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#1. RE: A pool of fluid - from Chip Mitchell
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 07:53:25 -0400 From: "Chip Mitchell" <chipm@arches.uga.edu> Subject: RE: A pool of fluid Mine did. Cost me a tow to the shop, too. They tightened it up, bled the whole system, and the clutch was fine again - if there is a next time I know how to fix it. Of course, on the way home from the shop the radiator decicded it was time to retire.... ChipM -------------------- 10 -------------------- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:37:56 -0700 From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@pumpkininc.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: A pool of fluid: Help! I doubt the bleed screw failed -- I've never heard of one coming loose.
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#2. Problems Removing Rear Seat Back - from Dave Kelley
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:45:12 -0400 From: "Dave Kelley" <d.kelley@usa.net> Subject: Problems Removing Rear Seat Back This is a 98 E36 M3 Sedan. I'm trying to remove the rear seat back to install a rollbar. I know from Bentley and friends that the seatback is supposed to be raised up and then forward to get it off. But mine is stuck and will not even budge. We had two guys tugging on it and it will not move at all. Are there any hints for getting this bad boy out? I'm thinking maybe, with time, the whole back of the seat has may got kind of glued on from the back. Maybe sticking a thin metal ruler or something down the back from the top could loosen it up. I'm stumped. Any ideas? Dave Kelley 98 M3/4 94 325i
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Problems Removing Rear Seat Back - from Dave Kelley
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:24:36 -0400 From: "Dave Kelley" <d.kelley@usa.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Problems Removing Rear Seat Back I had forgotten that I had a BMW TIS CD laying around. It said that the rear seat back unclipped from the top and that you pull it forward from the top and then up! Did BMW change the way the rear seatbacks were installed in 98 or somewhere in there? Because Bentley and others have definitely told me pull up from the bottom and then out! Dave > Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:45:12 -0400 > From: "Dave Kelley" <d.kelley@usa.net> > Subject: Problems Removing Rear Seat Back > > This is a 98 E36 M3 Sedan. I'm trying to remove the rear seat back to > install a rollbar. > > I know from Bentley and friends that the seatback is supposed to be > raised up and then forward to get it off. But mine is stuck and will not > even budge. We had two guys tugging on it and it will not move at all. > > Are there any hints for getting this bad boy out? > > I'm thinking maybe, with time, the whole back of the seat has may got > kind of glued on from the back. Maybe sticking a thin metal ruler or > something down the back from the top could loosen it up. > > I'm stumped. Any ideas? > > Dave Kelley > 98 M3/4 > 94 325i > > > > ************************************************************* > 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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#4. Re: [E36M3] Problems Removing Rear Seat Back - from Jay W. Hudson
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 07:40:11 -0700 From: "Jay W. Hudson" <jwhud@cdsnet.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Problems Removing Rear Seat Back At 09:24 AM 10/21/02 -0500, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:24:36 -0400 >From: "Dave Kelley" <d.kelley@usa.net> >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Problems Removing Rear Seat Back > >I had forgotten that I had a BMW TIS CD laying around. It said that the >rear seat back unclipped from the top and that you pull it forward from >the top and then up! > >Did BMW change the way the rear seatbacks were installed in 98 or >somewhere in there? Because Bentley and others have definitely told >me pull up from the bottom and then out! > >Dave > Sounds like it may be like the side bolsters on my coupe, with fold-down seats. You pull forward at the top to pop them loose. It's not an easy pull. Then you slide them up and out. You'll be able to see exactly how it works......once you get them out :-) Jay
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#5. Diff Tool - from Jon S.
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:58:48 -0500 From: "Jon S." <treehouse@comcast.net> Subject: Diff Tool Anyone out there know what I should get for the diff fluid change tool? It looks to me like a large allen/hex, but I don't have one large enough or stubby enough to fit in there. Is there a dealer tool for this, or can I pickup a ___ size tool somewhere else? Thanks, Jon
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Diff Tool - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 08:09:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Diff Tool Heh heh.... --- "Jon S." <treehouse@comcast.net> wrote: > but I don't have one large enough or > stubby enough to fit in there. Is there a dealer tool for this, or can I You can get a 17mm allen socket from Snap On or get the Facom one through Steve D. Actually, thinking about it, I have an extra one if you want... Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Diff Tool - from Ben Liaw - Rogue Engineering
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:11:24 -0400 From: "Ben Liaw - Rogue Engineering" <ben@rogueengineering.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Diff Tool 14mm hex Regards, Ben Liaw Rogue Engineering . 201.444.8150 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon S." <treehouse@comcast.net> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:04 AM Subject: [E36M3] Diff Tool > Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:58:48 -0500 > From: "Jon S." <treehouse@comcast.net> > Subject: Diff Tool > > > Anyone out there know what I should get for the diff fluid change tool? It looks to me like a large allen/hex, but I don't have one large enough or stubby enough to fit in there. Is there a dealer tool for this, or can I pickup a ___ size tool somewhere else? > > Thanks, > Jon > > > > > ************************************************************* > 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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#8. Re: [E36M3] Diff Tool - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 08:17:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Diff Tool Oops....meant 14mm allen socket. Thanks for the correction. Chester > You can get a 17mm allen socket from Snap On or get the Facom one through > Steve > D. Actually, thinking about it, I have an extra one if you want... ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
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#9. BMW Interior Advice - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:25:55 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: BMW Interior Advice > Rogue will explain to you why having a heavy shift knob is bad for your > tranny.. poke around their site. get a lighted leather one! Don't believe everything that you read. Although I personally don't have a heavier shift knob (for other entirely unrelated reasons) as I have an illuminated BMW shift knob, there is no reason not to get a heavier shift knob due to the potential wear and tear on a tranny. Resting your hand/arm on the knob would easily be many times the weight of the heavier shift knob and the force most likely would be applied in a direction that would add stress to the tranny. Obviously, this goes on for years and I am still waiting to hear about a tranny failing for this reason. The weighted shift knob does not add that much weight at rest and the additional weight is primarily bearing on the selector cup (in the vertical plain), not on the tranny. I am not an engineer nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but I do use some common sense. YMMV and all that, no affiliation with Rogue or UUC, etc. Regards, Rich 95 M3 - illuminated knob 90 325is - illuminated knob
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#10. Re: A pool of fluid: Help! - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:27:12 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: Re: A pool of fluid: Help! Andrew says > > Make sure you use jackstands to support the car while you're under it ... I know this may sound redundant in this group but heed this advice. My wife's sister's friend's father (got that) was killed this past weekend when a car he was working on fell on him when the jack failed. My wife now is all concerned about the many hours I spend under the cars. I have tried to explain to her the concept of jack stands and properly supporting a vehicle but they don't seem to understand. I will have to take some pictures for them for them to understand. They seem to think that jacks should be safe for supporting a vehicle. On a related note, I really like my AC jack stands (I even like the Norco stands I have as well but not as much as the AC stands). Regards, Rich 95 M3 90 325is - sitting on AC stands for two months now, soon finished though.
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#11. Sticking Shifter - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:34:19 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: Sticking Shifter Paul says > > Since our last discussions of this, Ive done some more investigating, and it > seems like its occurring a whole lot more than I ever imagined. If you are > so afflicted, ie, if your shifter, when the car is cold, seems to be at rest > all the way to the right underneath fifth gear, and if the fifth gear gate > detente seems to be missing til it warms up, you need to read this thread on > bimmerforums: > http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48002&perpage=25&pagenumber=1 > This helps put it all in perspective. My favorite comment by BMWMPOWER1996 is "LUBE IT UP with more of the crap they gave u...happened to my friends m3". This guy is pretty helpful and educated on this matter don't you think :-) I still don't see how anything in this thread differs from my original comments: I wrote on Friday, October 18, 2002 1:39 PM >> >> I still think that both of you are describing the same thing in two >> different ways. Paul just has the early stage of it and Butch has it in a >> later stage. Unless I am mistaken, when Butch said "third gear gate", I >> believe he meant while in neutral (i.e., in the same plane as the third >> gear/fourth gear gate while in neutral). >> Both issues are inside the transmission. The shifter linkage is not >> suspect. Repair requires the removal of the transmission. Although it does provide some nice ETK clips and pictures (I believe courtesy of Ron Stygar who posted some interesting pics of the issue and they are in the thread as well). Regards, Rich 95 M3 - tranny is smooth 90 325is - tranny is smooth