The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 251 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: FIXED - Dead 1995 E36 M3 Re: Fan removal/ LH Threads/ was Wheel Bearing Re: Head light Group Buy Re: Head light Group Buy Re: Head light Group Buy Re: E34 Business CD Install? E46 Traction Control Limits Re: E46 Traction Control Limits Re: E34 Business CD Install? FS: 1998 Volvo V70XC
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:05:54 -0400 From: "Tom Melton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FIXED - Dead 1995 E36 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Saturday night/Sunday morning I described a problem with my 95 M3. The full text is below. Also, note that when I disconnected the battery during tests, I was disconnecting the negative cable, not the positive. The problem wound up being that the previous owner had modified the POSITIVE battery cable (remember, I removed the negative from the battery during testing) to have a different clamp for the battery post. The modification was done to have a connection point for an amplifier in the trunk. There is the large power cable for the starter, and a smaller wire that is also connected to the positive clamp. The smaller wire was the culprit. It had gotten bounced loose/making poor contact due to the railroad tracks being rough. I reconnected the wire, magic, the check engine light is functional again. The engine cranked and ran! I walked to the trunk area, and disconnected the little wire, and, of course, the engine died. So that truly was the issue. Nice easy fix. Tuck the information away, in case you ever need it. My thanks go out to all that had suggestions, even though none were the culprit. The ultimate thanks/credit goes out to Bobby Thrash of Strictly German Motorsports near Road Atlanta. I called him, discussed the problem with him, and that was his number one item to check. I hate being in-debted, but I owe Bobby big time. -Tom I had a problem last night that continues on into today. I was driving my 95 M3, build 7/95, and after crossing some railroad tracks that cross the road, the engine stumbled once. Went about another 0.1 mile and it stumbles again. That makes me start to worry. About a mile later, approaching a stoplight, it dies. The engine will turn over, it just will not fire off. I push the car (when traffic clears) to the gas station nearby, pull out a Peake reader, and read the codes. The reader displays a x'1A' (decimal 26). The table with the reader says that is a Control Unit Supply code, and later when I check the Bentley manual, it is not listed. Actually only 4 digit codes are listed. Ugh. I had the car towed home (it was 11:30pm). Now it appears to be worse. The Peake reader will power up when connected to the test port, but if I try to read the failure codes, it just flashes 'E'. Also, I am now not getting the 'check engine' light during key on bulb test. Next I disconnected the battery for a minute and then re-connected. Cool, have check engine light during bulb test. Try to start the engine, and it fires to life for about 30 seconds, then dies again. Once more, check engine light is non-functional. Disconnect the battery again, wait, reconnect...no check engine light. Ok, so where do I start? Find someone with a similar build date M3 and start swapping parts? DME failure? Any clues? Thanks in advance.. -Tom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:18:17 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fan removal/ LH Threads/ was Wheel Bearing Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M44 motors, from at least 96 up do not have mechanical fans, only electric. David in Richmond, VA -----Original Message----- From: Phil Marx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jun 29, 2004 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] Fan removal/ LH Threads/ was Wheel Bearing Lee wrote: >I've always heard that BMW's have relatively small radiators for the kind of >car (i.e. not an econobox). I guess to some extent, that can be offset by >the mechanical fan. When he (friend) asked why BMW didn't use a bigger >radiator, I pointed to the engine comparment & asked where he'd like to put >it. Even my Saabs have had huge radiators compared to my BMW (& others I've >seen) and electric fans that continue to run even after the car is shut off >prompting, "dude, your car's still running" many, many times. > My '98 318ti doesn't have a mechanical fan and lord knows it could use all the horsepower it can muster! It's threaded for a clutch/fan but there isn't one there. Maybe the previous owner took it off?! Works fine though. I don't think any M42/44 E36 sedan-coupes have them either but I can't say about the Z-series 4-cylinders. I know the E30 318is had one. None on my Chrysler van which became obvious on our trip to the beach a couple of weeks ago when the electric fan motor gave it up. No problem pulling 85mph on the highway and even stop-and-go in city traffic to some extent, but you didn't want to leave it idling with the a/c on while the ladies went into the beachwear emporium! First trip was off-beach to Autozone for a jumper wire to test the fan motor. I'd only brought along one and bridged the relay with that to no avial. Chrysler sells the fan as a unit including blade and shroud for $260 but no one had one in stock. Autozone and Advance Auto sold motors-only that their computer said fit. Heavy Duty and normal both for about $40. Trouble was the fan had stuck to the motor shaft like someone had smacked it with a hammer upon assembly for good measure in case the clip came apart. That meant purchasing a flat file and spending some vacation time dressing the shaft until the fan blade slid off. Then I found the motor was riveted to the frame, so I had to drop it off at a local beach-side repair shop for a couple of hours for them to have a "technician" grind off the rivets ($12). Back to pick up the heavy duty motor (1" longer, no problem. Do I know a deal when I see one?), of course the supplied bolts were too short and Autozone didn't have any longer ones. Back to the beach hardware store and then search for heavy-gauge wire Scotch-locks since the "universal" motor had no built-in plug. That took visits to three other mercantile establishments. Everything humming along just fine, then some body surfing with the kids took all that accumulated grime I picked up from woking on a 188,000-mile family-truckster off my hands and arms, pronto. Saltwater, waves, and sand are recommended after any car repair project. -Phil 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, 30 Jun 2004 07:34:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Jonathan Brush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Head light Group Buy Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:35:18 -0400 From: Marty Fraiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SNIP http://www.bmwz.org/articles/lighting/0506trick/ Then come rattle my cage for the bulbs. I might want to do a group buy for UUC if there are enough E24/E30/E32/E34 owners on the list to support same </email> HTH, Marty Marty, I am in for a set of 4 (highs and lows) for E34 w/ellipsoids. I've done the 9005/6 swap and use the Silverstars, but could do with more light yet. Jon<---w/aging eyes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:46:16 -0700 From: Kurt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Head light Group Buy Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Marty, I'm in for the low beam upgrade for my wife's E34 with ellipsoids. Are you going to organize the group buy, or do we need to contact Daniel Stern directly? Kurt--still holding out for the Cibie upgrade on the E30 Jonathan Brush wrote: >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:35:18 -0400 >From: Marty Fraiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >SNIP > >http://www.bmwz.org/articles/lighting/0506trick/ > >Then come rattle my cage for the bulbs. I might >want to do a group buy for >UUC if there are enough E24/E30/E32/E34 owners on >the list to support same > ></email> > >HTH, >Marty > >Marty, >I am in for a set of 4 (highs and lows) for E34 >w/ellipsoids. I've done the 9005/6 swap and use the >Silverstars, but could do with more light yet. >Jon<---w/aging eyes > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >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, 30 Jun 2004 10:50:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Head light Group Buy Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> After Marty's post, I too contacted Candlepower, Inc. Canada and inquired about the bulbs. Turns out, I received a response from Daniel Stern at Candlepower, Inc. who I have dealt with a number of times before as I have the Cibie CSRs in my E30. Long and short of it, he is willing to assist with a group buy. I couldn't tell if Marty or someone from the Welty list was already coordinating one or not but it didn't appear to me that there was one necessarily started yet. Anyway, Daniel will offer a nice discount on bulbs (about 26% over the normal price) if we put together a group buy. I would like to see some confirmation from someone or Marty specifically if a group buy was already started or not. If not, I will coordinate one with Daniel Stern and Candlepower, Inc. if there is enough interest and we can get one started. Regards, Rich Dorffer --- Kurt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marty, > > I'm in for the low beam upgrade for my wife's E34 with ellipsoids. > Are you going to organize the group buy, or do we need to contact Daniel > Stern directly? > > Kurt--still holding out for the Cibie upgrade on the E30 > > Jonathan Brush wrote: > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:35:18 -0400 > >From: Marty Fraiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >SNIP > > > >http://www.bmwz.org/articles/lighting/0506trick/ > > > >Then come rattle my cage for the bulbs. I might > >want to do a group buy for > >UUC if there are enough E24/E30/E32/E34 owners on > >the list to support same > > > ></email> > > > >HTH, > >Marty > > > >Marty, > >I am in for a set of 4 (highs and lows) for E34 > >w/ellipsoids. I've done the 9005/6 swap and use the > >Silverstars, but could do with more light yet. > >Jon<---w/aging eyes ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:30:12 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E34 Business CD Install? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 11:05:53AM +0200, Pavel Tcholakov wrote: > <rant> Why does every decent MP3 player HAVE to have a > chrome/silver/titanium/brushed alluminium face-plate with at least 3 > different textures and bright, blinking red and blue graphics? Grrr... > </rant> <rant, lewis black style> Because consumers want MORE FEATURES! Same reason our cars have automatic anti-skid THIS and satellite THAT and electronic multi-way OTHER! We consumers demand it! We must have it! And we will always buy the unit that is SHINIER, that has more CHROME, and FLASHES BRIGHTER, with more COLOR! The marketers TOLD us so! </rant> -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:53:10 -0700 From: Roger Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E46 Traction Control Limits Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think it's pretty funny (or sad) but so far I've had 2 different experiences where the wonderful new BMW DSC on my e46 330i sedan not only showed its limits, but reduced forward motion compared to a basic limited slip diff on my older e36 M3 (without traction control). Latest experience was trying to make it up a driveway (in the dry) to a house in the mountains. There was some dirt on the left side & it was very steep, so that made the LR wheel spin easily and freaked out the traction control so badly it activated the error light (spinning car & ABS indicators in the dash) and shut down! I had to carefully back the car out of the driveway, shut off the engine, wait & then drive it around the block before it returned to normal & shut off the lights. Technology... -- Roger ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:19:35 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E46 Traction Control Limits Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 03:53:10PM -0700, Roger Baker wrote: > I think it's pretty funny (or sad) but so far I've had 2 different > experiences where the wonderful new BMW DSC on my e46 330i sedan not > only showed its limits, but reduced forward motion compared to a basic > limited slip diff on my older e36 M3 (without traction control). My rental Malibu (hey, it's better than the Alero!) in Hawaii was similarly confused when I had to cross a sandy area in the "road" at a beach. Just as I gave it some gas to keep forward momentum up, it decided to cut power until the wheels stopped spinning. gyaaak! Luckily it had a big "traction control" button near the steering wheel that I could stab at which instantly solved my problem. My "ASC trigger finger" is always itchy in my e39 when I fear that electronic "help" is going to interfere or prevent some fun. :) -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:38:00 -0400 From: Martin Bullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E34 Business CD Install? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Neil, The Business CD is an ibus-compatible head unit. I know it's plug and play with any E36, but will only control the changer in post 10/95 (or thereabouts) production 3-series. Earlier cars have a different cable and changer. The Business CD is about the only CD headunit that looks good in a BMW dash, sounds great, and doesn't have all the "Tokyo by Night" flashing LEDS, dancing dolphins and glitzy bling that the store-bought stuff has. Sheesh, even Blaupunkt looks tacky these days. About the only other decent-looking choice I found was Nakamichi, but I read some internet comments that implied that their car stereos have had some reliability issues lately, plus inconsistency of supply and service. I'm not familiar with the radio plug on the E34, but there's a chance it is plug and play, but it definitely will not control your existing CD changer. At a minimum you would need to replace the changer AND the cable. Even this may not be sufficient (I've not been able to determine an answer to this, and it's a potentially expensive test to undertake if the exercise proves futile). Martin Bullen '95 M3 (with Business CD and obsolete CD changer weighing down the back of the car) '97 Z3 2.8 (with Business CD and a happily controlled ibus-compatible CD changer) On Jun 29, 2004, at 10:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:42:30 -0700 (PDT) > From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: E34 Business CD Install? > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Gruppe: > > The CD changer in my 92 E34 appears to have died. I'd > prefer to upgrade the head unit to the BMW business CD > (or any other aesthetically compatible BMW unit) > instead of replacing the changer, which I may or may > not do later. I don't care for changers much and > would like to have a CD slot up front. > > What are the wiring issues? I know any DIN unit will > fit the hole, but what comes after? I'd like all > speakers to work and also use the stock amp in the > trunk. Also, will this work with the (Pioneer?) > changer that came with my car if I decide to have the > changer fixed later? > > Thanks! > > Neil Deshpande > 92 M5 - no CD capability > 87 944 - fully functional stereo with tasteful Blau ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:43:38 -0400 From: Steve Lilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FS: 1998 Volvo V70XC Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry for the OT post...wife's car for sale: 1998 Volvo V70 Cross Country (XC) Wagon, White Ext/Taupe Leather Int, 78K miles, Auto Trans, All-Wheel-Drive, Moonroof, CD Changer, Heated Seats, 3rd-row Seat. Complete service records. $12,700. My wife and I are the original owners of this wagon; she is the primary driver. The car is in excellent condition inside and out. We just bought a newer wagon from a friend, and we can�t justify having two wagons in the garage (although it is tempting). I've got a detailed two-page "for sale" doc with all the info on the car, the maintenance records, and pics of the car -- all are available via e-mail or snail-mail. I live outside of Reading PA, and work in Allentown PA. OBMWC: If BWM offered a 5-Series wagon with a 3rd row, that's what she'd be driving! Instead, it's an MB. Ah well, at least it's still fine German engineering. Regards, Steve 610-670-9424 [EMAIL PROTECTED] '04 330i ZHP (His) '98 MB E320 Wagon (Hers) '98 Volvo V70XC (I always wanted a dedicated track car, but this doesn't quite fit the requirements ;-) ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(10 messages) **********
