The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 655 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: E34 M50 Water Pump Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Re: <E36> Stereo Wiring question - CD changer cable? E30 Glass Sunroof Re: e28/e24 M5/M6 Thrust arm bushings Re: e28/e24 M5/M6 Thrust arm bushings <E34> 1995 525 Touring Questions
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 09:07:15 -0400 From: Steve Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E34 M50 Water Pump Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In case anyone is interested, it was the water pump. The PO had it replaced and the shop used one with the plastic impeller. It failed. That got me wondering. Where do all the pieces go when they break off? Should I be concerned about that? It is an easy job to do and the E34 has plenty of room with the radiator in place. -Steve Gary Derian wrote: > I broke one at first before I realized how they work. Its actually a > mechanism with plastic hinges. Look closely, there are two sets of > meshing teeth. Spread the teeth and the device flexes enough to remove. > > Gary Derian > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:27:45 -0400 From: Steve Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had the same thing on the touring. I need to splice a wire around the harness to turn on the amp. -Steve Marc Plante wrote: > I tried putting an Eclipse head unit in my car tonight and had to back off. > > I had bought the BMW wiring adapter, and the european antenna adapter from > the local Best Buy install shop. > > I hooked up the adapter to the new head unit, and got power to the unit, but > no sound from the system. There didn't appear to be a connector for the > amplifier control on the wiring harness. Am I going to need. to splice in a > wire to power the amplifier? > > Also, the antenna adapter has an extra blue wire on it. Does I need to get > power to it? > > Any other quick hints? > > TIA > > Marc Plante > E36 M3/4 64k > Vienna, VA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:30:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Marc, Whatever you do, NEVER CUT THE OEM CAR HARNESS!! And do everything you can to avoid splicing directly into those wires with tee-offs. I think the in-car harness remote turn-on for the OEM amp is a white wire, but I can check for sure tonight, if you'd like. You need to attach the wire to the blue one on the new stereo harness (or whatever wire color is labeled as remote turn-on, or something of the like). Brian 95 M3 --- Marc Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried putting an Eclipse head unit in my car > tonight and had to back off. > > I had bought the BMW wiring adapter, and the > european antenna adapter from the local Best Buy > install shop. > > I hooked up the adapter to the new head unit, and > got power to the unit, but no sound from the system. > There didn't appear to be a connector for the > amplifier control on the wiring harness. Am I going > to need. to splice in a wire to power the amplifier? > > Also, the antenna adapter has an extra blue wire on > it. Does I need to get power to it? > > Any other quick hints? > > TIA > > Marc Plante > E36 M3/4 64k > 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 > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 15:26:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peter, Hehehe, funny you should mention that Peter. I was going to mention something similar, in that my experience was when I wired up my stereo in my now gone 93 325, I think I had connected the antenna wire on the new stereo harness to the white wire on the car's harness. I noticed that it only had audio when playing CDs, and I was completely confused. I actually thought that the head unit was defective and exchanged it for another one. ^_^ At the time, I couldn't find many other people who had suffered the same problem on the net, so after finding a few details about the wiring harness (including the exact diagram you linked to, I just went ahead and tried connecting the remote wire of the new stereo harness (the wire was labeled 'REMO', and I wasn't quite sure what that was the first time around) to the white wire, and VOILA, it worked. Brian 95 M3 *has installed about 8 or 10 new stereos into various cars from my past BMWs to a 79 Chevy Monte Carlo :-P --- Peter Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it is a white wire > > If you connect the ant and not the rem blue wires, > being the antenna > and not the remote turn on, the radio amplifier will > only work with the > cd player on, the rem is for the unit as a whole, > the amp, and the > antenna or ant is for the antenna only. > > one should be blue, the other blue with a white > stripe > > here's factory wiring if you need it. > > http://www.dakarm3.com/e36_200w_stereo_pinouts.gif > > > Peter > > > On May 11, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Brian Ruiz wrote: > > Marc, > > Whatever you do, NEVER CUT THE OEM CAR HARNESS!! > And do everything you can to avoid splicing directly > into those wires with tee-offs. > > I think the in-car harness remote turn-on for the > OEM > amp is a white wire, but I can check for sure > tonight, > if you'd like. You need to attach the wire to the > blue > one on the new stereo harness (or whatever wire > color > is labeled as remote turn-on, or something of the > like). > > Brian > 95 M3 > > > > > --- Marc Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried putting an Eclipse head unit in my car > > tonight and had to back off. > > > > I had bought the BMW wiring adapter, and the > > european antenna adapter from the local Best Buy > > install shop. > > > > I hooked up the adapter to the new head unit, and > > got power to the unit, but no sound from the > system. > > There didn't appear to be a connector for the > > amplifier control on the wiring harness. Am I > going > > to need. to splice in a wire to power the > amplifier? > > > > Also, the antenna adapter has an extra blue wire > on > > it. Does I need to get power to it? > > > > Any other quick hints? > > > > TIA > > > > Marc Plante > > E36 M3/4 64k > > 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 > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your > mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/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 > > 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 > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 14:46:28 -0500 From: Peter Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BMW List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> it is a white wire If you connect the ant and not the rem blue wires, being the antenna and not the remote turn on, the radio amplifier will only work with the cd player on, the rem is for the unit as a whole, the amp, and the antenna or ant is for the antenna only. one should be blue, the other blue with a white stripe here's factory wiring if you need it. http://www.dakarm3.com/e36_200w_stereo_pinouts.gif Peter On May 11, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Brian Ruiz wrote: Marc, Whatever you do, NEVER CUT THE OEM CAR HARNESS!! And do everything you can to avoid splicing directly into those wires with tee-offs. I think the in-car harness remote turn-on for the OEM amp is a white wire, but I can check for sure tonight, if you'd like. You need to attach the wire to the blue one on the new stereo harness (or whatever wire color is labeled as remote turn-on, or something of the like). Brian 95 M3 --- Marc Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried putting an Eclipse head unit in my car > tonight and had to back off. > > I had bought the BMW wiring adapter, and the > european antenna adapter from the local Best Buy > install shop. > > I hooked up the adapter to the new head unit, and > got power to the unit, but no sound from the system. > There didn't appear to be a connector for the > amplifier control on the wiring harness. Am I going > to need. to splice in a wire to power the amplifier? > > Also, the antenna adapter has an extra blue wire on > it. Does I need to get power to it? > > Any other quick hints? > > TIA > > Marc Plante > E36 M3/4 64k > 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 > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/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, 11 May 2005 21:27:25 -0400 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36>Aftermarket head unit wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Updated the wiring harness and reinstalled. Everything works great. Now I just need to get the installation bracket to hold the unit firmly in place. Thanks again, Marc > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:22:37 -0400 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Stereo Wiring question - CD changer cable? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks. Strange. the White wire you indicated in your last email to me in the stock harness corresponds to a blue wire labeled as "Antenna+" on the adapter harness I got from BestBuy, which is why I left it disconnected. I'll connect the blue/white (Rem) from the head unit, look for sparks and listen for music. I'd never cut the harness or tap into it. I want to leave everything easily reversable for future sale of the car (in 150k miles or so...) Thanks, Carlos, Peter, and Brian. This list is awesome. Marc E36 M3/4 ,64k (Soon to have CD/MP3 player) Vienna, VA > > also, you may notice on your new head there is a blue with white wire and > solid blue wire coming off the wiring harness. you want to > connect the blue wire from the 16 pin mate for the factory harness to the > amplifier turn on wire, whether that be the blue/white or solid blue wire. Otherwise, your > stock amp will only turn on when you have the radio on (because the other > wire will be the power antenna lead) > > Peter > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 22:15:55 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: E30 Glass Sunroof Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Did anyone find installation instructions for the E30 glass sunroof? Or BMW diagrams/descriptions from the Factory Manual or Parts CD's? It *sounds* like the glass panel can pretty much be installed in place of the metal panel, and the privacy shade does not need any special components either, but I'd sure like to be more certain before the donor car goes to the crusher! Thanks, Stan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:35:29 +0200 From: "Schuffner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e28/e24 M5/M6 Thrust arm bushings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Rod, Read your post on the thrust arm bushings. I have the 750 bushings installed now for about 5 years. Still going strong. I have also installed the normal lower aluminum arm. I noticed you mention 'adjustable inner swing arm mounts". What are these? Which car do they come from? Regards, Wolf '85 M635CSi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:50:29 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Schuffner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: e28/e24 M5/M6 Thrust arm bushings Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe Rod means to install adjustable rear semi-trailing arm mounts as the factory did for the E34 M5. Ireland Engineering has a kit for E30s that appears to me to fit an E34/ E28/E24. Two kits can be installed, one with the slot up and down for camber and the other with the slot front to back for toe. Gary Derian > Hi Rod, > Read your post on the thrust arm bushings. I have the 750 bushings > installed > now for about 5 years. Still going strong. > I have also installed the normal lower aluminum arm. > I noticed you mention 'adjustable inner swing arm mounts". What are > these? > Which car do they come from? > Regards, > Wolf > '85 M635CSi > > 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: Thu, 12 May 2005 08:09:43 -0500 From: "Paul Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: <E34> 1995 525 Touring Questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all. I just picked up the above car for my wife and have a couple questions: 1. What is the best source these days for a CD changer for the car? It is pre-wired, seems like plugging one in would be painless compared to a new head unit. 2. Anyone done a transmission fluid flush on one of these lately? It has the GM transmission with no dipstick (what a silly idea) and at 85k, I figure it's due. Any major gotchas? 3. Anyone have any good thoughts on cleaning the mousefur headliner? Mine has dark smudges, presumably from sunroof work. Finally, there was talk last week of renting the glass roof lift shock tool. If Brett A. doesn't rent it, I would be willing to look into buying the tool if a couple other Touring owners were interested in renting it. Of course this assumes I can figure out where to get it. Please email me off list if you are interested. Many thanks, Paul Craven 1993 325ic 1995 525iT 1998 Volvo XC - For Sale! ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
