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E36's are OBD1until 1996 - usually with the M50 engine, OBDII came with the 328i M52.... - usually... I have seen a hybrid 2.8 with OBD I, no idea if it was factory or not....

6 minutes ago, M3AN said:

I wonder if the angry bird is included. It's just about an automatic disqualifer, I'd generalise that any owner that would hang one of those on/in an M5 doesn't know how to drive or look after an M5. Caveat emptor.

 

You missed the Nankang front tyres...

Same as the post above. iPad packed a sad.

Not bmw packaged but Meyle. The part no matches, it came from MillAnd.

I have one for a 328 that has only done about 40,000km. It was a replacement and the sender crapped out. I'm in Porirua, $50 + shipping.

I rebuilt one of these in the 90s with a "mild" 454ci. Wheelspin in 4th at 100mph....

On 9/8/2019 at 7:57 AM, Driftit said:

I find the Wellington directions are all quite odd. Same for google maps. After a few runs in the wairarapa it seems to be learning the more efficient routes now. I leave it running even when I don't set a destination. 

I've been running my updated Tom Tom in the UK and it is a complete waste of space. Takes you through every stupid rat run (most with speed humps) and even single track roads - and it's set for main road priority. It got thrown into the back of the car and squaked "in 500 yards..." as a last shot at getting me lost. I converted to Google maps with the in car screen (the rental is a Citroen C3) but it's just as bad.

Was told about Waze - what a star performer! M25 it shows congestion , cars on the side of the road, police etc. and has sensible alternative routes. I notice that the setting "avoid difficult junctions" is a default - perhaps this is how it gives sensible routes. Can't wait to try it back in NZ.

They all seem to be 6mm lower (ish) on the drivers side. Live with it, or you could put thicker spring pads in on one side to even it up - they were originally for raising the car in "3rd World" markets.

I've fixed the backlight problem. What happens is when the missing display pixels get "fixed" with strips of tape over the board connector, the display is bent upwards for access. The lighting connections are beefy metal tags, and bending them can separate the pads from the tracks on the board. I had desoldered them and done a really tidy resoldering job - to the pad. Previously there was a big blob of solder, which of course I removed.... Now it has solder going on to the track as well.

So, now on to the film connector....

I stripped down my check control unit to fix the pixel display, and removed the display frame at the same time by desoldering the 3 tags that connect to the main PCB. (These tags are for the backlights on the display). Now I've re-assembled it the lights don't work... I've resoldered, checked the lights are actually working (12V across the tags) but no backlights when its powered by the in car connector. Any ideas?

PS  have got most pixels working, but I didnt realise that the film connector is supposed to be soldered to the board - mine isn't! A repair kit, including the special soldering iron bit and silicon strip, is on it's way from Aliexpress.

Got sick of the slow return on my E36  coupe driver's seatbelt. Tried to find a replacement - it's BMW  supplied only: so I googled a fix. Simple - wash the seatbelt in laundry detergent (in a bucket on the seat) and let dry. It removes all the accumulated human remains that prevent the belt from flexing (Yuck!)

It nearly worked, so I went further and removed the rear trim panel, cleaned the guide bar for the the belt (also yucky). Then after re-gluing the trim attachment to the side panel (It's only 22 year old glue, really!),  re-gluing the vinyl around the inside of the belt aperture (all to make the gap in the trim bigger)  it WORKED. I now have a belt that retracts at the speed of a frightened rabbit.

Mike Page in Paraparaumu.  Porirua European moved out of Porirua some time  ago.

Point of order, chaps, the E36 rear discs also have internal drums for the handbrake  emergency braking system.

23 hours ago, kiwi535 said:

nice,though one of the reasons i sold the 120d was because it was a bit small to get into and out of

I found the same, but not with the Coupe ?. The door is about 2 inches longer, and I don't hit my head on the roof....

Water??? You need energy to produce it, of course, but it's the energy storage capacity, weight and time to refuel that make it attractive over those nasty batteries...

13 hours ago, _ethrty-Andy_ said:

i disagree with your first sentence. i know for fact your second sentence is not true.

More and more of my job is visiting the same data centre sites on a weekly if not monthly basis, so much so its easier that i have my own access card to most of them now, and I'm sure you know the performance it takes to get those.

I think that the point that i was trying to make is that the new flavour for Cloud is either Azure (Microsoft) or AWS (Amazon) both of which have datacentres as close as Sydney....

On 7/3/2018 at 10:11 PM, M3AN said:

 Give me an OpenStack engineer with 2 years experience over somebody who drew a cloud on a whiteboard ...

 

 

In those days the cloud was a magic device that stuff went into, a miracle occurred, and it came out different!

On 7/3/2018 at 9:37 PM, Gabe79 said:

Hmm, depends how that's defined, I suppose, but EC2 was the first true 'cloud' (I'm a fan of the saying "There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer...) offering, and that came out nearly 12 years ago. 5 years of Cloud experience, I'd want to see solid experience with OpenStack, AWS, OpenShift, etc, all of which are older than 5 years now... Docker is 5 years old, LXC is 9. Saying "Cloud experience 5+ years" means they want someone who doesn't just know Kubernetes/Azure, or who has been on the ground for these things for a long time relative to the technology. Granted, even working in this space, I know a handful of people who fit that description, but hey, if I'm looking for a senior person in that space, it isn't an unreasonable ask. 

Should have made it clear that this was for a project management job... anything more than 2 years of familiarity is going to be pretty irrelevant. Some of us can pick up the tech bit quite fast. It's the people skills that should be the focus with a PM.

And while we're on the cloud... god help the NZ government if the Trans-Tasman cable ever goes down....

On 7/2/2018 at 12:40 PM, gjm said:

"At least two years New Zealand experience of working with Photoshop, 3D Studio Max and Archicad."

One of the roles I went for wanted 5+ years experience of the cloud (!).  I think that there's a new breed of manager around that don't understand previous experience.... they want people who are similar to them ("millenials") but with 10 years more experience. It doesn't exist. I find that I can't communicate with the interviewers lately. Never had a problem before. Thank goodness I can  retire....

7 minutes ago, Maunde said:

To be honest I am unsure as to what l6 I'd like, any is fine, there just seemed to be more available haha.

The plan is to put it into an MGB GT

That might require some suspension upgrades...

Carlos Fandango?

Certainly no negative scrub radius. And not 11s.  I would guess at aftermarket

1 hour ago, dirtydoogle said:

Will lose a lot of torque without a re-tune and won't gain much up top. Has been covered a bunch of times. 

The flatter power delivery will make it feel like there is less of a top end drop off in power so it might feel faster up top 

Yes it loses some torque at the bottom end but if it's an auto it will maintain a power increase up to the gear change - about 6100 rpm. Otherwise the power drops off at 5700rpm. Good on a track or for overtaking...

Don't do it unless you have an auto, or a manual with an M3 header plus revamped mapping...

SECAM = Sees every colour as Magenta ?

Just curious.

Last years WoF on the Honda put the rears at 3mm/5mm. A year later  (+9k) they are 6mm/6mm.  I don't  remember replacing them.

We did drive down SH1 Picton/Christchurch earlier this year.  Is there magic down there? All the road workers were waving....

On 4/21/2018 at 5:14 PM, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

. Most NZ roads have NO barriers, or a spindly wooden fence which couldn't stop an empty push chair from going over the edge.

I disagree. The fences are painted white which makes them much stronger. Probably enough to stop a pushchair.