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#1. Re: [E36M3] UUC Short Shifter Installation - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 23:11:34 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] UUC Short Shifter Installation At 12:16 AM 7/7/00 -0500, Stan Shaw III wrote: >I am attempting to install a UUC Short Shifter in my '96 M3, and am stuck at >the point where I need to remove the pin from the carrier. I have already >spent quite a bit of time (at least an hour) "At least an hour"?? Pfft, not long enough. Get back out there! The real question is: "How many beers?" True enlightenment happens after the 3rd one, IIRC. (Slightly tongue-in-cheek; it took me about that long - and that many beers - on the one I helped a friend with. How Ben can pop those things out so easily I'll never know :-)) >Am I missing something obvious here? Nope. There's a reason why that clip is commonly known as the "bitch of a clip" :-) Can't offer any "tricks" other than keep prying at it. It'll eventually pop off or break (there's a reason the kit includes a new one). >I can't imagine getting the pin back in, if it is this difficult to get >out... You'll be *amazed* at how much easier it is to get the clip back IN. >This has been done a zillion times already by others, right? I believe Ben as done a zillion <grin>; I've only done 2 (and had my half-assed first attempt fixed by Ben - the "put the ERK in without removing the carrier" method :-)) (If it's starting to sound like it would be easier & cheaper to buy the plane ticket & fly Ben out to install it himself - you're probably right. Ahh, "ShifterFest" memories Hi Ben! :-)). Hope that helps (but I'm aware it probably won't :-)), Jim Bassett - not a UUC short shifter expert, but I play one on the Internet 1998 M3/4 - lots of UUC stuff
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Thud Sound from the Differential - from Miki Haraguchi
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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:26:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Miki Haraguchi <mharaguchi@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Thud Sound from the Differential Jason, I'll be the third one to post that the "thud" sound is very likely due to loose bolts rattling around in the differential. In my case, 5 of the 8 bolts fastening the limited slip component in my LTW had worked their way loose and had nested up in the very nose of the case. My indication? A "thunk" loud enough to hear (and feel through the seat of my pants) on the straightaway of Spokane Raceway Park at WOT. This errant bolt also destroyed my speed sensor. At first, a dealership I took it to thought that the five bolts had been taken out and not replaced during a previous repair. I took it to a race shop next--they completely dissasembled the differential and found the 5 bolts up there out of sight. It was an expensive diagnosis and repair, but thankfully no gears nor the pinion was damaged. It is definitely something you want to have looked at and fixed ASAP. Miki 1997 328is LTW--was at the track today, running great > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:54:33 -0700 > From: "Jason Sarich" <sarich_m3@prontomail.com> > Subject: Thud Sound from the Differential > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I have a sound coming from my rear end that I have only heard when I > have something heavy loose in the trunk. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
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#3. Re: UUC Short Shifter Installation - from RonStygar@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 02:44:16 EDT From: RonStygar@aol.com Subject: Re: UUC Short Shifter Installation Stan, I live in Marlborough, CT. Stop over Sunday afternoon and I'll show you how to do this. Ron
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Possible Track Spot Available (again!) - from Jim Powell
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:26:21 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Possible Track Spot Available (again!) Well that tears that. I don't have a car.... :( Sorry. Jim twisty M3 wrote: > > Oops! Can't believe I forgot to put the date... sorry. It's this Sunday, > July 9th. > > Jonathan L. > > > > >When? I can probably go. But the car is getting the rollbar put in this > >week > >and Then I'm on vacation for a week. Let me know.. > > > >Jim > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#5. Re: [E36M3] UUC Short Shifter Installation - from Jim Powell
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:55:00 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] UUC Short Shifter Installation This isn't that hard. I've done them quickly and I don't even own one for Chrissakes. Jim Jim Bassett wrote: > > Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 23:11:34 -0700 > From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@home.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] UUC Short Shifter Installation > > At 12:16 AM 7/7/00 -0500, Stan Shaw III wrote: > >I am attempting to install a UUC Short Shifter in my '96 M3, and am stuck at > >the point where I need to remove the pin from the carrier. I have already > >spent quite a bit of time (at least an hour) > > "At least an hour"?? Pfft, not long enough. Get back out there! The real > question is: "How many beers?" True enlightenment happens after the 3rd > one, IIRC. > > (Slightly tongue-in-cheek; it took me about that long - and that many beers > - on the one I helped a friend with. How Ben can pop those things out so > easily I'll never know :-)) > > >Am I missing something obvious here? > > Nope. There's a reason why that clip is commonly known as the "bitch of a > clip" :-) Can't offer any "tricks" other than keep prying at it. It'll > eventually pop off or break (there's a reason the kit includes a new one). > > >I can't imagine getting the pin back in, if it is this difficult to get > >out... > > You'll be *amazed* at how much easier it is to get the clip back IN. > > >This has been done a zillion times already by others, right? > > I believe Ben as done a zillion <grin>; I've only done 2 (and had my > half-assed first attempt fixed by Ben - the "put the ERK in without > removing the carrier" method :-)) > > (If it's starting to sound like it would be easier & cheaper to buy the > plane ticket & fly Ben out to install it himself - you're probably right. > Ahh, "ShifterFest" memories Hi Ben! :-)). > > Hope that helps (but I'm aware it probably won't :-)), > Jim Bassett - not a UUC short shifter expert, but I play one on the Internet > 1998 M3/4 - lots of UUC stuff > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#6. Re: [E36M3] E36M3 #315 - from TMauceri@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 06:31:40 EDT From: TMauceri@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36M3 #315
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#7. Re: [E36M3] E36M3 #315 - from TMauceri@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 06:32:19 EDT From: TMauceri@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36M3 #315 This may be a dumb one, but are the seats $109 each or for a set?
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#8. Oxygen Sensor - from Dimitris Y. Cobopoulos
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 14:26:10 +0300 From: jimcob@iis.gr (Dimitris Y. Cobopoulos) Subject: Oxygen Sensor Friends, I am about to replace the Oxygen Sensor in to my BMW M3 E36 3.OL Any suggestions/ concerning installation will be appreciated. Regards, Dimitris
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#9. Re: which tires - from Tom Anderson
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:38:34 -0400 From: Tom Anderson <anderson@netside.com> Subject: Re: which tires > Chris, missed your original post but saw Jim's reply. I can't tell you what to > get but I can recommend what NOT to get. I had a set of Pirelli P7000 Super > Sports - good (for and M3) tread life (33K) but really noisy for the last 10K > miles or so. They saw one driver's school, at Atlanta. They just weren't the > same after that... Now, I have Sumitomo HTRZII - Great wet weather traction but > horribly noisy at 20K. Looks like I should get 30K or so out of these, also, if I > can stand the noise (no tracks/autox). Good luck...Tom Anderson > > Chris Turrisi wrote: > > Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 11:03:49 -0400 > From: Chris Turrisi <cturrisi@worldnet.att.net> > Subject: What tire to choose?? > > Ok gang...I have finally worn out my 245-40 17 Bridgestone > SOII Pole Positions after 20,000 miles and I am trying to > choose on a which new tire to go with. >
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#10. ltw oilpan - from Ned Coonen
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:07:48 CDT From: "Ned Coonen" <ncoonen@hotmail.com> Subject: ltw oilpan The ltw oil pan has the same capacity as the stock pan. It does however have a second sump at the front of the engine. Look underneath (where oil changes usually happen) and you'll find a second drain plug at the front of the pan. Open this and another quart or so will come out. I've never measured what I take out but I always add 7 quarts and end up just a tad over the full mark on the dipstick. (And Jim E. is right, this pan does require a different dipstick and dipstick tube.) I also have added the Euro oil cooler but don't drain that at oil changes so it's not a factor capacity-wise. ....ned. '98 M3 '88 M5 >-------------------- 3 -------------------- >Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 10:59:45 -0500 >From: "jbergstrom" <john@intellectsys.com> >Subject: ltw oilpan <snip> >but the oil extractor only sucked out about 5 quarts! At first I thought, >"Damn, the previous owner must have let the oil run really low." ( ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#11. RE: [E36M3] Glovebox rattles - from dave spragg
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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:06:41 -0400 From: "dave spragg" <dave@spragg.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Glovebox rattles Hey Michael, Mine was doing the same thing and upon closer inspection the right hand support the glove box hangs on had come disconnected. Maybe yours has too? I took a look and it was missing some kind of plastic connecter so I did what any red blooded warranty holding guy would do... I brought it to the dealer and they fixed it. They also fixed the nearly impossible to open from the outside and hard to open from the inside passenger door handle that seems so common on E36's (same happened to my 94 325is twice). Dave Spragg dave@spragg.com Natick, MA 99 M3 Sharked -----Original Message----- From: Michael Ting [mailto:lupin@purdue.edu] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:27 PM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] Glovebox rattles Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:22:28 -0500 From: "Michael Ting" <lupin@purdue.edu> Subject: Glovebox rattles One more question guys. :) My glovebox cover (what's the proper name for it?? the thing that opens/closes on the glovebox) is rattling on uneven road. The cover won't close as tight as new, and I'm guessing that this is the reason for the rattles. How can I fix this rattle? Thanks. Michael Ting -------------------- ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. *************************************************************
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#12. RE: [E36M3] Kumho track pressure - from dave spragg
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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:14:51 -0400 From: "dave spragg" <dave@spragg.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Kumho track pressure I found that for New Hampshire International Speedway, Lime Rock, and Mt Tremblant the Kumho V700's performed best for me when started in the 31-32 psi range which would then heat up (be very gentle and smooth at first) to 40-43 psi depending on the temp that day and such. My car with stock suspension and alignment from the factory like the fronts at 42 and the rears at 40 hot. I messed with the pressures until they were even side to side once hot. My recordings showed 1:05's at Lime Rock and 1:20's at NHIS with these hot pressures which aren't super fast but aren't slow either considering I only got a lap here and there that was actually open at NHIS. Tire wear was as good as I think one could expect with my alignment. YMMV. ;) For autocrossing I like to run something like 44 front and 40 rear with this same car. I keep a diary of tire pressures, conditions, and results at: http://www.spragg.com/dave/Autocross/Solo_II_index.html Have fun! Dave Spragg dave@spragg.com Natick, MA 99 M3 Sharked -----Original Message----- From: Wentz, Don [mailto:don.wentz@intel.com] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 8:57 PM To: E36M3 Subject: RE: [E36M3] Kumho track pressure Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:50:54 -0700 From: "Wentz, Don" <don.wentz@intel.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Kumho track pressure Vince wrote: >Well, I finally corded the G-Forces and I just have received a set of Kumho R >compounds from the Tirerack (225/45/17). This is the first time I will be >running the Kumhos at the track and was curious what people have been using for >cold and hot tire pressure in a 99 M3? What an EXCELLENT question. I just tried mine at Ptln Intl raceway the 4th. Brand new Kumho V700 225/45 on stock 7.5 rims. First run started at 36 lbs all four, came in at LR - 49, LF - 48, RR - 46, RF - 43, Final run started at 38 lbs all four, came in at LR - 51, LF - 49, RR - 48, RF - 45, The right front was a little 'melted' looking at the outside tread, but all the tires seemed to have decent wear across them and no 'rolling over' on the sidewalls. Am I just a leadfoot and pushing them too hard? What would be their recommended initial pressures? I've NEVER experienced anything near a 13 lb pressure increase in a tire at the track! thx, dw 95 M3 ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. *************************************************************