The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 352 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: E32 Xenon wiring Re: E32 Xenon wiring nothing to do with Bimmers Re: nothing to do with Bimmers Re: nothing to do with Bimmers Re: nothing to do with Bimmers Lubricating the Shift Lever Ball and Socket Bushing Re: Lubricating the Shift Lever Ball and Socket Bushing CD Player Kaput Re: CD Player Kaput Re: CD Player Kaput Re: CD Player Kaput Re: CD Player Kaput Re: CD Player Kaput
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:17:12 -0500 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E32 Xenon wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ed wrote: > E32 did not have self leveling. huh ? http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.do?model=GC81&mospid=47354&hg=33&fg=50 chosen vehicle is late production euro 750iL, a likely recipient of the Xenons. however, the same SLS parts show up on a similarly chosen US market car : http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.do?model=GC83&mospid=47365&hg=33&fg=50 Ben ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:57:41 -0500 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E32 Xenon wiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I knew that, just didn't think about the headlights as self-levelling, tho of course they might have that component to their operation. tho I suspect that in this case the lights had some sort of mechanical levelling system on them, tho there aren't specific components in the ETK drawings. well they're there but they're not noted as being part of the xenon light pages. Ben had two cars w/HIDs, one self-levelling, one not Rich wrote: > > Umm, Ben, we are talking about headlights here, not suspensions. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:36:31 -0600 From: Jenny Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: nothing to do with Bimmers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Other than numerous people in this video being BMW owners and club members... this has nothing to do with cars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdNx-vM5xO0 The more people who watch this video, the more likely I can win a cash prize. Would you please spend 129 seconds and send it along to others? Please? Jenny Morgan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:09:00 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jenny Morgan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'UUC Digest'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: nothing to do with Bimmers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That video is broken... Paul A. Garnier Houston, TX 281-827-0725 www.fastnetworking.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny Morgan Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:37 PM To: UUC Digest Subject: [UUC] nothing to do with Bimmers Other than numerous people in this video being BMW owners and club members... this has nothing to do with cars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdNx-vM5xO0 The more people who watch this video, the more likely I can win a cash prize. Would you please spend 129 seconds and send it along to others? Please? Jenny Morgan 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: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:24:46 -0800 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paul Garnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Jenny Morgan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'UUC Digest'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: nothing to do with Bimmers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No, you just have to wait a few moments to get past the test pattern On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Paul Garnier wrote: > That video is broken... > > Paul A. Garnier > Houston, TX > 281-827-0725 > www.fastnetworking.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenny Morgan > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:37 PM > To: UUC Digest > Subject: [UUC] nothing to do with Bimmers > > Other than numerous people in this video being BMW owners and club > members... this has nothing to do with cars. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdNx-vM5xO0 > > The more people who watch this video, the more likely I can win a cash > prize. > > Would you please spend 129 seconds and send it along to others? > > Please? > > Jenny Morgan > > 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: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:07:12 -0500 From: Matt Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Jenny Morgan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'UUC Digest'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: nothing to do with Bimmers Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wait, five seconds of it is bars and tone, then a 10 second leader count. I think we should get some cash back! :^) Matt Murray ----- Original Message ----- > No, you just have to wait a few moments to get past the test pattern > On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Paul Garnier wrote: >> That video is broken... >> Paul A. Garnier >> -----Original Message----- >> Other than numerous people in this video being BMW owners and club >> members... this has nothing to do with cars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdNx-vM5xO0 >> The more people who watch this video, the more likely I can win a cash >> prize. Would you please spend 129 seconds and send it along to others? >> Please? >> Jenny Morgan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:22:38 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Lubricating the Shift Lever Ball and Socket Bushing Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject vehicle: 1990 E30 325i The Bentley manual calls for lubricating the plastic ball and socket bushing on the shift lever with molybdenum disulfide, such as Molykote Longterm 2. Not having any, I took a quick trip to Monument Car Parts, the closest car parts place that has quality goods and actual customer service. (The alternative is Kragen - 'nuff said.) They did not have the recommended lubricant. The closest I could find was Sta-Lube brake caliper synthetic grease, which contains the afforementioned molybdenum disulfide, but also the not-afforementioned graphite and Teflon. Is there any harm in using this lube in the plastic shift ball and socket bushing? Or will graphite eat the plastic or something like that? Thanks, Scott Miller, lubricant novice GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:23:14 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Lubricating the Shift Lever Ball and Socket Bushing Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, putting a Z3 shifter in my E30 325i, and taking the E36 shift lever from the 325i and putting it in the '91 E30 318is. Why? Thanks for the feedback on the lubricant. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] Lubricating the Shift Lever Ball and Socket Bushing > It will be fine. Are you installing a new shifter? > Gary Derian > > > > > Subject vehicle: 1990 E30 325i > > > > The Bentley manual calls for lubricating the plastic ball and socket > > bushing on the shift lever with molybdenum disulfide, such as Molykote > > Longterm 2. Not having any, I took a quick trip to Monument Car > > Parts, the closest car parts place that has quality goods and actual > > customer service. (The alternative is Kragen - 'nuff said.) > > > > They did not have the recommended lubricant. The closest I could find > > was Sta-Lube brake caliper synthetic grease, which contains the > > afforementioned molybdenum disulfide, but also the not-afforementioned > > graphite and Teflon. > > > > Is there any harm in using this lube in the plastic shift ball and > > socket bushing? Or will graphite eat the plastic or something like > > that? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott Miller, lubricant novice > > GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:25:39 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: CD Player Kaput Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Earlier this year I lucked into the AM/FM/single CD player head unit probably from a Z3, and installed it in my wife's E34 525iA. (This replaced the stock AM/FM/non-functioning cassette player.) The CD player worked fine for months, but now refuses to play any CD we try and returns "error" on the display after trying to read the inserted CD. AM and FM continue to work fine. Are there any tricks with this unit to get the CD player working again, short of removing it and sending it in for repair? TIA, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:26:41 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CD Player Kaput Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you do need to send it in, send it back to the Robert Bosch company in the fatherland. They have a hundred euro flat rate charge and send you back one that is in all respects like new. Ed Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: > Earlier this year I lucked into the AM/FM/single CD player head unit > probably from a Z3, and installed it in my wife's E34 525iA. (This > replaced the stock AM/FM/non-functioning cassette player.) The CD > player worked fine for months, but now refuses to play any CD we try > and returns "error" on the display after trying to read the inserted > CD. AM and FM continue to work fine. > > Are there any tricks with this unit to get the CD player working > again, short of removing it and sending it in for repair? > > TIA, > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA > > > > 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: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:41:13 -0500 From: Matt Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CD Player Kaput Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Or send it to United Radio in Syracuse. They swap out the unit with a refurbished. They did it on my '96 318i radio for $75. Good company. They were (are?) the designated repair facility for Toyota Fujitsu radios, too. Matt Murray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you do need to send it in, send it back to the Robert Bosch company in > the fatherland. > > They have a hundred euro flat rate charge and send you back one that is in > all respects like new. > > Ed > > Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: > >> Earlier this year I lucked into the AM/FM/single CD player head unit >> probably from a Z3, and installed it in my wife's E34 525iA. (This >> replaced the stock AM/FM/non-functioning cassette player.) The CD >> player worked fine for months, but now refuses to play any CD we try >> and returns "error" on the display after trying to read the inserted >> CD. AM and FM continue to work fine. >> >> Are there any tricks with this unit to get the CD player working >> again, short of removing it and sending it in for repair? >> >> TIA, >> >> Scott Miller >> GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:11:32 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CD Player Kaput Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bosch made the stereo? I thought they were usually Alpine or Blaupunkt. Thanks, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] CD Player Kaput > If you do need to send it in, send it back to the Robert Bosch company > in the fatherland. > > They have a hundred euro flat rate charge and send you back one that is > in all respects like new. > > Ed > > Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: > > > Earlier this year I lucked into the AM/FM/single CD player head unit > > probably from a Z3, and installed it in my wife's E34 525iA. (This > > replaced the stock AM/FM/non-functioning cassette player.) The CD > > player worked fine for months, but now refuses to play any CD we try > > and returns "error" on the display after trying to read the inserted > > CD. AM and FM continue to work fine. > > > > Are there any tricks with this unit to get the CD player working > > again, short of removing it and sending it in for repair? > > > > TIA, > > > > Scott Miller > > GGC BMW CCA > > > > > > > > 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: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:21:17 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: CD Player Kaput Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They are actually normally Pioneer or Alpine, but the CD43 was a Blaupunkt which is a Robert Bosch Company. How that worked was that for an imported car, the import duty was based upon the value of the car as imported. Depending upon pressure on the government from the big car manufacturers here in the US, the tariffs were quite high for an automobile to be imported. To reduce the value of the car as imported, the manufacturers would install the radios at the port of entry, using radios brought in from suppliers of the automakers choosing; the tariff on radios being less than that on cars. Many of the Pioneer units were actually made in the US. The CD43 was used in cars built in the US (the Z3 series) and as no US maker of car stereos then existed, BMW subcontracted those in-dash CD players to Blaupunkt. Ed Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: > Bosch made the stereo? I thought they were usually Alpine or > Blaupunkt. > > Thanks, > > Scott ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:44:49 -0800 From: Kazuto Okayasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CD Player Kaput Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 07:25 PM 12/29/2006, Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: The CD43 really has two problems. 1) It's the only standard 1-DIN BMW factory CD radio made 2) It tends to not be very reliable. I've heard about some people having luck disassembling and cleaning the transport and pickup mechanisms, but that's neither easy nor does it work very often. >Earlier this year I lucked into the AM/FM/single CD player head unit >probably from a Z3, and installed it in my wife's E34 525iA. (This >replaced the stock AM/FM/non-functioning cassette player.) The CD >player worked fine for months, but now refuses to play any CD we try >and returns "error" on the display after trying to read the inserted >CD. AM and FM continue to work fine. > >Are there any tricks with this unit to get the CD player working >again, short of removing it and sending it in for repair? > >TIA, > >Scott Miller >GGC BMW CCA > > > >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 Kazuto Okayasu Manager, Desktop Support Services Administrative Computing Services, University of California, Irvine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(14 messages) **********
