[uucdigest] Thursday, March 20 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6232
_________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.bmwdatabase.com | | 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: [uuc] <ALL> Blaupunkt in da bay... Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question [uuc] BMW CPO Question Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question [uuc] Re: Euro Delivery [uuc] FS: 97 318i $9,000 - Any suggestions on where else to list for s ale? [uuc] Keyless entry connection? RE: [uuc] Re: Euro Delivery [uuc] Brake Pressure [uuc] Re: Keyless entry connection? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:07:44 -0600 From: "Paul Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <ALL> Blaupunkt in da bay... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3014296970&category=3 9756 No affiliation, just thought someone might be interested. Regards, Paul Craven 88 M5 87 325ic ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:18:12 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question I have disassembled and cut bump stops on E34 Bilsteins. Its not hard, but you must be brave. Gary Derian > I think on the non M E-36 Bilsteins or atleast the ones I have seen, you > cant even take them apart to trim the bumpstop, so it must not be a problem. > > Mike > > > I've seen this bump stop business mentioned a few times, but I've never > > been clear on whether or not it applies to my '94 E36 (non-M3). I got > > the H&R/Bilstein combo as a package from Turner, and I guess I assumed > > it was good to go as nothing was mentioned by them. Should I have > > performed this trimming operation? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris B. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neil Maller > > > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:45 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question > > > > > > > > > on 3/20/03 10:44 AM, "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I am in the process of upgrading the suspension on my 95 > > > M3, decided to go > > > > with Bilsteins & H&R springs. Have the same setup on my > > > E34 525 and 2002, > > > > been very happy with the results. > > > > > > If you go with Bilsteins and lowered springs you need to trim > > > their internal > > > bump stops. See: > > > www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/suspension/e36_trim_bilstein_bumpstop.html > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:25:59 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question My first suspension kit was an H&R/Bilstein setup from Turner. It badly needed the trimming. Since then I have neither the springs nor the shocks on my car. The Bilsteins are performing excellently on my wife's stock suspension 525iT. Gary Derian > I've seen this bump stop business mentioned a few times, but I've never > been clear on whether or not it applies to my '94 E36 (non-M3). I got > the H&R/Bilstein combo as a package from Turner, and I guess I assumed > it was good to go as nothing was mentioned by them. Should I have > performed this trimming operation? > > Thanks, > Chris B. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neil Maller > > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:45 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question > > > > > > on 3/20/03 10:44 AM, "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am in the process of upgrading the suspension on my 95 > > M3, decided to go > > > with Bilsteins & H&R springs. Have the same setup on my > > E34 525 and 2002, > > > been very happy with the results. > > > > If you go with Bilsteins and lowered springs you need to trim > > their internal > > bump stops. See: > > www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/suspension/e36_trim_bilstein_bumpstop.html > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:26:36 -0600 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW CPO Question The lease will be up on my 2000 330i this fall. I love the car and have less than 21k on it right now and I am thinking about keeping it. My purchase at end of lease price is well below the current market value (we will have to see how it stacks up later in the year). My idea is to CPO the car to get the extra warranty. Plus as a BMWCCA member I can get $500 of the CPO "fee" back as a reward. Questions: Do I have to return the car to the selling dealer at the end of the lease? I got mine from Taylor BMW in Augusta (and got a great deal) but see no need to drive it back there for the turn in or the CPO. I assume others have done this before - I have heard about it quite a bit. The cost should be around $1000 + any parts/labor needed to make my car pass? Will BMW give me a reward for buying a CPO car I already lease? If it matters I didn't quality for a reward when I first leased the car. Dummy me had not been a member long enough before I got it. I don't see anything in the fine print of the check request that would exclude this. On a related note, it APPEARS that if you lease your new or used BMW via anyone other than BMW financial services you are disqualified from the reward! "Vehicles purchased or leased through a 3rd party (i.e. brokers, lease companies, etc.) do not qualify." Thanks! Dennis 330i silver/black/manual/sp/pp/xenon/cd ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:53:39 -0500 From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question How? the E-36 struts do not have the nut on the bottom to remove the cylinder like the M3 strut? Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question > I have disassembled and cut bump stops on E34 Bilsteins. Its not hard, but > you must be brave. > Gary Derian > > > I think on the non M E-36 Bilsteins or atleast the ones I have seen, you > > cant even take them apart to trim the bumpstop, so it must not be a > problem. > > > > Mike > > > > > I've seen this bump stop business mentioned a few times, but I've never > > > been clear on whether or not it applies to my '94 E36 (non-M3). I got > > > the H&R/Bilstein combo as a package from Turner, and I guess I assumed > > > it was good to go as nothing was mentioned by them. Should I have > > > performed this trimming operation? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chris B. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neil Maller > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:45 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [uuc] Re: Suspension Question > > > > > > > > > > > > on 3/20/03 10:44 AM, "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am in the process of upgrading the suspension on my 95 > > > > M3, decided to go > > > > > with Bilsteins & H&R springs. Have the same setup on my > > > > E34 525 and 2002, > > > > > been very happy with the results. > > > > > > > > If you go with Bilsteins and lowered springs you need to trim > > > > their internal > > > > bump stops. See: > > > > www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/suspension/e36_trim_bilstein_bumpstop.html > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:04:15 -0800 (PST) From: david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Euro Delivery > >3. Any problems finding gas with the proper > octane? Not going on ED anytime soon, but I'll ask anyway... Do European gas stations accept credit cards (MC, Visa, AmEx)? I assume they do - everyone else does, except that luggage store in Venray, Netherlands. Only time I ever bought gas on my Euro business trips I was trying to deplete my supply of Dutch Guilders so I didn't bother with the plastic. ===== David Kroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:34:02 -0500 From: "Binder, Larry - Spine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: 97 318i $9,000 - Any suggestions on where else to list for s ale? I am asking $9,000 for my 97 318i. This price is well below any of the car site trade in estimates (NADA, Edmunds) This car is very clean. I am a very motivated seller. I just purchased a Pocono house and I am going to need a truck to transport materials. 1997 318ia Arctic Silver (door moldings painted), 4 door, automatic, sunroof, cruise control, BMW Alarm, Heated seats (driver and passenger), Fold down rear seats, 105K highway miles, second owner (since 13k), All records $9,000.00 Langhorne, PA 215 702 1424 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:38:37 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Keyless entry connection? Brett/Gruppe I literally took apart all of the wiring and harness connectors in the space behind the glove box to gain access to the very back part of the area closest to the fire wall. Still no green or black BMW OEM prewired harness to connect my BMW keyless remote entry module. I literally pulled the wiring harness for the windows, locks, and virtually every thing in my way to gain access, and still no remote harness connector to be found. This is the first BMW that says it's prewired and not have any evidence that it ever had one. Was that an option on a '97 328iS? I've always found them easily in the previous installations of OEM BMW keyless remote entry units. Is there any possibility that MY car doesn't have a prewired connector as stated? Should I take it to the dealer w/ the glove box out and let them try to find it? I'm over trying to find it. TIA Evan Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:02:58 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Where's my keyless entry connector? The connector should be taped back against the main harness at the firewall. It may be totally covered in tape, making it hard to spot. - - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've installed several BMW keyless remote entry and security units and have always found the green connection module inside the glove box that mates to my remote receiver. It's a 10 minute job. Now I have a '97 328iS and can't find anything that resembles a connector. > Where the heck do could this connector be? I've taken a couple of pix of what I saw with the glove boxes opened up w/ a connector included and one on the '97 that's void of a connector. If anyone knows what's up w/ this please contact me off line with a remedy. I'll be happy to send the pix that show the entire gutted out box w/ the wiring connections.....minus the one for the keyless entry on the '97. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:51:19 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: Euro Delivery I was actually able to use my ATM card to by gas in Italy. A benefit of Globalization. Marco - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of david kroth Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: Euro Delivery > >3. Any problems finding gas with the proper > octane? Not going on ED anytime soon, but I'll ask anyway... Do European gas stations accept credit cards (MC, Visa, AmEx)? I assume they do - everyone else does, except that luggage store in Venray, Netherlands. Only time I ever bought gas on my Euro business trips I was trying to deplete my supply of Dutch Guilders so I didn't bother with the plastic. ===== David Kroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:55:57 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Brake Pressure Gary: True! I think it was Kip Thorne or Lev Landau (one of the physics people should be able to set me right on this!) who carried around a list of 10 important questions in physics in his pocket for potential graduate students. I think Landau also carried around a set of questions or something called the Landau Minimum that students had to 'pass'. Sir Peter Medawar, said the same thing, when he said that an investigation into why half of sea anemone eggs have black dots on them is of importance to only the person investigating why the other half do not. I am told that brake lines are tested to 4500 psi though the operating pressure is 1500 psi max. When I did power steering testing, those systems reached 1300-1400 psi before the relief valve cut in (what you hear when you max out the steering). Neil Deshpande *** "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Answers are easy. Asking the right question is the hard part. *** Oops, that will teach me not to read ahead! Of course Gary knew the answer. - - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:56:56 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Keyless entry connection? Your car should be pre wired. All E36 were pre wired except the very first ones. Do you have a good photo of the area? Email it to me directly. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I literally took apart all of the wiring and harness connectors in the space behind the glove box to gain access to the very back part of the area closest to the fire wall. Still no green or black BMW OEM prewired harness to connect my BMW keyless remote entry module. I literally pulled the wiring harness for the windows, locks, and virtually every thing in my way to gain access, and still no remote harness connector to be found. This is the first BMW that says it's prewired and not have any evidence that it ever had one. Was that an option on a '97 328iS? I've always found them easily in the previous installations of OEM BMW keyless remote entry units. Is there any possibility that MY car doesn't have a prewired connector as stated? Should I take it to the dealer w/ the glove box out and let them try to find it? I'm over trying to find it. ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6232 *************************** | | 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 |__________________________________________
