Thread: CC fix for 3.15 diff

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Some time ago Tyrone posted a possible solution for broken cruise control with 3.15 diff upgrade. Does anybody have that post? I can't find it anywhere.

TIA


Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
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///M5 3.15 LSD
///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear
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///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler
///M5 Mirrors and Switches
Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain)
Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR
Rogue Tranny Mounts
StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear
Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear
Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons
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Redline in Diff and Tranny
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G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger
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http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e39/9492316-7.html

"Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness"
The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide
Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars!
No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control!
Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators!

NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection
Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection
Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys
Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI
Dinan Front Strut Bar
Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller
NGK Iridium Plugs
DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses
Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings
Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car)
///M5 3.15 LSD
///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear
Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings
///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler
///M5 Mirrors and Switches
Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain)
Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR
Rogue Tranny Mounts
StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear
Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear
Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons
Modified CDV, UGDO
Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf)
Redline in Diff and Tranny
Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer
G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger
Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool
25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack
PIAA Driving Lights
BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter

That's it; Thanks!!

How did you find that? I searched ... but for some reason all of my searches turn up posts no newer than about 2008.

Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
Click here for Mod List

I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?

in about 2 weeks if I can get it scheduled over Thanksgiving weekend. If you get a chance to try it sooner, let me know?

Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
Click here for Mod List

I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?

I googled "site:http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e39/ Tyrone cruise" and looked through the results until I found something like what you describe.

my local dealer and have them connect it to their big buck computer to see if they can pull up any info on my random Failsafe Engine Program error that likes to pop up every 2 years or so.
I printed Tyrone's post and will bring it with me. I will probably do this next week.

Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
Click here for Mod List

I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?

"Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness"
The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide
Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars!
No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control!
Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators!

NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection
Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection
Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys
Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI
Dinan Front Strut Bar
Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller
NGK Iridium Plugs
DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses
Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings
Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car)
///M5 3.15 LSD
///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear
Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings
///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler
///M5 Mirrors and Switches
Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain)
Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR
Rogue Tranny Mounts
StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear
Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear
Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons
Modified CDV, UGDO
Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf)
Redline in Diff and Tranny
Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer
G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger
Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool
25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack
PIAA Driving Lights
BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter

I'm on pins and needles! Hopefully I'll get in this weekend.
Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
Click here for Mod List

I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?

send in a "Puma" report to BMW to ask for assistance. (anyone know what Puma stands for?)
They said that if we end up at a brick wall I should go to Will Turners shop and talk to them about doing the recoding as they have much more experience doing non standard things like this.
The tech thinks he should have some feedback in a few days, but with Thanksgiving this week it will probably be next week.
Tyrone has also been helping out.
He did scan my DME and said the adaptation values were kind of high so he reset them back to zero. That did make it a bit more peppy, when I left 2nd and 3rd gear chirped the tires and I really wasn't trying to do it.....so I had to do it a few more times just to make sure it wasn't a quirk.

Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
Click here for Mod List

I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?

My favorite dealer in Houston said this ...

"We do not have the ability to perform this coding as listed below. I contacted my BMW RTE for information. He also stated we cannot perform this."


Cheers!
Robert


'99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98)
Click here for Mod List

I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?

Looks like the typical easy way out. I would have tried this long ago, but hard to do without a car.

Of course there had to be an obscure situation akin to a genetic defect involving Jim's car, which has thrown a wrench in his plans also. Hopefully that will be resolved soon.

When they scanned my car they found nothing related to the Fail Safe Engine Program. I've driven it about 2000 miles since then with no issues.
I stopped at BMW about 9 days ago to see if the tech found out anything from whoever he was going to ask for assistance from. He was tied up on the phone, I never got a chance to speak with him. I'll drop in again before the holidays to see if he has any good news.

Ah, didn't know about that. I was actually referring to the odd case of missing digits in your SA line. Go figure that some rare thing like that had to appear once we FINALLY find someone to try the coding change!

"Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness"
The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide
Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars!
No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control!
Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators!

NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection
Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection
Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys
Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI
Dinan Front Strut Bar
Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller
NGK Iridium Plugs
DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses
Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings
Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car)
///M5 3.15 LSD
///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear
Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings
///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler
///M5 Mirrors and Switches
Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain)
Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR
Rogue Tranny Mounts
StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear
Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear
Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons
Modified CDV, UGDO
Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf)
Redline in Diff and Tranny
Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer
G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger
Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool
25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack
PIAA Driving Lights
BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter

What equipment is needed ... that they likely have or should have being a fairly large BMW dealer in the Houston area?

We will not change vehicle coding. They have no idea why my SA was missing a few digits. So it looks like all of us with M62tu engines with 6 speed trannys and an M5 diff (or you guys that stuck in a peg leg 3.15 diff) will have cruise controls that likes to drop out from time to time.