The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 308 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <e32> Transmission woes
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:10:28 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <e32> Transmission woes Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jim, don't overlook the programming part. The salvage yard that supplied a used GM 4 speed for my wife's '93 525i advised me to keep the computer with the transmission as a matched pair (general rule, not specific to E34s). He provided the computer with the slushbox. Other than that, I can add nothing to this topic. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Subject: <e32> Transmission woes >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Gruppe, > >Have a friend with a 1993 740iL that has more than likely a toasted tranny. >I had thought it was the 'check ball valve body' failure from his description >and reading on the net, but he continued to drive it anyway. It now does >nothing, won't engage any gear so I am assuming a replacement (good used unit) >as no shop will touch it for diagnostic purposes. My question would be how >many different trannys were available? We found a shop to do a mechanical quid >pro quo swap, but he was leery of the 'programming' as well. Am I wrong to >assume a direct swap with a known working unit is a straight (8 hour per book) >swap? I want to order the tranny for him to get it done but I want to make >sure I get the right part. > >TIA, >Jim Laing >Evo Clown >POSe30s and such ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(1 messages) **********
