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#1. E-brake handle removal: can't figure it out - from Msebmwman@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 02:17:26 EDT From: Msebmwman@aol.com Subject: E-brake handle removal: can't figure it out Okay; I guess I must be a bit dense or spring forward robbed me of the extra 60 minutes needed to figure this out. I want to take of the e-brake handle and install a different one. What are the instructions? I can remove the boot and peel it back to see a zip tie around the boot at the narrowest end of the boot right up against the back end of the e-brake handle. What's next? Cut the zip tie and then simply pull the handle off? Thanks, Marc 95M3
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#2. M3 Parts For Sale - from Bill P
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:30:35 -0400 From: "Bill P" <billpanop@suscom.net> Subject: M3 Parts For Sale Hello, Having a new 3.2L engine built by Pete McHenry. So I have a few items that I need to sell. 1995 BMW 3.0L M3 Complete Short Block (Great for 325 to M convert with ZERO ECU issues) $1900 1997 BMW Cylinder Head 22K miles, HEAD IN PERFECT CONDITION - All other parts (valves, springs, etc.) may need replaced - LIST NEW $3450 My Price - $2000 1995 M3 Custom Vented Hood (see link for pic) - $400 plus stock hood http://www.dtmpower.net/featured_car/february2002/DSC_0029.jpg 1995 M3 Sway bars - $175 1995 M3 Rear shocks - $75 1995 M3 Stock Springs - 125 1995 M3 Split 10 Spoke Stock Wheels (17X7.5) with tires - $700 Saches OEM Replacement Clutch & Pressure Plate (3K Miles) GREAT CONDITION - $200 UUC Short Shifter with ERK - $175 Borla 100% Stainless Cat Back Exhaust (Lightest M3 Exhaust Avail) - $400 NEW 6000K Authentic GERMAN MADE Phillips Ultinon Xenon Kit (9006 fitment) - $425 NEW Smart Tire Remote Tire Pressure Warning system - $200 1976 Vintage Blonde Girlfriend with LOTS of miles but still drives and rides like new. Runs great when you put into cruise control. Bitchy at times but pretty good overall. - $$ BEST OFFER $$ I will post more stuff as I find it in my garage. I would like to sell the HOOD local (PA) as I would like a hood plus $$$ for it. I would keep the hood but my new project will not fit under my vented hood. Prices are listed but feel free to make me an offer on each. Prices DO NOT include shipping. Local pick-up is welcomed. Bill P
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Member whereabouts - from Kent L. Shephard
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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 23:59:22 -0700 From: "Kent L. Shephard" <kents@kls-consulting.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Member whereabouts Hi, Before this goes any further. I'd like to interject that email tone often does not reflect true intent and it's difficult to judge. I think we have, probably two reasonable guys one with a tool to fix a car and one that just wants to drive his car. Can we all be friends. Kent Chester Wong wrote: >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:28:44 -0700 (PDT) >From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Member whereabouts > >Not sure where all this is coming from nor why Mr. Matthews has brought it to >the attention of list members in this manner. Yes, Jeremy posted to the list >asking for help (3/20). I replied to Jeremy stating that I had the tools and >could help (3/20). There was a delay in hearing anything from Mr. Matthews and >I thought that he completed his project by some other means. I then hear from >Mr. Matthews (3/22) in an e-mail asking me to call him up, which I do. I told >him to just send an e-mail telling me to where to ship the tools to avoid >confusion. Seven days pass without hearing anything from Mr. Matthews and >again, I begin to think he accomplished reassembling his engine by some other >means. Then on 3/29, I receive an e-mail with a tone of more or less giving me >permission to send him the tools. He made an assumption that I was free to >help him as I was in the previous week. Aside from being put off from the tone >of the initial e-mail and the fact that I didn't hear anything for a week, I >was in jury duty for 3 days with a break of a day in the middle where I was >inundated with work for having missed work from the jury duty. So I was unable >to respond to e-mail. Jury duty ended on Thursday and I was inundated with >even more work on Friday. And now this. WOW! > >Mr. Matthews, I'm not sure what you were trying to accomplish with your e-mails >and with your post to the list with questionable tone, but do you think I will >want to lend my tools now? > >Chester > > >--- Kyle J Mathews <mathewsk@wam.umd.edu> wrote: > > >>On the 3/20 a friend of mine made a post on this digest looking for someone >>to rent me the vanos/cam tools for the E36. Chester Wong responded saying he >>had the tools for rent. I sent him an e-mail two days later with my contact >>information and received a call that day from him. After talking with him >>for 10 minuets, good conversation, he said just to send him an e-mail with >>my address and he would ship them out, then when I am done using the tools, >>send them back with $50 inside, so I think WOW this guy sounds like a normal >>nice guy. After assembling my car to the point where I needed the tools, I >>sent him an e-mail with my address on 3/29. The e-mail said that if the >>tools get to me by Thursday 4/1 I could use them and have them shipped back >>out that same day, I also said that I was going out of town for the weekend, >>so if they got to my house on Friday, I would not be able to use them until >>Monday, and then would return them by Wednesday. After not getting response >>within 48 hours I sent him an e-mail on Wednesday 4/31 saying, hey did you >>get my e-mail, please let me know what is up? Well its been a week with no >>response from Chester and no tools. I don't know what to do, I did not save >>his phone number when he called me, so I cant call him back, and he has made >>no post on the digest either. My car is waiting to run again and I have no >>clue what is going on. Let me know what you guys think. >> >> > >===== > > > >************************************************* >Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > >Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com >Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com >Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com >Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > >DIGEST INFORMATION: >http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm >************************************************* > > > > >
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#4. Head Gasket - from AVUSM3@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:11:15 EDT From: AVUSM3@aol.com Subject: Head Gasket Hi Gary - When I went through this last year my total for the basic work was around $1300. I would plan on between $1200-2000. The one thing you should almost certainly do when you are in there is replace the valve retainers. The new (BMW) version is harder. If you go to the track at all the new ones are safer. Good luck, John Cloutier Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:03:02 -0400 From: "Gary A. Preece" <ga.preece@att.net> Subject: need head gasket info! help! Guys, It looks like my head gasket is leaking coolant just above the rear most exhaust going into the manifold. I cannot see that it is coming from anywhere else when looking from below. Anyone know what kind of cost is involved? What else should I consider doing when this work is done? It is a 95 M3 with 135K on it. I have already done the vanos, tensioners, chains, etc. I have noticed that my coolant has been going down more than usual (about .5 inches per night). The leak is rather small right now, but should I even drive?!! Thanks. Gary
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#5. Re: Overrev Damage - How can you tell? - from Neil Maller
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:21:01 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Overrev Damage - How can you tell? on 4/4/04 11:45 PM, "dhogg" <dhogg@suscom.net> wrote: > Fresh off an engine rebuild, the track car is pulling like a bull, > probably better than ever. Like a nice-guy idiot, I let my COO's husband > drive the car today on the street. He took 4th to about 5K, then hit 3rd > instead of 5th. He caught it and didn't let the clutch out the whole way, > but it sounded higher than 7K to me. How do I know if he ruined this > beautiful rebuild? What should I do? The ECU records over-revs, and your dealer can retrieve that info for you. Of course that won't tell you whether any damage has occurred as a result. If there was an over-rev, the next thing to do is have a compression and leak-down test done. This will show whether any valves got bent and are now failing to seat properly. It's still possible that there might be slight damage that doesn't show up: only disassembly and inspection will show for sure. If it really played out the way you describe I think you've got a reasonable chance of the engine being OK. Most of those nasty money-shift incidents seem to involve full bore speed-(mis)shifts at redline. Years ago Josh at Eurosport told me that a quite high proportion of the ECUs they saw (this was before the Shark Injector, when you had to send your OBD-II ECU to them for flashing) had already recorded over-revs. It seems likely that the owners were unaware of this and there had been no engine damage. Supposedly the threshold for valve float is around 7400 rpm. But the first thing to do is definitely to have your dealer check the ECU stored data. If that's OK then stop worrying. If not, get the compression and leak-down tests. Neil 96 M3
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Spare Tire question - from George R Carr Jr
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:32:50 -0600 From: George R Carr Jr <georgercarrjr@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Spare Tire question >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:43:23 -0500 >From: LoweSeaton@aol.com >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Spare Tire question > >Chris, > >No, nothing dramatic will happen. But I will ask why? The most >noticeable thing is the oversize spare will NOT fit in your spare >wheel well. It will slightly raise up the trunk carpet mat. No >biggie. I've lived with it for years. I have no rise in my 98 sedan. I run 8.5's on all corners in the summer. One of them becomes my spare when I put my snows on for the winter. One of my snows works as a spare in the summer. 6 years so far. > >Diameterwise, the 225/45-17 tire is close enough to the 245/40-17 >tire that it won't matter. Assuming your spare is just that - a >spare - you will want to patch or replace the flat rear tire soon >anyway. > >I can think of some good reasons to mount the 245/40 tire on your >spare rim. Say you have a bald, worn out rear tire. It would make >a fine spare as long as it holds air. I used up my spare tire as >soon as the originals wore out. I've had a worn out spare for the >last 6 years. I've only had to use it twice for less than 100 miles. > >But if you are wanting to mount a brand new 245/40 tire on the 7.5" >rim, that is a little too narrow of rim. 245/40 technically should >be mounted on at least 8.0" wide rims. > >And if you are wondering if a 245/40 tire will work on the front, >the answer is yes. I've had 245/40-17 tires on 8.5" rims all around >for years with no rubbing or other problems. > >Lowell Seaton >'95 M3 > > >************************************************* >Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > >Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com >Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com >Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com >Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > >DIGEST INFORMATION: >http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm >************************************************* -- =========================== georgercarrjr@earthlink.net
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#7. RE: [E36M3] Member whereabouts - from Michael Gilbert
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:48:58 -0400 From: "Michael Gilbert" <michael.gilbert4@comcast.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Member whereabouts An email like "does anyone have Chester's phone number or email" would have sufficed to find Chester in a few minutes but instead Kyle goes and basically badmouths one of the nicest, most generous contributors to this community. What an idiot. Has nothing to do with email tone - it's common sense. If Kyle is too naive to re-read his note before he sends it to the list he should go find his own tools because nobody is going to help him if this is how he says "thank you"..... People take too much for granted these days... Folks like Chester and Brett Anderson don't HAVE to help - they WANT to. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Kent L. Shephard [mailto:kents@kls-consulting.com] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 3:06 AM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] Member whereabouts Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 23:59:22 -0700 From: "Kent L. Shephard" <kents@kls-consulting.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Member whereabouts Hi, Before this goes any further. I'd like to interject that email tone often does not reflect true intent and it's difficult to judge. I think we have, probably two reasonable guys one with a tool to fix a car and one that just wants to drive his car. Can we all be friends. Kent Chester Wong wrote: >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:28:44 -0700 (PDT) >From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Member whereabouts > >Not sure where all this is coming from nor why Mr. Matthews has brought it to >the attention of list members in this manner. Yes, Jeremy posted to the list >asking for help (3/20). I replied to Jeremy stating that I had the tools and >could help (3/20). There was a delay in hearing anything from Mr. Matthews and >I thought that he completed his project by some other means. I then hear from >Mr. Matthews (3/22) in an e-mail asking me to call him up, which I do. I told >him to just send an e-mail telling me to where to ship the tools to avoid >confusion. Seven days pass without hearing anything from Mr. Matthews and >again, I begin to think he accomplished reassembling his engine by some other >means. Then on 3/29, I receive an e-mail with a tone of more or less giving me >permission to send him the tools. He made an assumption that I was free to >help him as I was in the previous week. Aside from being put off from the tone >of the initial e-mail and the fact that I didn't hear anything for a week, I >was in jury duty for 3 days with a break of a day in the middle where I was >inundated with work for having missed work from the jury duty. So I was unable >to respond to e-mail. Jury duty ended on Thursday and I was inundated with >even more work on Friday. And now this. WOW! > >Mr. Matthews, I'm not sure what you were trying to accomplish with your e-mails >and with your post to the list with questionable tone, but do you think I will >want to lend my tools now? > >Chester > > >--- Kyle J Mathews <mathewsk@wam.umd.edu> wrote: > > >>On the 3/20 a friend of mine made a post on this digest looking for someone >>to rent me the vanos/cam tools for the E36. Chester Wong responded saying he >>had the tools for rent. I sent him an e-mail two days later with my contact >>information and received a call that day from him. After talking with him >>for 10 minuets, good conversation, he said just to send him an e-mail with >>my address and he would ship them out, then when I am done using the tools, >>send them back with $50 inside, so I think WOW this guy sounds like a normal >>nice guy. After assembling my car to the point where I needed the tools, I >>sent him an e-mail with my address on 3/29. The e-mail said that if the >>tools get to me by Thursday 4/1 I could use them and have them shipped back >>out that same day, I also said that I was going out of town for the weekend, >>so if they got to my house on Friday, I would not be able to use them until >>Monday, and then would return them by Wednesday. After not getting response >>within 48 hours I sent him an e-mail on Wednesday 4/31 saying, hey did you >>get my e-mail, please let me know what is up? Well its been a week with no >>response from Chester and no tools. I don't know what to do, I did not save >>his phone number when he called me, so I cant call him back, and he has made >>no post on the digest either. My car is waiting to run again and I have no >>clue what is going on. Let me know what you guys think. >> >> > >===== > > > >************************************************* >Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > >Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com >Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com >Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com >Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > >DIGEST INFORMATION: >http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm >************************************************* > > > > > ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm *************************************************
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#8. Result of replacing spark plugs - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Result of replacing spark plugs As many might recall, I installed '95M3 plugs into my '99M3 head =) The results were very good where I didn't get any of the pinging that I previously got with my sharked ECU. Since the plugs were installed, I put about 50k miles on them....commuting to and from work (but driven fairly aggressively hitting redline out of the toll booths, etc) and many track days. Lately, I noticed that an aggressive WOT pull from the low rev band to redline in say third would result in some dips in power...as if the clutch were slipping or I started to think that my diff went bad. I also noticed recently that the car idled perfectly smoothly when fully warmed up and pretty poorly upon initial startup. The poor idle characteristics upon initial startup *sparked* me to change the plugs. =) What have I noticed now? There are no dips in power at WOT pulls. Initial startup idling is much improved. ....and idle when fully warmed up has the nice aggressive occassional stumble ;) ...and here I was ready to drop the tranny to inspect the clutch...just cuz I know I can do it =) YMMV, Chester =====
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#9. re: member whereabouts - from Kyle J Mathews
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:44:39 -0400 From: "Kyle J Mathews" <mathewsk@wam.umd.edu> Subject: re: member whereabouts My intention was not to question Chester's character (from our phone conversation he is a nice guy) but to find out if he is involved with any type of BMW/auto related event that another member might know about. Thanks for your help
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#10. RE: [E36M3] Result of replacing spark plugs - from Jamie Howton
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:54:09 -0500 From: "Jamie Howton" <jhowton@fotofab.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Result of replacing spark plugs -----Original Message----- From: Chester Wong [mailto:chester_p_wong@yahoo.com] <SNIP> ...and here I was ready to drop the tranny to inspect the clutch...just cuz I know I can do it =) <SNIP> Why not do it just for fun? It's a good way to kill a weekend ;-). Regards Jamie Howton
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#11. RE: [E36M3] Result of replacing spark plugs - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:49:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Result of replacing spark plugs --- Jamie Howton <jhowton@fotofab.com> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Chester Wong [mailto:chester_p_wong@yahoo.com] > <SNIP> > ...and here I was ready to drop the tranny to inspect the clutch...just > cuz I know I can do it =) > <SNIP> > > Why not do it just for fun? It's a good way to kill a weekend ;-). Actually, I've done this so many times that I can probably bang it out in 4 hours =) Chester =====