shift linkage or bad trans?

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  • AsharC
    E30 Mastermind
    • Jun 2011
    • 1508

    #1

    shift linkage or bad trans?

    My cousin is buying an e30 and the owner said he was driving in 4th on the highway and went to put it into 5th and wouldn't go into 5th and now its just stuck in 4th gear and the shifter just moves around. Is it the linkage or the trans? The car is a 91 325i, so it has the late model shifter, not the early model arm.

    Thanks, all help is appreciated
    Last edited by AsharC; 12-10-2011, 07:37 PM.


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  • scottinAZ
    E30 Fanatic
    • Dec 2009
    • 1312

    #2
    could be either one, best way to find out is to get under the car and take a look
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    • M-technik-3
      I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
      • Oct 2003
      • 18946

      #3
      eS so it's most likely still a plate style shifter. Loose one bolt and the thing goes seriously off kilter.
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      • nrubenstein
        No R3VLimiter
        • Feb 2009
        • 3148

        #4
        If the shifter just moves around, it's almost certainly the linkage. As I enjoyed the other day when the joint came off the transmission. I guess the fucking retaining clip broke.
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        • AsharC
          E30 Mastermind
          • Jun 2011
          • 1508

          #5
          I though it was the linkage also, but ill have to check it out.


          BUY MY WHEELS! BBS E50s!!
          http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=275407

          Originally posted by Lurker27
          Any man will tell you being blown is better than being stroked.

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          • agile30
            E30 Modder
            • Oct 2008
            • 832

            #6
            Check the bitch clip. Mine popped off somehow while driving one day and I ghetto rigged it but its a simple fix.
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