The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 237 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: E36 Rear View Mirror Independent BMW Mech. recommendation Re: Independent BMW Mech. recommendation <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. Re: <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. Re: <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. Re: Wanted: 1602 brake shoes / 700 parts e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Re: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Re: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Re: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! <e39> plastic rivets in wheel well liner Re: <e39> plastic rivets in wheel well liner Re: <e39> plastic rivets in wheel well liner
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:28:22 -0700 From: "J. Ochi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E36 Rear View Mirror Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 11:48 AM 6/15/2004, Kevin Kelly wrote: >The rear view mirror just fell off the front window of a friends 1994 E36 >325is. I used a kit (maybe Permetex? I don't remember) I bought from an auto parts store to glue the metal button back onto the windshield on my 96 M3. Worked fine - has been on for quite a while (3 years or so? maybe more...) without any problems. I just followed the instructions on the package and it all came out just fine. I did take extra care to get the mirror in the right place - I ended up raising it up about an inch, which made it less obtrusive when I look to the right. Once I found the right place, I used a marker on the outside of the window to mark the place. I found that drawing around a quarter made a circle that was the right diameter. I guess if he really wanted to, your friend could take the car to a auto glass place to get the mirror put back on. My guess is that they'll just use the same sort of kit to do the job... Jim Ochi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:08:58 -0400 From: "m3 drvr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Independent BMW Mech. recommendation Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is for a friend. Can anyone recommend a good shop in the Leominster, Mass area? Clyde 98-M3/4 _________________________________________________________________ Looking to buy a house? 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Good luck! vty, --Dennis ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:54:12 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Um, huh? You have a mechanic? This is quite a revelation! Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:53:37 -0400 >From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Need an E30 325e cat. >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Anyone got a catalytic converter lying around that they want to get rid of? > >My mechanic's just died and I don't pay him enough to replace it with new. > >5/86 E30 325e Manual trans. > >Must be from 325e up to 9/87 production with manual trans. > >Thanks > >Brett Anderson >KMS ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:00:20 -0400 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'UUCDigest'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> & a dead one at that!!!! Don't know what a dead mechanic needs a cat for anyway.... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 13:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [UUC] <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. > > > Um, huh? You have a mechanic? This is quite a revelation! > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA > > >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:53:37 -0400 > >From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Need an E30 325e cat. > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Anyone got a catalytic converter lying around that they want > to get rid > of? > > > >My mechanic's just died and I don't pay him enough to > replace it with new. > > > >5/86 E30 325e Manual trans. > > > >Must be from 325e up to 9/87 production with manual trans. > > > >Thanks > > > >Brett Anderson > >KMS > > > 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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:23:11 -0400 From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: <wob> re: Need an E30 325e cat. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> -----Original Message----- -> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robinson, Lee -> & a dead one at that!!!! -> -> Don't know what a dead mechanic needs a cat for anyway.... Well depending on how you store them, they start gassing etc. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:21:36 -0400 From: Phil Marx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wanted: 1602 brake shoes / 700 parts Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Seems to me the last time I did this to one of my 700 Cabriolets the OE parts from BMW were cheap and readily available. New drums and shoes with the linings already bonded (riveted) were what I used (1600-2 part numbers). Can they no longer be had from BMW or are you just looking to do something more exotic like Ferodo linings? I know Ferodo used to stock them. -Phil >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:57:30 +0000 >From: "Gregory Bradbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Wanted: 1602 brake shoes / 700 parts >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I'm about to redo a 700's brakes and the 1602 uses the same. For those with >old things in their garage, I'm looking for one (or two) sets of brake shoes >(or the linings to rivet to the metal supports) for the early 1602 (small >200 mm drums, same as the 700 air cooled car). > >2002 shoes are NOT the same (they are bigger at 230 mm), nor E21/2002 >turbo/2800 CS (250 mm). > >Anyone with specific NOS 700 parts, please contact me off digest. > >BR, > >Gregory in Geneva ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:20:32 -0500 From: "Batt, Jeff (MED)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello all, I have a 1995 M3 (2 door e36) that recently started to have doors that are hard to open. The driver's side is far worse than the passenger, but the passenger still seems a little worse than I remember it being. Whether you are inside or outside of the car, you have to open the door handle latch farther and harder than you ever had to before to get the door to open. It always works, but I feel like I'm not going to be able to get into or out of the car some times. This just started a few weeks ago, and before I tear the doors apart and look for broken cables or missing screws or whatever, I thought I'd ask if anyone had seen this and if so, what's the fix? Thanks! Battman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:30:13 -0700 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> do the windows slide down a bit when you lift on the handle? If they don't then it becomes rather hard to yank the door open. there is a procedure on how to adjust them, but I don't have it handy. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Batt, Jeff (MED) Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Hello all, I have a 1995 M3 (2 door e36) that recently started to have doors that are hard to open. The driver's side is far worse than the passenger, but the passenger still seems a little worse than I remember it being. Whether you are inside or outside of the car, you have to open the door handle latch farther and harder than you ever had to before to get the door to open. It always works, but I feel like I'm not going to be able to get into or out of the car some times. This just started a few weeks ago, and before I tear the doors apart and look for broken cables or missing screws or whatever, I thought I'd ask if anyone had seen this and if so, what's the fix? Thanks! Battman 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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:51:56 -0500 From: "Batt, Jeff (MED)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Marco Romani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yea...the windows still seem to be doing their normal (drop .75") while opening.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marco Romani Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! do the windows slide down a bit when you lift on the handle? If they don't then it becomes rather hard to yank the door open. there is a procedure on how to adjust them, but I don't have it handy. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Batt, Jeff (MED) Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Hello all, I have a 1995 M3 (2 door e36) that recently started to have doors that are hard to open. The driver's side is far worse than the passenger, but the passenger still seems a little worse than I remember it being. Whether you are inside or outside of the car, you have to open the door handle latch farther and harder than you ever had to before to get the door to open. It always works, but I feel like I'm not going to be able to get into or out of the car some times. This just started a few weeks ago, and before I tear the doors apart and look for broken cables or missing screws or whatever, I thought I'd ask if anyone had seen this and if so, what's the fix? Thanks! Battman 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 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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:01:19 -0700 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hmmm - off the top of my head - check the pins that hold the hinge in place. They work their way out after a while. Another thing is the metal loop on the door jamb may be mis-aligned and finally the one I'll bet on is ----> I've seen this happen (a guy I know actually ripped the inside door handle off trying to get out) is that the clips that keep the door trim panels on the metal frame, down by the map pockets, break or pop out and that allows the bottom of the trim panel to flop around and be misaligned. It will cause enough pressure on the door locking mechanism that the handle seems useless. Marco -----Original Message----- From: Batt, Jeff (MED) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:52 PM To: Marco Romani; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [UUC] e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Yea...the windows still seem to be doing their normal (drop .75") while opening.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marco Romani Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! do the windows slide down a bit when you lift on the handle? If they don't then it becomes rather hard to yank the door open. there is a procedure on how to adjust them, but I don't have it handy. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Batt, Jeff (MED) Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] e36? - it's hard to open my door?!?! Hello all, I have a 1995 M3 (2 door e36) that recently started to have doors that are hard to open. The driver's side is far worse than the passenger, but the passenger still seems a little worse than I remember it being. Whether you are inside or outside of the car, you have to open the door handle latch farther and harder than you ever had to before to get the door to open. It always works, but I feel like I'm not going to be able to get into or out of the car some times. This just started a few weeks ago, and before I tear the doors apart and look for broken cables or missing screws or whatever, I thought I'd ask if anyone had seen this and if so, what's the fix? Thanks! Battman 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 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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:11:59 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <e39> plastic rivets in wheel well liner Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Having removed the wheel well liner to get at the washer reservoir on my '98 528, I'm pondering now how to re-fasten the plastic to the metal lip on the trailing edge of the wheel well. The little plastic rivets that I popped off during removal sure didn't look re-usable to me. Can you get more? Do you need a special rivet gun to fasten? Thanks for any insight. -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:27:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Howard Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <e39> plastic rivets in wheel well liner Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, John Bolhuis wrote: > Having removed the wheel well liner to get at the washer reservoir on > my '98 528, I'm pondering now how to re-fasten the plastic to the metal > lip on the trailing edge of the wheel well. The little plastic rivets > that I popped off during removal sure didn't look re-usable to me. Can > you get more? Do you need a special rivet gun to fasten? > > Thanks for any insight. Those plastic rivets are one-time-use items. I don't have the part number handy but I will need to get some of them myself so I also need the part numbers (just in case it matters, this will be for an E46 rather than an E39). You do not need to have any special tools. Just a pair of pliers and a set of dikes will do. Insert the end of the rivet in to the hole, hold it down and pull the long handle out until it grabs, then dike it off. - h -- hsiegel~at~pobox~dot~com <*> Netcom Class of '93, RIP Netcom! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:59:04 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <e39> plastic rivets in wheel well liner Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 09:27:27PM -0400, Howard Siegel wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, John Bolhuis wrote: > > > Having removed the wheel well liner to get at the washer reservoir on > > my '98 528, I'm pondering now how to re-fasten the plastic to the metal > > lip on the trailing edge of the wheel well. The little plastic rivets > > that I popped off during removal sure didn't look re-usable to me. Can > > you get more? Do you need a special rivet gun to fasten? > > > > Thanks for any insight. > > Those plastic rivets are one-time-use items. I don't have the > part number handy but I will need to get some of them myself > so I also need the part numbers (just in case it matters, this > will be for an E46 rather than an E39). > > You do not need to have any special tools. Just a pair of pliers > and a set of dikes will do. Insert the end of the rivet in to > the hole, hold it down and pull the long handle out until it > grabs, then dike it off. Allow me to reply to myself after realizing that I have a copy of the ETK so I can look things up for myself! (duh) expanding rivet: 51 47 8 166 992 and if you are missing some of the screws that hold things together down there and have to have the real thing... hex head screw: 51 71 8 204 807 Good to know that there's no special tool needed. Thanks Howard! -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(14 messages) **********
