[uucdigest] Wednesday, April 2 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6271
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[uuc] Re: Road Trip [uuc] E30 Touring (i.e. station wagon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:52:43 -0800 From: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: E30 fixed camber plates (brand new) Ireland engineering 1.25 degree fixed camber plates. Never installed on a car, I bought it for use in my JS club racer, but decided to stick with what I have since I will be moving to JP next year. First offer over 95.00 + shipping takes it. Bora ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:44:47 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <OT> Is South Sport Trailers still around? Is South Sport Trailers still around? I see their web site has been down for a while now. ...steven ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:59:36 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] RE: Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . Sorry Kevin (and others). Let me clarify. The adjuster probably hasn't even been contacted, much less gone out there to look at the car. For all we know, the insurance company may think the car just has a broken headlight or something. The reason I think it's a total is that the frame rails are SHOT. There's no repairing them. If the car gets fixed, they better be prepared to find a good front clip from somewhere. I'm talking A-pillar forward. If they do that, they'll have to pull the engine, tranny, and EVERYTHING under the hood. Talk about $$$$$$ in labor. Even if the ins. co. thought my car was worth $7k, they'd probably still total it. Brad Couvillon - --- KKiely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad, > > Why's the damage a total? I've seen worse that was > repaired to just as good as > original. > > -Kevin __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:11:58 -0600 From: The Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] WOB, RANT: I'm gonna kill me a redneck. Oh maw gawd! Seems Ed might be a closet redneck. Practicing law with a degree based on the Napoleanic code up in yankee country. You know Ingalls is hiring Ed! ;-) Jacob...now waiting to hear that there's a shortage of Ingalloids in Ms. also. ate: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:46:29 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] WOB, RANT: I'm gonna kill me a redneck. Then, up the road a piece is the Wizard of Van Cleave and Escatawpa . . . The Jacobs wrote: >> Now this is funny Ben. You live in Ocean Springs, Ms. and you guys are >> having a shortage of rednecks? Hell Pascagoula's within spittin' >> distance, >> Mobile is only a little further down the road. If you can't find any >> rednecks around these parts they're extinct! ;-) > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:17:22 -0700 From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: 1988 325ix - Canada 1988 BMW 325ix 4dr 5spd. Diamond Black with grey leather. All options includuding, trip computer, rear headrests and cruise control, etc. 183km (114k miles) two owner car with service history from the BMW dealer. Excellent overall condition (no rust!) with many new parts and upgrades. Includes Michelin summer tires and Hankook snow tires. This is one of the nicest 325ix around! Recent service: - -Full tune-up including timing belt, tensioner, water pump, thermostat, front seals, spark plugs, cap, rotor, and O2 sensor - -Air flow meter - -Crank angle sensor - -Coolant temp sensor - -A/C heater fan motor - -Front and rear Metal Master brake pads - -Door lock cylinder - -Fuel return line - -Clutch slave and master cylinders - -Front transfer case shaft Previously: - -Complete clutch kit - -6 fuel injectors - -Much more! Upgrades: - -H&R Sport springs w/Bilstein shocks (still have O.E springs) - -A.S. short shift kit - -Phillips Euro headlight bulbs - -"Shadowline" black out window trim and bumpers - -Front licence plate eliminator - -///M shift knob $10,800 CAD (approx $7400 USD) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:42:38 -0700 From: "Bob Sutterfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] ABS question Tom Walrod asked: > If one tire is a different diameter from the other three > does that screw up the ability of ABS to operate? A few weeks ago a guy showed up for an open track day with a 325eS wearing a different size tire on one front wheel. Said he had just bought the car a week before, had heard the track was a good place to see what it could do. (I encouraged him to come out to a CCA driving school, properly shod of course.) He said the only symptom of the mismatched tire was on the freeway above 80mph, he could hear the ABS cycling. He was expecting to get a new set of wheels and tires real soon... - -- Bob Sutterfield '87 E30 325iS http://bmwe30.net #1129 DAS KAR '88 E28 535iS http://m535i.org #154 IHR FUNF '93 T4 EV MV Weekender BELUGA BMWCCA #169277 Rocky Mountain Chapter ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:42:29 -0800 From: "T WALROD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] ABS question Any idea what the allowable % difference in circumference might be? It would have to be large enough to not disable ABS due to wheel speed difference in a corner - or perhaps the ABS computer compares wheel speed side to side - actually if the concern of the ABS computer is only that a wheel speed not go to zero relative to it's fellows it would seem that the allowable sensor wheel speed difference, and thus allowable tire circumference difference could be fairly gross. Hmm. Not sure how to think this out. >Yes. There is some tolerance for difference. Too much and you get an >error. >Gary Derian > If one tire is a different diameter from the other three does that screw up > the ability of ABS to operate? For instance, if you were running a > tire/wheel combination on one corner that was x% different circumference > from the other three, would you get an ABS fault light, and would the ABS > then default to non-operative status ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:48:07 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Road Trip I agree with brett. Or you could push your luck and make your trip more interesting. I have a friend that seem to always go off on a trip to some other state, but to end with some sort of car trouble. Even though he usually doesnt get to his destinations, he always ends up making some sort of friend in some small town out in the middle of no where. I think he actually enjoys breaking down. Occasionally the cheapskate would rent a car if it was important for him to get wherever. Mike - --- KMS - Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of rblangille > > 1. the radiator is original, with 70,000 miles on > it. Am I pushing my luck > > not replacing it now? > > Absolutely. My bet is you won't make it. Have the > thermostat housing > replaced at the same time. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:29:43 -0800 From: Herman Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E36> Draining coolant >Are there any tricks to getting coolant drained from an E36 without >making a mess below? For a shadetree wrench working with only a set of jackstands, it's going to make some sort of mess no matter what you do. I've found that just yanking the plug is probably the worst thing to do because the shape of the opening and the volume of liquid contained in the block will cause it to gush out in an irregular and uncontrolled stream that will elude any catch container you have underneath. However, you can loosen the plug, then hold it against the port as a means to control the flow of coolant coming out. This can result in a somewhat manageable stream that can be caught with a bucket. I did this last time and was able to catch most of the coolant with the bucket instead of the garage floor! Your arms may get tired if the drain takes a long time, but any stray coolant should be confined to small streams that may run down your arm or the block. Much preferable to a coolant dousing. Herman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 05:02:34 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] WOB, RANT: I'm gonna kill me a redneck. Wages earned at Ingalls and Navy Reserve duty at Gulfport paid for that law degree . . . The Jacobs wrote: > Oh maw gawd! Seems Ed might be a closet redneck. Practicing law with a > degree based on the Napoleanic code up in yankee country. You know > Ingalls is hiring Ed! ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 07:42:40 -0400 From: "rblangille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Road Trip Thanks Brett: I hadn't thought about the thermostat housing - I'll include that in the R&R. And you're right about the changer - removing only it won't give me more space; the carrier will have to come out too. Thanks again. Roger >Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:37:07 -0500 >From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [uuc] Road Trip >> -----Original Message----- >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of rblangille > >1. the radiator is original, with 70,000 miles on it. Am I pushing my luck > >not replacing it now? >Absolutely. My bet is you won't make it. Have the thermostat housing >replaced at the same time. >> 2. the trunk is tiny (remember, it's a convertible). There's a 6 disc >> changer in the trunk, mounted vertically against the bulkhead (?) (rear > >seatback). I'd like to remove it, as I could use the space and > >don't plan to > >be hauling CDs around with me. Removal should be easy, but... I can't seem > >to find the appropriate pin/bolt whatever. >The CD changer is mounted with screws. But that doesn't get you any extra >space. And, now that I'm thinking about it, I have never tried to remove >the flip down carrier for the changer. It is present in all iC's since 95, >even if they never got the changer installed. Try removing the trunk carpet >and looking for plastic rivets or screws. - - ----------------------------------------------------- >BMW Special Tool Rentals >Pay per incident tech support - - ----------------------------------------------------- >Brett Anderson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 12:49:59 +0000 From: "Gregory Bradbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30 Touring (i.e. station wagon) To those asking, BMW produced the E30 Touring from 1988 to 1993 in LHD & RHD versions. 316i, 318i, 320i, 325i, 325iX and 324td. They were NOT imported to Canada or the USA. When BMW switched from the E30 to E36 in late '90, they continued to make the E30 touring & cabrio for a few more years until the respective versions of the E36 were manufactured. I live in Switzerland and have a '90 325i Touring, great to have a "wagon that hauls". The touring benefits from many of the updates to the E30 (shadow line trim, lithium boards in the instruments, elipsoid headlights, later style electrical connectors, body color bumpers & outside mirrors, illuminated electric window switches, etc.). >From the standpoint of bringing one to the US as a grey market car, it would be possible. Some advantages: 1) All gasoline engine tourings were catalyzed cars from the factory. 2) The engine & rest of the car is essentially the same mechanically as their equivalent US verions (318iS, 325i & 325iX). 3) Most Federalizing parts would be "plug & play" such as speedo, headlights, etc. Door beams were not (yet) in European cars of this vintage, they became law around the mid-1990's. Practically you may not have all the options on a Euro car compared to a US car. For a car up to 1989, you don't need driver side air bag (optional in Europe). From 1990 and later, you MUST have this. Retrofits are possible but expensive. To import, you will still need a registered importer (RI)/ federalizer A/C is not always on the cars as well. Depending on what you want, you have lots of choice in Switzerland. I was trying for the ultimate, 325iX touring with low miles, settled for a 325i with only 72.000 km on the clock. It literally DID belong to an old guy. There is a 325iX touring with A/C and sunroof at a garage near the house, can't recall year. 250.000 km on it, but it just passed the Swiss tech visit, even tougher than German T�V. I would look for a 325i touring (pre 90 with any options) or (90 & later with air bag). The later years (91-93) tended to more loaded as BMW was "clearing out their parts bins". Let me know if I can help or anwer more questions, Greg in Geneva _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6271 *************************** | | 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 |__________________________________________
