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#1. Forgelines - from Mike Fleischer
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:29:09 -0600 From: "Mike Fleischer" <mfle@ti.com> Subject: Forgelines All =20 The Forgelines have been sold after an alarming number of responses. =20 =20 Thanks to all that inquired. =20 Mike =20
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#2. RE: [E36M3] Intercom Solution - from Tom Tice
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:00:58 -0500 From: "Tom Tice" <tetice@triad.rr.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Intercom Solution I'm on my second NADY intercom at this point. They are somewhat fragile but work about as good as anything else and the others cost 2 to 3X. If you take reasonable care they hold up OK. My first one lasted 5 years. Since they are reasonably inexpensive, I look at them as another consumable driver school item like brake pads. A good source for the NADY is OG Racing in Virginia. http://www.ogracing.com/ They are listed under helmets and accessories about the 3rd page down. The sell for $59 from OG. Many Motorcycle shops try to get $90 + for these things. If you can somehow arrange to buy at least 10 of these you can get them even cheaper. Last year I bought 10 for our local BMW Chapter to make available for sale at the drivers schools. I believe I got them for about $47 each. Tom Tice '98 M3/4 '99 540/6 > -----Original Message----- > From: Seth Thomas [mailto:porsche993@mindspring.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:13 PM > To: E36M3 > Subject: RE: [E36M3] Intercom Solution > > > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:07:09 -0500 > From: "Seth Thomas" <porsche993@mindspring.com> > Subject: RE: [E36M3] Intercom Solution > > I have heard that these do not hold up that well. Do you have experience > with them or any other ones? > > Seth Thomas > www.m3ltw.com > www.m3power.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Hester [mailto:seanh_race@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:33 PM > To: E36M3 > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Intercom Solution > > > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:23:33 -0800 > From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Intercom Solution > > look here: (the PMC-2 works well) > > http://www.nadywireless.com/motorcycle.html > > it's designed for motorcycles, but it's great for in car driving > instruction.
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushings - Help needed! - from Joe Dyer
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:45:45 -0800 From: "Joe Dyer" <joedyer@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushings - Help needed! All, A good method of pressing tight fitting things is by use of a large "C" clamp. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd" <lmats@earthlink.net> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushings - Help needed! | Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:36:30 -0800 | From: "Lloyd" <lmats@earthlink.net> | Subject: RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushings - Help needed! | | An old trick that might work is to use a long bolt and a piece of pipe. | Find a piece of pipe that will fit over the bushing, use a couple of flat | washers over the end, put the bolt through the washers and out the end of | the suspension arm. Use washer on the other and tighten nut to draw bushing | through. Make sure that everything lines up before starting and use lots of | lubrication. | | | ************************************************************* | List Commands | UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. | DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. | GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). | | To issue a command/request to the server: | Send a message with the command you wish executed as the | subject of the message. | ************************************************************* | | |
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#4. [E36M3] Inspection II - from ENF
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 01:43:21 -0500 From: "ENF" <enf@iglou.com> Subject: [E36M3] Inspection II I am getting close to an inspections II. Can anyone tell me what that will consist of. Cost etc. Also for those of you that remember, I had the slipping belt sound that came 40 minutes or so after engine warm up. The dealer had my car 2 weeks and did not find the problem or know what to do. They tell me know I have to wait for a factory rep to come in. The only thing I have accomplishished is that the dealer recognises there is something there. They just don't know what. Updates when I know something. Ed Frank 97 M3/4
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#5. Fuel Filter - from Roman
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:41:34 -0800 From: Roman <roman@arteuro.com> Subject: Fuel Filter Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knew when BMW suggests replacement of the fuel filter on an E36 M3? Considering the gas consumption rate, I imagine that changes of fuel filters happen often. Cheers, Roman S. 96 ///M3
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? - from Altezza280TT@cs.com
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 02:02:10 EST From: Altezza280TT@cs.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? I took the wheel off when I got off work today and fill up the bathtub 1/2 way and roll the wheel around for at least 10 time but no bubble anywhere? All I got was a black ring around the tub and an ear full from my wife when she got home. Any other suggestion? Steve
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? - from Jim Powell
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:56:50 -0800 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@apexcone.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? Did you pump it up to about 50 lbs? Works best that way. Altezza280TT@cs.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 02:02:10 EST > From: Altezza280TT@cs.com > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? > > I took the wheel off when I got off work today and fill up the bathtub > 1/2 > way and roll the wheel around for at least 10 time but no bubble > anywhere? > All I got was a black ring around the tub and an ear full from my wife > when > she got home. Any other suggestion? Steve > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. > GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). > > To issue a command/request to the server: > Send a message with the command you wish executed as the > subject of the message. > *************************************************************
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? - from Altezza280TT@cs.com
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 02:09:25 EST From: Altezza280TT@cs.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? No, I only put 40 lb in it. Steve
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? - from Jim Powell
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:05:39 -0800 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@apexcone.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Tire Leaking Air Somewhere ? To tell you the truth, on ones that are hard to find, if the tire is middle aged or older, just put a can of tire seal in it and ignore it till it wears out. Unless you race on this tire. I see three possibilities: 1. Water put into tire by cheap compressor freezes in valve stem causing slow leak. 2. Small nail or something stuck in tire but head is ground off. Cardboard box staples are great for this. Very slow leak and hard to spot on inspection. 3. Some bozo is fooking with you by letting air out as a practical joke. This all assumes that previous observations about bent rim etc aren't true. Jim Altezza280TT@cs.com wrote: > No, I only put 40 lb in it. Steve
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#10. Front brake ducting...what I did - from Steve
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:52:19 -0800 From: Steve <sgrigory@pacbell.net> Subject: Front brake ducting...what I did O.k, I figure it's payback time...I've asked alot of questions and it's my turn to "provide" instead of "take." I had to replace a suspect bad front wheel bearing (left side) recently and I decided to replace both of them since it's smarter. I've been wanting to install front brake ducting for track events (especially Laguna Seca) for some time now and this was the time to do it. (Oh, BTW the left front bearing was bad! The inner bearing had gouged one of the races somehow.) I ended up purchasing the TMS Backing Plates and the Bimmerworld Flange and Hose Kit. Both are 3-inch and work fine with one another. The install was pretty straight forward, but there were a few small problems. One of the TMS backing plates had to have all the mouting holes drilled out since the existing holes were all off just a bit. Pretty easy to fix. The Bimmerworld Flange Kit didn't come with any nuts/bolts to attach them to the car. This was annoying to say the least. When it's getting dark and your car is up in the air, the last thing you want to do is have to run off to the hardware store to buy nuts and bolts! They should come with the kit, simple as that... Also, since you're at the hardware store anyway- here's a tip from me. Take ony of the small screws that attach the inner fender liner to the car (they are all the same) and buy four that are longer than what BMW provides. I had the worst time trying to get the four screws that attach the front edges of the fender liner to the car, they come up from the bottom and are blind. They are short enough that everything has to be 105% perfect for them to bite. Longer ones make this much easier. I took Neil Maller's advice (excellent advice by the way!) and bought a holesaw, adjustable in my case, to cut holes in the side of the existing factory brake ducts instead of cutting them in half as Bimmerworld's website tells you to. I cut two 3-inch holes in each duct and then I removed the plastic between them with a sharp knife to end up with a large oval slot. The 3-inch flexible Bimmerworld duct hose is then laid into this slot at a tangent. You end up with the stock moulded plastic duct still in place and fully supported at both ends, and the flexible Bimmerworld duct hose emerging from it to join up to the flange. This worked very nicely. I also used a few zip ties to help support the factory ducting before I re-installed the inner fender liner. Now that it's done you simply install the flexible hose between the Bimmerworld flange on the fender liner and the TMS backing plate when you put the track tires/wheels on the front of the car. You have to remember not to turn the steering wheel too far since you will crush the flexible hose. In my case anything over a 3/4 turn of the steering wheel will rub or crush the flexible hose. For track events this is not an issue. When the track event is over, you just remove the flexible hose when you put the street tires back on the car. It's neat! One additional note, I have 8.5-inch 10-spokes with 245/40 SO2's on the front of my car for the street. My tires will rub on the flange (flexible hose not attached) when I'm near full lock on the steering wheel. A bit of a pain obviously, but it's due to my larger tires/wheels and the fact my car is lowered a bit (Dinan Stage III). I took pics of the install and will have them on a website soon I hope. If anyone would like to see them, let me know and I'll send them to you. steve 95 M3