[uucdigest] Thursday, April 3 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6272
_________________________________________________________________ | | 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] FS 2001 330Ci - Premium,Sport, Cold pkg. 7400 miles Chicago Re: [uuc] ABS question [uuc] FOR SALE: 5 SERIES (ANGEL EYES) XENON HEADLIGHT RE: Re: [uuc] ABS question Re: [uuc] Funny Fan [uuc] RE: Partiing out E30 318i x2 RE: [uuc] Funny Fan [uuc] 4-point harness install on 4-door E36 cars RE: [uuc] Funny Fan [uuc] RE: Partiing out E30 318i x2 [uuc] Where's my DVD? [uuc] Potential Dex-Cool Class-Action Suit [uuc] High-pitched metallic whistling sound from rear end. [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #6271 [uuc] E36: questions about aux air pump and adjustable shocks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 06:51:43 -0600 From: "Dave May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS 2001 330Ci - Premium,Sport, Cold pkg. 7400 miles Chicago $36,500, in Chicago, Red with Tan Leather. Sport, Premium and Cold Weather packages, Xenon, Steptronic, CD, moon roof, Harmon Kardon premium sound, 17 in Sport rims and second set of Winter tires and alloy rims. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:46:15 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] ABS question I don't know what the limit is. I can tell you than on my E30, I'm using 196/65 on the rear and 195/60 on the front (using up tires I had laying around) and everything works. Gary Derian > 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: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 07:09:35 -0800 From: "Chris Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FOR SALE: 5 SERIES (ANGEL EYES) XENON HEADLIGHT The first $350 takes it! It can be found on my parts page: http://www.inlacal.com If you have any questions, please let me know. Chris 89 M3 01 X5 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:50:39 -0700 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Re: [uuc] ABS question ABS is one thing, but mismatched sizes on the rear will fry the diff from what I remember. - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:10:07 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] Funny Fan "Gordo, Ping" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ac blower on my '98 E36 started acting funny a few weeks back > (revving up and down intermittently) and then just died. The resistor > pack was replaced over the weekend and all was well again I thought > until it started again; high rev for 30 seconds like it was put on > high and then down for a minute or two. Turning it off doesn't do > anything, it just keeps blowing air, cycling up and down. OBTW, the > display stays the same while it's doing it's thing, lowest fan > setting maybe two leds. I'm ready to give up, any ideas out there? > AC works, cold air, but the blower's gone loco. Pingger, Time to start shopping for a new $300 E36 HVAC controller? Normally it's a question of when, not if. Sounds like your time has come. alex f ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:50:52 -0500 From: "BMWBITS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Partiing out E30 318i x2 Forgot to mention .these cars have factory-installed 'shaded-glass' (tinted) on sides and rear for cooler-interiors..doesnt fade , doesn�t peel- seems to be the real deal . PLEASE ...before you ask for 'cheap sheetmetal ' think about packing/shipping costs ....or plan to come pick it up . Subject says it all ....both 1984 2-door sunroof coupes, one automatic , one 5-speed ,both have the 2002/320i style 4 cyl M10 motor with fuel injection.'bout 70K mls on both. ONE nose ,one hood , two southern totally rust-free chassis/running gear (good for race-cars ?) .Upgrade your 2002 or 320i to modern FI . Nice set of dark red leather comfort seats, 10 14x6 cokebottle alloys ($25 ea ?) ,jacks, glass ,usual interior bits . Clean dry 3.90 open diffs , driveshafts .Rust-free doors anyone ?(gold or grey ). Email your needs off-digest . Located south of Nashville off I65 . Bill & Shirley Proud, Tennessee..winters, Seattle..summers Long commute in between . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:49:44 -0800 From: "Gordo, Ping" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Funny Fan NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Don't say that, Alex! Are you sure? I just forked out $500 for a new water pump, resistor pack and thermostat! That hurts. The radio just lost it's display also, maybe I need a new one too, eh? Got to break the piggy bank now. There goes the school this weekend at Buttonwillow. Be wrenching this weekend instead. Oh well. 122K, I guess that's expected. Thanks. - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Gordo, Ping Subject: Re: [uuc] Funny Fan "Gordo, Ping" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ac blower on my '98 E36 started acting funny a few weeks back > (revving up and down intermittently) and then just died. The resistor > pack was replaced over the weekend and all was well again I thought > until it started again; high rev for 30 seconds like it was put on > high and then down for a minute or two. Turning it off doesn't do > anything, it just keeps blowing air, cycling up and down. OBTW, the > display stays the same while it's doing it's thing, lowest fan > setting maybe two leds. I'm ready to give up, any ideas out there? > AC works, cold air, but the blower's gone loco. Pingger, Time to start shopping for a new $300 E36 HVAC controller? Normally it's a question of when, not if. Sounds like your time has come. alex f ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:42:00 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] 4-point harness install on 4-door E36 cars Folks, I have a friend who is trying to install a 4-point Schroth harness in a 4 door E36 car. I did not have any problems doing similar installs on my E30 and E36 2-doors, but we've already run into the following problems with his car: 1. the 17mm bolts holding the front seat in place are so close to the power seat rails to squeeze in a socket. Has anyone identified an especially thin wall socket that fits? 2. the rear outboard latch attachment points are obscured by a plastic that extends from the bottom of the rear doors up to the rear back cushion. There are no visible screws or bolts holding it in place. Any tricks to removing it other than brute force pulling up? 3. any other hidden gems in the 4-door back seat before we get access to the outboard seat belt anchor points? TIA, alex f ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:02:24 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [uuc] Funny Fan "Gordo, Ping" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Don't say that, Alex! Are you sure? Hell no, I haven't even seen your car! But if my HVAC was blowing air after I had turned it off, I would say it's either possessed or broken ;-) > I just forked out $500 for a new water pump, resistor pack and > thermostat! That hurts. Don't tell me, they did not use any lube? > The radio just lost it's display also, maybe I need a new one too, > eh? Look at this as an opportunity to upgrade! Everyone agrees stock BMW heads are crap. Take it easy, alex f ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:07:34 -0600 From: Robert Phelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Partiing out E30 318i x2 How about the 2-prong ICV off of either car? Thanks, Robert - -- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 17:23:14 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Where's my DVD? I just received my April Roundel, and there's no DVD of the new films from "The Hire" series. Didn't last month's issue have an ad saying that the DVD would be included with this month's issue? I'm trying to figure out if mine got lost somehow, or if nobody got one. Also, thanks to all who replied to my question about the loose shift knob. - -Mike Kozitka ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:26:30 -0500 From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Potential Dex-Cool Class-Action Suit Considering the recent discussion of a possible link between coolant PH and plastic radiator neck failure I thought folks might be interested in the following: http://www.bigclassaction.com/class_action/dexcool.html On the index page the heading is this: GMC <http://www.bigclassaction.com/class_action/dexcool.html> (dexcool antifreeze corrodes heating system) It seems to me the heading is intentionally misleading - it suggests that Dex-Cool *causes* damage. When you look at the detail the truth is revealed: If you believe the marketing that Dex-Cool protects for 100,000 miles you'll be disappointed. It loses it's anti-corrosion properties before that and the cooling system corrodes. Getting from :"Doesn't actually protect for as long as advertised" to "corrodes heating system" is quite a stretch. Does anyone happen to know if 100K miles is the first coolant change on GM's maintenance schedule for vehicles with a factory fill of Dex-Cool? I find that hard to imagine. Brian Daley 94 325ic (with Dex-Cool that's gonna get changed long before 100K miles) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 19:45:49 -0800 From: "Joe Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] High-pitched metallic whistling sound from rear end. All, My 95 M3 is giving off a very high-pitched whistling sound when moving. It does not vary with speed. It does go away when I turn, and sometimes for a while afterward. This is a track car, original diff, 88k miles. I'm guessing limited slip. Comments? tia, Joe Elwell ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:56:49 -0600 From: The Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #6271 Really, were you one of the guys that drew the M16's on me and my cousin and pulled us out of the boat just because I ran over one of your nuclear subs?LOL Seriously, they were doing overhauls on a group of subs, I have always been fascinated with them, they were parked in the river with just the sails poking out the water. I pulled in close to take a look and ran over one of them, they weren't that deep. They were also not marked off. I hit the sub and all of a sudden a bunch of guys were popping out of the subs and the surrounding area with automatic weapons and pulled us out the boat. Scared the shit out of us. After it was all said and done they didn't even offer us a tour! They let us go once they were convinced we weren't commies or terrorists. Go Navy! Jacob Oh, my cousins actually live in Moss Point. I was just trying to build them up a notch saying they lived in Pascagoula. Grandma lived there. 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, 02 Apr 2003 21:08:18 -0800 From: "Scott Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36: questions about aux air pump and adjustable shocks Started my 1998 328i this AM and got quite a whining or cycling high pitched noise coming from (what would seem) the glove box. After a quick look under the hood it seems to be coming from the aux air just on the other side of the firewall. All ventilation was off. The noise started today and (only) did it twice when the car was cold. It also went away after a restart after the car warmed up a little. Could this have anything to do with my recent M3 factory muffler swap? I'm planning a road trip to Portland OR from Seattle this weekend and hope to take this car. Should I worry about this issue or will it only have mixture problems at startup? Any comments appreciated... I am thinking of going to aftermarket shocks and was thinking about the adjustable Konis. I don't think I want to lower my car much more than it is now with the sport suspension. Are the Konis that easy to adjust without tools or jacking up the car? Are there notches in the adjustment wheel or is it free turning for finer tuning? Any pros and/or cons dealing with these shocks (or others) would be appreciated. I plan on replacing the rear shock mounts with E46 ones while this is done. Any other items I should add to the work list if I go this route? The car has 67K on the clock. Also, do the front Konis's use the factory shock mounts so I can continue to use my strut bar that currently uses the factory mount bolt pattern? What Koni resellers would you recommend? TIA, Scott 1998 328i with a growing list of mods, including: - - M3 muffler - - M3 3 spoke steering wheel - - M3 3.23 diff - - M3 front and rear spolier - - AL light flywheel - - front strut bar - - 17x8 BBS RK wheels - - Dinan Chip _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6272 *************************** | | 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 . 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