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#1. FS: 3.38 LSD - from Ahmad Lutfeali
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:05:43 -0400 From: "Ahmad Lutfeali" <m3_racer99@hotmail.com> Subject: FS: 3.38 LSD Gruppe, I have a 3.38 LSD from an E36 M3 Automatic. 98K miles, street driven. These retail for $945. Asking $750 firm. Thanks, Lutfy
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#2. RE: ALPINE HU ...WAS CD deck - from Burgess, Kim L
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:18:18 -0700 From: "Burgess, Kim L" <kim.l.burgess@boeing.com> Subject: RE: ALPINE HU ...WAS CD deck I was under the impression ALL BMW head units were produced by Alpine? The AM reception on mine is not all that great. Maybe the CD43 unit is better? KLB - 99M3/97 328 -------------------- 10 -------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:46:10 -0700 From: "Reed Nicholson" <reedthis@comcast.net> Does anyone have a fairly new Alpine deck in their car? Does it get decent AM radio reception? The AM tuner in my stock unit has apparently had a meltdown. I get constant static and interference from power lines as I drive. I have heard some car systems where the FM sounds great but the AM is almost unlistenable, even just for talk. I hear Pioneer has great tuners but I don't much like the looks of them and would prefer the Alpine. Any suggestions? TIA, Reed
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#3. RE: [E36M3] Soft Brakes - from M540
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:21:26 -0400 From: "M540" <m540@bellsouth.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Soft Brakes Paul, I've never had to do it on a BMW, but I did rebuild the calipers on my 911 when it was about 15 years old. My pads were dragging on the rotor creating a slight dragging sound and overly dusty wheels. Other's experience pointed towards gunk inside the calipers and when I opened them up I found the insides of the cylinder walls to have crap deposited on them. Conventional wisdom was that this had to do with old rubber brake lines breaking down and leaching gunk of some kind into the brake fluid. With a little hand polishing with a Scotchbrite pad, new rubber seals, and some assembly lube they've been good to go ever since. I think the fix cost me about $15 and an hour per corner. This is not a track car but I did replace the brake lines as well of course for safety purposes. No other wear was visible in the calipers. Kevin Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:15:05 -0500 From: "Paul L Fisher" <bmw@paul-fisher.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Soft Brakes I'm just asking, but why are people rebuilding calipers? In all the cars I have ever owned, I have never prophilactically rebuilt a caliper. In other words, if they didn't leak, I didn't touch them. Of course, I flush the brake fluid every 12 to 18 months so they don't get a chance to rust. <snip>
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Soft Brakes - from david kroth
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:22:43 -0700 (PDT) From: david kroth <david_kroth@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Soft Brakes Paul asked: > I'm just asking, but why are people rebuilding > calipers? My left rear caliper started dragging at 8 years and 67,000 miles. A torn boot let water in and the resulting rust was responsible for the binding. So, all four got the treatment. I am always impressed by the amount of gunk that comes out of a well maintained (yearly brake fluid flushes) brake system. David Kroth david_kroth@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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#5. RE: [E36M3] One way to resolve jack height issue - from Alexander Fadeev
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:16:14 -0400 From: "Alexander Fadeev" <afadeev@smu.edu> Subject: RE: [E36M3] One way to resolve jack height issue That has been my understanding/experience - emergency jacking sleeves are flimsy. Every time during DIY weekend at our LSC chapter I looked at ripped/twisted jacking sleeves on one of the club members cars, he would later confess to routinely jacking the car with the emergency jack or a jacking plate. The few times I had to change flats on a side of the road, I cringed as the car's angle to the emergency jack would shift as it goes up. Add unstable ground surface, and you are easily twisting the jacking sleeve 10-20% degrees. IMHO, there is only one good reason to use the jacking plate: you need to get your car on jack stands and do NOT own a real jack with low/long enough arm to reach the front sub-frame (the jack and the stand can't occupy the same spot under your car). Even then, you will quickly figure out why you want to stop screwing around and buy a good jack. Maneesh, If you put a hockey puck on your proper jack's saddle, it will a). better contort to the shape of your car's lifting surface; b). safeguard against the sub-frame from scratching; The only other trick is finding the best place to position the jack stands. They are not a good match to the car's plastic jacking point plugs (if you still haven't lost yours), so I had removed mine altogether. Then position one of the jack plates 'flukes' into the jacking plug hole and it is not going anywhere. More here: http://www.dol.net/~stimpee/jacking.htm IMHO, YMMV, __ alex f -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:35:12 -0500 From: Steve Klein <s.klein@steveklein.cc> Subject: Re: [E36M3] One way to resolve jack height issue Can list wisdom clarify? I'm sure we've all though about this, but my understanding is that frequent jacking with plates in those holes can cause stress fractures and tear the metal at those points. Strong enough for emergency blowout use, but not intended for serious duty. Can those with experience chime in? Steve On Sep 29, 2006, at 12:26 PM, MJ wrote: > Subject: One way to resolve jack height issue > > Just a reminder- one way to potentially circumvent the issue of > access to jacking points on a lowered (or not) chassis is to use > jacking plates. I've been using jack plates for a few years now > with no negative issues. This also keeps the underside of the > car free from chips or bends that usually result from lifting > the car up by the subframe rails. > -Maneesh
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#6. RE: [E36M3] CD deck - from Dave DeBuhr
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:41:43 -0700 From: "Dave DeBuhr" <debuhr@comcast.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] CD deck The Alpine unit in my car gets horrible radio reception. But I rarely use it anyway with the iPod cable I plugged into the back of it... I've had several alpine units in different cars and the radio tuners have always been far worse than the factory radios they replaced. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Reed Nicholson [mailto:reedthis@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:57 AM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] CD deck Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:46:10 -0700 From: "Reed Nicholson" <reedthis@comcast.net> Subject: CD deck Does anyone have a fairly new Alpine deck in their car? Does it get decent AM radio reception? The AM tuner in my stock unit has apparently had a meltdown. I get constant static and interference from power lines as I drive. I have heard some car systems where the FM sounds great but the AM is almost unlistenable, even just for talk. I hear Pioneer has great tuners but I don't much like the looks of them and would prefer the Alpine. Any suggestions? TIA, Reed
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#7. Re: Soft Brakes - from Neil Maller
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:06:13 -0400 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Soft Brakes on 9/29/06 2:06 PM, "Resener, Kurt" <KurtResener@IamMorrison.com> wrote: > The calipers were rebuilt using the stock rebuild kit from the dealer. > I'm ass-uming the pistons were not replaced, hate to admit it but I > don't even know if the pistons are replaced as a matter of course in a > caliper rebuild? Kurt, I can guarantee you they weren't replaced, since BMW doesn't sell the pistons separately from the calipers. on 9/29/06 2:06 PM, "Paul L Fisher" <bmw@paul-fisher.com> wrote: > I'm just asking, but why are people rebuilding calipers? In all the cars I > have ever owned, I have never prophilactically rebuilt a caliper. Then I'll assume you don't track your cars. I drive about eight 3-day events each season. At least one, more often two, of my dust boots get hard and pull out of place every year. This necessitates a caliper rebuild, and typically I do all four, because hey, if you're going to get brake fluid everywhere, might as well get it *everywhere*. This has become a familiar, if not exactly welcome, annual routine. on 9/29/06 2:06 PM, "Jim Bassett" <jim@jimbassett.com> wrote: > Early on, I got the reserviour cap & coil hose from Steve D'G at The > Ultimate Garage to go onto my portable air tank. Works great for > one-person brake bleeding, and I don't need a separate device just for > brake bleeding (i.e. less stuff to bring to the track :-)). I did something similar, but in addition to the air fitting cap I also bought a low range air regulator from Steve D'G. This is set to 15 psig and hooks up to my air compressor when at home. Neil Fort Wayne, IN 96 M3 - Bastard child 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Re: Soft Brakes - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:51:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jim Bassett" <jim@jimbassett.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Soft Brakes On Fri, September 29, 2006 2:06 pm, Neil Maller said: > I did something similar, but in addition to the air fitting cap I also > bought a low range air regulator from Steve D'G. This is set to 15 psig > and > hooks up to my air compressor when at home. There's a regulator on the set-up I bought as well - I just forgot about it :-) Jim Bassett
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#9. RE: [E36M3] Electrical schematic for horn - from John
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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:10:09 -0700 (PDT) From: John <m3john@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Electrical schematic for horn Thanks Patrick. I finally figured out that both of my horns went bad. Kind of funny how a horn can go bad just like that. And both horns too, not just one. I had to go buy a set of recycled horns to replace. Now only if I can figure out why my horns went bad. Hopefully these replacements last longer. -John --- "Goss, Patrick - PA" <Patrick.Goss@GMACM.COM> wrote: > IIRC You can't miss it once you remove the horn > button cover/airbag. Do > you have a Bentley manual? Perhaps try > http://www.realoem.com/bmw/for a > pic to get a visual understanding. > > Patrick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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#10. FS: Sears and AC jack - from RonStygar@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 00:56:00 EDT From: RonStygar@aol.com Subject: FS: Sears and AC jack For Sale: Sears 4K jack $100 picked up in Marlborough, CT 06447. Rarely used. _http://bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41605_ (http://bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41605) AC DK13HLQ jack $440 picked up in CT too. Like new. Don't like the way it drops down. _http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151107_ (http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151107)