The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 177 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: My new lift comes this week Re: My new lift comes this week Re: My new lift comes this week Re: My new lift comes this week Re: My new lift comes this week Re: My new lift comes this week Re: My new lift comes this week <E36> AC question Re: <E36> AC question Re: <E36> AC question <E36> AC question 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:12:10 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 318ti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC <[email protected]> Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I seem to have stirred up a hornets nest, my apologies. I feel a certain responsibilty for all this, so I ask everyone to please be respectful of each other and don't allow this and off-shoot threads to turn into something ugly. If I spoke out of turn I am sorry. I feel I have based my decision on what I perceive as valid points in this circumstance, I also feel that I may have expressed my reasoning in a more tactful manor so as not to have stirred up such strong responses. I will say that things are built to a specification set out by whomever is marketing the end product. If the specifications are good and not solely based on price and the product is made to spec, any country or company can make a very good product. My decision was not based entirely on country of origin, more on what I perceived as a better product. For my poor sister and old mum's sake, lets hope it is a good choice. Again, I have no feelings of malice nor are these comments offending me, I just don't want this to escalate too far. My only hope is that my judgment and my lift are good...if you all stop hearing from me, send flowers:-) David Ellsworth, the trouble maker in Richmond, VA. -----Original Message----- >From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 20, 2006 6:32 PM >To: [email protected], 318ti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [UUC] My new lift comes this week > >I am glad to see I have not lost my ability to rile people up. > >I know it may seem that I am import bashing or anti-Chinese, I assure you I am >not. I like most people base their opinions and views on personal >experiences, and that is the case here. I do buy Chinese made goods, almost >impossible to live and not these days, and find some of them to be outstanding >bargains and of excellent quality. > >I have however seen the workmanship put into a Chinese built lift of a >co-worker and after seeing that, decided that if possible I would buy mine >from another source. It was a bad weld that failed, fortunately in a >non-critical at the time part. I examined that weld and it was obvious that >the part was not properly relieved for the bead; it was welded when dirty, it >lacked penetration and it contained a very high level of slag and porosity. > >A very bad weld indeed. My father, whom I wish was alive to consult with, was >an expert at metallurgy and some has rubbed off on me. After seeing that weld >and looking at my 5800lb GMC truck and picturing the possibilities, I made the >decision to look for a quality made product form wherever and realized that it >would likely be an import. I did find the lift I purchased and I believe I >see a better than average quality product. The fact that it is made here is >a plus to me…it means I have not got to get a passport or go so far to >punch somebody in the nose if it fails and I survive. As far as being a >Native American product, that to is a plus to me as I am part Native American >myself and they have a long tradition of being good ironworkers…many a >tall building and bridge were built by barefoot Indians. If AC had made a lift >that would be suitable I would have jumped at it, and it is made in Denmark. > >The Internet is not the best place to really get to know someone and what they >are all about. If you really knew me and what I stand for you would likely >have responded differently, but I hold no grudge or malice. To know me is to >dislike me, but for the right reasons. > >David Ellsworth in Richmond, VA > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Jun 19, 2006 11:04 PM >>To: 318ti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC <[email protected]> >>Subject: [UUC] My new lift comes this week >> >>Just want to say thanks to those who gave me feed back on my questions about >>a lift to work on my 318ti and other vehicles. >> >>I was very fortunate to find a fully Made in America lift at a local >>supplier. I had tried to find a non-imported lift and found that an almost >>impossible task and thought I had found one only to find it too was made in >>China. The one I am waiting to be deliverd later this week is a mid-rise >>6,000 lb lift made by Whip Industries of Texas, a Native American Company. I >>saw it today and it was a joy to see that the American product was so much >>nicer than the imports. >> >>Now the sad news, it is no longer made. Mine is NOS and fully waranteed, but >>no longer made. Whip could not continue to produce it here and keep up with >>the imports prices. Unlike others they decided to stop making it instead of >>importing a copy. It is a sad shame that a good company making a good >>product has to drop it for a few dollars that somebody is unwilling to pay >>for quality. I was able to get mine for just about the same cost as the >>Bend-pak and it's clones would cost deliverd. Mine is being deliverd free. >> >>Once I put it to use I will post another update. >> >>David in Richmond, 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 > > >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, 20 Jun 2006 21:27:11 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 318ti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC <[email protected]> Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> More like wasps nest, the human kind. This thread brings to mind the joke about a world where the bicycles are all Italian, police all British, cars and mechanics all German, versus cars all Italian, police German, and bicycles British, or something like that. Don't let it get to you, those who would criticize you are the type who believe the President should swear on the constitution to uphold a bible instead of the other way around too. Barry Maverick wrote: >I seem to have stirred up a hornets nest, my apologies. > >I feel a certain responsibilty for all this, so I ask everyone to please be >respectful of each other and don't allow this and off-shoot threads to turn >into something ugly. > >If I spoke out of turn I am sorry. I feel I have based my decision on what I >perceive as valid points in this circumstance, I also feel that I may have >expressed my reasoning in a more tactful manor so as not to have stirred up >such strong responses. > >I will say that things are built to a specification set out by whomever is >marketing the end product. If the specifications are good and not solely >based on price and the product is made to spec, any country or company can >make a very good product. My decision was not based entirely on country of >origin, more on what I perceived as a better product. For my poor sister and >old mum's sake, lets hope it is a good choice. > >Again, I have no feelings of malice nor are these comments offending me, I >just don't want this to escalate too far. > >My only hope is that my judgment and my lift are good...if you all stop >hearing from me, send flowers:-) >David Ellsworth, the trouble maker in Richmond, VA. > >-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Jun 20, 2006 6:32 PM >>To: [email protected], 318ti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC >><[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [UUC] My new lift comes this week >>I am glad to see I have not lost my ability to rile people up. >> >> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:27:28 -0400 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> This thread brings to mind the joke about a world where the bicycles are all Italian, police all British, cars and mechanics all German, versus cars all Italian, police German, and bicycles British, or something like that. This is the one I've seen: "Heaven is where the Police are British, the Chefs are French, the Mechanics are German, the Lovers Italian and it's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the Chefs are British, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, the Police are German and it's all organized by the Italians." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release Date: 6/20/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:32:05 -0400 From: Dana Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I would love to jump in the fray on this but I am too busy working at a company bankrolled with some of Paris Hilton's tax cuts. Let me know how it all turns out. Dana Earl Columbus, Ohio 94 530i ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:09:46 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ed adds: "So, if you can make it happen, I want in on that deal. It comes from the same country as my cars." To drag wrap a quickly burning fuse in on itself .... but I'll risk it (Sorry Dennis and Mark): Ed, ohhh you mean it's made in North Carolina? He he. -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: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:17:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Ivan Demkovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had my new BendPak sp-7x installed last week. Can't see why it can be called crap. Works as advertised, quiet, nice welds, very solid. Pneumatic safety locks. Installer didn't have any problems. The only issue we had during install is that one side was leaking. It was fitting that we gave another turn and all is good. I think BendPak have parts made in Asia and assembled here. Anyway, I'm happy so far. Ivan 97' 540i/6 93' Audi UrS4 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:40:16 -0500 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: My new lift comes this week Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A smarter person would have bought a Rotary or Nussbaum. We will be > replacing our "American Made" garbage with quality units from one of these > two companies before the end of the year. > > Brett Anderson I couldn't have asked for a nicer accidental compliment! We use Nussbaum and Rotary. Really nice lifts. Jon ______________________________________________ Jon Siccardi - DM #052 TreehouseRacing.com M50conversion.com 615.333.9118 ______________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Maverick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "uuc Digest" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] My new lift comes this week > Congrats on your efforts, and your new lift. > > I'd love to see a photo of it. My bet is it is the same Texas garbage > that we have in our shop. Absolute crap, and very dangerous to boot. And > if it is the same, good luck getting it assembled. After 5 days of part > time screwing around on the first one, I paid a local lift dealer to come > install the other two. It took him 3 days, and several phone calls, and > his comment was "unbelievable garbage". > > One of the three we have can't be raised without first manually releasing > the "automatic" safety locks that prevent the car crashing down on you. If > you forget, you could die. > > A smarter person would have bought a Rotary or Nussbaum. We will be > replacing our "American Made" garbage with quality units from one of these > two companies before the end of the year. > > Brett Anderson > KMS-Koala Motorsport > www.bmwdiffs.com > (440) 564 7574 > 9988 Kinsman Rd > Novelty, OH 44072 > (Near Cleveland) > > > > Maverick wrote: >> Just want to say thanks to those who gave me feed back on my questions >> about a lift to work on my 318ti and other vehicles. >> >> I was very fortunate to find a fully Made in America lift at a local >> supplier. I had tried to find a non-imported lift and found that an >> almost impossible task and thought I had found one only to find it too >> was made in China. The one I am waiting to be deliverd later this week >> is a mid-rise 6,000 lb lift made by Whip Industries of Texas, a Native >> American Company. I saw it today and it was a joy to see that the >> American product was so much nicer than the imports. >> >> Now the sad news, it is no longer made. Mine is NOS and fully waranteed, >> but no longer made. Whip could not continue to produce it here and keep >> up with the imports prices. Unlike others they decided to stop making it >> instead of importing a copy. It is a sad shame that a good company >> making a good product has to drop it for a few dollars that somebody is >> unwilling to pay for quality. I was able to get mine for just about the >> same cost as the Bend-pak and it's clones would cost deliverd. Mine is >> being deliverd free. >> >> Once I put it to use I will post another update. >> >> David in Richmond, 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 >> > 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, 21 Jun 2006 11:57:43 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: <E36> AC question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Two questions, 1) if one opens the A/C system to replace the compressor let's say, then the drier should also be replaced correct? But how is this done without exposing the new drier to atmosphere? Do the coupling connections have pierce a foil or soft metal seal on the new drier? 2) How do you determine that only the magnetic clutch is bad on the compressor? Thanks, 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: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:31:02 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> AC question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the old days, a receiver dryer included a bag of desiccant which absorbed moisture, but could break and contaminate the system as well as block the orifices. Now, that drying function is provided by a rock placed in the dryer. For the few seconds the pressure of the nitrogen which is in it for shipping is gone and before a vacuum is drawn on the system for filling it with refrigerant, some moisture might get in, but it would be minuscule and would be removed by the vacuum process. I have successfully reused receiver/dryers in my M5 when an exact replacement could not be found, to no ill effect. Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Two questions, > 1) if one opens the A/C system to replace the compressor let's say, then > the drier should also be replaced correct? But how is this done without > exposing the new drier to atmosphere? Do the coupling connections have > pierce a foil or soft metal seal on the new drier? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:43:01 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> AC question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A dryer can be regenerated by heating it with a heat lamp while a vacuum is pulled in the system. Gary Derian > In the old days, a receiver dryer included a bag of desiccant which > absorbed moisture, but could break and contaminate the system as well as > block the orifices. > > Now, that drying function is provided by a rock placed in the dryer. For > the few seconds the pressure of the nitrogen which is in it for shipping > is gone and before a vacuum is drawn on the system for filling it with > refrigerant, some moisture might get in, but it would be minuscule and > would be removed by the vacuum process. > > I have successfully reused receiver/dryers in my M5 when an exact > replacement could not be found, to no ill effect. > > Ed > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Two questions, >> 1) if one opens the A/C system to replace the compressor let's say, then >> the drier should also be replaced correct? But how is this done without >> exposing the new drier to atmosphere? Do the coupling connections have >> pierce a foil or soft metal seal on the new drier? > 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, 21 Jun 2006 12:01:49 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: <E36> AC question 2 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I forgot one other question. The drier on the 328 does not appear to have a sight glass. There is a brass extension on the top of the can. Is this the sight glass? If so, I don't see how bubbles will be visible with this approach. Symptoms which illicit the questions are an intermittent operation and occasional noise from the compressor area. -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. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
