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#1. Ignition lock...The Service Bulettin - from nabli@attglobal.net
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Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:44:06 -0400 From: nabli@attglobal.net Subject: Ignition lock...The Service Bulettin There's a service bulletin on this issue but it's not covered under warranty. :-( See 32 01 99 and here it is: SUBJECT: Ignition Lock Spins Freely MODEL: E31, E36, E38, E39 Situation: The ignition lock cylinder of these models was designed with an actuating tab that breaks off if forcing of the lock is attempted with the wrong key or with some form of tool as part of a vehicle theft effort. The purpose of the breakaway tab is to prevent the lock assembly from being forced to the point where the cylinder breaks out of the housing, allowing the steering lock to release and the ignition switch to be turned with a screwdriver. Since the cylinder will spin freely, the required force cannot be applied to the assembly. It is possible to break off the tab if enough force is applied to the proper key, and the key has not been inserted completely into the cylinder. Even if the tab has been broken off the lock will still operate, as long as the correct key is completely inserted into the lock. Procedure: If the tab has been broken off, the lock cylinder can be replaced, following Repair Manual instructions section 32 32 050. When the cylinder is removed, carefully inspect the inside of the housing to locate the tab, and remove all broken off pieces. It is normally not necessary to replace the housing unless damage to the inside of the housing is evident. Warranty Information: Information only. Cheers, Jim E. Steve Grigory wrote: Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 13:51:06 -0700 From: Steve Grigory <sgrigory@pacbell.net> Subject: Ignition lock..."funny thing happened today" I got in my car today after lunch and put the key in the ignition and turned the key. And the key just simply turned without doing anything! Very loose feeling. After a few "uh oh's" I turned it further and after one full revolution it started working normally and the car started. I turned the ignition off, pulled the key back out and tried it again. It worked normally and the car started. Anyone else have this happen to them? I'm wondering if it's "about to break" and I should think about replacing it. I'd prefer not to get stranded. Thanks, steve 95 M3 ************************************************************* 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 to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#2. RE: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger - from Robert S. Hatrak II
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 21:07:28 -0700 From: "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger HAHA. Mine is RSHatrakII. : ) Where have you been? =) My AOL IM is "ekosan" Chester --- "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> wrote: > Has anyone else downloaded the AOL instant messenger software? You don't > need to have an AOL account to use it, as I found out today. Would it be a > good idea for the list members to swap screen names to talk about M3 stuff? ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ************************************************************* 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 to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Gas Cap Cover Question - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 22:05:59 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Gas Cap Cover Question At 12:48 PM 10/8/01, Rich wrote: >My 98 M3 gas cap cover, the body colored flap, doesn't stay closed. So >unless I hold the cover closed and lock the car, the flap remains >unlocked. >=20 >The flap has a gap of 1/4-1/2 inch that it stays open. Does anyone know >how to adjust this flap so it will close properly/ >=20 >Thanks so much for this information and all the other great advice you >all have shared with me. This is one of the unfamiliar "wear" items on the E36s. What has happened is the little metal spring inside the door has given out. You need to replace it. 51-17-1-888-374 Spring, retailed at $1.53 the last time I bought one. FWIW, I'm on either my 3rd or 4th one, I can't remember :-) Hope that helps, Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - getting new windshield & LR door lock actuator next
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#4. RE: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger - from Keith Tsang
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:09:25 -0700 From: "Keith Tsang" <ktsang1@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Subject: RE: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger Mine is: KTrainman Anybody care to assemble a list of all the names... Keith -----Original Message----- From: Robert S. Hatrak II [mailto:rob@hatrak.com] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 9:09 PM To: E36M3 Subject: RE: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 21:07:28 -0700 From: "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger HAHA. Mine is RSHatrakII. : ) Where have you been? =) My AOL IM is "ekosan" Chester --- "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> wrote: > Has anyone else downloaded the AOL instant messenger software? You don't > need to have an AOL account to use it, as I found out today. Would it be a > good idea for the list members to swap screen names to talk about M3 stuff? ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ************************************************************* 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 to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#5. Re: Electrical Gremlins - from Ron Buchalski
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Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 05:01:44 From: "Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Electrical Gremlins Peter, If all your bulbs check out okay, it could be one of two things: 1) Electrical contacts for the bulbs need to be cleaned up 2) Your turn signal flasher is getting ready to die When my turn signal flasher was approaching the end of it's life, it did the same thing. -rb >Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 16:07:43 US/Pacific >From: peter@guagenti.com >Subject: Electrical Gremlins > >I am experiencing a couple of electrical gremlins in my wife's 4-door that >I was hoping if anyone had faced/solved: > >- Intermittently, the turn signals will go into a "fast blink" mode and the >front light does nto work. I thought this was a bulb issue, replaced the >bulb, but it did not solve the problem. Some times it happens, some times >it doesn't. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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#6. Re: AOL Instant Messenger - from Bill P
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 02:04:17 -0400 From: "Bill P" <casanova@yorkhost.com> Subject: Re: AOL Instant Messenger AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is cool but MS Messeger (MSM) is tons better. I started usig MSM in Greece and will not go back to AIM. With MSM you can have chat rooms with a whole lot of buddies, not so with AIM. I know a new version of AIM is out but I still don't think you can have group chats, only instant chats. Anyways AIM - Bad Bimr MSM - M3God Bill P -------------------- 8 -------------------- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:31:18 -0700 From: "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> Subject: AOL Instant Messenger Has anyone else downloaded the AOL instant messenger software? You don't need to have an AOL account to use it, as I found out today. Would it be a good idea for the list members to swap screen names to talk about M3 stuff? -------------------- 9 --------------------
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#7. Re: [E36M3] E36 vs E46 drag race - from Josh
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Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 02:25:09 -0400 From: Josh <M3@MotorSportPower.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36 vs E46 drag race Josh - EuroSport wrote.... "AA's dyno chart is showing the E46 M3 as putting out ~247hp to the rear wheels ?????? yea right they may want to figure out what was wrong with the car they tested because my M3 is putting out 286hp at the rear wheels est. ~246hp @ crank." Josh, Apples to oranges. Rear wheel #'s are always lower on a Mustang dyno. On their dyno your crank HP would exceed 370. If you had read the rest of the page you would have noticed this link in large font above the graphs... http://www.activeautowerke.com/dyno/MustangVsDynojet.asp <http://www.activeautowerke.com/dyno/MustangVsDynojet.asp> Typically a 1.21 multiplier is used with a dynojet and a 1.31 with the Mustang. Josh A.
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#8. Re: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger - from Tommy
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 00:10:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Tommy <obd2m3@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] AOL Instant Messenger My AIM name is OBDIIM3, I'm always interested in BMW talk, message me anytime I'm on. Tommy '99 M3 NY Chapter CCA > -------------------- 8 -------------------- > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:31:18 -0700 > From: "Robert S. Hatrak II" <rob@hatrak.com> > Subject: AOL Instant Messenger > > Has anyone else downloaded the AOL instant messenger > software? You don't > need to have an AOL account to use it, as I found > out today. Would it be a > good idea for the list members to swap screen names > to talk about M3 stuff? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
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#9. Re: Now RFG II Gas - from shane.a.kleinpeter@accenture.com
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:59:03 -0400 From: shane.a.kleinpeter@accenture.com Subject: Re: Now RFG II Gas >There hasn't been a carbureted car sold in 20+ years yet EPA came out >with a new cleaner gas just for carburetors 8 years ago. Sorry. Too >late. Not to nit pick, but the 1986 Isuzu Trooper II that I had in college had a carbureter. I'm sure there are several other examples. Lower end cars did not all get fuel injection until very late in the 80's, cutting your time since the dawn of FI in half. The rest of your observations, I agree with. Shane Kleinpeter '96 M3 '94 325i '00 Discovery Series II This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.
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#10. Re: [E36M3] E36 vs E46 drag race - from NickG
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 07:33:33 -0400 From: "NickG" <nikog@MediaOne.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36 vs E46 drag race Josh A., My opinion is that the 1.21 vs 1.31 multiplier is a bunch of BS. Rear wheel hp is rear wheel hp. If you look at the dyno curves of stock '95 M3's on that site, they're putting out around 199rwhp on that Mustang Dyno. Using a multiplier of 1.21 gives you around 240hp on the nose. Using 1.31 gives 260hp, which is unrealistic. So a multiplier of 1.21 seems correct. The multiplier isn't going to change just because you make mods to the engine either. What I'm getting at is if you use a 1.21 factor for a stock E36 M3, you *have* to use the same multiplier when testing the same car no matter what mods you've made. Also, keep in mind that the E46 M3 has a different drivetrain, so I would expect it to have a different drivetrain loss factor. Nick > Josh - EuroSport wrote.... > > "AA's dyno chart is showing the E46 > M3 as putting out ~247hp to the rear wheels ?????? yea right they may > want > to figure out what was wrong with the car they tested because my M3 is > putting out 286hp at the rear wheels est. ~246hp @ crank." > > > Josh, > Apples to oranges. Rear wheel #'s are always lower on a Mustang dyno. On > their dyno your crank HP would exceed 370. If you had read the rest of > the page you would have noticed this link in large font above the > graphs... http://www.activeautowerke.com/dyno/MustangVsDynojet.asp > <http://www.activeautowerke.com/dyno/MustangVsDynojet.asp> > Typically a 1.21 multiplier is used with a dynojet and a 1.31 with the > Mustang. > > > Josh A.