The BMW UUC Digest 
Volume 2 : Issue 532 : "text" Format

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  <E30> While working on coolant hoses.
  Re: off season wheel storage
  Hartge
  Re: Hartge
  Re: Hartge
  Hartge
  <E36> Mis-shift and detent bind
  Re: off season wheel storage
  <e30> Steering wheel /column grinding
  Re: Hartge
  Re: Hartge
  Re: Typical Mission creep
  <OT> Audio info
  <E36> urethane RTABs... wet or dry
  Re: <E36> urethane RTABs... wet or dry

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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:34:46 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: <E30> While working on coolant hoses.
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

In order to get the throttle housing coolant "manifold" thingy off, I undid
the intake boot and ICV. The metal elbow which is press fit into the
throttle housing is another great feat of engineering along with the loose
coolant elbow at the thermostat housing worried me for the potential of air
leaks. I slathered some Hylomar Urethane (blue) onto the barrel of the
fitting. But I can't remember if there is any silicon in Hylomar. Anyone
know?

-Kevin


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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:49:16 -0500
From: marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: off season wheel storage
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I found something called 'Ruffies Contractor Bags' at Walmart .  
Basically, they are big (45 gal), thick (3 mil) trash bags.  They 
weren't expensive and they work great.  Way, way better than the various 
lawn/leaf bags I had tried before finding these.  I use them for 
transporting wheels/tires in the car but they're suitable for storage 
too - depending on your requirements and animals.

Speaking of wheels, I have three 17x8.5" (17mm offset) AT Italia Type 5 
Sport wheels that would like a good home.  They are  shiny-ish M-Contour 
look-alikes.  They were on my '95 540i but maybe more suitable for E39 
since they have 76mm hub diameter.  I do have metal hub-centric rings 
for 74.5mm application (E34 at least).  I gave the tires to my brother 
as he needed some all-season capabilities so I have wheels only.  There 
are only three because one cracked and I sent it back to TireRack.  I 
hope this is an appropriate addendum and if anyone is interested please 
e-mail me.

Marty
'96 M3 - 8 spare wheels/tires in basement, uncovered
'95 540i/6 - 4 crappy spare wheels, uncovered + 3 decent ones looking 
for a home.

John Bolhuis wrote:

>On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 11:25:43AM -0500, Neil Maller wrote:
>
>  
>
>>If you have to protect them against a peeing dog then I'd *definitely* go
>>with watertight, disposable trash bags!
>>    
>>
>
> But make sure you pull the bags tight and don't leave anywhere for 
>liquid to puddle.  God help you if you get a puddle of half-evaporated 
>week-old dog pee spilled on your shoes.  Ask me how I know.  No wait, 
>don't ask.
>-JB
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>
>
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>
>UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate
>Short Shifter - accept no substitutes!
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>
>  
>


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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:54:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: UUC Digest <[email protected]>
Subject: Hartge
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Somewhat off topic, in a way...

Saw a Hartge tuned E39 540i on the freeway on the way
in to work this morning, which reminded me of
something I've been wondering.  I've heard various
people say this different ways, but I've never known
for sure how to pronounce Hartge correctly.  Some of
the variations I've heard:

hart-guh
hart-gee
har-tsh

Anyone know the correct pronunciation?

Brian

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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:19:19 -0600
From: Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Hartge
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

In my NSHO, andassuming it's pronounced the German way, it should be 
hart-ge, with the ge sounding close to the ge in 'get.'  Then again, I'm 
one of those that insists on pronouncing Porsche w/2 syllables.

Clarence
West Bend, WI

Brian Ruiz wrote:

>Somewhat off topic, in a way...
>
>Saw a Hartge tuned E39 540i on the freeway on the way
>in to work this morning, which reminded me of
>something I've been wondering.  I've heard various
>people say this different ways, but I've never known
>for sure how to pronounce Hartge correctly.  Some of
>the variations I've heard:
>
>hart-guh
>hart-gee
>har-tsh
>
>Anyone know the correct pronunciation?
>
>Brian
>
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>
>__________________________________________________________________________
>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
>
>  
>

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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:33:14 -0600
From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected], Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Hartge
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

On that European sports car show they used to show on SpeedTV I think they 
pronounced  it hart-geh.

Of course, the show was done in German or something with an English 
speaking announcer doing voice-overs - and sometimes
the translation phrases were strange sounding as well.

Dennis
01 M5 silver/black

At 01:19 PM 02/09/2005 -0600, Clarence wrote:
>In my NSHO, andassuming it's pronounced the German way, it should be 
>hart-ge, with the ge sounding close to the ge in 'get.'  Then again, I'm 
>one of those that insists on pronouncing Porsche w/2 syllables.
>
>Clarence
>West Bend, WI
>
>Brian Ruiz wrote:
>
>>Somewhat off topic, in a way...
>>
>>Saw a Hartge tuned E39 540i on the freeway on the way
>>in to work this morning, which reminded me of
>>something I've been wondering.  I've heard various
>>people say this different ways, but I've never known
>>for sure how to pronounce Hartge correctly.  Some of
>>the variations I've heard:
>>
>>hart-guh
>>hart-gee
>>har-tsh
>>
>>Anyone know the correct pronunciation?
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>__________________________________________________
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>>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
>>http://mail.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
>>
>>
>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


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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:01:10 -0800
From: Tom Kosmalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Hartge
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I believe that Webster also accepts the following pronunciation:

                ree-lee, ree-lee ecks-pen-siv


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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:59:21 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: <E36> Mis-shift and detent bind
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Recently we had a discussion about the sticking of the gear shift when
pulling out of third gear. This is caused by the binding of the detent
piston (same as the 5th gear problem highlighted in the Roundel).

Anyway during the course of that discussion there was a cross thread trying
to relate the 5th to 2nd gear overrev/mis-shift to this problem. It was
discounted as related.

However, I find that when the piston binds up, the gear shift is all of a
sudden floating with no resistance from the spring to give some feedback on
relative position. I would imagine this would also occur from the 5th gear
position and could result in downshifting to the wrong gear since there is
no force feedback from the stick.

Bottom line, get it fixed or bigger problems can arise.

-Kevin



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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:21:45 -0500
From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: off season wheel storage
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

on 2/9/05 1:31 PM, wy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
>  http://www.vulcantire.com/tiretote_stt.htm?refad=GooTireBag
>> 
>> But I like these better than the vinyl tire covers I'm using. They're
>> cheaper, washable and have handles. Just the thing to keep those vulcan tires
>> in... <g>
> 
> The only thing that keeps me from buying them is that
> the rims are exposed. brake dust encrusted rims does
> not go well with leather.

In the pic they seem to wrap around pretty well, although that depends on
wheel/tire width. My vinyl covers are open like that too, but I make sure to
load them covered side down. The open well side is also useful for stuffing
tools etc. after I wipe off the bigger chunks of brake dust and tire snot
with some paper towel.

On the general subject of tire racking, I assembled 3-level storage using
heavy duty industrial steel modular racks from Menards. Each 8' long level
holds 7 or 8 tires, depending on section width. This way I've got storage
for two sets of track wheels plus off-season snow/summer tires for three
cars, all in a minimum footprint. The cost was about $125. Could email pix
off-Digest if anyone cares.

Neil
Fort Wayne, IN
96 M3      - Bastard child
03 525iT   - New arrival, Sterling Grey Metallic
77 MGB     - Original owner, need to sell
05 Mini    - Cooper S waiting for me at the dealer!




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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:24:52 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: <e30> Steering wheel /column grinding
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

When working on my son's coolant throttle gasket I noticed that the
steering wheel makes a screaching, grinding noise that's pretty
disconcerting. It goes away when it's warmed up. I searched through the
archives but can't find anything relative. I seem to recall a recent thread
about a collar or bushing on the steering column which needs replacement.
Many thanks.

-Kevin


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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:27:05 -0600
From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Subject: Re: Hartge
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I used to watch "Driver's Seat" off of Canadian satellite (C-band, the big 
dish) and they used to call the
Toyota Celica the "See-leak-a" and other such things.

Of course, the Brits can't even says "aluminum" properly :-)

Dennis


At 09:16 PM 02/09/2005 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have heard British announcers on Speed pronounce Mazda as Mazz-da and 
>Hyundia as Hi-un-dia.
>Woody
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>
> > On that European sports car show they used to show on SpeedTV I think they
> > pronounced it hart-geh.
> >
> > Of course, the show was done in German or something with an English
> > speaking announcer doing voice-overs - and sometimes
> > the translation phrases were strange sounding as well.
> >
> > Dennis
> > 01 M5 silver/black
> >


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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:49:38 -0500
From: "Chris Pawlowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>,
   "Dennis Wynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hartge
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

ya, it drives me nuts when I tell people from down south I drive a ZED-3 and 
they just give me blank stares

(traffic was very light so I drive home today cruisin' at 140, temperature 
was about -10 degrees, in my trusty 325i..  it has 365 000 on the clock and 
still hits over 200. The zed-3 is slumbering away the snowy months in a 
garage..)


Chris the Canuck
'99 Z3 2.8
'89 E30 325i

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Wynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [UUC] Hartge


>I used to watch "Driver's Seat" off of Canadian satellite (C-band, the big 
>dish) and they used to call the
> Toyota Celica the "See-leak-a" and other such things.
>
> Of course, the Brits can't even says "aluminum" properly :-)
>
> Dennis


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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:51:26 +1100
From: Peter Hartshorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Uucdigest" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Typical Mission creep
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

You neglected to mention that it also must be upgradable from the 1000 to the 
2000.

Those who have read / seen Dilbert should know this.

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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:38:38 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: <OT> Audio info
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

For those of you with an interest in BMW's and high end car audio. There
are some interesting devices coming into the market. Eg. a new Class D
audio amp and new Mosfets with even lower Rds and gate charge.
Should make for interesting products... smaller or more efficient.
OBMWC- It seems to trend to 42V is stalled maybe because systems power draw
is diminishing in automotive systems.

-Kevin


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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:45:47 -0600 (CST)
From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: <E36> urethane RTABs... wet or dry
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Anybody with an E36 and urethane RTABs... did you install wet or dry, and are
you having any problems with noise.

- Kevin Jay
  '96 328is, 92K



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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:00:45 -0600
From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: <E36> urethane RTABs... wet or dry
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

When I installed them on my E46 I used the purple grease that came
with them, 5K miles later still no squeeking at all.

-- 
Jamie Howton
2002 330i
2000 M5
1995 M3
Hampshire, IL

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