The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 512 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: <E36> Clutch Pedal Re: <E36> Clutch Pedal Pre-Mixed Coolant. Re: <E36> Outside Mirror - addendum Re: <E36> Outside Mirror - addendum Re: car won't start...please advice Bent wheel info........ Re: [bmwe39] DentFest Plans finalized.. Re: Cold start stalling - E30 Re: M3 no heatie the feeties..... Re: M3 no heatie the feeties..... Re: car won't start...please advice Re: E30 Power Locks Fixed track day & insurance OT Cable Box
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:14:17 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: <E36> Clutch Pedal Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> After installing the UUC stop this weekend, I noticed that the pedal in the clutch in postion hits to the left of the Big Boy. Then I noticed that I can swing the pedal to the middle of the Big Boy with lateral pressure. Normal incidence still seems off set however. Is this an indication that the stock pedal bushings have failed? I don't have any noises indicative of the dreaded bushing failure. Great feel off of the Big Boy by the way, much better that the stock "button" where I could feel the pedal come off the edge. Thanks guys. -Kevin 1999 E36 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:56:34 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Clutch Pedal Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin, In my now gone 325, my pedal was off a tiny bit to the left of my Big Boy stop too. Putting lateral pressure on the pedal only moved it very slightly in either direction. I do think my bushings weren't in the best shape, but I don't think they were bad enough to warrant replacing. I was rear ended in November, and the car was totalled. I wish I hadn't forgotten to take my Big Boy out of the car when I was at the tow yard cleaning out all my personal belongings. Now it's probably stuck somewhere in the center of a very large ball of steel. :'-( Brian 93 325 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After installing the UUC stop this weekend, I > noticed that the pedal in the > clutch in postion hits to the left of the Big Boy. > Then I noticed that I > can swing the pedal to the middle of the Big Boy > with lateral pressure. > Normal incidence still seems off set however. > > Is this an indication that the stock pedal bushings > have failed? I don't > have any noises indicative of the dreaded bushing > failure. > > Great feel off of the Big Boy by the way, much > better that the stock > "button" where I could feel the pedal come off the > edge. > > Thanks guys. > -Kevin > 1999 E36 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:44:45 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pre-Mixed Coolant. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lee: I've bought rather a large amount of that stuff myself. When I'm helping out my non-car enthusiast friends, it is great. They are happy with the bill for just materials and I'm happy not having to get distilled water, etc., etc. Quick and neat. Now for my cars, even the crappy 944, I put in decent coolant and distilled water, flush the block, etc., etc., and recycle the coolant. Now that you've worked in Asia a good bit, surely you see that the entire US is running on the pre-mixed coolant concept. Compare a veggie shop to Kroger here and you'll see it immediately. Boneless, skinless chicken for twice the price instead of whole chicken and some basic clean-up? Pre-washed lentil? Rice you don't have to rinse? Heck, dishwashers! Different cleaners for each part of the house? Just different chlorine-water mixes in different bottles, right? To each his own . . .. Neil Deshpande - Indian *** "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Damn, I am in TOTALLY the wrong business. Some genius found out he could buy 1 gallon of antifreeze, a second gallon container, split the gallon, add tap water & then sell each gallon of this stuff for double the price!!!!! Pure genius!!!!! For each unit, he halfed (ok plus a little extra for the container & wah-wah) his cost & doubled the price. Yowzaa! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:13:47 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> Outside Mirror - addendum Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As always thanks Brett. Don't have my Bentley yet.... does getting the mirror part out mean prying off an external housing cover plate and levering the mirror out? I don't see any access holes as in my other BMW's. -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:43:43 -0500 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Outside Mirror - addendum Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The glass pulls off the motor drive assembly with some effort. Not something you want to do in cold weather. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > > > As always thanks Brett. > > Don't have my Bentley yet.... does getting the mirror part out mean prying > off an external housing cover plate and levering the mirror out? I don't > see any access holes as in my other BMW's. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:20:34 -0800 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jay Guillermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: car won't start...please advice Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All these other replies saying bad battery. Maybe, but _Simple stuff first. A lot of batteries get needlessly replaced when they are only low on water. Check the battery's water level first, before doing anything else. If the level is low, topping it up should bring the power right back. Sometimes a mechanic's criteria for perfoming the "Check Battery" step on a service sheet is that is that if the car starts, the battery is ok, and the water level is not checked. Barry '97 //M3, original battery with good bath water. Jay Guillermo wrote: >Hi, > >I have a 328i E46 that won't start this morning. I'm in NJ >and we just had a blizzard this past weekend. > >It would turn a couple of times but won't fire up. After a >couple more tries, the engine won't even turn now. I >simply here clicking sound, which I think indicates that >the battery is okay. > >What do I need to check? I never had this problem before. >Please advice. > > >Thanks, >Jay > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? >http://my.yahoo.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 > > > > -- The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh. I live with fear, death, and evil...but I used to be able to turn it off and use a Mac. " Author Unknown Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -- Ferenc Mantfeld ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:49:26 -0800 (PST) From: Mr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Bent wheel info........ Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greetings all1 With all the recent rain here in sunny California I had the unfortunate luck of slamming into a nice sized pot hole with my 17" Hammans. Now I have a nice dent on the inside of my wheel which causes the tire to get low. Is there any way to get the city to pay to fix it? Does anyone know of a good wheel repair shop in Southern California? TIA!! Manuel Paredes 95 325i "lots o' mods" LA BMWCCA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:25:14 -0600 From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [bmwe39] DentFest Plans finalized.. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Am I too late to sign up for dentfest? Do you think you could help me with these: http://www.howton.net/M5/acc1.jpg http://www.howton.net/M5/acc2.jpg http://www.howton.net/M5/acc3.jpg http://www.howton.net/M5/acc4.jpg Happened this morning on the way to work. I was stopped in line for a toll booth when an F-150 4x4 hit a Neon, which hit a Chevy Monte Carlo which hit me, I hit the Chevy Citation stopped in front of me. No injuries to me, but the guy in the Neon was in a bad way. $60 per dent, right? -- Jamie Howton 2002 330i 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:13:00 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Cold start stalling - E30 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A fellow E30 UUCer posted a similar problem a few days ago about his E30. His AFM flap had frozen and it wouldn't allow the car to continue running. He took it out, brought it inside to defrost, and reinstalled it, and all was well. .02, Brian --- Andrew Harkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Listers, > > Posting for my brother who is away form his PC right > now. > > Case is a '90 325i with 174k miles on the clock. > Ambient temp this AM was > 24 deg F. Car will start when cold, but will not > continue to run. He got > the car started first thing in the morning and it > ran for two minutes then > stalled when he tried to drive out of his parking > spot in 14" of snow (he > lives in Chicago). It would not re-start for next > two minutes of cranking. > The only trick that got it going was to hold the > throttle to the floor. > This encouraged faint stumbles and hints of > combustion. After another two > minutes of this, it did start again. He revved it > up to 3k RPM, let his > foot off the gas, then it stalled again. After > that, he could not get it > started again, the battery was getting too weak. > > The plugs are new Bosch copper, correct number. > Fuel filter is new, premium > fuel with Heat additive in the tank. Car seemed to > run OK previous to this > issue. What should he check first? Could this be > related to a temp sensor, > or something similar. Is this a classic case of > something that he and I are > not familiar with? Thanks in advance for any help > you folks can provide. > Please reply to me and I'll pass it on to my > brother. Thanks. > > > Andrew Harkonen > '89 535i 5spd (runs great) > STL BMWCCA > > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:34:13 -0500 From: "Andy Messer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: M3 no heatie the feeties..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >The car will blow hot with the engine under load... >....When the car is idling...you can feel the air coming through the >vents drop dramatically in temperature. >I'm inclined to think the heater core MAY be ok (not leaking, seeping, >etc.). Lee, I had the exact problem with my 84 318i. Turns out the seal between the inlet and outlet of the heater core was shot. It was basically bypassing the core except under high water pump flows. Pretty sure the cooling system 'cleaner' I bought ate the seal. At least I can chalk it up to my stupid college years. Anyway, I think I R&R'd that heater core about 4 times, thinking it was plugged before I took it to a local hack "No way, it is not the core." 3 return visits back to him and $800 later, I told him to put a new core in it. Problem solved. He's the reason I do all my own work now. Sux it was an $800 lesson in poor troubleshooting. Later Andy 88iX ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:45:25 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: M3 no heatie the feeties..... Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lee, there are a couple of possibilities here: 1. Air in the coolant system - bleed it out and top off the coolant level. 2. Water pump starting to fail. Pumps enough coolant to get hot water to the heater at higher RPMs, but not at idle. If you bleed/top off the coolant and the problem continues, it is more likely to be the water pump. HTH, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:50:46 -0500 >From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: M3 no heatie the feeties..... >Message-ID: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hey everybody, > >So I drove my E30M3 for the first time in REALLY cold weather in a long time >apparently, yesterday as I noticed a new problem.� Now, I know the source of >the problem is that it's not supposed to be 20 degrees at any time in >Georgia, but then it occurred to me that there are possibly periods of >weather this cold in Germany. > >So here's the problem (and the heat used to REALLY work well).� The car will >blow hot with the engine under load, i.e.when the car is cruising down the >freeway at 80, there's heat coming through, but not the result of hot >fission I'm used to.� When the car is idling, like waiting for some of the >intolerably long lights around here, you can feel the air coming through the >vents drop dramatically in temperature.� Strange, huh--especially since the >coolant temperature rises during idling.� I can't remember exactly, as it >was many beers ago, but I think Tim Ng put a heater valve in the car while >he was watching over it in '02. > >Any suggestions?� The blower seems to work & blows a normal volume of air >through & the car does make some heat & actually pretty hot I suspect, so >I'm inclined to think the heater core MAY be ok (not leaking, seeping, >etc.). > >As always, thanks for the help. >Lee >88 M3->may be a little chilly, but will do some wicked-long drifts in cold >weather with V710s..... >01 Saab9-3SE->chose this well-heated, plush, heated leather seat darling for >the 14deg drive this morning ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:17:47 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Carlos Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: car won't start...please advice Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Batteries go dead in winter, but they are killed by summer heat. Trunk and rear seat mounts greatly prolong battery life. Gary Derian > > This is battery killin' time. Karl had a dead battery on his truck > yesterday so we went and got a new one. Later that day I stopped > somewhere to buy new wipers and noticed 3 people in line in front of me > were buying batteries. > > Carlos (ordering a new Optima from werk today) > 88 325is > 93 325is <--will probably get the Optima ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:36:27 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E30 Power Locks Fixed Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The ETM is written in the US for US spec cars. US Spec cars of that year must not have come with heated locks. Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Um, so why is it marked "not used" in the ETM? BTW, I don't have heated >locks, but still, it should be marked for how it is used, not "not used" if >it sometimes used. > >Thanks, > >Scott > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:08:32 -0800 From: "Ziv Gillat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: track day & insurance Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, Does anyone have a recommendation for a lawyer that would help me fight an insurance company that does not want to cover me during an accident on a racetrack (non-racing)? Thanks in advanced --- Ziv. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:40:08 -0800 From: "Kim melby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: OT Cable Box Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for all the replies & advice. Yes, it was most definitely OT, but this group collectively, seems to know almost anything and no one that I know had any better answers, so I thought I'd give it a try. No more (I promise). Kim ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
