QuoteCab Treadway QuoteDave_G Quotealanrw Are we going to have a sticky with critical links like the OEM parts catalog or the link to the dashboard swap or the online factory repair manual? I think there are a number of "How To" articles that should be linked. Definitely. But should they be stickies in the forum section, or links from the main page? Or both? I vote for no stickeys iby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
QuoteFerdinand QuoteDave_G... doesn't work with Chrome or Safari. To reiterate, if it's something that doesn't work for one particular browser but works in others, then it's most likely an HTML code validation error. It's not the browser's fault, but a fault in the webpage's HTML code. Some browser's are better at handling coding errors, whereas others wiby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
Quoterkj Cab, Shutting off the water is one thing but you should have drained the system. If pipes start busting its ugly bro, and expensive. You also have to think about the heating system; it has water in it too. There should be a low point in the fresh water system to drain it from. Guys that live in the upper east coast like us have to have all these emergency plans in order so things donby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quoterkj Cool, I like him too. Funny, the times when this place closes down I really feel like shit. Thanks Dave No more shitty feelings from now on...we own this thing and have control of itby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
QuoteCab Treadway QuoteArcheo-peteriX Hopefully the plumbing doesn't freeze up in your house...that is always my biggest worry when power goes out and the sub zero temps persist. It's nice that you have friends generous enough to have you come live with them in such an emergency B) Hopefully power will be restored soon and you can all go back to your familiar surroundings I did sby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quoterkj QuoteDave_G QuoteCab Treadway It's been 3.5 days and we're still without power at my place. Wow, that's rough. I know how trying that can be. You don't realize how much we rely on electricity until it all goes away. Hang in there! I've never been without a woodstove and a nice pile of wood by the porch, comes in handy when all the modern stuff fails. Hope yby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
QuoteDave_G QuoteArcheo-peteriXI won't be taking the OBC out of the car today...-12ºC with high winds and a chill factor near -20ºC ...BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! I dunno, sounds like typical winter day around here. Wimp. Yep...this is normally the banana belt with mean annual temps falling between 40 and 70 degrees. Blast of cold like this are a big jolt to our temperate systby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
I received an e-mail from him and he is happy someone(Dave G) finally took the initiate to do something to save the site He'll be lurking and maybe posting if he feels he can add anything of interestby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
QuoteCab Treadway QuoteArcheo-peteriX It snowed lightly late last night then warmed enough to melt the inch or so that was on the ground. then the temp plunged to around -8ºC and it froze into ice. At least you are still at home! It's been 3.5 days and we're still without power at my place. Our friend has been very gracious and is letting us stay at his place, but it's really tby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
QuoteDave_G QuoteArcheo-peteriX Can't override the control center defaults any more...going to be pissed Fixed. Sorry about that. I had installed a mod that's supposed to allow anonymous users to use threaded mode like registered users can. It didn't work, but I learned that wasn't it's biggest problem. As you discovered, it broke the threaded option for everybody! Soby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
Can't override the control center defaults any more...going to be pissedby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
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QuoteDave_G QuoteArcheo-peteriX Wonder what's preventing it from showing up? I'm on FF 3.0.4 and XP pro SP3 Ah. I'll bet you're using a different template. I have enabled it on the default BENN template, but not all the other templates. Go to the control center, click forum settings, and make sure that the template is set to Default. Unlike other mods, the recent messages mby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
QuoteDave_G QuoteArcheo-peteriX 'Recent messages' doesn't show up here??? It should be at the very top of the page, next to log out, control center, and private messages. If it's not there you might need to clear your browser's cache and refresh the page. Nope; no worky. I cleared the cache and even reboot the computer...is nobody home Wonder what's preventingby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
QuoteDave_G I have made a few updates to the default BENN template to improve the looks a little bit, and more importantly, to fix the annoying problems of different browsers displaying the pages differently, and in some cases putting in lots of extra white space. I have tested the forums with Firefox, IE versions going back to version 6, and Google Chrome, and they all look OK. I have not testedby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
Quoterkj QuoteArcheo-peteriX Daniel was wondering about how easy it is to do this upgrade... I did it in about 10 minutes...getting it into the OBC in sutu will take about 20 minutes This looks like a great thing, do the led lights make it bright enough Peter? They sure do...better than the original light bulbs You can make them brighter or dimmer by changing the vale of the resistorsby Archeo-peteriX - Technical Forum
Daniel was wondering about how easy it is to do this upgrade... I did it in about 10 minutes...getting it into the OBC in sutu will take about 20 minutesby Archeo-peteriX - Technical Forum
Quotedaniel its snowing a lot here, but its 20something degrees instead of 0. hopefully it clears up. You guys are getting what passed through here today. Shouldn't be too much snow but it's going to get colder...a lot colder Darn...where's that shivering iconby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quoterkj Sounds like fun, I thought you were going to send me some of the fun! what gives I tried to scoop some up and put it in an e-mail but it's frozen solid to the car The sun has just set and the temps have dropped about 5 deg in the last half hour. The house is starting to make cracking noises like it does when it get's cold quickly. You can have it all as far as I'by Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
It snowed lightly late last night then warmed enough to melt the inch or so that was on the ground. then the temp plunged to around -8ºC and it froze into ice. A little more powdery snow fell and has blown around with the 40 to 60kmh winds. right now the sun is shining, the wind is howling and the temp is sitting just below -4ºC with a wind chill much lower than that. Wish I had some rhum forby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
QuoteMichiel 318iS Yeah, he and Ove betrayed the E30... We can forgive them since jaffar still has his E30 I believe and Ove still has the heart of the E30 in his Tiby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quoterkj Quoteigor325 Quoterkj Hi Igor, nice to see you. Rick same here. as a matter of fact it's good to be here (spam free) Yes, that is always nice, and if we do get hit we have Dave, who has the keys Dave probably won't have to do much...our new host will likely be all over any nonsense before we even see it I sure hope rod dick is enjoying his new russian ufo home &gby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quotedaniel starting now, i am effectively out of the country for a month. i have a huge project and a final exam to do in the next couple days, after which i am headed to venezuela to visit family (mom's side), where i expect to have limited internet time/access. i come back january 10th. i am posting this just so everyone knows to direct e30 DIY articles Dave G's way, as i expect wby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quotealanrw Are we going to have a sticky with critical links like the OEM parts catalog or the link to the dashboard swap or the online factory repair manual? I think there are a number of "How To" articles that should be linked. alan Hang them on the main page and also the tech forumby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
Quoteigor325 Done - I added link to BENN on e30world.com. It will be seen on every article page as I made it part of the side navigation (even gave it different color so it stands out ) to see and example clik on e30 front wheel bearing replacement .... I also sent out PMs to admins and Peter but am not sure if PM works on BENN yet.... Igor Perfect PMs work fine. I got your messaby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quotedaniel i hope you didn't send an email to THIS Jaffar... Yes, isn't he the one with the E36 now?by Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quotedaniel isn't this kind of the same as having the thread title in bold with (x new) in red next to it? Well, partially. This addition should allow you to list only posts by 'daniel' or from Dec 10 thru Dec 13' etc. It just saves having to scroll through pages and pages of old stuff looking for potential replies...when we get up to critical mass that isby Archeo-peteriX - Suggestions and questions
QuoteKelly Quotedaniel ok, those are the rubber mounts i was imagining in my head. unfortunately i havent had an M20 car with a proper airbox for about 4 years now, so I can't remember everything about the mounts and what not. I am useless in this thread. I think if one mount still holds the box nicely you don't need to worry about the other mount. you could also use zip-ties to holby Archeo-peteriX - Technical Forum
Quotedaniel ok i sent messages to ed prasad, frank porro, and brad cook regarding the relocation of the site. I found jaffar on bimmerforums, but he had private messaging and emails blocked on there, and i couldnt find jose pinto anywhere. I just replied to Jose over on VOY. He's having trouble getting the site to come upby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum
Quotedaniel ok i sent messages to ed prasad, frank porro, and brad cook regarding the relocation of the site. I found jaffar on bimmerforums, but he had private messaging and emails blocked on there, and i couldnt find jose pinto anywhere. I sent jaffar an e-mailby Archeo-peteriX - Community Forum