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#1. RE: [E36M3] Radio Code... - from Juan Rico
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:13:03 -0700 From: Juan Rico <juan_rico@captionsinc.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Radio Code... Thanks to everybody who responded on my radio code dilemma, if I haven't already gotten back to you individually. It looks like I'll be heading back to the dealer since I can't find the code jotted anywhere in my owner's manual binder, or the plastic card that a few have mentioned. Sure missed J.J. Cale on my commute this morning... ;-) Thanks again for your help! Juan. ************************************************************* 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: Climate Control Issue - from JUSTIN GERRY
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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:35:23 -0400 From: "JUSTIN GERRY" <JGERRY@butchers.com> Subject: Re: Climate Control Issue Two common issues with E36s (actually applies to all cars) with ventilation systems. 1) The high fan speed resistor (I *think* it was that funky looking 12 pronged thing as you describe) tends to go leaving you with either the first fan setting or full blast, but nothing in between. Yes, these were on national back order last year at one point. 2nd issue applies to all digital climate cars only. 2) Control Unit; usually the power will go on and off over bumps, or simply not turn on at all. They all (those that do fail that is) seem to fail in the same way with what I believe are tiny cracks on the PCB by the main plug. I tried to reflow my solder joints but it only seemed to work for a brief time. Ended up getting a rebuilt unit that had newer firmware ($50 with CPO, $200+Core actual cost). I can actually say that the auto feature in the new unit works like its supposed to. As far as symptoms, if your fan is acting strange and if the Control Unit has no apparent power problems, then I would probably try to replace the high speed fan resistor first. -Justin -- '76 02 (Whimsical) (ventilation that works..well um.. just use the quarter lights) '97 M3 (Orion) (ventilation that works like its supposed to) BMW CCA#77056 check out http://users.vei.net/jgerry
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Free beer in exchange for M3 support. - from twisty M3
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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:50:12 -0700 From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Free beer in exchange for M3 support. >From: "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> > > >fact, Jonathan (twistyM3) and I can make this a team effort and we can even >go for dinner over the weekend! > Yes!!! It's absolutely true. ;) It's a bay area Eat-Fest this weekend. The first beer's on me... the rest are on Mr. Mount. Jonathan L. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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#4. Re: [E30Group] Dallas area Autocrosses this Saturday - from alex.fadeev@verizon.com
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:26:28 -0500 From: alex.fadeev@verizon.com Subject: Re: [E30Group] Dallas area Autocrosses this Saturday For those of you in the Dallas area, consider joining the Lone Star Chapter for the 7th autoX of the season at our magnificent Mineral Wells location. It will be fun - as always, the course will be between 1.2 and 1.6 miles (that's what some chapters call a road course ;-) It will be fast - if you don't grab the 4th gear you will not get the FTD ; -) It will be long - you get 8-10 timed runs and 30-60 minutes of fun runs at the end of the day! It will be safe. I might even be chilly - the weather forecast calls for low 90s ;-) Details and directions are here: http://www.lscautox.org/ alex f smiller@bart.gov wrote: > > After you finish San Diego Chapter's autocross Saturday, drive up > the 400+ miles to Marina (near Monterey) and join the Golden Gate > Chapter for our autocross Sunday. Sleep? You don't need any sleep! > Details at: > > www.ggc-bmw-cca.org > > While we don't have room to design the high speed courses like at > Qualcom, our course designer, Crazy Joe Dyer, does like a fast > course. Figuring out the right line through his sweeping curves > is key to a fast time. > > Same helmet requirement (Snell 1995 or 2000, SA or M), $45 for the > day, at least six runs, tons of fun hanging with local Bimmerheads. > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA > 1990 325i > > > Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 06:38:39 -0700 > > From: Randy Walters <randylwalters@earthlink.net> > >Subject: San Diego BMW Club Autocross Sat Sept 7th > > > > > > The San Diego BMW CCA is holding another one of their excellent > > high-speed autocrosses at Qualcomm Stadium's huge West Lot on > > Saturday Sept 7th. BMW CCA membership required, and the event > > fills up fast so you should be there before 7:00 am. > > <snip>
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#5. RE: [E36M3] Free beer in exchange for M3 support. - from Mount, Mike
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:25:29 -0700 From: "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Free beer in exchange for M3 support. Yes!!! It's absolutely true. ;) It's a bay area Eat-Fest this weekend. The first beer's on me... the rest are on Mr. Mount. <<<<aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhh! Jonathan, they'll come far and wide to join in! You've ruined my reputation! Don't you know I don't work for a 'dot-com just went IPO' but work for a 'dot-bankrupt'? Sheesh! Have you dropped a weight on your head? *sigh* Oh well, it'll be fun! Steve Walsh just e-mailed me and says he'll join us. I don't know if you know anything about Kiwis, but they can drink beer like their aussie cousins and talk your ear off. Still can't understand a thing he says tho. Maybe we can get Donna, Jim B or Peter to translate for us, eh?
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#6. Miss out! - from dripton
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#7. Bosch Ellipsoids - from Alan Taur
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:54:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan Taur <alantaur@yahoo.com> Subject: Bosch Ellipsoids Hi, Gruppe. I've gotten a few personal emails for the part numbers for the Bosch ellipsoids, and I thought I'd just share it with the rest of you as well. 63 12 1 387 041 63 12 1 387 042 I bought mine through the normal BMW NA network. Surprisingly, one side was in US inventory, the other took a week to get from Germany. Hope this helps! -Alan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? - from Dames, Mark
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:04:26 -0700 From: "Dames, Mark" <Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? Rich Thanks for the explanation. Sounds suspiciously like an upgrade with no downside? The photo looks like it may be a PITA to get the bushing assembly into the console with the disks in place. Do these disks alleviate wear of the RTB's? mark. -----Original Message----- From: Rich Beebe [mailto:rich@beebecomm.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:08 PM To: Dames, Mark; E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? From: "Dames, Mark" <Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US> > Rich > What is a GC shim/what does it do? > Explain "better feel" the GC shims go on each side of the rear bushing, in the carrier, and help to reduce/eliminate deflection in the bushing. if you look at the photo in the link below, you'll see the shims on both sides (light colored disks) of the bushing. they have a recess on one side, that mates against the 'dimple' on the carrier. but, if that shim isn't there, the outer circumference of the bushing has a tolerance within which in can move (where the dimple angles back out). the shim takes up that area, reducing (i think almost completely) the deflection of the bushing. the "better feel" comment is referring to how the car feels very planted with new bushings and the shims. you've still got rubber, but it feels very solid. http://www.ground-control.com/e36-rear-lca1.jpg rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Beebe [mailto:rich@beebecomm.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:24 PM > To: E36M3 > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? > > > Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 15:17:56 -0400 > From: Rich Beebe <rich@beebecomm.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? > > at 86k miles, not to mention the track time, i think it's probably > safe to say that your RTBs will be toast. i did my M3 at 75k and they > were pretty well torn. i did the LTW at 50k and they were in better > shape, but still worn. i'm sure you will feel a difference with the > new bushings. i believe the GC shims also go a long way towards the > better feel. > > rich > 2 95s with 96+ bushings and GC shims > > From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> > >> Quick inquiry... I've always tried to ignore all the talk of rear > bushings, >> 'cause I'm hoping that ignorance will lead to bliss. ;) It sounds, > however, >> that the rear trailing arm bushings tend to go bad on tracked cars. I > don't >> *think* mine are too bad, but I'm having some front end suspension stuff >> taken care of this weekend while I'm out of town, so I'm wondering if this >> is some sort of preventative work I should have done. >> >> At what "age" do these tend to go bad? I've got about 86k miles on my '99 >> and I've recently upped my track dosage to 1-2 events per month. Is it >> worthwhile to ask them to replace these while they have the car on the > lift? >> (If so, I'll probably go with stock parts for now, rather than dealing >> with poly. issues) >> >> Thanks, >> Jonathan L.
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#9. Re: RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? - from cteague@cox.net
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:29:44 -0400 From: <cteague@cox.net> Subject: Re: RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? Mark, I haven't found a downside to this upgrade. ;-) Sliding the bushings into the bracket that bolts to the car was actually no big deal. These install very easy. I would assume these should help the wear of the rubber bushings. Chris 97 M3/4 > > Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:04:26 -0700 > From: "Dames, Mark" <Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US> > Subject: RE: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? > > Rich > Thanks for the explanation. > Sounds suspiciously like an upgrade with no downside? > The photo looks like it may be a PITA to get the bushing assembly into the > console with the disks in place. > Do these disks alleviate wear of the RTB's?
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#10. Pad set FS - from James Clay
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:43:20 -0400 From: "James Clay" <james@bimmerworld.com> Subject: Pad set FS Have one box of Hawk HT-8 pads still on the shelf. These are a full track pad, the predecessor to the HT-10 pad we now use on the race cars. New, E36 M3 F fitment, $100 to the first person that claims it... James ------------------------------------------------------------------ James Clay http://www.bimmerworld.com Engineered BMW Performance World Challenge / SCCA / BMWCCA Racecar Rental Genuine and OEM BMW Parts (540) 639-9648 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Please inquire about our new line of performance street, track, and full race clutch/flywheel systems.