[uucdigest] Monday, August 4 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6624
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Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] Re: <E30> rear shock mounts [uuc] E30 false illuminated Low Oil Level Light Re: [uuc] E30 false illuminated Low Oil Level Light Re: [uuc] Re: <E30> rear shock mounts [uuc] Re: air condition NFG Re: [uuc] E30 false illuminated Low Oil Level Light Re: [uuc] Re: air condition NFG [uuc] <WOB> 2000 M5, Ebay, no reserve.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 17:04:03 -0700 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E30> rear shock mounts Hi Clarence, here is my opinion. If I were building a track-only car and if any race sanctioning body permitted it for my class, I'd buy the Ground Control mounts. Otherwise, even for a street car that is tracked occasionally, I'd buy the E46 M3/convertible mounts. I'm sure others will disagree with me. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i 1991 325iA >Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:34:07 -0500 (CDT) >From: Clarence Behrend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] <E30> rear shock mounts > >Would appreciate recommendations for rear shock mounts on my '87 325is. >Car gets tracked 2-4times/year and driven aggressively. Current suspension has H&R race >springs and Bilsteinsport shocks. > >Someone previously posted that even the OEM ones for the E46 (which >supposedly fit the E30??) aren't good for much. Ground Control has a set >reasonably pricedw/a lifetime warranty. > >Need to replace mine w/in the next >week. > >TIA > >Clarence >West Bend, WI ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 17:08:37 -0700 From: Harvey Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30 false illuminated Low Oil Level Light Having added a qt or so and using the dip stick to verify oil level is at least half way up between the two marks on the dip stick - I figure that it is a false indicator light. Can someone tell me where the sensor is and if I ground the lead going to it, does the light come on or go out ? Thanks Harvey '87 E30, 192K miles. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 21:54:05 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 false illuminated Low Oil Level Light It is more complicated than that. The sensor has both a static and dynamic sending unit, both housed in the same unit, going into the side bulge of the oil pan from the top side. Electrical connector is under the airbox just above the opening for the traditional distributor with its blank off plate. I've had one bothering me for a while and it turned out to be the unit in the head liner rather than the $135 sending unit (of which I now have two). Ed Harvey Chao wrote: > Having added a qt or so and using the dip stick to verify oil level is > at least half way up between the two marks on the dip stick - I figure > that it is a false indicator light. > > Can someone tell me where the sensor is and if I ground the lead going > to it, does the light come on or go out ? > > Thanks > Harvey > '87 E30, 192K miles. > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 19:53:36 -0700 From: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: <E30> rear shock mounts Scott The E46 M3 mounts are not what they are cracked up to be. I had one set fail in 8 months in my E30 M3. Personally, unless you go to the solid monoball mounts, the poly-urethane mounts are perfectly fine for the street. Bora On Saturday, Aug 2, 2003, at 17:04 US/Pacific, Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: > Hi Clarence, here is my opinion. > > If I were building a track-only car and if any race sanctioning body > permitted it for my class, I'd buy the Ground Control mounts. > Otherwise, > even for a street car that is tracked occasionally, I'd buy the E46 > M3/convertible mounts. > > I'm sure others will disagree with me. > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA > 1990 325i > 1991 325iA > >> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:34:07 -0500 (CDT) >> From: Clarence Behrend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [uuc] <E30> rear shock mounts >> >> Would appreciate recommendations for rear shock mounts on my '87 >> 325is. >> Car gets tracked 2-4times/year and driven aggressively. Current >> suspension > has H&R race >> springs and Bilsteinsport shocks. >> >> Someone previously posted that even the OEM ones for the E46 (which >> supposedly fit the E30??) aren't good for much. Ground Control has >> a set >> reasonably pricedw/a lifetime warranty. >> >> Need to replace mine w/in the next >> week. >> >> TIA >> >> Clarence >> West Bend, WI > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 20:29:55 -0700 From: "T WALROD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: air condition NFG Well, I've had a few suggestions on my non-working air conditioning on the '89 325i. Failed relay is one, and another person wrote me privately to say that his air conditioning, now converted to R134, is working very well - at a conversion cost of about $1600. I'm wondering, at that kind of cost, if I can't convince Sally to buy lots of frozen foods and to kinda pile them up around herself while driving. I dunno, she sure didn't look too happy when she came home Friday afternoon. Here's a happy retro thought - I've seen these on old bugs, and if we mounted two we could sport a menacing JATO look while staying, or at least looking, cool. . . <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34197&item=2425683174> Always thinking, Tom ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 21:54:05 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 false illuminated Low Oil Level Light It is more complicated than that. The sensor has both a static and dynamic sending unit, both housed in the same unit, going into the side bulge of the oil pan from the top side. Electrical connector is under the airbox just above the opening for the traditional distributor with its blank off plate. I've had one bothering me for a while and it turned out to be the unit in the head liner rather than the $135 sending unit (of which I now have two). Ed Harvey Chao wrote: > Having added a qt or so and using the dip stick to verify oil level is > at least half way up between the two marks on the dip stick - I figure > that it is a false indicator light. > > Can someone tell me where the sensor is and if I ground the lead going > to it, does the light come on or go out ? > > Thanks > Harvey > '87 E30, 192K miles. > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:38:33 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: air condition NFG Those only work in dry heat, aka swamp cooler. There are also ice chests that used to fit on the front transmission tunnel and plugged into the cigar lighter to run a fan. Gary Derian > Well, I've had a few suggestions on my non-working air conditioning on the > '89 325i. Failed relay is one, and another person wrote me privately to say > that his air conditioning, now converted to R134, is working very well - at > a conversion cost of about $1600. I'm wondering, at that kind of cost, if I > can't convince Sally to buy lots of frozen foods and to kinda pile them up > around herself while driving. I dunno, she sure didn't look too happy when > she came home Friday afternoon. Here's a happy retro thought - I've seen > these on old bugs, and if we mounted two we could sport a menacing JATO look > while staying, or at least looking, cool. . . > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34197&ite m=2425683174> > > Always thinking, Tom > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 00:17:34 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOB> 2000 M5, Ebay, no reserve.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=242601316 8 No reserve. Go get it guys! 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