[uucdigest] Friday, April 4 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6283
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[uuc] E12 trivia Re: [uuc] E12 trivia [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders Re: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders Re: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders RE: [uuc] E12 trivia RE: [uuc] E12 trivia [uuc] E30 Short Shifter Install RE: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 09:55:15 -0500 From: Don Eilenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 530iT - '94 questions Folks - may have a chance to pickup a '94 (may be titled '95 although they didn't really make any '95's) E34 530 touring for SWMBO from a friend. Has gotten (within past 6 months) the new block.. low mileage car - about 50k on car, 5k on the engine. Besides the door-checks, and the dual sunroofs - is there anything else I should be looking for? (I'm familiar with the E34 in general from my '92 525i..) I seem to remember hearing there was a transmission controller box update to better match the shift points to the somewhat limited power the small V8 made. I don't think power itself will be a problem - she's happy with the 5 cylinder Volvo.. but she's always wanted a touring.. Price looks good - around $8k, and the car looks nice.. hasn't been pranged, interior clean. TIA.. Don Eilenberger, Spring Lk Hts, NJ JMP#1 FOT2.A [EMAIL PROTECTED] NJ Shore BMW Riders web page: http://www.njsbmwr.org/ Moderator - BMW E39 Enthusiasts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmwe39 "One should do the stuff that makes you smile" - Ulf Bertilsson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 10:11:15 -0800 From: jkerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: Koni shocks and bump stops re: Koni shocks and bump stops: Amusing how many ways to adjust a Koni and remove the bump stop have been posted. I avoided posting this because I hoped someone else would post it and get to take the heat from those who disagree. Oh well.... Best thing to do with the bump stop on a rear Koni going into a BMW is to remove it. Treat it like packing material, because on a BMW the suspension will bottom out way before the shock will. Now adjusting them is a much quicker process. < ten minutes each if I keep the tires on. < five minutes each if you're already changing the tires. With tires on, I back the car up on ramps to get clearance at the horizontal bottom bolt. With tires off, the car is already up in the air, you already have clearance at the bolt. In that case put a jackstand under the little brake drum section of the rotor so the trailing arm doesn't drop too low for the fully extended shock whe you bolt it back in. Since you've already removed the bump stop before the shock was installed in the car, there is no need to remove the shock from the upper mount. In any case, a carefully bent coat hanger reaching up from underneath can hook and pull down a bump stop. Since Koni shocks use a low pressure design, no special bench press skills are needed to compress them again the short distance upward to line the mounting bolt with the threads on the trailing arm. It helps to have the bolt in the sleeve at the bottom of the shock to push up with. In practice, I agree with others who suggest setting the rears to half a turn and not bothering with them after that. Most of the time, its not about adjusting the shocks to get the car behaving better, its about adjusting the driver. Shock tuning is only the fine edge after you have both the basic suspension and your driving skills sorted out. 'jk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:21:33 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Questions about adjustable shocks "Carlos Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Neil sez: > Exactly. Most people come to think of the normal Koni SA rears as > "pre-settable" rather than "adjustable." > > Then Alex sez: > Agreed. Same goes for the 'adjustable' camber plates and 'adjustable' > ride height coil over suspension kits. > > Oh puhleeze! Explain how these are not adjustable. Man, I don't think I could not give away a cousin to the red neck on this list. > The Konis I can see your point since you have to remove them but > camber plates and threaded collars stay in the car when you adjust > them. I'm referring not to the degrees of side of the road adjustment difficulty, but to its necessity in the first place. > You do need to know how they affect the alignment but that doesn't > put them in the set them and forget them camp. You can actually > align your car in such a manner that it can have a "track" setting > and a "street" setting at least for the front camber plates. Let me guess - you adjust your S14 valves before each track event to get the last HP out of that four banger. Then you adjust them back for smooth idle on the street after the event. Right? Why not? I'm in the "either too lazy, too bored or too stupid to re-adjust his suspension every other weekend" camp. Oh well, there goes my chance to impress Frank Williams with my autoX/DE times and get invited to drive for him.... alex f ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:28:45 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] re: Koni shocks and bump stops Where does your suspension bottom out if not on the bump stop? Do you have a frame pad the strikes the pavement? Gary Derian > > Best thing to do with the bump stop on a rear Koni going into a BMW is > to remove it. Treat it like packing material, because on a BMW the > suspension will bottom out way before the shock will. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:55:10 -0500 From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E39> crank position sensor 2000 BMW 528i with a stick shift....where do I find the crank position sensor? Alex Cagann http://www.autoconsortium.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:25:46 -0500 From: "Binder, Larry - Spine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: 97 318ia 106k, loaded, $9,500 (Is my price way off?) 1997 318i Arctic Silver, 4 door, automatic, sunroof, cruise control, BMW Alarm, Heated seats (driver and passenger), Fold down rear seats, 106K highway miles, second owner (since 13k), All records Asking $9,500 or best Langhorne, PA 215 702 1424 Has anyone else had luck selling their BMW lately? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:53:23 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] E12 trivia Does anyone know if the unusual hood shown on the cool green Fiver on page 43 of the April Roundel was factory equipment, and, if so, why it has the E46 M3-esque protrusion? Was it just for looks or was there something underneath that required extra space on that particular model (badged "525")? - -Mike Kozitka ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:01:36 -0500 From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E12 trivia I believe that was the standard Early E-12 5 series hood. I have seen several 530i with that type of hood, all mid 70s models. Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:53 PM Subject: [uuc] E12 trivia > Does anyone know if the unusual hood shown on the cool green Fiver on page 43 of the April Roundel was factory equipment, and, if so, why it has the E46 M3-esque protrusion? Was it just for looks or was there something underneath that required extra space on that particular model (badged "525")? > > -Mike Kozitka ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:25:48 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders Group, a co-worker bought a used E38 740i about a year ago. He and his wife really like the car. The only problem they've had is with the cup holders - they're all broken. Can anyone recommend a high performance upgrade for their cup holders? They'd be really appreciative. Thanks, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i didn't come with cup holders ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:35:57 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders Bavarian Autosport http://www.bavauto.com has an assortment of cupholders - one of them ought to be appropriate for an E38. They look nice anyway - $35+ is more than I'm personally willing to spend on a cup holder so I have no first-hand experience with them. No affiliation, etc. Brian Daley 94 325ic - -------Original Message------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04/04/03 04:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders > > Group, a co-worker bought a used E38 740i about a year ago. He and his wife really like the car. The only problem they've had is with the cup holders - they're all broken. Can anyone recommend a high performance upgrade for their cup holders? They'd be really appreciative. Thanks, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i didn't come with cup holders > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 16:16:45 -0600 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E38 Needs High Performance Cup Holders Husco http://www.husco.com makes those cool "TracTop" armrests with cup holders, but a quick glance at their web page didn't turn up anything got a 7 series. Contact them and ask if they might have something that will work. Dennis 330i silver/black/manual/sp/pp/xenon/cd At 01:25 PM 04/04/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Group, a co-worker bought a used E38 740i about a year ago. He and his >wife really like the car. The only problem they've had is with the cup >holders - they're all broken. Can anyone recommend a high performance >upgrade for their cup holders? They'd be really appreciative. > >Thanks, > >Scott Miller >GGC BMW CCA >1990 325i didn't come with cup holders ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:29:01 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] E12 trivia This hood is from a pre 8/76 518, 520M10 and 520i. All are M10 4 cylinder, the first two are carburetor engines, the 520i is injected but retained the hood. It was probably for carburetor clearance on the 4cylinder manifold. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Does anyone know if the unusual hood shown on the cool green > Fiver on page 43 of the April Roundel was factory equipment, and, > if so, why it has the E46 M3-esque protrusion? Was it just for > looks or was there something underneath that required extra space > on that particular model (badged "525")? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:42:44 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] E12 trivia More research shows that all of the carburetored cars up to 8/76 had this hood, and a couple of the injected ones. Of course, what that probably means is that ALL E12's up to 8/76 had the hood, and it's just the way it was, that most of the E12s up to that date were carburetored. The 525 shown on page 43 of the Roundel is an M68B25 engined vehicle. - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of KMS - Brett > Anderson > This hood is from a pre 8/76 518, 520M10 and 520i. All are M10 4 > cylinder, > the first two are carburetor engines, the 520i is injected but > retained the > hood. > > It was probably for carburetor clearance on the 4cylinder manifold. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 17:09:36 -0800 (PST) From: Kyle Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30 Short Shifter Install Groups, Well I got around to installing my UUC short shifter last week. I also replaced my transmission output shaft seal and the gubio and installed the delrin carrier bushings. I didn't change the slector joint, I think I will go back and install this as I have some side to side play I would like to get rid of. I also had to bend the slector rod to clear the gubio. But my question is that the shifter now feels like I push it forward more then I used to, but I don't have to pull it back as far. It only comes halfway back this is fine. I tried rotating the shifter 180* and then its the same it then come back far and still returns to the middle. I guess I'm looking for a in between this type of movement ie. in first just past the middle in second just a little back from the middle. My question is did I bend the shaft to little? would it be more in between if I bent the rod more? Anyone that has any thoughts would be great. Thanks Kyle Sanchez __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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Thanks, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i didn't come with cup holders ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6283 *************************** | | 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 |__________________________________________
