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#1. RE: blower motor chirp - from Richardson, Scott
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:40:34 -0500 From: "Richardson, Scott" <srichardson@Topworx.com> Subject: RE: blower motor chirp Fellow listers, I brought my 96 M3 coupe in to the local dealer this morning to fix the heating/AC blower motor. It squeaks at various blower motor speeds, usually the low ones (like 4 to 6 bars showing). I was informed that my extended factory warranty expired in November 2000. I thought it was 2001.... damn. Anyway, they want $750.00 to replace it, and the part is worth about $350.00. My questions are, does anyone on the list have experience replacing these things? How difficult is it to replace, for a reasonably competant shade tree mechanic (heated garage here in MN.)? What's the best place to find procedure info? What's the best (low price, good service) place to mail order the blower motor from? Thanks in advance for your help. Scott 96 M3/2
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#2. Re: Wheel Repairs - from Lew Becker
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:40:49 -0800 From: "Lew Becker" <lmbeckercfls@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Wheel Repairs Can anyone recommend (or caution to stay away from) a wheel repair outfit in the SF Bay area? Thanks.
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#3. Re: Max Speed - from Neil Maller
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:05:04 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Max Speed on 2/16/01 10:27 AM, someone wrote: > Max speed is NOT an Algebraic relationship between speedometer and RPMs. It is in theory, although perhaps not exactly in practice. Consider that: - There will be a little more tire slip at higher speed, tending to make the speedometer read higher than road speed. Is this the effect significant, who knows? - Although the speedometer is driven by a digital signal from a pickup in the final drive, the speedometer display itself is an analog meter. Such meters typically exhibit less accuracy at either end of the scale than in the middle. - Manufacturers always seem to bias their speedometers to read high. And just about every magazine test of a high performance car seems to have a sentence reading something like: "The optimistic speedometer claimed a top speed of 184 mph, although our electronic timing equipment recorded a still impressive 172 mph." In Lowell's case, since his 95 M3 seems to be reaching an unattainably high top speed, and the rev limiter also seems to be 200 rpm too high at an indicated 7200 rpm, I'm wondering if the tach itself is over-reading. Wouldn't that explain both issues? Neil 96 M3
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#4. Radiator Question... - from Luis Rueda
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:54:57 -0500 From: "Luis Rueda" <Luis_Rueda@INTERLIANT.COM> Subject: Radiator Question... Thanks to all of you who responded to my email about the radiator replacement & specially thanks to Matt Henson for including a detailed procedure on how to go about it. I'm definitely doing it myself & I'm glad I asked because the shop wanted to charge $320 for the radiator alone, Mr Gerolamo comes to the rescue to let me know he has it for $240. Aaahh, the power of the internet & BMW fanatics like this group. I'm touched, sniff, sniff (heh, heh). You guys are great & thanks again! :-) Luis BMWCCA member '95 M3 '88 M5 From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Radiator question... Anyway, what I do is.. 1) Put car on stands to drain the radiator 2) Remove plastic cover over the rad/nose of car 3) Release radiator retainers on the top. They are two plastic arms that hold it in place. Just insert a flat screwdriver in the slot, where the arrow points. 4) Remove the 2 plastic thingies that hold the top of the shroud to the rad. They look like big rivets. You just pull out the middle piece and the whole thing comes out. 5) Remove upper and lower hoses from rad. Also remove the vent host, right above the upper hose. 6) Unplug the reservoir level sensor and coolant tempo sensor. 7. Lift shroud to separate from the rad. 8) Carefully remove old rad. 9) Clean up spilled fluids. Installation is reverse. YMMV. I'm not responsible if this procedure kills you, etc.. G'luck. -Matt
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#5. Hella European headlights - from Paul Agustin
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:11:30 -0600 From: Paul Agustin <agustin@iaxs.net> Subject: Hella European headlights Does anyone know who sells the Hella Euro Ellipsoid lights. I'm looking for a left lens only. The time has come to begin the preparation for rolling the M3 out of the garage and it would be nice not to have that unsightly chip and crack in the lens. TIA Paul Agustin
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Tires Growing At Speed - from James Clay
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:15:20 -0500 From: "James Clay" <james@bimmerworld.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Tires Growing At Speed I don't know how much tires grow at speed, but they do change sizes and footprint with pressure, so they can change dimension. Example: tire at 40 PSI cold, do 1 session, measure tire temps from inside out - 140 165 140, let out 3 psi, do 1 session, new temps are 140 140 140. The temperature change is a direct result of the center of the tire shrinking (tire not balooned as much) from the pressure decrease. James Clay Late model ignition coils now on sale, just $39.95 each. For more information, visit http://www.bimmerworld.com/ignition_wires.htm http://www.bimmerworld.com Engineered BMW Performance BMWCCA/SCCA Racecar Rental Genuine OEM and Used BMW Parts (540) 639-9648 Please copy original message text in all correspondences.
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#7. RE: [E36M3] Re: max speed - from MDadgar@handspring.com
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:26:23 -0800 From: MDadgar@handspring.com Subject: RE: [E36M3] Re: max speed Andy wrote: [Andy's story about "Butthead" running from Da Law deleted] > BTW, this only works when you have no front plate. > > BTW, this only work when you have no frontal lobes. (too good to pass up) - Mark '95 M3 '97 528i 5-spd '88 M3, Hennarot ---- Mark Dadgar - Product Manager, Visor (650) 230-5037 voice - (650) 230-2100 fax mdadgar@handspring.com - Handspring, Inc Check out Visor at www.handspring.com!
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Re: Wheel Repairs - from MDadgar@handspring.com
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:29:42 -0800 From: MDadgar@handspring.com Subject: RE: [E36M3] Re: Wheel Repairs Lew wrote: > Can anyone recommend (or caution to stay away from) a wheel repair outfit > in the SF Bay area? Thanks. > Wheel Techniques in Campbell. They are fantastic. www.wheeltechniques.com It's Mullett-Central, but they do amazing work. I also get all my tires mounted and balanced there (they do F1 wheels/tires for a couple of teams). You can select them as a Ship-To location from Tire Rack's on-line ordering system. LOVE that. - Mark '95 M3 '97 528i 5-spd '88 M3, Hennarot ---- Mark Dadgar - Product Manager, Visor (650) 230-5037 voice - (650) 230-2100 fax mdadgar@handspring.com - Handspring, Inc Check out Visor at www.handspring.com!
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Re: Work in Progress - from Ron Buchalski
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:47:31 From: "Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Work in Progress >From: LoweSeaton@aol.com >To: rbuchals@hotmail.com, e36m3@bmw-m.net >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Work in Progress >Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:45:40 EST > >Ah! A math question I can answer. You could use your tachometer. Just >multiply the engine speed by the distance traveled per engine revolution. >One formula is thus: > >RPM x (60 min / 1 hr) x rear wheel diameter (in) x Pi / rear end ratio / >transmission ratio x (1 mile / 63360 in) = miles per hour > >The only unknown is the size of your rear wheels. To determine the >diameter of your rear wheels in inches: > >section width (mm) x aspect ratio x 2 / 25.4 (mm/in) + rim diameter (in) > >For a 235/40-17 tire - diameter = 235 x 0.4 x 2 / 25.4 + 17 = 24.40 inches >For a 245/40-17 tire - diameter = 24.72 inches >For a 235/45-17 tire - diameter = 25.33 inches Your formula for tire diameter yields a revs/mile of 911.xx According to Ron Katona, Tire Rack quotes the MXX3 in a 235/40ZR17 size as 848 revs/mi Big difference! -rb _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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#10. Re: Work in Progress - from Lee Hassig
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:52:31 -0500 From: "Lee Hassig" <lhassig@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Work in Progress Bora wrote: > Remember that drag increases > something like quadratically with speed. > Actually, it increases as the change in speed to the third power. No wonder it's hard for a 1/2-horsepower, human motor to pedal a bicycle into the wind. Lee '95 M3