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#1. Re: Z8 strut caps - from RonStygar@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:26:13 EDT From: RonStygar@aol.com Subject: Re: Z8 strut caps Connect to: http://www.unofficialbmw.com/images//z8strutcaps.jpg They fit better if you remove the lower vertical edge just below the bulge on the bottom. Ron
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#2. RE: [E36M3] It's a small thing but - from Dames, Mark
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:29:38 -0700 From: "Dames, Mark" <Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US> Subject: RE: [E36M3] It's a small thing but they don't fit inside the Dinan bar mount. -----Original Message----- From: Neil Maller [mailto:neil.maller@gte.net] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 8:23 AM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] It's a small thing but Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:20:44 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: It's a small thing but A week or two back someone asked about the Strong Strut strut tower brace. I'd never heard of them, but surfed on over to check it out: http://home1.gte.net/azz3man/ Looks like a decent product, but I already own a UUC Strut Barbarian which I'm perfectly happy with. However one thing caught my eye, and that was the strut tower caps shown on: http://home1.gte.net/azz3man/accinst.htm since of course our original M3 caps, which fit over the 3 mounting nuts, don't work once you've installed a brace. So I emailed Strong Strut, and the owner Paul Ebeyer told me that these are, of all things, stock Z8 parts. I looked up the P/N, which is: 31 33 1 096 046 and ordered a pair at my local dealer for under $10. They arrived yesterday and I popped them in. So as I said, it's a small thing, but it does finish off the strut towers nicely, and prevents dirt from dropping into the bearing area. The caps fit inside the raised mounting lip of the bearing hats, and should work with pretty much any open-plate brace: UUC, BMW-Motorsport, Dinan, etc. (All of which begs the question of just why BMW would tool up a special plastic part just for the Z8, but there you have it.) Neil 96 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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#3. Re: [uuc] E36M3 coils - from alex.fadeev@verizon.com
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:39:38 -0500 From: alex.fadeev@verizon.com Subject: Re: [uuc] E36M3 coils "Thomas G. Clark" <toclark@cisco.com> > Right now Turner Motorsports has them for $25.00 each, used but > in excellent condition. > Just happened to see them when doing some surfing last night... Thomas, Thanks for the lead, but there is not such thing as a good used coil. Just like there are no good used condoms. You can't rule out a bad coil until it is installed in your car and either causes weird drivability problems and/or fries your $400-$1.2K DME. Kirk, Thanks for the offer. I ended up ordering new Bosch coils from a local supplier. Out of curiosity, was that $45 offer on Bosch or Bremi/Beru coils? If it's the former, everyone should keep Kirk in mind as one of the most competitively priced suppliers of Bosch coils. The short store: my drivability and hot stalling problems were traced to flaky 69K mile OE Bremi coils. The long story will be published as soon as the replacement coils go in. alex f At 09:11 AM 9/16/2002 -0400, Eurowerks wrote: >Alex, > >I don't know about $40.00, but I will sell them to you for $45.00 each plus freight... >Let me know.... > >>So far I've got the best price quote of $50.25 from Hendrick BMW. I >>remember reading references to $40 coils. >>TIA, >>alex f > >-- >Kirk A. Gilchrist
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#4. Re: [E36M3] It's a small thing but - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:42:50 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@attbi.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] It's a small thing but At 08:52 AM 9/20/02, Neil Maller wrote: >I get a kick out of some renewal parts product planner back in Germany >wondering why the hell they're selling to many replacement Z8 caps! Strong >Strut told me that they buy them 100 at a time. A few of us thought the same thing a few years ago when Ben Liaw discovered his BL/SS kit using the shift lever from an M Roadster. All of a sudden there was a "run" on Roadster levers :-) Jim Bassett
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#5. Bay area CD Changer repair? - from Murray Roblin \(ATT\)
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:48:35 -0000 From: "Murray Roblin \(ATT\)" <mroblin@att.net> Subject: Bay area CD Changer repair? Hello, My changer is jamming. I've opened it up, cleaned it, lubed the rails, but no luck. Do any of the SF bay area listers have experience with a local electronics repair shop? I've found a few online, but was hoping for something local. Thanks, Murray
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#6. How to trouble shoot the HK amp? (was Sound System troubles) - from Juan Bruce
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:39:20 -0700 From: "Juan Bruce" <jbrucebmw@hotmail.com> Subject: How to trouble shoot the HK amp? (was Sound System troubles) So I swapped back the stock non-HK amp and the system works fine. I swapped back the HK amp and no sound again. I'm not sure what to do now. The HK amp has no fuses. Is there any way to trouble shoot this thing? Or is there something about the HK system I'm overlooking? Juan >-------------------- 2 -------------------- >Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:32:15 -0700 >From: "Jay W. Hudson" <jwhud@cdsnet.net> >Subject: [E36M3] Sound System troubles > > >Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:52:08 -0700 > >From: "Juan Bruce" <jbrucebmw@hotmail.com> > >Subject: Sound System troubles > > > >I finally got around to upgrading my 95 M3 to the Harmon Kardon system >that > >was optional on later years. I swapped components piece by piece to see >the > >difference each component makes and to assure everything is working. I > >swapped the head unit, amp and rear speakers and it sounded great. I > >swapped the right kick panel speaker and it still functioned fine. Then >I > >swapped the left kick panel speaker and the system produced no sound at >all. > > The head unit lit up and changed stations but the system produced > >absolutely no sound. WTF!?! > > > >What could I have done to cause this? > > > >I tired swapping back the kick panel speakers to no avail. It still > >produces no sound! > > > >If anyone has any ideas let me know. > > > >Juan Bruce > >BMW CCA GGC > >'95 M3 > >'85 M635CSi > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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#7. Re: [E36M3] It's a small thing but - from Neil Maller
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:44:40 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] It's a small thing but I had written: > The caps fit inside the raised mounting lip of the bearing hats, and should > work with pretty much any open-plate brace: UUC, BMW-Motorsport, Dinan, etc. on 9/20/02 11:29 AM, Dames, Mark at Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US wrote: > they don't fit inside the Dinan bar mount. To bad. Is the bore of the Dinan mounting plates too small? Then on 9/20/02 11:19 AM, Dorffer, Rich at RDORFFER@CleIndians.com wrote: > I have these on my car with the UUC brace. > It was posted a while ago (maybe a year or so) by someone, possibly Ron Stygar > (I could be wrong). Sure sounds like something Ron would have discovered. I must have been asleep that day... Neil 96 M3
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Bay area CD Changer repair? - from Dames, Mark
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:50:07 -0700 From: "Dames, Mark" <Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Bay area CD Changer repair? Yup! Just had one repaired at Short Cicuit 1630 Old Oakland Road San Jose, 408 441-6170, intersection of Brokaw. They turned it around in 3 days. Their labor seemed a bit steep, $185, base rate, but I talked 'em down abit. Mine came to $158. BUT, the dealer quoted me a $200 base rate, plus 4+ weeks turn around to ship it to Alpine in LA. Ask for Raymond mebbe he'll work with you on da price as well. Mark Dames Santa Clara P.D. mdames@pdo.co.santa-clara.ca.us 408 299-7737 --The HAL 9000 is now online --Soylent Green is on the shelf ! -----Original Message----- From: Murray Roblin (ATT) [mailto:mroblin@att.net] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:53 AM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] Bay area CD Changer repair? Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:48:35 -0000 From: "Murray Roblin \(ATT\)" <mroblin@att.net> Subject: Bay area CD Changer repair? Hello, My changer is jamming. I've opened it up, cleaned it, lubed the rails, but no luck. Do any of the SF bay area listers have experience with a local electronics repair shop? I've found a few online, but was hoping for something local. Thanks, Murray ************************************************************* 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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#9. Passenger Side Brake Duct ? - from Robert Manger
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:45:14 -0400 From: "Robert Manger" <Robert_Manger@Mastercard.com> Subject: Passenger Side Brake Duct ? I seem to have/had a sensor in passenger side brake cooling duct. I am trying to locate a part number for said item. Can anyone with the parts cd do me a favor and take a look. as an aside the dealer believes that this sensor only exists on one side of the car (drivers) which then makes me wonder what else should go into this hole on the passenger side brake duct. I definitely have a wire lead with a broken part. that is for sure. any help is much appreciated. Thanks. Rob
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#10. Differences between '95 vs. '99 M3? - from eevans@planetc.com
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 01:27:48 -0400 From: eevans@planetc.com Subject: Differences between '95 vs. '99 M3? Hi, I've tried to find out what exactly the differences are from a '95 M3 5sp. (current ride) vs. a '99 M3 5sp. (future ride). I'm aware of the staggered wheels, the 3.2L engine, etc., what I'm looking for are the more subtle changes. Things like sound system upgrade, seats, equipment options etc. Do you have to run the staggered wheel setup on the '99 models and what's the benefit/reason for that? Also is the JC injector unit worth the $s. I know his chip and intake system work great for my '95. Will the Euro intake, ITG filter and heat shield from the '95 work on a '99? Will my clear lights fit the '99? I thought I read where the '99 had just a little more back seat room than the earlier models, anyone confirm that? What's that pipe under the hood running to the front of the car on the passenger side on '99 models, is it a filtration system addition? I understand that my '95 CD changer won't work on the '99, correct? What about my keyless entry unit in the '95 will it work on the '99? If anyone has made the transition from a '95 to a later model or more specifically a '99 please email me privately. I'd really appreciate it. Any information is more than I have now ;-). TIA Evan