The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 298 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <OT> Audi Parts Re: [bimmerheads] E30 Special Tool? Re: picture in August Roundel Re: right turn crunching update Re: right turn crunching update FW: BMW CCA - NH weekend Re: [E30] Smell of Gasoline When Tank is Full - SOLVED 3.73 differential Re: 3.73 differential
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:44:32 -0700 From: "John Coffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: <OT> Audi Parts Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> vwparts.com, clairparts.com, ecstuning.com -John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 4:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] <OT> Audi Parts Does anyone have leads for discounted parts for an Audi. Just looking for brake components (Rotors and pads). Thanks, Marc Plante E36 M3/4, 53k 2002 Audi AR E36 325i, 220k [Gone] Vienna, VA 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: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 13:56:37 -0400 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [bimmerheads] E30 Special Tool? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brant wrote: > If we can accept having to drop the front subframe to > change a pan gasket I don't accept this. we changed Carlos' pump (and the pan gasket obviously) without removing the subframe. loosened up the steering rack Ben ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:42:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: picture in August Roundel Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Darn...now that I see this and tried to look for my issue, I realize I haven't yet received my August Roundel. Did you all just receive it within the last couple days? Brian --- Jenny Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only YOU would notice the Castrol-Babe, Clarence.... > hahahahaha! > Remember when we had one of those at LCS... BEFORE I > had it removed? > > -Jenny Morgan > > > On Aug 1, 2004, at 9:29 AM, Clarence wrote: > > > I'm on the digest and missed some messages, but > wonder if anybody else > > took a really close look at the second picture on > page 70. Has > > anybody razzed Satch about letting this get in? > Are the PC police > > going to come to my house and demand I tear out > the page? > > > > Clarence > > West Bend, WI > > who grew up thinking this was just a normal part > of garages (including > > the paint shop I worked in) > > 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] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 15:09:10 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Brian Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: right turn crunching update Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Brian Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A list member noticed the difference in wheels on the > rear of my car, and mentioned possible differential > problems as a result of it. [...] I was driving for a > week or two like that before I was told that this would > cause problems. > [...] now I am getting crunching noises from the rear > end when I make right turns. > Undoubtedly this is from driving for those two weeks > like that, but I am wondering if it makes sense that > it happens ONLY when I am making right turns. It is a > lot worse when I make a right turn over or onto a bumpy > segment of road (like a gutter or ragged asphalt). I > assume this is so because the limited slip gets engaged > easier due to the lack of traction, but I am not > positive. In any case, does this make sense to anyone > else? Brian, Yes, it could be the limited slip (if you have one) clutches are wearing off. When was the last time you had changed the fluid? How many miles on the car/diff? If it's been a while, I would put new RedLine 75W90 and see if changes anything. Normally, limited slip diffs start to wear somewhere north of 150K miles. Running constant load on the diff (different diameter rear tiers) would expedite the wear, though > [...] I still am not positive of the source of the > noise; however I did notice this weekend that it does > NOT make the crunching noise when I make a right turn > in neutral. This would seem to eliminate the wheel > bearing or axle as a possible source, Your car does not have an axle => independent suspension all around. It could still be a bad wheel bearing. Those things are hard to pin point, especially on the rear. > however I still don't know why a right turn in gear would > cause crunching, while a right turn in neutral would not. All other things being equal, engine torque transmitted to the wheels would put load on the LSD. Turning in neutral = no delta in torque load between two rear wheels. HTH, alex f ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:28:47 -0700 From: Tom Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Brian Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: right turn crunching update Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a Mercedes 300E where there was noise when turning, especially in one direction. Thought that different differential lube might fix it, but turns out that it was just toast, ordered another from a Merc parts place (same gearing ratio) and it's been fine. That happened with about 155k, if I remember correctly. Regards, Tom Reynolds Hereford, AZ At 03:09 PM 08/03/2004 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >"Brian Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> A list member noticed the difference in wheels on the >> rear of my car, and mentioned possible differential >> problems as a result of it. [...] I was driving for a >> week or two like that before I was told that this would >> cause problems. >> [...] now I am getting crunching noises from the rear >> end when I make right turns. >> Undoubtedly this is from driving for those two weeks >> like that, but I am wondering if it makes sense that >> it happens ONLY when I am making right turns. It is a >> lot worse when I make a right turn over or onto a bumpy >> segment of road (like a gutter or ragged asphalt). I >> assume this is so because the limited slip gets engaged >> easier due to the lack of traction, but I am not >> positive. In any case, does this make sense to anyone >> else? > >Brian, >Yes, it could be the limited slip (if you have one) clutches are wearing >off. >When was the last time you had changed the fluid? How many miles on the >car/diff? >If it's been a while, I would put new RedLine 75W90 and see if changes >anything. Normally, limited slip diffs start to wear somewhere north of >150K miles. Running constant load on the diff (different diameter rear >tiers) would expedite the wear, though > >> [...] I still am not positive of the source of the >> noise; however I did notice this weekend that it does >> NOT make the crunching noise when I make a right turn >> in neutral. This would seem to eliminate the wheel >> bearing or axle as a possible source, > >Your car does not have an axle => independent suspension all around. >It could still be a bad wheel bearing. Those things are hard to pin point, >especially on the rear. > >> however I still don't know why a right turn in gear would >> cause crunching, while a right turn in neutral would not. > >All other things being equal, engine torque transmitted to the wheels >would put load on the LSD. Turning in neutral = no delta in torque load >between two rear wheels. > >HTH, >alex f > > >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 > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.728 / Virus Database: 483 - Release Date: 07/27/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.728 / Virus Database: 483 - Release Date: 07/27/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:56:57 -0400 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FW: BMW CCA - NH weekend Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For those of you in New England but not in the Boston Chapter, thought you might be interested in doing this.... _______________ Come join your fellow members of the BMW CCA as we assault the legendary roads and gaps/passes of the White Mountains on a glorious late summer weekend jaunt: the New Hampshire Weekend Ramble/Drive/Rally/Lollapalooza! Twisty mountain roads, scrumptious meals, death-defying activities and a few twists... what more could you ask for? The HQ for our little adventure is the Mountain View Grand Hotel and Resort, located in bucolic Whitefield, NH. Newly restored in 2002, this historic grand hotel has been known for its character and intimate comfort since 1865. The hotel is offering us a FABULOUS package deal with rates that can't be beat. On Friday afternoon, we'll meet up for a group drive up to the hotel, where we arrive in time for a twilight round of golf, a horse ride through the countryside, or time to take advantage of the luxurious Tower Spa. For those of you that can't get away early, you can meet us in time for drinks and then dinner. On Saturday morning, we'll have breakfast at the hotel, then a drive/rally through the White Mountains. Our planned routes take us through a bunch of notches/passes, with lots of elevation changes, twisty mountain roads, and breathtaking scenery. Our lunch is scheduled for the historic Mount Washington Hotel & Resort in Bretton Woods. After lunch, for those of you so inclined, the tax-free shopping haven (dozens and dozens of discount and outlet shops) of North Conway is only 25 minutes away. Alternatively, for those of you with more of a competitive edge, we'll head out to Attitash Mountain (weather permitting) for kamikaze competitive alpine slide riding! And maybe some sudden-death, timed miniature adventure golf. We will return via another scenic route to the Mountain View Grand in time for a late afternoon nap or other activities of your choice (spa appointments, croquet, swimming in the Olympic-sized pool, and much more). After a cocktail reception, we'll adjoin for another gourmet meal. On Sunday, after sleeping in, we'll meet for Sunday Brunch. After packing-up and checking-out, we'll have another scenic drive loop that will leave us near the Interstate for the ride home. For more details, check out our event listing: http://www.boston-bmwcca.org/events/2004/697.asp or contact Denis Liu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more Event information please go to http://www.boston-bmwcca.org/events/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:21:07 -0700 From: Chris Baisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [E30] Smell of Gasoline When Tank is Full - SOLVED Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Scott wins the "guess why Chris's car smells like gas when the tank is full" competition. The fuel pump gasket is seeping gasoline onto the top of the tank. I am hoping its just the o-ring (I seem to recall there being an o-ring last time I changed one of these pumps) and not a totally rusted-out top-of-tank. Anybody know if the ring is available seperately from the pump. I suppose I should consider changing a pump with 201,000 km on it... who's got the cheapest replacement pumps?? Chris P, all the hoses underneath the plastic cover in the right rear wheel well were in good shape. I removed about 4 lbs of accumulated road grunge too, so this should improve my 0-60 times. Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:34:48 -0600 From: "Dave and Peg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'UUC Digest'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 3.73 differential Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I want to put a 3.73 gear in my 95 M3, which I use mainly to get me to the track and to run track events. Is there any stock differential that I could look for that came with a 3.73 that would work in my car. I would have it rebuilt and the Quaiffe added to it, and I have the larger, rear cover with the cooling fins. I would like to not trade in my current diff when I switch, in case I have a failure in the future. Dave Miller 95 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:42:47 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3.73 differential Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Aug 3, 2004, at 9:34 PM, Dave and Peg wrote: > I want to put a 3.73 gear in my 95 M3, which I use mainly to get me to > the > track and to run track events. Is there any stock differential that I > could > look for that came with a 3.73 that would work in my car. I would > have it > rebuilt and the Quaiffe added to it, and I have the larger, rear cover > with > the cooling fins. I would like to not trade in my current diff when I > switch, in case I have a failure in the future. You want the 3.73 ring&pinion from an E30 325is. You can install that in your BMW medium-size diff using a set of "shoulder bolts" from PTG. They will sell them to you at $5 each or so. Probably the cheapest thing you can ever get from PTG. - Mark, BTDT E36 325is JP/A5 #117, 3.73 diff ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(9 messages) **********
