The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 131 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: <OT> IBM Laptop for sale Re: <OT> IBM Laptop for sale Re: E30 brakes Yelp: how do I get the [bleeping] belt back on? M3 Tires Rubbing Re: M3 Tires Rubbing Re: E36 possible fuel related problem? 2000 M5 "hiccup" Re: 2000 M5 "hiccup" Re: [BMWCSRegistry] FW: T-shirts <all><e46>Any tricks for getting the stock seatbelts REALLY tight?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 00:53:55 -0400 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "e30 m3 list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <OT> IBM Laptop for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IBM R40 Laptop, with port replicator. Bought new in Dec 03, supplied in factory packaging with factory software installed. Big hard drive, 1gig Ram, all the other usual stuff.... Cost $2300 new, it's still got 9 months of factory warranty. $1500 obo. Brett Anderson KMS --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.655 / Virus Database: 420 - Release Date: 4/8/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 08:20:48 -0400 From: "Rosario DeCicco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: <OT> IBM Laptop for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brett: If possible can you provide more info than the 1 gig Ram and Big hard drive? What processor type and speed, graphics card, size of screen and CD-ROM type. Rosario -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Anderson Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 12:54 AM To: e30 m3 list; UUC Digest Subject: [UUC] <OT> IBM Laptop for sale IBM R40 Laptop, with port replicator. Bought new in Dec 03, supplied in factory packaging with factory software installed. Big hard drive, 1gig Ram, all the other usual stuff.... Cost $2300 new, it's still got 9 months of factory warranty. $1500 obo. Brett Anderson KMS --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.655 / Virus Database: 420 - Release Date: 4/8/2004 Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ __ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:00:50 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 brakes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That is the theory and I have witnessed it firsthand. My brake pedal went from a perfect, high firm pedal to a mushy, crappy feeling pedal. But when holding my foot on it, the pedal did not sink to the floor. And the braking capability was still there. This was immediately before and after a "pump and hold" style brake bleed. I was shocked. I would agree that that particular master cylinder (150K+ miles) was probably ready for replacement anyway, despite the perfect feeling pedal. However, I have no idea if this would always be true. It could be that a relatively new master cylinder can be ruined by "pump and hold" bleeding. I simply never use that method of bleeding just to be sure. Stan > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:49:22 -0400 > From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The story is pushing the brake piston into territory that is not used in > daily braking can cause leaks. However if your master cylinder is that bad, > it should be replaced anyway. I've never ruined a master cylinder by pump > and hold bleeding, but I'm not saying it can't be ruined that way. > > Gary Derian > > > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:25:19 -0500 > > From: "Sam Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I was just preparing to replace the fluid in my 1985 318i as proactive > > maintenance by having someone pour fluid in the reservoir as needed while > > someone else pumped the brakes while I bleed each cylinder one by one, > > singing "pump and hold" to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb. What is > > there about the bleeding by the pump method that damages the cylinder. > > Since I won't be introducing any bubbles and my brakes are fine right now > I > > may not have to, for instance, pump to the floor or whatever thing it is > > that damages the cylinder. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 02:15:59 -0700 From: jkerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmw digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[uucdigest]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Yelp: how do I get the [bleeping] belt back on? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yelp: how do I get the [bleeping] belt back on? I rotated the tensioner, I pushed the tension roller with an allen wrench, loosened the water pump pulley, even took the roller tensioner and bolt out and still the belt is too tight to go back on. I didn't put this belt on myself, but have changed the accessory belt on other E36 myself, and something just isn't right here and I've got scuffed knuckles and abraded forearms from the fan shroud and am admitting to this whole digest that sometimes I don't get it right on the first or any successive try and can't fgigure out some cutesy alternate procedure and need to ask for help. I don't think I've asked for serious mechanical help in the recent past and hope I've given enough tips to some of you that my well is full and some kind spirit on these boards will send me the cutesy simple tip that this too smart for my own good brain is failing to see. Lest you think otherwise, I've been too busy tonight trying to get this bleepin' belt back on that I haven't had a chance to take a sip, a smoke, a hit, a drop, or what I need the most, a good brisk backroad drive. Is there some step I'm missing here? I have an old spare belt if necessary, but its the same length as the belt I'm trying to get back on. Its 2:00am and it would be nice not to have to bicycle where I need to get to tomorrow, which itself is a bicycle ride so maybe the extra miles won't really hurt but that belabors the point of getting to work on Monday morning and I can't bike where I have to get for that and its time Jack Kerouac ought to ban me from further spontaneous composition on this keyboard this evening and hope that a solution will be forthrightly forthcoming. More frustrated than any BMW had done to me in about a decade, Barry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:16:53 -0600 From: "Dave and Peg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jay Frankel'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'UUC Digest'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M3 Tires Rubbing Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a 95 M3 with 8.5 inch rims on the back. When I purchased the car used, it had 235/40 17's on the rear and when I replaced them with the 245/40 17 Pole Position S03's, I had a small amount of rubbing on suspension compression. I had the wheel well openings rolled and that solved the problem. The rubbing was not bad enough to cause major problems, but I had the rolling done anyway. Dave Miller 95 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:04:36 -0400 From: Jay Frankel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: M3 Tires Rubbing Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you Dave. There seems to be a consensus that the PP S-03's can cause rubbing. I had already talked with my body shop before I queried the group and this confirms what I though. I will bring the car in for a fender a roll. On my car the rubbing is fairly frequent if there is more than just me in the car. It only rubs on fairly big bumps when driving solo. I would be concerned about tire damage if I do nothing. On Apr 10, 2004, at 9:16 AM, Dave and Peg wrote: > I have a 95 M3 with 8.5 inch rims on the back. When I purchased the > car > used, it had 235/40 17's on the rear and when I replaced them with the > 245/40 17 Pole Position S03's, I had a small amount of rubbing on > suspension > compression. I had the wheel well openings rolled and that solved the > problem. The rubbing was not bad enough to cause major problems, but > I had > the rolling done anyway. > > Dave Miller > 95 M3 > > > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > ___ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW > CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:21:08 -0700 From: Avinash Heroor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E36 possible fuel related problem? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'll bet you it's the fuel pump. This failed at around 95K in my old E36. Regards, Avi. > >Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:00:53 -0700 (PDT) >From: Paul T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: E36 possible fuel related problem? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >My 1995 E36 325i yesterday died as I was coming off a >traffic light, seem/felt like it was it was out of >gas, (gas tank probably half full) tried to started up >again, it would turn but it would not fire up, all the >lights, radio, works fine, so not electrical related. >I'm thinking no fuel is getting to the engine? the >only fuel related parts I've changed is the fuel >filter and that was at ~75,000 miles, I'm currently at >~115,000 miles. > >is there any fuel parts that are common to fail that I >should change or take a look at? any one encounter >such a problem before? > >the car is an automatic if that matters. > >thanks, > >Paul > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:49:57 -0500 From: "Dana LeJune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 2000 M5 "hiccup" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Helga has just had 2 injectors, + one bank of VANOS replaced. She was fine for a couple weeks, but now she jerks, hiccups, and just suddenly loses power then lurches forward both early after startup, AND even after warm following a sudden change in terrain (like coming out of a parking lot ramp) AND sudden direction change (quick "S" motion when going around a pokey car). Does she need more injectors replaced, the other VANOS bank replaced, or something else? Dana LeJune ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:04:06 -0700 From: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2000 M5 "hiccup" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Are there any loose wires in the engine bay? You may try reading the fault codes to figure out what is happening. Bora On Saturday, Apr 10, 2004, at 12:49 US/Pacific, Dana LeJune wrote: > Helga has just had 2 injectors, + one bank of VANOS replaced. She > was fine > for a couple weeks, but now she jerks, hiccups, and just suddenly loses > power then lurches forward both early after startup, AND even after > warm > following a sudden change in terrain (like coming out of a parking lot > ramp) > AND sudden direction change (quick "S" motion when going around a pokey > car). Does she need more injectors replaced, the other VANOS bank > replaced, > or something else? > > Dana LeJune > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:03:28 -0400 From: richard conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A Wegweiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: BMWBits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Angus Winskill Proud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Patzer, Dan Q" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Steve Dunnavant'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, E9coupes BMW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sixer coupe Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Uucdigest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [BMWCSRegistry] FW: T-shirts Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I hear that an SAV X7 is in the works to compete with the Chevy Suburban and Hummer to cater to this much neglected class of folks." get outta here! RC A Wegweiser wrote: > Thanks for the pass on. Some rather nice looking shirts here. I wonder > what the quality is. > And available in Size XXXL! But what BMW can accommodate a Sumo > wrestler? I hear that an SAV X7 is in the works to compete with the > Chevy Suburban and Hummer to cater to this much neglected class of folks. > Art > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 23:25:59 -0500 From: "Ken & Marje" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <all><e46>Any tricks for getting the stock seatbelts REALLY tight? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> First DE this coming weekend (Road America) in the new car. I'll be taking it real easy--5th time at this track but I'm sure it will feel really different: '95 318i to '04 M3/SMG! Yes, I'll probably get another set of Schroth's but haven't decided yet. And yes I upgraded the pads and fluid first--I'm more worried about upgrading my brain :-). Ken Koch ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
