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  Topic: FYI searching all craig's list.
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 7
Views: 406

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 7-23-08 11:08   Subject: FYI searching all craig's list.
Someone had asked about how to search all craigs list a while back.
I just discovered this and it seems to work.

http://www.searchtheentirecraigslist.com/
  Topic: Interesting source of cars that need some work.
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 3
Views: 188

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 7-6-08 06:00   Subject: Interesting source of cars that need some work.
I was looking at the classifieds on Roadfly and saw postings from an insurance reclamation place.
http://www.autosource.ws/auction/CS_trunk.JPG
  Topic: Meditation: It's what's for sanity
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 2
Views: 182

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-23-08 09:17   Subject: Meditation: It's what's for sanity
Google News Alert for: "bmw 2002"

Meditation: It's what's for sanity
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... meditate at least twice a week atop your handmade zazen cushion in your Zen rock garden ...
  Topic: Does Anybody Have a Pic of How the Floor Jack is Installed?
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 8
Views: 466

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-18-08 10:34   Subject: Secure the tire iron under the jack before tightening down
Just put the handle under the jack and it holds it down very nicely.
  Topic: Help: door won't unlock, how do I get it open?
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 4
Views: 184

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-17-08 07:00   Subject: I was able to unlock it
With the drivers window all the way down there is a few inches of open space where I used a 12" long 3/8 flat wood drill bit (that I have for drilling through walls for coax) to push on varis things i ...
  Topic: Help: door won't unlock, how do I get it open?
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 4
Views: 184

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-17-08 08:42   Subject: Help: door won't unlock, how do I get it open?
This morning I was unlocking my drivers door and something sliped inside the door as the key turned counter clockwise with no resistence. The door did not unlock all the way and I could not open the ...
  Topic: Very cool youtube for a Friday night
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 3
Views: 333

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-16-08 06:51   Subject: Re: Very cool youtube for a Friday night
Thanks that was a blast.
Did you make the youtube?

Now I have to be very carful to drive the speed limit as I go out to pick up one of the teenagers.
  Topic: exhaust is done
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 33
Views: 1127

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-11-08 06:46   Subject: Re: exhaust is done
Looks cool.
I liked the turned down and the V8.
Could you turn it down and cut it off so the opening is parallell with the ground?
  Topic: Is it just me or does it seem like 2002 windshields kill
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 12
Views: 587

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-5-08 08:46   Subject: Is it just me or does it seem like 2002 windshields kill
more bugs per mile than any modern cars?
I'be been cleaning the buggers off my 02 windshield for 30 years and it never seems this bad on our other cars.

Then there is the top edge of ther front, t ...
  Topic: (oops, move this down a thread) Evan told me...
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 2
Views: 224

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-5-08 08:28   Subject: Rotary in a 2002
In the 80's John Gadberry of Just BMW in Cincinnati was puting a Rotary into a 2002 for a serious autocross guy named Doc Honda.
I had seen in run in SCCA in a Honda 600 with a rotary engine with no ...
  Topic: Yesterday South Florida meet...pic's ;-)
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 7
Views: 250

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 5-5-08 08:18   Subject: Re: Yesterday South Florida meet...pic's ;-)
Nice photos!
Many nice cars.

Lust for the sleeper S14s.

Love that CS!
  Topic: You gotta try this web search mashup!
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 0
Views: 159

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 5-2-08 01:23   Subject: You gotta try this web search mashup!
http://addictomatic.com/topic/bmw+2002
  Topic: I just watched a Hawk nail a squirrel
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 4
Views: 295

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 4-29-08 04:16   Subject: Re: I just watched a Hawk nail a squirrel
I love watching the Hawks. Every now and then I see a bald eagle along I-70 in Indiana or Ohio. On a road trip to DC a few weeks ago I saw a huge bird sitting on top of and munching on the carcus of ...
  Topic: Oil filler cap leak
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 4
Views: 228

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 4-29-08 07:56   Subject: Do you clean the oil off the cap gasket and valve cover?
That is the first thing to making a tight seal.
If there is oil on those surfaces it will not seal and will seep.

If not, rub the gasket and mating surface down with a paper towel to get it nice a ...
  Topic: Driveline woes- reaching the end of my rope on this one..
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 7
Views: 210

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 4-26-08 07:43   Subject: Maybe try the old guibo and center bearing back in
to see if that makes any difference.

At least this might give you some good clues.

I sometimes find replacment parts to have thier own issues.

Ray
  Topic: Useful rear wheel bearing life?
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 7
Views: 233

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 4-26-08 07:33   Subject: I'm at 205,000 and the rear wheel bearings or Differential
have never been out of the car.
This includes 10 drivers schools, many autocrosses, full throttle takeoffs and and I love popping the clutch and chirping the tires in 1st and 2nd every now and then. ...
  Topic: 2002 in Charlestion car show
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 2
Views: 196

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 4-19-08 06:36   Subject: 2002 in Charlestion car show
From my Google alert
After a two-year hiatus, car show comes roaring back at Trident ...
Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA
A Michelin man miniature peaks over the dashboard of Douglas Ove ...
  Topic: Testfitting BMW Twincam motor
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 4
Views: 315

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 4-19-08 01:54   Subject: Which BMW Twincam motor is that? (nt)
(nt)
  Topic: Curious about peoples car names...
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 30
Views: 721

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 4-19-08 05:19   Subject: My 71 was the Brownie and
my current 73 is the green car.
My 16 yr old daughter is driving now and started calling
our 2000 avalon the Favalon.
  Topic: Anyone have a link to something that describes v-belt specs?
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 1
Views: 100

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 4-2-08 07:50   Subject: Anyone have a link to something that describes v-belt specs?
I know, you gets what you pay for mostly, but I was trying to find something that explains belt designs and specifications.

I am getting a replacement for my little single stage snow blower.
It ...
  Topic: Abstract 02 drawings
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 8
Views: 387

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 4-2-08 07:09   Subject: Very nice (nt)
(nt)
  Topic: Cool idea from Garage Massot to make negative camber
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 3
Views: 297

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 3-21-08 06:16   Subject: Cool idea from Garage Massot to make negative camber
Start with 4 control arms. Cut appropriatly and weld together to make new longer arm.

http://www.garage-massot01.com/Images/grand%20bras%20inf%206.jpg

Also a great photo from their site.
http: ...
  Topic: Going to France in two weeks
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 12
Views: 326

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 3-21-08 06:08   Subject: Wonderful Garage Massot photo
http://www.garage-massot01.com/Images/fut.jpg
  Topic: A friend of mine who is recently into 2002s remembers
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 8
Views: 481

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 3-20-08 07:59   Subject: Hey, it's not April 1st yet. (nt)
(nt)
  Topic: Classic Jeremy Clarkson
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 2
Views: 301

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 3-17-08 07:33   Subject: Thanks, That was such a hoot! (nt)
(nt)
  Topic: Interesting new site summarize auto related news (and other)
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 0
Views: 139

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 3-12-08 06:19   Subject: Interesting new site summarize auto related news (and other)
http://autos.alltop.com/

Use the scroll button on your mouse to scroll the list down.
  Topic: Newer music: Dinasour Jr. Beyond.
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 1
Views: 134

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 3-9-08 05:15   Subject: Newer music: Dinasour Jr. Beyond.
Kind of alt country low fi...

I am just really enjoying this new find.


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615MNJDPMVL._AA240_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Dinosaur-Jr/dp/B000OCZ9R8
  Topic: Do boxed (Tii) trialing arms really make any difference?
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 1
Views: 282

PostForum: General Discussion   Posted: 3-9-08 05:09   Subject: Do boxed (Tii) trialing arms really make any difference?
Of course you have to be on a race track,with super sticky tires to have massive G forces on the outside rear wheel, probably lifting the other side of the car off the ground for a perfect photo oppor ...
  Topic: BMW f1 Sauber 3d kit builder download
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 0
Views: 110

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 3-5-08 12:05   Subject: BMW f1 Sauber 3d kit builder download
Unfortunately they want 8 bucks and it doesn't look like it does that much.

http://www.3dkitbuilder.com/bmwf107/kit.htm
  Topic: gettin crazy here in Ohio.
Ray_73Turkis_OH

Replies: 10
Views: 363

PostForum: Off-Topic   Posted: 3-4-08 11:31   Subject: Re: gettin crazy here in Ohio.
My wife and I voted for Obama this morning.
At our polling place they just asked which ballot I wanted, Pub, Dem, or other.....and it didn't look like they were checking for how anyone was registered ...
 
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