevin I think we were talking about www.joemullet.com back then, right? Wow, long time ago. - - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:27:41 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Rondell Wheels My bad. I had confused the two. alex f "Kurt Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/28/2003 03:29 PM To: Alexander V. Fadeev/EMPL/TX/Verizon@VZNotes cc: Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Rondell Wheels Alex, Kevin was referring to Rondell not Ronal. That said, I've had good experiences with Gary at Ronal Wheels. Of course, I was never in a hurry when I ordered wheels. My 15x7.5 wheels weigh about 16 lbs. Not light, but not the 20+ lbs you find in many aftermarket wheels. I think that 15x7 Revolutions are touted as "lightweight" but they weigh about 15 lbs. Kurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Kevin, >They are cast, heavy but cheap wheels. >Ronal's sole distributor in the US is notoriously unreliable. Very few >people go back to buy from him again. > >alex f > >KKiely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Anyone have experience with Rondell wheels? Their web site >>is not very specific on whether the wheels are simply cast >>aluminum or forged. If the latter I'd would expect they'd >>say so. >> >>-Kevin >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:17:32 -0500 (EST) From: Abe Reinhartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Canadian E34 M5 kind of for sale maybe - --0-343085827-1043871452=:17546 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'm teetering on the edge of getting an M3. So...I have a 1991 Canadian M5, 170K km (just over 100 K miles), black on gray, 2 sets of wheels, Jim Conforti and UUC shortshifter for sale, around 20 K Canadian. Everything is 100%. If anybody interested drop my a line off line. Phone 416-948-8125 (cell) Abe Abe Reinhartz MD - --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals - --0-343085827-1043871452=:17546 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>I'm teetering on the edge of getting an M3. 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