[uucdigest] Sunday, February 23 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6137
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Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] Admin: HTML Emails [uuc] FS: OBD1 413 non-EWS DME Re: [uuc] 850 CSI Re: [uuc] DME getting flooded in heavy rain or car wash Re: [uuc] E30 325i ABS Diagnosis Re: [uuc] 850 CSI Re: [uuc] 850 CSI Re: [uuc] Old Wax & Other Car Care Products [uuc] UUCers in Gilroy, CA beware the white Camaro Re: [uuc] UUCers in Gilroy, CA beware the white Camaro Re: [uuc] 850 CSI [uuc] E36 Part number for alarm system [uuc] FW: (E34) 525i radiator leak RE: [uuc] Old Wax & Other Car Care Products ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:14:50 -0500 From: UUC Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Admin: HTML Emails All, With Michael's passing, we've been a little short on moderation lately and I've noticed the HTML email problem is getting out of hand again. It is a *REQUIREMENT* that you turn off html email when posting to this mailing list. Instructions are available for turning off HTML in most mail client software by following the link below: http://www.uucdigest.com/plaintext.html If, after reading the page above, you cannot figure out how to post in plain text, please contact me and I will do my best to help. Regards, Michael K Donohue System Administrator UUC Digest http://www.uucdigest.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:34:17 -0500 From: "NickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: OBD1 413 non-EWS DME For Sale: one OBD1 413 non-EWS DME originally from a 325i. Tested good. $300 plus shipping from South Florida. Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:35:37 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 850 CSI Shiiit. I'll take $35K for mine, and it's got very similar miles and is Mauritius Blue. http://www.koalamotorsport.com/850.htm - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member - ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger n. katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The car belongs to the owner of Cunningham's and has an asking just over > $60k. No matter how well maintained and modified, that's absolute top > numbers, even for the CSi. But friends who have seen it there admit it > is a spectacular example. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:38:57 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] DME getting flooded in heavy rain or car wash You get in there by removing the valve cover and using a conduit punch to create a new hole. There is already a blank on the firewall for a second drain, they just decided to (and later regretted it) not use 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: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have one question for the list... has anybody ever put a fine screen beneath > the plenum grill (to keep foreign material out)? I'm thinking that keeping > the dirt out would help keep the drain from plugging? I can see drilling more > drain holes too, but I can't imagine how to get in there (maybe a dremel with > a gooseneck?). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:51:23 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 325i ABS Diagnosis Stan, did this problem occure immediately after jump starting the car, or someone else's car? The first thing to check is the ABS relay that is located just above the ABS control unit. It has a fusible link inside it. If it's bad, no ABS. The extra iX sensor you refer to is an inertia sensor. It's there, because with 2wd, it's really hard to lock all four wheels, at the same time at least. On the 4wd, it's very easy to lock all four wheels at the same time, fooling a regular ABS system into thinking the car has come to a stop. You'll find a lot of 4wd ABS systems use this method, although often internally to the control unit. Opel had a slightly different method on their 4wd Calibra, they used an electronically controlled coupler that dis-engaged the rear driveshaft when the brake pedal was depressed, turning the car back into 2wd. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm trying to diagnose and repair an ABS brake failure on an E30 325i. This > car is a 325iX, which does add one wrinkle, but is essentially the same. > The ABS light comes on at start up and never goes out. > iX extra sensor located near the fusebox: My recollection is that this > sensor is needed so the ABS system can detect when the car is moving. I > believe the ABS system on a 2WD 325 utilizes the front wheel sensors to > determine whether the car is moving. Since the front wheels are driven on a > 325iX, the front wheel sensors cannot be used for this purpose. Hence the > additional sensor. I would assume that like the wheel and hub sensors this > module would not cause a fault until the car is moving. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:04:33 -0500 From: "roger n. katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 850 CSI OUCH! Did anybody get....killed? KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: >Shiiit. > >I'll take $35K for mine, and it's got very similar miles and is Mauritius >Blue. > >http://www.koalamotorsport.com/850.htm > > >----------------------------------------------------- >BMW Special Tool Rentals >Pay per incident tech support >----------------------------------------------------- >Brett Anderson >KMS >(440) 338 1650 >www.koalamotorsport.com > >OSS committee member > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "roger n. katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >>The car belongs to the owner of Cunningham's and has an asking just over >>$60k. No matter how well maintained and modified, that's absolute top >>numbers, even for the CSi. But friends who have seen it there admit it >>is a spectacular example. >> >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:28:25 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 850 CSI Don't know, I bought it as it sits. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member - ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger n. katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OUCH! Did anybody get....killed? > KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > >http://www.koalamotorsport.com/850.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:39:11 -0800 From: "JS Nord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Old Wax & Other Car Care Products um...call me cynical or something... But somehow I doubt Mequiar's (or any other company for that matter) would say anything but "Toss it out". They have no way to know how it's been handled or stored and I would guess they are not interested in taking the hit for authorizing marginal product. I'd love to be proven wrong but I don't think I will. Jeff - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Levinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [uuc] Old Wax & Other Car Care Products > Very interesting - I found a similar box of "party supplies" from > college one time. Plastic bottles had affected the flavor, but it > was cheap stuff anyway... > > I have had liquid waxes go bad from freezing in the garage, they seem > to seperate. > > With your box of stuff, were the containers ever opened? I would > think that dessication would be a problem. > > You should call Meguiar's, I am really curious what they will say! > > - Rob > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [uuc] Old Wax & Other Car Care Products > > >I was just down at my parents house and found a box in the basement > >with a > >bunch of Meguire's wax (paste and liquid) and other products (swirl > >remover, > >polish etc.). I'm pretty sure I bought the stuff one summer when I > >was home > >from college about 15 years ago. > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:41:36 -0600 From: "phil irby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] UUCers in Gilroy, CA beware the white Camaro http://www.techtv.com/news/scitech/story/0,24195,3418192,00.html Front and rear looking radar story. Heads up courtesy of Tech TV. Phil E36/M50 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:55:41 -0500 From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] UUCers in Gilroy, CA beware the white Camaro I might be crazy in asking this, but isnt this the system that 90% of the cops have been using for the last couple years? I know around the south almost all of the troopers I see have this type of system and can clock in both directions while moving. It is 90's technology. Nothing new in that article even though it was written to imply some new super technology in radar units. Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil irby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: [uuc] UUCers in Gilroy, CA beware the white Camaro > http://www.techtv.com/news/scitech/story/0,24195,3418192,00.html > > Front and rear looking radar story. Heads up courtesy of Tech TV. > > Phil > E36/M50 > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:57:32 -0500 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 850 CSI KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > Don't know, I bought it as it sits. is there a single body panel not smushed on it ? looks like it was pinballed around pretty good. where oh where could Brett be planning to put the drivetrain ? Ben thinks he knows, not saying ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:24:50 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] E36 Part number for alarm system Can someone with a ETK/TIS do a quick search and tell me the correct part number for the factory alarm for my M3, please? The car is a 6/94 build date, prior to EWS II. Thanks, Martin Bullen '95 M3 '97 Z3 2.8 ....Trying to justify getting TIS and ETK for his work Wintel laptop. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:47:10 -0700 From: "jcd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FW: (E34) 525i radiator leak My '94 E34 525i has a radiator unlike any I've had in other cars. The expansion/overflow tank is attached to the radiator on the driver's side. It is made of translucent plastic and contains the bleeder screw and radiator cap installed in a black plastic piece at the top. I have a slight leak that appears to be coming from the horizontal joint between the bottom of the translucent plastic tank and the black plastic of the radiator frame. I believe that there are several o-rings in this assembly (bleeder screw, cap, and connection(s) between translucent plastic and black plastic). The radiator was replaced with OEM Behr about two years ago. Can anyone tell me the logical places for the leak? I'm assuming that it is at an o-ring at the bottom joint between the translucent plastic tank and the black plastic radiator frame. Any other possibilities? Anyone had a leak at any o-rings? Thanks for the help. Chas '83 633CSi '85 528e '86 325e '88 735i '94 525i ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:31:03 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Old Wax & Other Car Care Products Rob Levinson wrote: >Very interesting - I found a similar box of "party supplies" >from college one time. Plastic bottles had affected the >flavor, but it was cheap stuff anyway... I'll never find a box like that since at my fraternity we always poured the full 1.75L bottle of "cheap stuff" in to the garbage can or ice chest when making "Jungle Juice" at parties... >I have had liquid waxes go bad from freezing in the garage, >they seem to seperate. My parents basement on the San Francisco Peninsula never gets much below 50 degrees or above 70 degrees so freezing or high heat was not a problem. >With your box of stuff, were the containers ever opened? >I would think that dessication would be a problem. None of it seems like it dried out, and the 3M Resin Glaze actually seems thinner like it has more water in it, the Meguiar polishes seem a little lumpy. >You should call Meguiar's, I am really curious what they >will say! I first sent an e-mail to Meguiar's employee (and former Welty list member and BMW CCA Autocrosser) B.J. Birtwell, but it bounced so I'm guessing he doesn't work there any more. I went to the Meguiare's site and sent an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll post what they say after I get a response. Then Ed MacVaugh wrote: >Chuck the Zymol guy caught me using old bad smelling >stuff of his company's at O'fest this year and exchanged >them for new ones, said bad things happen over time. >He pointed out that the new jars even say to refrigerate >after opening. It's good to see Zymol giving good customer service. I just got some good customer service from Larry (who sells Zymol) at Car Care Specialties, Inc. http://www.carcareonline.com I have been buying from Larry for years and send a lot of people to his site just to read the great car care articles. I sent Larry the same e-mail I sent to the list and I get a response in about 15 minutes... on a Sunday... Larry said: "There is a shelf life for all products. It depends upon the product and the temperature of the storage. You have to ask yourself is it worth the risk of damaging your paint with 15 year old products? That is a question only you can answer." Maybe car care companies will think about adding a "born on date" to all bottles of wax and polish... Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6137 *************************** | | 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 |__________________________________________
