The BMW UUC Digest Volume 4 : Issue 5 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: GUMMI PFLEGE replacement Re: Substitute for Gummi pflege? Re: Substitute for Gummi pflege? e30 electrical gremlin Re: e30 electrical gremlin Re: e30 electrical gremlin BMW 325it, Low coolant .Advice, help needed in Bethesda Re: BMW 325it, Low coolant .Advice, help needed in Bethesda <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) Re: <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) Re: <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:20:51 -0500 From: "lieb923" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC DIGEST" <[email protected]> Subject: GUMMI PFLEGE replacement Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Check out Dow Corning 111 silicone lube. Norman Lieberman Ex '97 528/5 still lurking in Philly ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:28:31 -0800 (PST) From: david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Substitute for Gummi pflege? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carlos, Honda make a product called shin-etsu grease. From the web: "Genuine Honda shin-etsu grease, for lubricating rubber door seals. Apply sparingly, a little goes a long way. 3.52 Ounce tube." Scroll down till you find it here: http://www.handa-accessories.com/odymaint02.html Carlos wrote: > After returning from vacation I find I'm in need of > this stuff. David Kroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:22:26 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Substitute for Gummi pflege? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carlos, GummiPflege is still available from a company called Einszett, perhaps available locally or through Pelican Parts. http://www.1z-usa.com/dealer.html http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/catalog/shopcart/CARE/POR_CARE_einszt_pg10.htm :) Happy pfleging. Brian 95 M3 ----- Original Message ---- From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 4, 2008 11:20:50 AM Subject: [UUC] Substitute for Gummi pflege? Gruppe, After returning from vacation I find I'm in need of this stuff. My tube of gummi pflege is MIA and I was wondering if there was a substitute that may be readily available in parts stores. I know it won't be as good but I have to do something about these frozen doors, poor E39 had about 10 inches of snow and ice piled up on it after two weeks. :-/ Thanks, Carlos 98 M3 stored 97 540i/6 daily beater, outdoors all the time ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:17:11 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] (bmw list) Subject: e30 electrical gremlin Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> About three weeks ago I wrote about an electrical gremlin that my E30 started showing. I got all sorts of good advice and then promptly left town for the holidays. I got back to snow and then cold weather that made looking into the issue uncomfortable if not impossible. Well, today it warmed up enough to go take a proper look. Luckily the intermittent gremlin became a fully developed fault while I was away. The tach/econometer are completely inoperative, OBC doesn't even try, and the radio will not retain its memory. After pouring though the ETK for the car I came to the conclusion that the fault must be a failed splice S319. That splice is fed from fuse 21 and runs the interior lights, glove box light, trunk light, tachometer/econometer, OBC, door chime, active check panel, and radio memory. Checking on the other items in the list showed them all equally inoperative. Now the fun. I looked for splice S319 right were the ETK said it would be. There was a splice there, but there weren't enough wires in it... worse, it was fine. Hmmm, maybe there is a second splice? No.. lets see... this feed that, that goes over there... how does the wire get to the other interior light? So I look over the harness diagram in the ETK and realize that the wires in my car don't run the same way as the ETK shows. Somehow I shouldn't be surprised.. this car seems to be some strange hybrid of non-US options and parts. So I check the 1986 ETK. That looks like the routing I saw... and S319 isn't in the same place. So I go all the way forward to the firewall, wrestle the harness out and get a handfull of blue-green goop. S319, I presume. I cleaned and respliced and all is well. Now all I have to do is replace the plastic door sill trim piece. It was just below freezing when I tried to pop it off. It didn't go well. So, what we have learned: Electrical problems are a pain in the rear. Just because the car was built in 1987 doesn't mean that they didn't use 1986 parts. The OBC and tachometer/econometer need constant power and switched power to operate. Half the car seems to be connected to fuse 21. -- Joe -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations and Security [EMAIL PROTECTED] Worcester Polytechnic Institute ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:30:25 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: e30 electrical gremlin Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, what we have learned: > Just because the car was built in 1987 doesn't mean that they didn't use > 1986 parts. Was the car built in 87, or is it just an 87 year model? 87 E30 is one of the rule breakers, with production starting BEFORE the traditional 9th month cutoff. 1987 E30 built BEFORE 9/86 should use the 86 ETM. > Half the car seems to be connected to fuse 21. Because half the car has a need for memory (constant) power. By routing it all through one fuse, it allowed that fuse to be pulled during transportation/storage of the new vehicle, resulting in longer battery life. Part of the pre-delivery process of an E30 or E24 was to install fuse 21. Brett Anderson KMS ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:29:20 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (KMS- Brett Anderson) Cc: [email protected] (UUC Digest) Subject: Re: e30 electrical gremlin Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From KMS- Brett Anderson > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> So, what we have learned: >> Just because the car was built in 1987 doesn't mean that they didn't use >> 1986 parts. > >Was the car built in 87, or is it just an 87 year model? 87 E30 is one >of the rule breakers, with production starting BEFORE the traditional >9th month cutoff. 1987 E30 built BEFORE 9/86 should use the 86 ETM. According to the sticker in the door jamb, the build date is January of 1987. So from what you say, the 1986 ETK is the one to use for this car. I will have to go recheck some of the other electrical quirks I found to see if the 1986 ETK clears up the confusion. >> Half the car seems to be connected to fuse 21. > >Because half the car has a need for memory (constant) power. By routing >it all through one fuse, it allowed that fuse to be pulled during >transportation/storage of the new vehicle, resulting in longer battery life. > >Part of the pre-delivery process of an E30 or E24 was to install fuse 21. Like most things BMW, no matter how strange it may seem at first, there seems to be a good reason for the decision. -- Joe -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations and Security [EMAIL PROTECTED] Worcester Polytechnic Institute ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:13:20 -0500 From: "Jonathan Brush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUCDigest <[email protected]> Subject: BMW 325it, Low coolant .Advice, help needed in Bethesda Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gruppe, My good friends in Bethesda MD, whom I helped get into Bimmers, have just contacted me wrt the following: "Low Coolant light went on, then off. When we got home we let the car cool off and I checked the coolant level. It looked like there was NONE, NOT A DROP, in the coolant reservoir!! So the manual says to only use the right stuff, (not what the right stuff is, other than BMW approved) but it is now Sat. eve and tomorrow is Sunday. Do you have any idea if there is something I can put in to get me to the dealer on Monday if I have to go there to get the "right stuff" or have them see if there is a leak???" Car is a current model 325it, auto. ( E90ish?). I know enought to tell them definitely not to put in generic coolant, but is there another brand that would be compatible? Of course, they have the BMW road service so they can call and have the car flatbedded to the dealer if all else fails. Or, could they assume that if the low coolant light is not on, they can drive it. I would not think so.... Ideas? Jon Brush Newton MA 02 540i/6<-----waiting for the cooling system to blow out sometime soon. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:19:08 -0500 From: "Matt Bader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jonathan Brush'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'UUCDigest'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: BMW 325it, Low coolant .Advice, help needed in Bethesda Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Water? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Brush Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:13 PM To: UUCDigest Subject: [UUC] BMW 325it, Low coolant .Advice, help needed in Bethesda Gruppe, My good friends in Bethesda MD, whom I helped get into Bimmers, have just contacted me wrt the following: "Low Coolant light went on, then off. When we got home we let the car cool off and I checked the coolant level. It looked like there was NONE, NOT A DROP, in the coolant reservoir!! So the manual says to only use the right stuff, (not what the right stuff is, other than BMW approved) but it is now Sat. eve and tomorrow is Sunday. Do you have any idea if there is something I can put in to get me to the dealer on Monday if I have to go there to get the "right stuff" or have them see if there is a leak???" Car is a current model 325it, auto. ( E90ish?). I know enought to tell them definitely not to put in generic coolant, but is there another brand that would be compatible? Of course, they have the BMW road service so they can call and have the car flatbedded to the dealer if all else fails. Or, could they assume that if the low coolant light is not on, they can drive it. I would not think so.... Ideas? Jon Brush Newton MA 02 540i/6<-----waiting for the cooling system to blow out sometime soon. 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: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:54:43 -0500 From: Matthew Tremmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm afraid I already know the answer but... Is there any way to replace the front bump stops without having to remove the strut assembly and then the spring? I really hate to have to do all the same work associated with swapping suspension without actually swapping it. What a buzz kill. I can see this quickly escalating from a $15 part replacement to a wholesale changeover to a coilover setup just because... Thanks, Matt 1994 325is (SCCA DS --> SCCA DSP --> BMWCCA SpecE36 ?) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:57:28 -0600 From: "Bill Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matthew Tremmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You DO already KNOW the answer ....... Beepee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Tremmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: [UUC] <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) > I'm afraid I already know the answer but... > > Is there any way to replace the front bump stops without having to remove > the strut assembly and then the spring? > > I really hate to have to do all the same work associated with swapping > suspension without actually swapping it. > What a buzz kill. > I can see this quickly escalating from a $15 part replacement to a > wholesale changeover to a coilover setup just because... > > Thanks, > Matt > > 1994 325is (SCCA DS --> SCCA DSP --> BMWCCA SpecE36 ?) > > > > 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: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:28:16 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Matthew Tremmel'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.google.com/search?q=STEEL+CABLE+TIES Steel strap the spring, air gun the big nut off , jack up car, replace bump stop. Assembly is reverse of previously mentioned steps. I don't think this is OSHA approved, could be dangerous. User assumes all risks, your results may vary. Paul Garnier FastNetworking.com 281.827.0725 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Tremmel Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 4:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] <E36> Front Bump Stop Replacement (with Koni SA) I'm afraid I already know the answer but... Is there any way to replace the front bump stops without having to remove the strut assembly and then the spring? I really hate to have to do all the same work associated with swapping suspension without actually swapping it. What a buzz kill. I can see this quickly escalating from a $15 part replacement to a wholesale changeover to a coilover setup just because... Thanks, Matt 1994 325is (SCCA DS --> SCCA DSP --> BMWCCA SpecE36 ?) 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 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
