The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 164 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: FS: TSW Stealth E36 325 fitment Wheels Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Re: Helmet M42 Spark Plugs Re: M42 Spark Plugs Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Re: Problem solved Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Re: M42 Spark Plugs Fw: Re: Problem solved Re: Fw: Re: Problem solved Re: D4 (E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations) Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations For Sale =?UTF-8?B?4oCTIDE5ODkgTTMgJDEwLDAwMA==?=
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:29:40 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: FS: TSW Stealth E36 325 fitment Wheels Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello one more time all, I dont have much idea what these wheels are worth, so make me an offer that sounds good. If I have to come up with an asking price, I will. If I have to list on eBay, I will. I am limited to dialup, so photos are a PITA for me. If I must to sell them, Ill find a way to do photos. Please see my terms at the end. (6) TSW Stealth 7-spoke 15x7 wheels. E36 325 fitment. Two are essentially new, 35 offset, with steel bolt-in valves! The other four, are not. Two of these are 30 offset. Two are 35 offset and have steel bolt-in valves. Worn out tires on all four. I used them without even knowing the offset did not match. These four sustained that damn Hawk brake pad crap. I do not believe I made any effort to remove the buildup from these wheels. On one of them the caked on dust looks very rusty. On the other three it is pretty much just black, and is not horrible looking but certainly not good. I am not so confident that this Hawk crap can be removed without refinishing the wheels. The finish of these wheels is not as durable or in as good condition as the M3 wheels I advertised previously. No curb marks. I might have 8 center caps, definitely at least 4. The terms: Shipping is additional. Fed Ex Ground is generally cheapest. I accept payment from your checking account through PayPal; or you can mail me a bank check, money order, or personal check. I don't ship until payment clears. I can accept a credit card through PayPal BUT, contact me for details. No reasonable offers refused. Thanks for your interest! Stan Jackson Jr. NH I am a longtime BMW CCA member of both the Boston and White Mt. Chapters, and am a Staff member of the Boston Chapter. Do an internet search on me for reference if you wish. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:38:37 -0400 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BMW has a newer trans fluid that comes standard in (I believe) '04 M3s and newer... it's MTF-LT-2 and does make the trans feel smother than the previous LT-1. Of course, my long-time favorite has been Redline D4 ATF for greatest smoothness. You can also try a mix of either MTL or 75W-140NS (make sure it's "NS") and D4 ATF. The 75W-140NS and D4 mix is what I use in my '98 M3 with E46 M3 gearbox transplant. - Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [UUC] E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations > I've never been really happy with the transmission > smoothness except on fresh fluid. I am also not > comfortable with the long intervals (every inspection II) > between changes as the car sees a bunch of track time. > > I R'd TFMs and gained the vast knowledge of 1.9 qts for > the trans and 1.2 for the diff, but no info on the spec of > the fluids involved. Are these fluids gleaned from a > special gland of an endangered species and only available > at your BMW factory service center, or will a simple > change to Redline high temp ATF for the trans and 75w90 > for the diff work just fine? - Rob Levinson UUC Motorwerks * 908-874-9092 * http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:37:15 -0400 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Helmet Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Neil, That was mentioned by someone before -- thanks for repeating. But seriously, I don't want any of the stuff I'm selling, and you may not either, but that does not make it worthless. The helmet could be a short-term interim solution for someone for this year. Or more likely, something to be used for autocross, or just for general use such as motorcycling, dirt biking, snowmobiling, etc. In case you never noticed, a HUGE percentage of the helmets advertised for dirt bike use (90%??) aren't even Snell rated at all ... that makes my old helmet a step up in my opinion. Size small, BTW. Stan > With respect Stan, when you first posted this I wondered why anyone would > buy a Snell 95 helmet at this point in its life cycle, for however little > money? For DE use it's got less than 5 months approval life left in it. It's > probably worth less than the shipping cost. > > (I say this still smarting from the recent $400 replacement cost of my own > SA95 helmet.) > > Neil > 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:02:30 -0700 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "E30 Yahoo Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: M42 Spark Plugs Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The previous owner of our recently acquired '91 318is (hi Bob) said that he had changed the spark plugs "recently". Turns out it was about 10K miles ago, and I'm preparing for a smog test, so I got the plugs and went out to change them today. Turns out I need a 16mm spark plug socket for these babies. I've got 2 sizes of spark plug sockets (17mm, 19mm IIRC) but no 16mm. There is the tool in the trunk kit, but it seems more like it is for emergency use. And I like to torque to spec, which you can't do with the trunk lid tool. Anyway, just a few questions for the knowledgeable among us: 1. How ofter does one change the plugs in the M42 engine? 2. What is the torque spec? 3. Is antisieze recommended for the threads? I've used antisieze on the spark plug threads of all our other current and previous BMWs. But Pelican Parts' tech article recommends against it. 4. Is di-electric grease on the wire contacts recommended? I've never used it before on my other spark plugs. 5. Does Sears carry a 16mm spark plug socket? If not, who does? (I've got a Sears gift certificate, so that would be ideal. Not like I need Snap-On tools for the little work I do at home.) TIA, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i my fun car 1991 325iA going away soon 1991 318is for daughter to drive 1993 525iA wife loves it ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:21:19 -0700 From: Bob Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: M42 Spark Plugs Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Per the E36 Bentley book: -Plug change interval is every Inspection-II. -Torque to 25 Nm (18 ft-lb). -Anti-seize is recommended on the threads. I use dielectric grease on electrical contacts as a "can't hurt" measure. I used a regular 16mm deep socket, no rubber plug insert, and a 6" socket extension. Once the old plug was out of the threads, I used a dropped-parts grabber claw (like http://harborfreight.com item 1826-4VGA) to haul it out out of the hole. I used the claw to lower the new plug into the hole, then set the socket over the top. I turned it ccw until I could feel the thread settling into place, then clockwise to tighten. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 22:32:48 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kazuto Okayasu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ATF has a specific viscosity and it the thinnest oil used on a car. Its > pretty much a straight 10W oil. > > In my E34M5 I use Mobil 1 ATF with some molybdenum disulfide mixed in. It > works great. > > Gary Derian I came across this when I was trying to pick something to replace the not-so-good-for-1st MTF-LT-2: http://www.redlineoil.com/pdf/6.pdf Very interesting on page 2, the lines of the table comparing SAE Gear oil and SAE Engine oil grades. I went with the D4ATF over MTL based on the fact that I noticed the MTF-LT-1 factory fill that came out, as well as the MTF-LT-2 I put in (labeled SAE 75W-80 API GL-4) was super-duper thin, like 0w-20 Honda oil. -- Kazuto Okayasu Administrative Computing Services University of California, Irvine ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 19:58:46 -0500 From: "Jamie Howton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My $.02: I hated the transmission on my 2002 330i 5 Speed until I switched to Royal Purple at 10K miles, it made an immediate and lasting difference. Same story with my M3 and M5. I tried Redline D4ATF in the M3 and it was close to the factory fill in terms of ease of shifting. I use Redline in the differentials on all of my cars at the recomendation of Brett Anderson of Koala Motorsports (and BMWCCA tech advisor). -- Jamie Howton 2006 M Roadster 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:29:25 -0700 From: Adam Lazur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Problem solved Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Peacock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > I am trying to find a socket with an allen key large enough for the rear > end. I bought fluid to change it, but cant get the plugs out. Any idea > where to find one??? As others have said, 14mm. If you want to go cheap and/or don't want to wait for shipping, Autozone sells a metric hex socket set with a 14mm in it for ~$10. It's too deep to fit the top plug ... so I ended up hacking the socket apart and using a wrench. -- Adam Lazur ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:07:41 -0400 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 6/4/06 9:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am curious IF anyone uses Mobil-1s Synthetic ATF??? I think its even more > viscous at low temps. Any feedback??? I've been using this for years in my E36 M3 track car. Works fine cold or hot. I change it every two years. I also use Mobil 1 Synthetic gear oil, 75W-90, in the M3's LSD final drive. Same two year change interval. on 6/4/06 9:20 PM, "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my E34M5 I use Mobil 1 ATF with some molybdenum disulfide mixed in. It > works great. Gary, do you notice any effect on the synchro effectiveness with the MoS2 additive? Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:44:33 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: M42 Spark Plugs Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If I may ask a follow-up question or two, does the M42 in the E36 use the same spark plugs as the M42 in the E30? And where is the best kind of place to buy di-electric grease? Funny that I posted my questions to 2 e-mail groups and am getting the answer from the car's previous owner. Could have just sent a private e-mail. This would, of course, have deprived everyone else of the opportunity to make snide comments and critical remarks, so public posting was definitely the way to go. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA > Date: Sun Jun 4, 2006 11:19 pm (PDT) > From: "Bob Sutterfield" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: M42 Spark Plugs > > >Per the E36 Bentley book: >-Plug change interval is every Inspection-II. >-Torque to 25 Nm (18 ft-lb). >-Anti-seize is recommended on the threads. > >I use dielectric grease on electrical contacts as a "can't hurt" measure. > >I used a regular 16mm deep socket, no rubber plug insert, and a 6" socket >extension. Once the old plug was out of the threads, I used a dropped-parts >grabber claw (like http://harborfreight.com item 1826-4VGA) to haul it out >out of the hole. I used the claw to lower the new plug into the hole, then >set the socket over the top. I turned it ccw until I could feel the thread >settling into place, then clockwise to tighten. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:47:43 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Chet Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Fw: Re: Problem solved Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...ended up hacking the socket apart..." Or like I did..... Chuck it (said AutoZone tool) up in a lathe and turn down the tool to fit. :) Alternately use a hack saw to lop it off and then chuck it up in a drill press and use a file to dress the end. Worked great to modify the cheap-o AutoZone sockets since they are not high carbon tool steel or anything. I don't think it would be so easy with hardened high grade tools, but hey I had plenty of torque available with the massive allen socket, even in cheap steel. Yet another DIY is to take a couple nuts and bolt with 14mm size head and turn the female hex plug into a hex head you can put a wrench or socket on. Some loc-tite and a 'jam nut' on the bolt should suffice....or if you have access to a welder? Cheers, Chet Dawes >-----Original Message----- >>From: Adam Lazur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>If you want to go cheap and/or don't want to wait for shipping, Autozone >>sells a metric hex socket set with a 14mm in it for ~$10. It's too deep >>to fit the top plug ... so I ended up hacking the socket apart and using >>a wrench. >> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:39:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Problem solved Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just used the latter method (double-nutted bolt) on an E34 diff two days ago; tightening the plug is easier than loosening it with this method, unless you have access to the aforementioned welder. It works either way, though had the plugs been over-tightened it would have been trickier. -tammer --- Chet Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "...ended up hacking the socket apart..." > > Or like I did..... > Chuck it (said AutoZone tool) up in a lathe and turn down > the tool to fit. :) > Alternately use a hack saw to lop it off and then chuck > it up in a drill press and use a file to dress the end. > > Worked great to modify the cheap-o AutoZone sockets since > they are not high carbon tool steel or anything. I don't > think it would be so easy with hardened high grade tools, > but hey I had plenty of torque available with the massive > allen socket, even in cheap steel. > > Yet another DIY is to take a couple nuts and bolt with > 14mm size head and turn the female hex plug into a hex > head you can put a wrench or socket on. Some loc-tite > and a 'jam nut' on the bolt should suffice....or if you > have access to a welder? > > Cheers, > Chet Dawes > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >>From: Adam Lazur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>If you want to go cheap and/or don't want to wait for > shipping, Autozone > >>sells a metric hex socket set with a 14mm in it for > ~$10. It's too deep > >>to fit the top plug ... so I ended up hacking the > socket apart and using > >>a wrench. > >> > > 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: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 22:50:18 -0700 From: Herman Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: D4 (E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gary wrote: > In my E34M5 I use Mobil 1 ATF with some molybdenum disulfide mixed > in. It > works great. I concur. In the past, I've happily used Red Line MTL and D4. However, my last experience with D4 was different. The gearbox was palpably more notchy/sticky, harder to get out of gear when cold, and developed a slight hitch between gates. Whether this was due to a change in formula or an aging gearbox not liking D4 as much as it used to, I don't know. Maybe a combination of both. I do know that after I switched to M1 ATF with a shot of LM moly gear additive, the problems went away. As Gary has said, correlation...blah blah blah. FWIW, Herman ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:57:40 -0700 From: Peter B Du Bois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E46M3 trans and diff fluid recommendations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gary Derian Wrote: >ATF has a specific viscosity and it the thinnest oil used on a car. Its >pretty much a straight 10W oil. >In my E34M5 I use Mobil 1 ATF with some molybdenum disulfide mixed in. It >works great. >Gary Derian Gary, Not that I mean to indulge in either Clintonian, or for that matter, Bushonian parsing of common definitions, but what exactly do you mean by "works great"? Less noise from the gearbox? Reduced fuel consumption? Something else? Peter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:58:43 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: For Sale =?UTF-8?B?4oCTIDE5ODkgTTMgJDEwLDAwMA==?= Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Selling my diamond black 1989 M3. Interior is black leather in good condition (no rips or holes). 102k verified miles. Have owned for 8 years. Very little use (Minnesota summers only). Many new and replaced parts, including the following: valve-job with all new valves, throttle-body gaskets, differential, exhaust, brakes and rotors, radiator, dechipped the hood and leading edges of the fenders. All stock. Smooth idle and runs strong. Originally purchased with the intention of converting to track but other things got in the way. Car is very straight and clean. Have pics, can email. Has clean MN title but Carfax does indicate salvage history, therefore the low price. However VIN number stickers are on all major structural components. Please no tire-kickers or time wasters â serious buyers only!. Please email your questions or for pics. Thanks! NOTICE This message and any attachment(s) are for authorized use by the intended recipient(s) only and may contain privileged or confidential information. 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