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9:33pm: The City of Bryan says there are only 10 or 20 people planned to stay at Reed Arena overnight.Staff at the EOC is on the phone trying to get hotel rooms for those folks so Reed Arena can close.
8:59pm: The City of Bryan says 300 people are set to stay at Reed Arena overnight.
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8:41pm: According to the City of Bryan, the city has reduced staff at the site of the fire on Texas 21 and Texas 47. The city will continue to monitor the situation overnight. The fire is still burning. The people in the perimeter area released earlier this evening may remain in shelter at Reed Arena overnight. We expect about 500 homes are in that perimeter area.
8:32pm: According to TXDot, Highway 21 will remain shut down overnight between FM 2818 and Highway 47.
8:06pm: According to the City of Bryan, about 1,000 residents live in the area encompassed by the most recent evacuation map. About 100 are Bryan residents. These are very rough estimates. Nobody remains at the schools. People are starting to leave Reed Arena.
7:38pm: The city of Bryan asks citizens to call 211 for information rather than the EOC. The road closures listed in the previous release define a perimeter of the area that should remain evacuated:
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All other areas of Brazos County and the City of Bryan are open - people who live in those areas may return home. We are continuing air monitoring in the area. There will be further updates as more information is received. We are asking that all persons stay out of the evacuated areas.
6:15pm: A&M Consolidated Middle School is now open as a shelter along with Reed Arena. It is located at 105 Holick St. in College Station.
3:37pm: The City of Bryan is asking homes and businesses north of University Drive, extending both east and west to the Brazos County lines, to evacuate due to the still-burning chemical fire at Texas 21 and Texas 47. We will keep you posted as to when it is safe to return. Reed Arena remains open as a shelter.
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2:34pm: All residents who live north of Villa Maria between the Brazos River and west Brazos County to Highway 6 should evacuate their homes. We're asking everyone to go south. If they do not have a place to stay, Reed Arena is now open as a shelter. - City of Bryan
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Dangerous chemicals are burning in a massive warehouse fire outside of Bryan.
The fire began just before noon Thursday at the El Dorado Chemical Company warehouse on Highway 21 near Smetana.
Residents and workers within a three-mile radius have been evacuated, including the latest evacuations north of Villa Maria between the Brazos River and Highway 6. Roads throughout the area are shut down.
The warehouse contains fertilizers. According to Bryan Fire Chief Mike Donoho, because of the toxicity of the chemicals inside, they cannot battle the blaze on site, and will have to let the fire burn out.
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row 2-4: dc in each dc of previous row, work V-stitch in each V-stitch. (chain 2, turn) at end of row 4 chain 1, turn.
row 5: sc in each dc and put 3 sc in each V-stitch. (chain 1, turn).
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row 7: sc across row, ch 2, turn.
row 8: *2dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next* around. ch 1 turn.
row 9: sc in each st across row, join.
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Row 16: chain 2, dc in same space, (1dc in next st, 2dc in next st around). join to ch 2.
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Great game between Buffalo and Miami on November 15, 2012. The sprawling Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park NY, home to the Buffalo Bills, was packed for a Thursday night, and the Bills sent the Dolphins packing too, already laying down the groundwork for their defeat by halftime. Final score when the bout was over: 19 to 14.
And one dead.
"We didn't make any plays. It was not a good offensive performance. We had nothing going on," Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin curtly conceded the next day.
True, true, all true. But the far more intriguing matter that nobody dared ask him about pertained to the odd disappearance and drowning of a 26-year-old Miami fan just behind the stadium.
That line of questioning would've been like rubbing salt in fresh wounds though, because everyone knows Joe Philbin lost his own son, Michael, in the exact same manner in January 2012. Philbin was with the Green Bay Packers at the time, and his boy was only 21 when he disappeared and drowned.
Foul play
The Bills/Dolphins crowd on November 15th by all accounts was a rowdy and unruly one, resulting in nearly 100 evictions or arrests by local police working in concert with the Bills' security team. In fact, some attendees were so disgusted by the scene they exited voluntarily, complaining that fans from both sides and the stadium bouncers as well were all behaving inappropriately.
Three such spectators who will probably never be going back for a repeat performance are National Guardsman Brad Gebauer, his best friend "Tones," a State Parks repairman, and an unnamed female who had accompanied the men to the Bills game.
The trio was viciously attacked in the parking lot as they were attempting to leave early, and although the woman was unharmed, Gebauer and Tones each sustained serious injuries.
"I have staples in the back of my head and a broken bone in my eye," Gebauer said.
Tones is unable to speak at all; he has two rods in his jaw now and his whole mouth is wired shut.
Security had been quick to intervene in the incident, the victims were glad to report, and allegedly three men were later detained for questioning. But nothing has come of it since then, and Gebauer said he and his friends have been unable to get any answers from the Bills organization as to who actually assaulted them.
"Nobody seems to know anything. Nobody calls back," Gebauer complained.
As to police intervention, the Erie County Sheriff's patrol insist it's still looking into the matter and making progress, but a remark made by a spokesperson for the security firm in charge at the stadium seemed to contradict that claim. "We have been unable to confirm that the assailants have been identified," he said.
A diehard dies hard
One of the individuals who was ordered to leave the Ralph Wilson Stadium that night was diehard Dolphins fan, David Gerken, who, for reasons still unknown, was intercepted on his way to the men's room during the halftime break.
Gerken, 26, and recently named employee of the month at the plant where he was employed as a foreman, had attended the sporting event with his brother and a friend. So he cell-phoned them from outside the facility to inform them of what had just transpired, and then calmly arranged to rendezvous at nearby Tailgater's bar after the game had ended.
He went missing instead, and his body was found early next morning in the opposite direction of Tailgater's, face down in a creek at the bottom of a steep ravine, without a mark on it.
Or so police immediately proclaimed by declaring there was "no sign of any trauma or foul play involved" in Gerken's drowning, although little else has been offered to support any of the contentions thus far made in this puzzling disappearance and death.
Moreover, the customary incident report that should be on file with Bills security regarding Gerken's eviction was either never made at all, or hastily destroyed, just in case.
Was Gerken booted from Ralph Wilson Stadium for being intoxicated then, or did the young man just haplessly get caught up in a heavy-handed security sweep?
And, once outdoors, did he fall into the creek due to his drinking, or was he ambushed by somebody? Perhaps a few Bills fanatics, offended by the Dolphin's cap he was proudly wearing, themselves having just been ejected for drunken and disorderly conduct, accosted him?
Or are security personnel somehow to blame, maybe they got a bit too carried away in executing their duties?
Hard to say, what with all the vital paperwork and surveillance feeds being actively withheld at the moment, but it seems unlikely alcohol was truly a factor in this case. Not only because Gerken's brother and friend both say that he consumed only two or three cups of beer while at the game, but because Security, if following protocol, wouldn't have released him in a state of inebriation so profound that it might lead to personal injury or death.
Bills' officials and police admit as much when they state they arrested 18 people that same evening and put them in a "holding center" to sober-up, with several others sent to the hospital, allegedly requiring more intensive therapy and treatments.
Obviously Gerken wasn't quite that wasted, so there has to be a better explanation than the elusive one-liner the Bills initially offered the day after he died: "We can confirm that the individual was ejected from the game for violating the Fan Code of Conduct."
To date, the victim's father remains totally in the dark as to what that violation could have been and cannot believe it was related to drunkenness, since his son planned to go to work the next morning and wasn't heavily drinking.
"I would like to know if they did follow procedures correctly," he said. "If something does need to change so that nobody else gets hurt, that's wonderful. That's all we ask for."
Prevention & Protocols
While there may be differing points of view for the same occurrence, there is nonetheless only one truth in any given matter. It may be obvious or gleaned sometimes, but more often than not the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is something that must be vigorously pried at and examined.
Which makes the task all the harder to perform if documents and film have been hidden or destroyed and certain key parties involved in the incident have all but clammed up.
Stonewalling in the present case also makes the situation rife for all kinds of inferences and speculation, too. Most, under such circumstances, probably valid…
David Gerken's ejection must not have been warranted, did not follow protocol, and led to his death, perhaps even as a result of excessive force.
"If he was properly ejected, there would be a paper trail. Somebody should have known that he left. Family or friends, whoever he was with, should have been notified that he was removed," said an anonymous employee for the Bills security team. "Somebody's not coming up with the correct story. Somebody's not offering the information that they should be offering."
Lawyering up
Gerken was his father's namesake, so it's easy to guess at the magnitude of David Gerken Sr.'s loss right now, and the sorrow the man must've felt having been the one to find and indentify his son's lifeless body on November 16, 2012.
The Buffalo Bills feel his pain, evidently, and they seem concerned too, but for far different reasons:
"Arrests and ejections are routine aspects of our game day security procedures. While we do our best to control rowdy behavior, we are compelled to turn away some fans at the gate, eject some fans from the stadium for various offenses, and in extreme situations, arrest fans for criminal conduct.
"In this instance, we can confirm that Mr. Gerken was ejected from the stadium for disorderly conduct at approximately 9:55 p.m. Disorderly conduct includes various forms of misbehavior. We continue to review the circumstances surrounding this particular ejection. Mr. Gerken was one of 94 fans ejected from that game. Our review of this incident is on-going and we continue to cooperate with law enforcement during its investigation."
Attorney Jim Service, general counsel for Apex Security Group, the agency in charge of policing the Bills stadium, also issued a public statement of sorts:
"Apex company policy is to make no statements to the media during an investigation by law enforcement of an incident. As such the company will be making no statements at this time."
Conflicts & Conflicts of interest
Bills' representatives continue to emphatically assure all interested parties and the public that they're fully cooperating with local law enforcement in David Gerken's death inquiry. In all reality, though, those are fairly hollow assurances because, again, security at Ralph Wilson Stadium is provided in part by local law enforcement.
This might account for the sheriff department's decision to leak to the media information regarding Gerken Jr.'s DWI arrest in 2010, while at the same time remaining fairly tightlipped about how he could have died in 2012 when he wasn't driving and hardly had anything to drink. That is, after all, the only incident we're really interested in.
"I don't know that alcohol played a role," Orchard Park's chief of police Andrew Benz leadingly told reporters in a recent press conference.
Which begs the question: Well, what do you know? And when did you know it?
More dubious drownings of distinction
You might think it weird for a guy to drown in cold weather, especially if he's not skating or snowmobiling or ice fishing, but since 1997 it's become the bizarre new norm in America's northland. Every year, for the past 15 years, hundreds of able-bodied young men just like David Gerken have been mysteriously disappearing in the months of September to April and their corpses resurfacing in nearby rivers, lakes, streams, ponds and harbors.
Almost without exception these are ruled as accidents, of course—even if a corpse is found weighted with chains and cinderblocks, as Jonathan Dailey's was this October in Boston's Charles River. But anybody trained in forensics and crime scene investigation can tell you that water's the ideal place to dump the dead if you want to get rid of evidence. Pick the right lake or ocean, even, and a body may never be found again.
In that respect, the year 2012 has been a particularly grim one—add 22-year-old Indiana resident Joshua Swalls to the growing list of cold weather "drown" victims for this year's killing season. He went missing on November 3 and his badly decomposed body was just discovered floating in a retention pond in Indianapolis. That pond had already been searched by dive teams and law enforcement.
Josh Swalls is the second young man to meet such an end in this same area and timeframe. In October, Walton Matthew Ward also vanished without a trace. His body was recovered eleven days later from the White River.
Below are a few other missing/drowned cases of historical note that bear striking similarities with Gerken's, Dailey's, Swalls' and Ward's.
• Athletic 20-year-old Chris Jenkins was captain of the lacrosse team at his university and one of its top ranked students as well. He was abducted and murdered while attending Halloween festivities in downtown Minneapolis in October 2002 and his unrecognizable corpse retrieved months later from the icy Mississippi River. It had been strategically placed less than a mile from the bar where he'd been thrown out by an off duty officer/bouncer. The MPD insisted for years that Jenkins' so called "drowning" was an accident or suicide, until finally forced to capitulate and apologize for refusing to properly investigate it. The case has grown cold ever since then.
• Greg Hart, 23, was an expert swimmer and certified scuba diver who nevertheless "drowned" in March 2010 while celebrating a new job with his friends at a Rhode Island pub which just so happened to be owned by the wife of a local policeman. Cops refused to launch an immediate search for the missing out-of-towner, so Hart's battered body was discovered partially submerged on a riverbank by one of his family members. Investigators were also reluctant to hand over the victim's cell phone to the Harts; eventually, however, they relented on this and returned it to them in five pieces. Its data chip had also been tampered with.
• An eagle scout and all around athlete, Dan Zamlen ran almost 10 miles a day, but the 18-year-old freshman at the University of St. Thomas couldn't outrun his ill-fated destiny. In the spring of 2009, weeks after he'd phoned a friend for help and then vanished, his body was retrieved from the Mississippi River. Cops had refused to promptly search for him as well, and then later smeared the straight-A student by asserting he had committed suicide because he was "conflicted" about his sexuality.
• Harvard Business student Nathan Bihlmaier was a former certified lifeguard. At 31, married and with a child on the way, he was certainly no teenager learning to hold his liquor when he was ejected from a pub in Maine in 2012 on the pretext of having insulted a woman there. She has never been identified, but his corpse was found days later at the bottom of the harbor.
• In 2009, during a midnight stop by state troopers in North Dakota, 26-year-old Ryan Ebeck strangely disappeared. Police claim the rugged, part-time logger fled from them on foot when they attempted to conduct a sobriety test on him. Eback's body was discovered almost a month later in a waterway previously scoured by search parties. Officials deemed his drowning "an accident."
• At over six feet and nearly 200 pounds, 18-year-old Colin Gillis was a towering youth who knew the rustic terrain and rural routes he was last seen trekking "like the back of his hand". Regardless, he still vanished without a trace in early March of 2012, leaving no other clues at the side of the New York highway but his photo-ID and, allegedly, a sneaker.
• In 2009, bodybuilder Bryan Barker, 21, was attending a birthday party with a group of friends at a bar in downtown Milwaukee when he was asked to leave the premises and subsequently went missing. On that same night and in the same area, another of his friends was mugged and badly beaten. Barker's corpse was discovered by a passerby three days later floating in the Milwaukee River. Police ruled he fell into the water on his own accord.
David Gerken Jr. was laid to rest on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Calvary Cemetery in Canandaigua, New York. The exact manner of his death has yet to be determined and the investigation concerning what led up to it is still ongoing, but the preliminary autopsy lists "accidental drowning" as the cause.
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The roughly $150 billion spending package hammered out by the House leaders and President Bush will add some pop to the sluggish US economy by the spring and may be enough to avert or end a recession.
The plan is relatively simple for individuals, a tax rebate targeted at those who are likely to spend the money rather than save it. It will hit the economy at about the right time, say many economists of the bipartisan deal announced Thursday.
The Senate plans to put its own stamp on the plan, while respecting the goal of getting a bill to the president's desk by the President's Day recess next month.
The tentative deal calls for giving $300 to $600 for an individual filer and up to $1,200 per family, plus more for children. No rebates would go to those earning more than $75,000 ($150,000 per household). Small businesses will get a tax incentive to spend as well.
"It is no doubt positive for the economy," says Richard DeKaser, the Washington-based chief economist for National City Corp. in Cleveland. "It's a serious stimulus package, and I have little doubt its effect will be meaningful." The fiscal stimulus comes even as the Federal Reserve is aggressively dropping interest rates. On Tuesday, the nation's central banker lowered rates by 0.75 percent and is expected to drop rates again next Wednesday.
"By itself, the fiscal spending package is probably not enough to keep the economy from going into a downturn," says Mr. DeKaser. "But combined with the Federal Reserve's rate-cutting, it should be enough to keep the economy from dipping into a recession." Other economists are not so sanguine, but they say the fiscal stimulus will help to give the economy a jolt in the second quarter, which starts in April. The package could mitigate the effects of the downturn or jolt the economy out it, says economist Mark Zandi of Economy.com.
Congress and the Fed may yet have some leeway because the economic indicators are not yet tilting toward recession. For example, new claims for unemployment remained steady at 300,000 for the week ending Jan. 19, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. This indicates that so far there are no widespread layoffs, says economist Bob Brusca of Fact and Opinion Economics.
In December, concerns heightened that the economy had already slipped into recession because new jobs grew at a low rate and unemployment jumped to 5 percent. "So far it looks like January is reversing some of the dim economic statistics from December," says DeKaser.
However, on Thursday, homeowners also received news that existing sales of homes dropped 2.2 percent in December and were down 12.8 percent for all of 2007. Median home prices dropped 1.8 percent for the year, the first nominal decline in any year since the Great Depression.
However, as part of the House and Bush deal, the tax-rebate package includes a one-year temporary increase in the loans that can be purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Both of them could buy loans up to $625,000, up from $477,000 currently. This should help spur mortgage lending in such states as California and Florida, where high real estate prices have held back lending.
The deal worked out by bipartisan House leaders and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson represents significant compromises across the board for a Congress typically in gridlock – with all sides dropping elements seen as derailing the plan.The plan is on a fast track on Capitol Hill, where leaders on both sides of the aisle are promising quick action.
Republicans agreed to recalibrate the program to include more lower-income
families, while Democrats gave up cherished spending programs. Democrats also urged and won relief for families caught up in the subprime mortgage debacle and expanded the plan to include wage-earning households that do not file income taxes.
Republicans claimed credit for including tax relief for employers, including a 50 percent bonus deduction on new equipment, and for holding the line on extraneous spending and tax hikes.
"I can't say I'm totally pleased with the package," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a briefing announcing the deal on Thursday.
"Let us praise this for what it does and not disrespect it for what it does not: It is timely targeted and temporary, and it was done in record time since our conversation with the president [on Tuesday]," she added.
Meanwhile, Senate leaders say they will give the House plan prompt but thorough consideration. "When it comes over here, we're going to take another look at it," said Senate majority leader Harry Reid. He says that he expects votes on elements that dropped out of the House version of the stimulus plan, including extended unemployment benefits.
"Every dollar spent on unemployment insurance produces $1.87 in additional spending, whereas tax rebates produce only $1.17," says Sen. Charles Schumer (D) of New York, who chairs the Joint Economic Committee.
Sen. Patty Murray (D) of Washington is urging a summer youth program and infrastructure projects to create jobs.
But even strong objections to the proposed plan are taking a back seat to the sense of urgency on Capitol Hill to be seen as as doing something on a front-burner issue.
"I'm not enthusiastic about rebates for people who don't pay income taxes, but if that's what it takes to get a bipartisan compromise, I'll probably support it," said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. "I'm not taking anything off the table."
A similar tax-rebate plan in 2002 took about 10 weeks to finish distributing $38 billion in stimulus payments. If it takes that long again, much of recipients' spending will take place in March, April, and May. The tax cut could add about 0.8 percent to the economy's growth rate in the second quarter and 0.25 percent in the next quarter, estimates economist Drew Matus of Lehman Brothers.
"If it's targeted to the right people, it could be enough to reduce the risk of recession, particularly in the light of Fed action," says Mr. Matus.


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The BMW 5-Series (E39 chassis) was introduced in the United States as a 1997 model year car and lasted until the 2004 when the E60 chassis was released. The United States saw several variations including the 525i, 528i, 530i and 540i. -- View the E39 Wiki
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Electronics going crazy?
Seems to be a frequent occurence. It's probably the ignition switch at fault. Here's a thread with some good links regarding this phenomenon.
Secondary Air Pump Problems
This seems to be pretty common. I'm working on mine right now. I did some research, and thought it would be a good idea to compile the good stuff here.
These are some good discussions on the air pump system/problems/solutions/part numbers. What I'm finding out is that replacing the valve and the air pump may fix your CEL for a while, but there may still be problems. For instance, when I took off my old air pump, being the curious person that I am, I took it apart (you pretty much have to tear the pump into pieces - but I knew it was bad so what the hey) and found that it was completely melted on the inside. So I put the new one on and it did not have any power. I found the relay in the E-box and took it out. Jumped the big two wires together and the new pump came on (only works when engine is running - and cold). So my relay is bad - stuck in the "off" position. I must assume that the relay was bad earlier - and was probably stuck in the "on" position which fried my pump due to overuse.
So, everybody will tell you that when replacing the pump, go ahead and get the secondary air pump valve. I would take that a step further and say, go ahead and get the salmon colored relay for it, too. According to this research, these relays are a main culprit for pump failure (I'm not unique). Hope this helps somebody else.
And that's when I saw my entire checkbook flash before my eyes...
Some research for the E39 FAQ that I wish I had before I did it
Here are some DIYs and research that I would want others to have access to in the E39 FAQ.
My repair list for the 525i E39 is currently ...
- air conditioning stink research & diy
- windshield cover molding diy
- driver seat cover replacement diy
- cupholder replacement diy
- instrument cluster (pixels out) replaced by dealer
- intermittent fan blower (FSU) research
- jack lifting pads research & diy
- broken gas cap tether research
- brake bump shudder judder shake to pieces research
My maintenance list is currently ...
- four wheel brake job diy
- brake fluid diy
- H7 light bulb research
- oil change power extractor research
My nice-to-have list is currently ...
- dice ipod research & DIY
- best parts supplier by price and availability research
- obnoxious door lock research
My car is acting up when i start it up to warm up. At first the car seems fine, but once the temp gauge reaches between the edge of the blue on the gauge and the first line after, it sounds like it dies, and accelerates over again without touchin the pedal. The car sometimes dies if it is too cold outside and the computer when plugged in told me to replace the double temperature switch coolant temperature switch. I dont know why it is doing this or what that sensor has an effect on the car warming up. HELP ASAP
Spinning Key Syndrome help:
I finished the install of my ignition housing, switch, and tumbler. I am sorry I did not take any photos. The only camera I have is very expensive and I didn't want to risk damaging or dirtying it! But I'll be as detailed as possible.
I had the dreaded spinning key syndrome. I came home from work one day and tried to shut off the car and the key came out, but engine running. After messing around a bit, I figured out how to start the car by inserting my car key, or a flat-bladed screwdriver into the ignition SWITCH which had to be dislocated from the ignition housing. Waive the key by the transponder (The circular plastic ring around the ignition key hole) and you'll hear a little click. This means the car verified the correct key is IN or AROUND the ignition. Proceed to start by turning ignition switch. This was a temporary way for me to drive until I ordered the parts needed.
So after a month of starting my car with a screwdriver, I decided to bite the bullet and take on this repair.
These are the parts I bought, and the prices from Tischer BMW (getbmwparts.com) they apply to my 97 528i 10/97 build. Yours may be different, but not likely if you have an E39. *NOTE: PropellerHead indicates this part is different on some E39s, namely the V8 models with the comfortstart feature* To be safe, plug your vin # in to wherever you purchase from.
32320002723, Ignition Tumbler, $100.78
61326901961, Ignition Switch, $44.12
32301093572, Ignition Housing, $82.32
32311157967, Fracture Bolts (I think $1.50 each or something?) MAKE SURE YOU GET THESE!
The tumbler has to be coded, and you'll need to provide your driver's license and registration to any BMW dealer who orders this part for you. It will fit your key and your key only.
Kudos to Tischer BMW for their outstanding service and lightning fast shipping. It took about 5 days from the time I ordered for the parts to arrive to me all the way in California. Absolutely outstandidng!
Undo negative terminal from battery in trunk by using a 13MM open end wrench. You can use the one in the BMW tool kit. Place a cloth or blanket between the cable and the negative post. You don't want the cable falling back onto the terminal. This is important due to the airbag removal you're about to do. I tried to discharge any remaining electricity by waiting 10 minutes and flicker the interior light switches, headlights, etc. (JUST TO BE SAFE)
Remove steering column trim/panels. Two bolts holding it on, one top one bottom. Remove steering wheel. This is done by unscrewing two T-30 TORX bolts. I used a Torx T30 screwdriver. The bolts are behind the steering wheel, one on the left and right sides. You may want to do this with the car on as you'll need to turn the steering wheel left and right to gain access. DON'T remove all the way with the car on, just break them loose enough so the airbag/cover can be pulled. The bolts are stubborn but with enough force they WILL break lose. Keep trying. They release the airbag/cover which allow you to get to the main 17mm bolt to release the steering wheel.
Don't fully remove the airbag cover just yet! There's 3 wires connecting the radio controls, horn, and of course the airbag. Carefully release all 3 wires. The airbag/cover will come free. Place in a safe area BMW logo pointing down. Just put it far away where animals or other small children won't chew on the wires or anything.
Ok now you'll see your dirty grimy and dusty steering wheel guts. Get a breaker bar or torque wrench and a long 17mm socket. It's better with an extension. Once 17mm bolt is removed the steering wheel will come out. There's cables underneath which attach to the steering wheel. I think two of them. Release them carefully. There's a ribbon cable inside the steering wheel, make sure that does not come out. place wheel in a safe place after removed.
You'll need to remove the blinker/windshield wiper control stalk (one piece) next. It's clipped on both sides of the housing. Just take a screwdriver and firmly tap it. It should come out. I let it hang--couldn't figure out how to remove it. Just be careful not to put any unneeded force on it while it hangs. Also remove the black cable on the back of the housing with a 13mm open end wrench. This is the cable which putting the car in park engages so you can remove your key.
If you ordered all 3 parts you can remove the housing with the old tumbler inside it. NO NEED TO DO THIS UNNECESSARY STEP of removing the damn tumbler with some stupid special "tool" or paperclips, etc. You're going to discard the housing/tumbler as a unit. Toss it.
OK now the ignition switch is held on by two tiny bolts using a flat-bladed precision screwdriver. Point the screwdrivers blade towards the sky under the ignition switch. Two bolts holding these to the ignition housing. There's also a bracket held on by two allen key bolts. This holds the ignition switch to the ignition housing. Remove those two bolts as well and shove it to the side (the bracket).
Ok here's where you'll have to be clever. There's probably TEN billion ways to do this but this worked for me. The FRACTURE/SHEAR bolts. Everyone said this is the hardest part--WRONG. It was actually quite easy. I'll describe the hard part later on.
I took my $40 costco drill and a small bit I bought from home depot, ALONG with a small, sharp chisel I also bought from Home depot and hammered out the bolts. The chisel is the size of a thick pencil. About 7" long. Take your small drill bit and drill an INDENTATION into the shear bolts. Just enough so where you strike it with the chisel it will catch on. This isn't necessary but makes the job easier. Once you engrave two tiny divets into the bolts. Take your chisel, point the corner of it into the bolt and angle your chisel to where if you strike it, the bolt will turn counter-clockwise! It will take a few very hard strikes to bust it loose. I used WD40 to penetrate the bolts about 8-10 minutes prior. This helped a lot. You'll start to see the bolts turn. Then with medium force just consistently tap the bolt. Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap and it will drive out. The bolts are very soft so the chisel digs in nicely. You may not even need to use the drill bit. But I did and it worked. Continue to unscrew the bolts by hand. Toss 'em.
Don't pull the housing just yet. A slip ring is preventing the housing from sliding out towards you. Look on the very edge of where the steering wheel mounts. You'll see a ring which looks kind of like a key ring. It almost makes a complete circle... about the size of a nickle. This is holding the housing on. THIS IS THE TOUGH PART.
Here's how I did it.
this will require two hands and concentration. BE CAREFUL not to damage or MAR the steering wheel spline (The part where the steering wheel slips onto!) It's extremely fragile and the slightest impact will mar it, preventing the steering wheel from slipping back on) ask me how I know!
With one hand take your thumb and hold the slip ring firmly into place. With the other take a VERY thin flat bladed screw driver and shove it between the slip ring and twist and push it in. Not much force is needed. You'll see the ring LIFT just enough to slip the screwdriver in near where your thumb is. Remove your thumb from where you were pressing. Hopefully the ring didn't budge and you can stick another screwdriver where that space opened up. Then carefully twist the ring off using your screwdriver. This was a ROYAL pita. ONLY technique which worked for me.
The rest is easy. Various parts and rings slip off. BE CAREFUL to pay attention to which way they go on. Take pics if needed. The housing comes off now. CAREFUL. Don't throw away the housing just yet! There's little parts attached to it including a bearing which you'll need to transfer to the new housing. A bearing and a plastic clip. Pry em off with a screwdriver. Easy.
Take your car key, place it inside your new tumbler. Turn is just enough so you hear a click and the little protruding metal arm on the tumbler goes back in. This will allow you to slip the tumbler into the new housing. Make sure you line the tumbler up correctly with the housing. There's a tiny notch on both pieces to align. Easy. Click in.
OH NOES you can't remove your key? Don't fret. On the back of the housing you'll see a threaded opening. Take a small screwdriver and gently press down on the tab inside the opening. This will release the key. This is what is engaged when you put the car in park as mentioned earlier.
Slip new housing on with all new parts. Install top plate with new shear bolts. Torque em snugly but not enough to shear the heads off. You'll reach the specified torque when the heads shear off. Just don't shear the heads off until you're certain you did everything right. Otherwise you're back and square 1.
Now here's another TIP.
You'll now need to put the snap ring back on. Take your 17mm steering wheel bolt and put it back on the column. Don't tighten it al lthe way. Just thread it a few times.. I did this to pull the steering arm towards me while i put the snap ring back on. You'll see what I mean when you do this. Youll grab onto the 17mm bolt. It works great.
Snap the ring back on in its little groove. Use your screwdriver and start at one end and slowly work around to the other end. PATIENCE.
Install everything back in reverse order.
It now works like new.
Only gripe I have is the part Tischer sent me wasn't manufactured correctly. The area where you attach the ignition housing bracket and associated BIG heavy rubber block (no idea what this is or what it does) was not threaded. So I couldn't put back those two allen bolts. This isn't tichsers fault as they did not make the part. I will call Tischer Monday and see what they can do about this. This means my ignition switch isn't as tight against the housing as it should be. I ziptied it for now.
Sorry for the lengthy write up just trying to be as detailed as possible and help other BMW owners who may have had this problem. If you have an E39 and this hasn't happened to you yet, bookmark this.
Feel free to ask any questions.
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Spinning key additional notes
I am doing this exact job right now and just have a couple important things to add to the awesome write up above.
After reading the above instructions I went to work and following the above directions everything came apart like clockwork. The only difference is I took out my tumbler as opposed to getting a new one. How you do it is:
1. Pop off the plastic sensor that surrounds the key by taking a smaller flat blade screwdriver and putting it underneath the wire connector and between the metal lock body and plastic ring. Carefully twist forward till it pops off.
2. Turn the key to the 1 position
3. locate the the tiny hole at the edge of the key slot
4. find a nail that will fit in it but that's not flimsy and about 2.5" to 3" long
5. By hand start pushing the nail into the hole firmly and if you're lined up it should go in at least and inch. If you can't get it that far by hand take out the nail and double check your in position 1 and try again.
6. If it does go a ways in by hand then grab some pliers and firmly push it in harder. At this point take the pliers and grab around the tumbler and pull it out.
The paper clip may work but it's easier with the nail. I also tried using a small allen/hex key but it didn't work for me. They trick is to have it lined up in the 1 position and press the nail in firmly.
Lastly do not take out the nail until you're ready to put the tumbler in the new lock. Once you put it in the new one the ring will lock back in and you can then pull out the nail
The sensor ring just snaps right back on.
Second issue. There is a plastic bracket that surrounds the ignition switch, holds some of the wires and attaches to the steering lock you're replacing. It is held on by 2 #30 torx screws. The old screws did not fit the new steering lock for whatever reason. However I was able to thread in the bottom screw and it seemed like it self tapped.
Third BIG BIG ISSUE.
After I picked up the parts today I excitedly drove the wife's Volvo Wagon home and changed clothes to put it all back together. While getting into the car the new ignition lock fell out of the box and BROKE............ When I say broke I mean the piece that holds the column lock down popped out... So I put it back together and re-assembled it with the ignition switch to see if it was o.k.. Unfortunately it would spin backward if I tried after the key was first put in. I then figured maybe it was a fluke and re-assembled the lock to the column. I even put on the snap ring. This time the key got stuck again........
I promptly called the dealer and ordered another ignition lock which will be here Monday.
Apart from these things I still recommend doing this yourself with the above instructions. Had I had someone else do it or the dealer the labor would have been minimum $300 and as high as $450. The parts with my buddy discount were originally only $180. That is going to now shoot up to $250 but the savings were worth it.
Overall time to do the job had I had the parts on hand would be two hours taking your time.
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The real answer is change out the ignition switch. 90 bucks and 30 minutes later your electrical gremlins go away. Weird but true. Go to pelican parts.
2000 bmw 528i
my car is losing power it wents to shut off then youdrive for a while and rides fine but it putters around no engine light
go to e39.org/e39 awesome set of links that will help you
Sandbagging when you get an alignment. Yes, No & Why?
Sandbagging when you get an alignment. Yes, No & Why?
Some people say you have to sand bag your BMW to get an accurate alignment, others say it doesn't matter. Well that all depends on who sits in your car. If you are the only one in your car for more than 75% of the time and you have factory suspension & tire sizes, than no you don't need to sand bag it. 75lbs does not make enough difference to cause excessive tire wear. I know your thinking "75lbs"? Who weighs 75lbs? You split the weight So if you wanted to do it anyway and you weigh 150lbs you would put a 75lb sandbag in the driver's seat. You also split the weight in tank. So you want a 1/2 tank of fuel. Now, on to the sandbagging.
When you do a sand-bag alignment, you want to set up your car the way it will be driven most of the time. You want to factor in how many people are in your car 75% of the time. We will pretend you have two people (including you) in your car most of the time.
1 - The first thing you do is only have the most common items in your trunk (the stuff you never take out).
2 - Make sure you have a 1/2 tank of fuel.
3 - Go off of your weight for all bags (avg is 150lbs). We have two people so we want two 75lb bags, one in each seat.
Now you have your car set up in the mid range of the average weight that it is driven most of the time. This is intended to give an even tire wear.
Now the question is "should I do it?"
If you have 15's - 16's tires on your car, then probably not. You have enough sidewall to compensate so you won't see much difference but it's your call.
Now if you running 17's - 18's or 19's like me then I do recommend it. The sidewall is low profile and very stiff not allowing much if any flex. This is when sandbagging can give you more of an even tread wear. At $200 - $400 dollars a tire you want to get as many miles as you can
In the end it's your decision...
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Ooops. I posted a reply in the wrong section.Sorry.
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Where is the fuel pump relay. And i already replaced fuel pump and still no pressure to the fuel rail
Possible tires & Rims sizes
just try to cover future confusion about tires & rims changing
gets in the way of my gun bag.
I read that the batteries were always recharged when the keys are in the ignition and would never need replacement. However, both my keys are dead so I'm not sure this is correct.
I thought the same thing and both of my
keys are dead also, which was the nature
of my original post/delima.
what i did was got a paper cup holder which carries 4 cups..cut it in half and put it against the original E39 open cup holder latches to hold it. lol..works for me
Cup holder solution
My suggestion? Drive your BMW as it was meant to be driven.. If you wanna spend your days eating burgers and drinking sodas in your car? Get a minivan.. There is a reason why the stereo controls are on the steering wheel... Because these vehicles aren't dining rooms, they're driving cars.. And if you're taking advantage of what they really offer? You won't have the hands to be fumbling for a soda.. Or is that just how I drive? Lol.. Supposed to be funny not offensive...
All of my cup holders are broken.. Thanks kids trying to impress females borrowing MY car.. I just pushed them back in, wedged a black piece of plastic under them, so they don't spring back out, and never use them. They're useless anyway... A penny may work too.. I would LOVE to replace my entire console.. If anyone has a tragic 98 540i loss, with a great console left? Send me a msg lol!
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On Two Wheels
October 22nd, 2012
When I was in college, I remember biking everywhere - mostly to get to class, but also to meet up with friends at the coffee shop, to get around campus, and to shop at farmer's markets.
It was a great way to get around, without the hassle of parking (just the risk of someone stealing your bike if you didn't lock it up right). It was probably the best shape I ever was in my life, too.
Unfortunately, my bike (which I still have from college) is now neglected, sitting in the garage, with a new coat of rust.
My greatest fear of riding a bike around Honolulu is the risk of getting hit by a car — by drivers who just aren't used to sharing the road with bicyclists, someone gabbing away or texting on their cellphone (still see plenty of people do it despite Honolulu's new law) and just plain carelessness.
And working for a newspaper, I've seen every breaking news item on bicyclists hit, injured and killed by a car — from Nimitz to the North Shore.
The other day, I pulled out the rusty bike, pumped up the tires again and went for a spin. I love that feeling you get when you're on two wheels – the freedom, the wind in your hair, the mobility.
If we had more dedicated bike lanes, bike paths and a more bicycle friendly city, I think more people would get out and ride (and maybe it would ease up some of the traffic). And if there were bike-friendly routes that lead from residential neighborhoods to downtown Honolulu, it would be a viable way to commute other than sitting in stop-and-go traffic.
If Kaimuki put in bike lanes on Waialae Ave., I think it would ease the parking situation there. It's the perfect neighborhood for bikers, with plenty of restaurants and shops.
I loved riding around on campus and along bike paths open only to joggers and bikers in California's Marin County (north of San Francisco), where you can ride for miles and miles along scenic routes. Or along the coastline of Half Moon Bay. Or along water canals.
Wish we had bike paths like that here.
Honolulu did not make the cut for America's "Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities" by Bicycling magazine earlier this year. "To make our Top 50," said the magazine, "a city must also support a vibrant and diverse bike culture, and it must have smart, savvy bike shops."
I think we do have a bike culture and cool shops (and some cool bicycle racks in downtown Honolulu), but that we're definitely lagging compared to a lot of other cities out there. Apparently, it wasn't due to our geographical isolation since Anchorage, Alaska, made the cut.
But we have so much potential. Instead of building the city around cars, we should be building it around pedestrian pathways and bikes and public transit. We don't want to become another Los Angeles, with snarled traffic as its signature characteristic.
How about if we look to cities like Portland, San Francisco, Copenhagen and Amsterdam? If Honolulu could put its master bike plan into action, how awesome that would be.


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I've shared another bilingual book review over at Latin Baby Book Club. Go there to read about The Woman Who Outshone the Sun/La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol by Alejandro Cruz Martinez.
My father was gracious enough to be a guest reader at my school last week, along with my mom. He read this book to my students. Retired for several years now, Papi taught high school Spanish. I'm sure that reading to a group of 4th graders had to have felt quite different after spending so many years with hormonal teenagers. Papi was the perfect maestro though; he read at the perfect pace, pausing here and there to ask a question or show the illustrations.
My dad, a former teacher, read to my students, in his dress shirt, cardigan sweater, and pressed pants. As I watched and listened, it occurred to me that I too, wear that same outfit to school every day. Papi would carry a book and paper-filled briefcase to and from work; I lug home an about-to-explode book bag. Along with that, I use and reuse the same plastic Barnes & Noble bag to carry extra papers and such; Papi did the same I remember, using a shopping bag until it almost cried for mercy. When he was teaching, he carried so much stress around, and now, I do the same. At the same time, Papi was proud to teach the Spanish language and its rich literature. That is perhaps the most special gift he has given me.
My father took me to school. He led me to teaching. And when he read to my students, I had the pleasure of bringing him back.


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MONTPELIER, Vt. – The Small Business Administration announced the 2013 Vermont small business award winners April 15.
The premier accolade, 2013 Vermont Small Business Person of the Year, is awarded to Pete Johnson, Pete's Greens owner.
Johnson was selected as the SBPY for his outstanding leadership related to his company's staying power, employee growth, sales increase, innovative ingenuity and contributions to the community.
"We're very excited to name Pete as our Small Business Person of the Year," said Darcy Carter, SBA Vermont District Office director. "The judges had a very competitive field to choose from, but Pete's Greens' rose to the top."
Pete's Greens is a certified organic four-season vegetable farm that uses moveable greenhouses to grow vegetables year round.
"Vermont plays a pivotal role in the organic local food movement and Pete is helping lead the way," said Carter.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Program, organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation.
"I'm excited to accept this award for Pete's Greens," said Johnson. "We have a great staff of dedicated folks and they are who make the farm a special place. And we have great customers without whom Pete's Greens would still be an idea. And I'm really honored that the SBA considered an organic farm to be a worthy recipient of this award. It goes to show how powerful and developed the local, organic movement is in Vermont."
When it first started in 1995, it had about a half-acre of land. Today it has more than 200 acres. Pete's Greens has a 500 member Community Supported Agriculture and supplies to more than 100 stores. Sales have increased by at least 10 percent each year.
Each year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America's entrepreneurs and small business owners. During National Small Business Week, Pete's Greens will compete against the other state and U.S. territory small business winners for National Small Business Person of the Year. The winner will be announced June 21.
The other 2013 Vermont winners are Nelson's Ace Hardware as the Family-Owned Business of the Year, Shelburne Shipyard as the Woman-Owned Business of the Year, Music Store Live as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Patch's Green Clean Services, LLC, as the Micro-Enterprise of the Year and Eastwind Diamond Abrasives as the Exporter of the Year.
"Congratulations to all of our winners," said Carter. "Each one is deserving of their respective award. They all represent the best of Vermont's small businesses."
The winners will be recognized during the 2013 Vermont Small Business Awards Ceremony cohosted by Vermont Business Magazine from 4 to 7 p.m. June 13 at the Shelburne Farms Coach Barn, Shelburne, Vt.
"We look forward to honoring the winners during the celebration," said Carter. "It's open to the public, so come out and support Vermont's small business winners."
Registration information will be available in May.
The SBA is a federal agency assisting small businesses start, grow and prosper.
For more information, call 802-828-4422.


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Joshua Blake
Joshua Blake is an integrator (developer-designer hybrid) with extensive experience developing Natural User Interfaces for Microsoft Surface and Windows 7. He draws from his background developing 3-D graphics and non-traditional computer interfaces to bring a unique perspective to multi-touch development and design. He is deeply involved in the Microsoft Surface and NUI communities and is well known for creating and maintaining InfoStrat.VE, an open source multi-touch Bing Maps 3D control for WPF, Microsoft Surface, and Window 7 Touch. Joshua maintains a blog "Deconstructing the NUI" at http://nui.joshland.org and is currently writing a Manning book Multi-touch Development with WPF and Silverlight. Joshua is a consultant with InfoStrat in Washington, DC.