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#1. Front Hub / Wheel Bearing noise??? - from Mount, Mike
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:13:35 -0800 From: "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> Subject: Front Hub / Wheel Bearing noise??? List-er's, my '95 M3 has recently began making some noise from the front end. After doing a bit of testing, it appears to be the left front hub. BMP design has a front hub and integral bearing for ~ $100, other parts needed are an extra $20 or so. After checking my Bentley manual it looks like a ~3 hour job except for the 214 ft-lbs of torque needed for the hub nut (!) and the bearing puller and press (which I have neither but at the reasonable cost of a 6-pack of St. Pauli Girl my neighbor will loan). Anyone on the list done one of these, or should I bite the bullet and have the shop do it? Hmmm, while I'm at it; new rotors, pads...$$$ cha-ching! Mike '95 M3 da kar is yellow
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Re: E46 A/C turn-off - from Sean Hester
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:30:22 PST From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: E46 A/C turn-off > >>My brand new Hyundai (company car) used to turn on the air con whenever >you >selected the windsheild defrost option... so I ripped the dash off and cut >the two wires...<< > >Why??! Havent you ever noticed that unless you turn the ac on, the >defroster option works about 10% as well as it does when the ac is on? You >need the ac to pull the humidity out of the air, helping you defog. I used >to love my past cars that had the intellegence built in to turn the ac on >automatically whenever I went to defog....With my M3, I always have to turn >the ac on manually when I am defogging!!! also a good idea is turning off the recirc and using fresh air. recirc pretty much GUARANTEES that you'll have foggy windows. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#3. Jacques Villeneuves's Birthday - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:31:51 -0500 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: Jacques Villeneuves's Birthday Chris said> Dear Ed, >My birthday is 03/02/48. Please send the gift certificate to my good friend Chris who lives in >in the USA. I will pick it up when I visit him for Halloween. :-) >Your friend, >Jacques, Now retired from racing I found a distinctly different answer here when I did not think Jacques was that old (although not far off) http://www.villeneuve.com/jacques/career/index.htm Date of birth : November 4, 1953 Place of birth : Chambly (Quebec) Residence : St-Cuthbert , Quebec Best regards, Rich
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#4. RE: [E36M3] Re: E46 A/C turn-off - from MDadgar@handspring.com
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:42:58 -0800 From: MDadgar@handspring.com Subject: RE: [E36M3] Re: E46 A/C turn-off Sean wrote: > also a good idea is turning off the recirc and using fresh > air. recirc pretty much GUARANTEES that you'll have foggy > windows. > Actually, on E36's, recirc automatically turns on the AC, so there's no fogging. The problem with using the AC to defog the windows is that as soon as you turn the AC off, the windows fog immediately (due to all that moisture sitting on the AC condenser). - Mark '95 M3 '97 528i 5-spd '88 M3, Hennarot ---- Mark Dadgar - Product Manager, Peripherals (650) 230-5037 voice - (650) 230-2100 fax mdadgar@handspring.com - Handspring, Inc. Check out Visor at www.handspring.com!
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#5. One touch open/close/tilt, was: E36 stuff for sale: - from shane.a.kleinpeter@ac.com
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:56:15 -0500 From: shane.a.kleinpeter@ac.com Subject: One touch open/close/tilt, was: E36 stuff for sale: Brent writes: <snip> Sunroof motor/switch from 95 M3. Replaced with 00 motor and switch. (one touch baby! open close AND tilt!) $20 obo /<snip> I write: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Brent, I know you want to clear this useless switch out of your garage and all, but you could at least provide us with a little info on the switch you replaced it with. Ok, so everyone probably already knows this, so you could at least tell ME about it. Like what the part number is, how much it cost and what else you had to do to make the damn thing work as advertised. What do you think? : ) Shane Kleinpeter Tarheel Chapter '96 M3 <-- with new water pump, thermostat housing and belt tensioners, all for $50, not bad. 88 535is <-- doesn't break
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#6. Getting Water stains off paint - from Bora Akyol
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:09:21 -0800 From: Bora Akyol <akyol@pluris.com> Subject: Getting Water stains off paint My wife's car has three body panels covered with hard water stains, what I can use to get these out? On an M3 note, every time I take a curve with this car, I am amazed. I took an on-ramp to 85S from 280N today at a speed I thought was not quite possible and I wasn't even pushing. Bora
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#7. RE: Euro Fog Lamps - from Awm1280@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:34:09 EST From: Awm1280@aol.com Subject: RE: Euro Fog Lamps I have a set of yellow french fog lights brand new i can sell you 200/pair plus shipping
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#8. LTW Oilpan installation Q - from Bob Lenarcik
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:35:43 -0800 From: "Bob Lenarcik" <lenarcik@pacbell.net> Subject: LTW Oilpan installation Q I have a question for anyone who has installed the LTW Oilpan in their E36 M3: Are the oil pump bolts anything special? The kit did not come with replacements and the instructions talk about replacing them. My mechanic needs to know whether the original bolts can be reused or if a different type of bolt (stretch vs. std) or length needs to be used. TIA for any help here. - Bob '97 M3
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#9. RE: Lifetime parts once replaced once. - from Fadeev, Alex
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:24:32 -0600 From: "Fadeev, Alex" <alex.fadeev@verizon.com> Subject: RE: Lifetime parts once replaced once. WCRoswell@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 10/30/2000 7:56:41 PM EST, > e36m3@bmwmpower.com writes: > > << I thought many parts are lifetime once you bite the bullet > :>and pay for the part and labor the first time around. Thus, > :>if your water pump fails, you pay the dealer the cost of the > :>new water pump and for the labor associated with the removal > :>of the failed part and installation of the new part. From > :>that point on, you only have to pay for labor should the > :>water pump fail again.... > :> > :>Chester > > This doesn't seem to make sense. If the part is good enough to > have a lifetime warranty once it has been replaced, then why > wasn't the OEM part lifetime warranty. After all its the SAME > PART. And when you bought the car you already bit the bullet > for the part price the first time. Bill, It all begins to make sense once you recall that your local cheap muffler shops run the same scheme. The warranty is there to get you into the shop. Even if the part fails under warranty, you still pay for the labor to put in a replacement. Then they upsell you on something else. OEM parts do come with a similar warranty (4 year/50K mile). Neither is lifetime (except for perhaps a few items). alex
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#10. RE: [E36M3] Re: E46 A/C turn-off - from Sean Hester
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:52:12 PST From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Re: E46 A/C turn-off >The problem with using the AC to defog the windows is that as soon as you >turn the AC off, the windows fog immediately (due to all that moisture >sitting on the AC condenser). maybe i'm too "non green"? but... since AC helps defogging, why would i ever want to have the AC off when i'm defogging? or anytime for that matter. de-humidified air is NICE! ;-) just to get that last 3 hp? in my audi S4 (sorry for using the A word) there's not even an AC button. the compressor is ALWAYS on. even when you're heating the car, the compressor is de-humidifying for you. for hot rodders, there's apparently a feature (how would i ever know, it's such a small difference) that turns off the compressor under full acceleration. (the only time you need that last 3hp from the engine) i suppose that means if you stayed on full throttle for 5 minutes in a row, your windows would fog. but barring that, i like the compressor always running. though... maybe it's why i get less then 20mpg? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#11. Re: [E36M3] RE: Lifetime parts once replaced once. - from Sean Hester
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:54:38 PST From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] RE: Lifetime parts once replaced once. >It all begins to make sense once you recall that your local cheap muffler >shops run the same scheme. >The warranty is there to get you into the shop. Even if the part fails >under >warranty, you still pay for the labor to put in a replacement. Then they >upsell you on something else. >OEM parts do come with a similar warranty (4 year/50K mile). Neither is >lifetime (except for perhaps a few items). i've paid to have LOTS of parts in my M3 replaced. (just about every single one ;-P and i never got more then a 1 year warrenty on any of them. from bmw that is. my koni shocks had a longer warrenty. if i'd chosen to replace my shocks with BMW ones, i'd have only had a 1 year warrenty (and paid more too, duh...) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.