The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 20 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: New cam Re: Fixing bent wheel Re: E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Re: E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Re: E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Re: Fixing bent wheel Re: Vanos Filter Re: E30, spark and fuel...no start Re: E30, spark and fuel...no start Re: E30, spark and fuel...no start E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Re: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Re: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Re: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Free Roundel Magazine Collection
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:24:11 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: New cam Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1) it can be done. check the pelican site 2) Urban legend has it that the intake cam on "some" shricks are off by 11 degrees or so. Otherwise if you follow the BMW procedures you should be in the ball park. Degreeing the cams would be the "perfect" thing to do. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] New cam Two questions regarding cam replacement: 1. On the E36 motor picture on the realoem site is shows cam blocks. Can these be removed as a unit when replacing the cams to avoid cracking the cams? 2. When upgrading to a longer duration, higher lift cam (Shrick for example) do you have to degree the cam? -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:28:02 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fixing bent wheel Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.fixrims.com if they can't fix it they won't charge you. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andre Yew Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] Fixing bent wheel Over this weekend, I ran over a giant pothole (which happened to be on the dirt side of the turn 8A apex at Laguna Seca) and messed up my right rear wheel. It's bent and has its inside lip torn, probably from being wedged into the backside of the one remaining alligator-tooth berm on the whole course (they're smoothing out the berms for Moto GP). Is the wheel basically done? It's an aluminum alloy wheel --- the BMW M68 that comes on sport-packaged E46 cars. Do I have an excuse to buy some BBSs? --Andre 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: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:29:14 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> it has supposedly been done, but IIRC correctly it's a real PITA. BMW in all their wisdom actually used two separate wiring harness for cars w and w/o the full OBC. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Hi everyone, I just purchased a 10/96 manufacture E36 M3 Sedan. The Check control with temp display is all garbled and I'll need to replace it. I'm wondering if I can upgrade to OBC instead. I don't need the 'toggle' function offered by the button on the end of the turn signal stalk. Does anybody have a reference to this being done and what's involved? Thanks! Mike Olsen 98 540i-6 97 M3 Sedan <----brand new to us! 88 M3 Henna 88 325iCA 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: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 13:08:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, January 3, 2006 12:06 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Does anybody have a reference to this being done and what's involved? I'm not sure if anyone's actually done it, as it involves replacing the wiring harness to the Check Control/OBC unit, IIRC. So it may be *technically* possible, but not all that *practically* possible. (Seeing as both my E36's - plus the previous one - have a full OBC, I could be wrong :-)) Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 1993 325is #44 JP - slightly damp from some heavy rain/minor flooding this weekend: http://www.jimbassett.com/flood.htm - car turns over but won't start :-( - will be checking DME next ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:13:26 -0500 From: "David Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It can be done. Check here http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/techarticles/E36-OBD_Convert/E36-OBD_Convert .htm David Taylor 98 /M3/4/5 88 911 04 Sequoia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] E36 upgrade from Check Control to OBC - possible? Hi everyone, I just purchased a 10/96 manufacture E36 M3 Sedan. The Check control with temp display is all garbled and I'll need to replace it. I'm wondering if I can upgrade to OBC instead. I don't need the 'toggle' function offered by the button on the end of the turn signal stalk. Does anybody have a reference to this being done and what's involved? Thanks! Mike Olsen 98 540i-6 97 M3 Sedan <----brand new to us! 88 M3 Henna 88 325iCA 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: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:43:40 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Fixing bent wheel Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 1/3/06 3:26 PM, Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Over this weekend, I ran over a giant pothole (which happened to be on the > dirt side of the turn 8A apex at Laguna Seca) and messed up my right rear > wheel. It's bent and has its inside lip torn > It's an aluminum alloy wheel --- the BMW M68 that comes > on sport-packaged E46 cars. The Wheel Collision Center in Bath, PA: <http://www.wheelcollision.com/ > can fix that so well for you that you won't be able to tell. Might run in the $250-300 area, against which you have to weigh how much a replacement new or used/eBay original wheel would cost. I had similar damage to an irreplaceable track wheel, one of a set of eight, and the WCC did an awesome job. > Do I have an excuse to buy some BBSs? Well, that's between you, your conscience and your SO! Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:36:38 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Vanos Filter Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 1/3/06 3:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When the rain let up a bit, I went out to the M3 and couldn't find the > filter on the Vanos. Marco is correct the US motors don't seem to have > this. Isn't the VANOS filter right next to the muffler bearings? Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:38:30 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Harkonen) To: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: E30, spark and fuel...no start Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian, Thanks , good thinking there. I'll just take mine out and go over to his house and pop it into his car. It's a very good runner compared to how mine has been. I do have a spare battery I can charge and give a try with, although it has a Sears die hard in it, kinda ironic eh? Thanks again for your input, Pete -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > >From: Peter Harkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >I'm trying to get a friend of a friend to let me try his DME from his car to > rule > >that one out. > > Peter, > > If you do this, be sure to try your DME in your friend's car, not the > reverse. > If your DME is toast it won't do any harm to install it in his car. On the > other hand, if your car has a short or some other problem that damaged your > DME > you could blow his good DME by installing it in your car. Maybe not likely, > but > why take chances? > > One other possibility - I had a troublesome no-start problem on my E36 a > while > back that turned out to be the battery. When I couldn't start the car with a > jump I assumed the battery wasn't the problem and went looking for all of the > other possible causes like you have done. After testing sensors, relays, > etc., > swapping in a new battery solved the problem. I think the battery may have > developed an internal short or something, and no matter what else I did, it > wasn't going to start as long as it was in the circuit. Just a thought, and > easy to try. > > Brian > '94 325ic > > > 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: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:40:57 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Harkonen) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: E30, spark and fuel...no start Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks Kevin, I did that yesterday using a can of electrical contact cleaner from Radio Shack. Cleaned both sides and wiped out with a Q-tip. Why are there 7 pins, and 6 female? -Pete -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Pete, > To get that ECU connector off of the tang below the intake, you need to > rotate the lock ring on the bottom side. It can take some time to get it > off but it will loosen. I used a combination of contact cleaner and DeOxit > gold to condition the pins once I had it apart. > > -Kevin > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only > for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have > been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the > intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose > the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the > sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying > to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of > it. Thank you. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > 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: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:08:23 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E30, spark and fuel...no start Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peter, I didn't realize that the E30's have a main relay. If it's anything like the M30 motor, it won't allow the injectors to work. The car can crank but won't get fuel through the injectors. It's easy to pull the relay and as a stop gap open it up and clean the contacts with a sliver of emory paper or just plain paper and also the relay legs with a pencil eraser. -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:20:14 -0500 From: "David Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> E36 Check Control/Temp display Where can one purchase a new display panel. Dealer only? I just need the temp/check control style. My pixels are evaporating. David Taylor 98 //M3/4/5 88 911 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:47:50 -0800 From: Greg Cagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> bavauto.com has them for $269.95, listed under interior -> interior trim -> various interior parts. - Greg David Taylor said the following on 1/3/2006 3:20 PM: > E36 Check Control/Temp display > Where can one purchase a new display panel. Dealer only? > I just need the temp/check control style. My pixels are evaporating. > David Taylor > > 98 //M3/4/5 > 88 911 > > > 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 > > -- Greg Cagle gregc at gregcagle dot com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:42:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, January 3, 2006 3:20 pm, David Taylor said: > E36 Check Control/Temp display > Where can one purchase a new display panel. Dealer only? > I just need the temp/check control style. My pixels are evaporating. Explain "evaporating" :-) If they are dim and/or unreadable, you probably just need to replace the bulbs in the top of the unit. Easy. If it's something else, then yeah, you may need a new unit. Other than the dealer, I'd check with Zionsville and also (maybe) Bimmerparts.com. > 98 //M3/4/5 Which version of M3 is that? :-) Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - AKA Sedan ("4" doors :-)) 1993 325is #44 JP - still damp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:57:43 -0500 From: "David Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Explain "evaporating" :-) ...."to disappear" They are disappearing by the columns. It appears the pixel columns are loosing their connectivity. It seems to be better when the inside is warm, but lately more and more pixels are disappearing. It's not the bulb. I can read what pixels I have remaining. I remember some of the cars had problems with the pixels disappearing in the instrument panel computer display. I assume it is impossible to fix or repair this problem. >> 98 //M3/4/5 >Which version of M3 is that? :-) AKA Sedan "4door, 5speed Thanks a lot, I'll check out those vendors. David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Bassett Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 7:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] E36 Check Control/Temp display purchase options? On Tue, January 3, 2006 3:20 pm, David Taylor said: > E36 Check Control/Temp display > Where can one purchase a new display panel. Dealer only? > I just need the temp/check control style. My pixels are evaporating. Explain "evaporating" :-) If they are dim and/or unreadable, you probably just need to replace the bulbs in the top of the unit. Easy. If it's something else, then yeah, you may need a new unit. Other than the dealer, I'd check with Zionsville and also (maybe) Bimmerparts.com. > 98 //M3/4/5 Which version of M3 is that? :-) Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - AKA Sedan ("4" doors :-)) 1993 325is #44 JP - still damp 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: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:49:46 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Free Roundel Magazine Collection Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A cow-orker has Roundel (BMW CCA) Magazines dating back to 1980 that he would like to give away. He does not want to ship them, but if you're in the Bay Area and interested, he'll hold them for you to pick up. I told him that they are now available on CD, but he would still like to see his magazines go to a good home. Please let me know if you are interested in them and I'll put you in touch with him. He tried to give them to a local library, but apparently they don't have space for them. Any other suggestions on what to do with them if he does not give them away? Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
