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#1. Re: [E36M3] Rear Headrests - the bane of a quiet ride... - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:58:41 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <jim@jimbassett.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Headrests - the bane of a quiet ride... On Tue, February 27, 2007 5:47 pm, Jeff Conner said: > Does anyone know of a way to get the whole unit out, posts and all, > without completely pulling the interior of the car apart? Yeah, pull. HARD. They come out just like the ones in the front seats. Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - rear headrests removed occasionally to clean the rear window 1993 325is #44 JP - no headrests :-)
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#2. Re: Rear Headrests - the bane of a quiet ride... - from kim.burgess@att.net
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:03:10 +0000 From: kim.burgess@att.net Subject: Re: Rear Headrests - the bane of a quiet ride... Jeff - I have two boys, 7 and 8. I removed the rear head rests when the first car-seat appeared in the back seat of my coupe. They are a stiff pull but they do come out, just gotta pull up with pretty good force. Maybe a limo is different but mine came right out. -------------------- 10 -------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:44:39 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Conner <jeff.conner@yahoo.com> Subject: Rear Headrests - the bane of a quiet ride... Hey, This is starting to drive me crazy. My rear headrests rattle constantly. I'd love to remove them, but the bentley manual doesn't seem to have anything useful to say about it. They don't do my kids any good - they're both too short to have them serve a purpose. And they get in the way of me seeing out the back window. Does anyone know of a way to get the whole unit out, posts and all, without completely pulling the interior of the car apart? Thanks - jeff *98 ///Sedan, almost as noisy as the 95///trackdog
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#3. Gas Smell Fixed in '95 - from Jonathan Evans
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:02:31 -0500 From: Jonathan Evans <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> Subject: Gas Smell Fixed in '95 Gang, Thanks to previous posters, I think I've fixed the gas leak in my '95. On the passenger side gas tank access, there was only 1 fuel tube (the other blue plastic nipple was sealed) that was not clamped well. Lot's of gas pooled in there. I just happened to have some spare hose clamps in my kegerator spare parts bin and it fit nicely. Do I get some sort of Man Award for fixing a car with beer dispensing hardware? Anyway, has anyone unscrewed the giant blue cap that has the senders and fuel pump attached without the "special BMW" tool that the Bentley eludes to? I'm sure the seals in there could use some R&R since after nearly 12 years. ThanksJonathan -95 M3
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#4. Kumho Escsta ASX Opinions - from Jonathan Evans
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:08:58 -0500 From: Jonathan Evans <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> Subject: Kumho Escsta ASX Opinions Thought I would add another data point about tire selection for the M3. I have been enjoying the Kumho Ecsta ASX on stock 17 staggered rims for a few months now. I went with all seasons since I wanted better near-winter weather handling here in Raleigh. We had a few snow flurries and the car handled it with aplomb. Heavy rain hasn't been a problem either. They have been good, quiet all season tires so far. We'll see how they hold up in the Summer heat.Jonathan95 m3
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Gas Smell Fixed in '95 - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:47:23 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <jim@jimbassett.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Gas Smell Fixed in '95 On Wed, February 28, 2007 9:07 am, Jonathan Evans said: > Do I get some sort of Man Award for fixing a car > with beer dispensing hardware? Not unless you converted the car to actually RUN on beer :-) (Which would be a waste, IMNSHO :-)) > Anyway, has anyone unscrewed the giant blue cap that has the senders and > fuel pump attached without the "special BMW" tool that the Bentley eludes > to? Absolutely. Screwdriver & big hammer - whackwhackwhackwhack :-) Jim Bassett
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Gas Smell Fixed in '95 - from Reid Conti
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:16:04 -0800 From: "Reid Conti" <reid@conti.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Gas Smell Fixed in '95 > > Anyway, has anyone unscrewed the giant blue cap that has the senders and > > fuel pump attached without the "special BMW" tool that the Bentley eludes > > to? > > Absolutely. Screwdriver & big hammer - whackwhackwhackwhack :-) When working around gas and gas fumes, it is important to always hammer on a piece of metal. That means a screwdriver or chisel that has some metal extending to the end of the handle where the hammer will strike it. Conventional plastic/composite-handled screwdrivers do not produce nearly enough spark.
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Gas Smell Fixed in '95 - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:27:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <jim@jimbassett.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Gas Smell Fixed in '95 On Wed, February 28, 2007 11:17 am, Reid Conti said: > When working around gas and gas fumes, it is important to always > hammer on a piece of metal. That means a screwdriver or chisel that > has some metal extending to the end of the handle where the hammer > will strike it. Conventional plastic/composite-handled screwdrivers > do not produce nearly enough spark. Hey Reid, Chester's hijacked your email account. :-) Jim Bassett
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Kumho Escsta ASX Opinions - from Scott McClung
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:13:17 -0800 (PST) From: Scott McClung <smlists@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Kumho Escsta ASX Opinions We ran through a set on my wife's Mazda Protege5. Decent tire - had more stick in the dry than I expected it would, and worked great in the rain. Quiet. Cheap enough. My only complaint was life, although they did make it ~26K miles which isn't so bad for a Z rated tire. Replaced it with a Yoko with a 50K treadwear warrantee - I don't for a minute think they will really last that long, but if they go 40K that will be better than 25K and get her through 2 years anyway. I would not recommend those for an M3, however - too hard, they do give up some grip. But pretty well suited to the Mazda actually. Scott --- Jonathan Evans <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:08:58 -0500 > From: Jonathan Evans <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> > Subject: Kumho Escsta ASX Opinions > > Thought I would add another data point about tire > selection for the M3. I have been enjoying the > Kumho Ecsta ASX on stock 17 staggered rims for a few > months now. I went with all seasons since I wanted > better near-winter weather handling here in Raleigh. > We had a few snow flurries and the car handled it > with aplomb. Heavy rain hasn't been a problem > either. > > They have been good, quiet all season tires so far. > We'll see how they hold up in the Summer > heat.Jonathan95 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 > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. > http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > >
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#9. Re: [E36M3] fooling airbag light w/resistor - from Carl Stern
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:45:39 -0700 From: Carl Stern <carl.stern@xilinx.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] fooling airbag light w/resistor There should be an airbag disable switch available from BMW. Unless this is a race car, you may want to install that. That may be preferable from a liability standpoint in the case where someone else ever drives your car and crashes it. Carl
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#10. Head Gasket Reassembly - from Mark Duckworth
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:52:50 -0500 From: Mark Duckworth <mdlkml@atari-source.com> Subject: Head Gasket Reassembly Hey guys, Well a small status report, I worked on the car all day and the head is in, timing is set and seems good. I rotated the engine 4 times (2 strokes twice) and the cam blocks fell right back on without a problem. It was fairly straight forward. The vanos was fairly straightforward but who knows if I really engaged the first set of teeth that meshed :-P I forgot to put RTV between the timing cover and the block so I'm sure I'll have to deal with that later. My makeshift torque angle indicator worked fairly well .. give or take 5 degrees. I'm at the point where my intake is on but one of the vacuum lines (probably that goes off to the fuel pressure regulator) is a little messed up, so I'll have to do something with that, cooling system is back together. Just have to do ignition, AIR injection system, intake manifold nuts, fuel, throttle body and the rest of the intake system and I'm more or less done. Alas I did screw up. At one point I read the torque specifications wrong and applied 22Nm to the 2 of the 3 nuts that hold the secondary timing chain onto the intake cam bolt studs. I completely obliterated the threads of one stud, not satisfied I went to another one and obliterated the threads of the nut but not the stud. At this point I figured out something is wrong. I rushed down to VAC who had the stud bolt in stock, loc-tited it and replaced it, rushed down to otto's bmw (which is a HIKE from where I live) and got the nuts. It was all for nothing though as the car isn't done. My buddy really wanted to see it run but I didn't let him rush me so it's not done. He's not as knowledgeable as I am on the E36 so I set him to work on the exhaust manifold. He was sorry he came by the time he had it finished. Anyway, thanks again for all your help everyone. As long as all goes well I'll have a running M3 again by the end of the weekend. Thanks, Mark