The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 220 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: e34 touring - What are these parts? Re: e34 touring - What are these parts? Re: e34 touring - What are these parts? Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Re: <FS> 1999 MCoupe race car driver's door lock actuator <FS> E36 325i Re: fault code Re: fault code <OT> Gun carry permit crap
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:22:03 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e34 touring - What are these parts? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They are plastic dividers for the storage area in the right rear of the car, beside the spare. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > > > Found these under the back seat as I was putting things together after a > shock/strut change. > > I don't recall seeing them as I was taking things apart. > > http://www.cheap-tracks.com/misc/bmw_question.jpg > > The white thing they are on is 8.5"x11" for size reference. > p/n 51 47 8 120 839 > > Any hot tips? > > Karl Zemlin > '94 525i touring had tired boges - now on fresh bilsteins :) > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 5/22/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:32:54 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e34 touring - What are these parts? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KMS - Brett Anderson Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:22 PM To: UUC Digest Subject: Re: [UUC] e34 touring - What are these parts? They are plastic dividers for the storage area in the right rear of the car, beside the spare. Brett Anderson KMS ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:37:12 -0700 From: "Rodney Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bmwuucdigest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "\"Karl Zemlin\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e34 touring - What are these parts? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I assume (since I don't own a touring), the items are inserts for the right rear trim panel. Are they dividers for the compartment on the right rear of the touring? Rod... Rodney Moore BMWCCA GGC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:55:29 -0500 From: "Thomas G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm sure it would be best not to do to much driving before it's fixed but here's my experience with this: I lost my hoses during a track day at Gingerman three years ago and HAD TO drive home for an appointment I couldn't miss. At the time, I lived in Minneapolis. That's 580 miles away. I stopped three times and dumped a bit of ATF the pump to keep "some kind" of lubrication in it but it would run out as soon as I started the engine again. The dealer replaced the hoses under warranty but said the pump was fine so it wasn't replaced. It's still in the car today and still works fine. YMMV, Tom Clark At 08:33 PM 6/3/2004, you wrote: >On the way home today, one of my PS hoses broke (maybe hit by debris?) so I have no >power steering on the E36. Does it harm anything, such as PS pump or steering rack, >to drive the car like this? The pump is still turning, but I think there is no fluid >in the system. > >Thanks, > >Malcolm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:32:31 -0400 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The whole trick is to avoid changing your steering input. My brother's PS pump on his Taurus sounded like the screaming alien from the Predator movies when he turned, so he began counting turns on drives. He excluded very gradual turns, like open ramps and highway curves. He told me it was fewer turns (3, IIRC) to drive 30-some-odd miles from his place in Ann Arbor to my place in a Detroit suburb than if he went less than two miles to work (I think 7 turns?). YTMV, -Jay (Your Turns May Vary) **************** > I'm sure it would be best not to do to much driving before it's fixed > but here's my experience with this: > > I lost my hoses during a track day at Gingerman three years ago and HAD TO > drive home for an appointment I couldn't miss. At the time, I lived in > Minneapolis. That's 580 miles away. I stopped three times and dumped a bit > of ATF the pump to keep "some kind" of lubrication in it but it would run out as > soon as I started the engine again. > > The dealer replaced the hoses under warranty but said the pump was fine so > it wasn't replaced. It's still in the car today and still works fine. > > YMMV, > > Tom Clark > > At 08:33 PM 6/3/2004, you wrote: > >On the way home today, one of my PS hoses broke (maybe hit by debris?) so I have no power steering on the E36. Does it harm anything, such as PS pump or steering rack, to drive the car like this? The pump is still turning, but I think there is no fluid in the system. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Malcolm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:30:13 -0700 From: "Grant Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Reitz > > On the way home today, one of my PS hoses broke (maybe hit by > debris?) so I have no power steering on the E36. Does it harm > anything, such as PS pump or steering rack, to drive the car > like this? The pump is still turning, but I think there is no > fluid in the system. /lurk Malcolm, I had a leaky hose on my old E30 drain the entire reservoir when I was about 200 miles from home. I got tired of stopping to check on / fill up the thing with ATF, so I ended up just cutting the belt to the pump. I liked it so much, I kept it that way for a couple months! When I finally got new hoses, I got a new belt as well, and everything was fine. Grant ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:10:38 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Grant Low <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Driving with no power steering fluid Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> re: driving without power steering: NP to drive w/o the ps. At least as much power gain by eliminating the ps as with a set of underdrive pulleys. Lots of problems to drive without ps fluid. PS fluid is what provides lubrication for the rack and the pump. My E36 suffered similarly when a lower front ps hose broke where it connects to the rack. I ended up refilling the rack with Redline D4, cutting the rear rack hose a few inches shorter and connecting it to the fitting at the front of the rack where the other hose broke off. File down the flare on the fitting so the hose can be pressed on, since these reinforced hoses barely expand. Then bypass the pump with a 56.0 inch belt, a commonly available length. Also remove the upper rightmost (passenger side) ps pump mounting bolt to insure full belt clearance. On the E36 platform with manual steering good upper body strength is a plus below a few miles per hour and when cornering hard. On an E30 when the ps rack needed rebuilding I replaced it with the manual European rack, and would recommend the same for any E30 since on that platform the increase in steering effort was minimal. Barry Grant Low wrote: >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Reitz >>one of my PS hoses broke (maybe hit by debris?) so I have no power steering on the >>E36. Does it harm PS pump or steering rack, to drive like this? The pump is still >>turning, but there is no fluid in the system. >> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:15:48 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <FS> 1999 MCoupe race car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gary, "I'm sure Kathy would rather negotiate with fewer spares ;-)." sub-table, sub-table. ; ^ ) -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 00:25:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: driver's door lock actuator Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, In my 93 325, I noticed that the door lock mechanism sometimes doesn't lock the driver's door when I arm the alarm and it locks all the doors. Oddly enough, it seems to happen more often when it's hot out. Sometimes it will work again after a few arm/disarm sequences, but other times it has stopped working for weeks. I guess it is just (_REALLY_) sticking, but is there some common electrical fault with the actuators that someone knows about? If it is just simple sticking, can it be lubricated or do I have to buy a new actuator? Seems impossible to get the actuator motor out of that enclosed spot in the far side of the door jamb; is there a BTDT trick to get it out easily (and/or as cleanly as possible)? TIA, Brian __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 07:51:25 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <FS> E36 325i Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a 1993 325i that I was going to keep as a third car since I inherited my wife's 1997 M3/4 when she got an Audi Allroad. We're doing major work on the house, so I'm going to consolidate my automotive holdings for now. Specifics: 1993 325i (the good, second year with Vanos). 5 Spd. White with tan interior. Folding seats Front airdam from an M3 Factory LSD - 220k - Conforti chip - H&R OE Sport springs/Koni SA suspension. "M" Cap bearings - BLSS Short Shift kit with ERK - B&B Exhaust (Negotiable since I love it and may move it). Items replaced recently - trailing arm bushings (<3k miles) - Front Control Arms (<5k miles) - Front Wheel bearings (<200 miles) - All rotors - Rear main seal and transmission selector seal (<10k miles) - Plugs and valve cover gasket - Radiator (think about 20k miles) Paint is in very good shape, SLIGHT rusting at the bottom of the front wheel wells. I was going to touch up, but figured I'd leave the paint stock until I sold the car to show the extent of the "damage." I have 16x7.5 BBS RZs for street tires and 15x7.5" Borbet type Ts in great shape with snows on them. I will likely be pulling the stereo since I have invested in an aftermarket system including Stealth boxes, a/d/s front components and an Eclipse amp. Negotiable to leave in car. Pics available at http://marcplante.com. 8 megs of detailed pics available via FTP Looking for $4500 obo, including the extra set of wheels. Marc Plante Vienna, VA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc Plante [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:01:06 -0700 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: fault code Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've got a check engine light on my 1998 323is yesterday and the PR tool says it is code FE which translates to an "EVAP large leak detected". Small leaks don't bother me but a large leak?!?!?! Where do I find this large leak and what is an EVAP? Anybody know? Should I panic now or can I postpone panicking till the weekend? Brett, Scott, anybody? TIA Pingger ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:37:07 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: fault code Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Check your gas cap. If it's loose, tighten it and the light will go out after a day or two, although the fault will stay in memory. If the gas tank is tight, check the plumbing under the spare wheel for cracks. EVAP is evaporative emissions. Your gas tank is venting vapours to the atmosphere. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > I've got a check engine light on my 1998 323is yesterday and the > PR tool says it is code FE which translates to an "EVAP large > leak detected". Small leaks don't bother me but a large > leak?!?!?! Where do I find this large leak and what is an EVAP? > Anybody know? Should I panic now or can I postpone panicking till > the weekend? Brett, Scott, anybody? > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 5/22/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:10:03 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <OT> Gun carry permit crap Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So, Ohio has finally allowed concealed weapons carry permits. An ex Marine weapons instructor just got turned down for a permit. He's not allowed to carry a concealed weapon because..... Ready for it? In 1960, when he was 15, he and a couple of friends stole 5 cases of beer....... Gotta love it. I bet if I'd raped every kid under the age of 10 in our neighbourhood, I'd still be allowed to carry, but this guy can't..... Hell, COPS can carry guns, but humans can't. What the hell is up with that? Brett Anderson --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). 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