hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 Driving to the girl friends last night and went to parallel park the car .. popped it into reverse .. gave it a little squeeze on the gas ... and uh oh ... felt like a badly slipping clutch ... Seems I have blown the reverse gear. Cars at 85000ks and is looked after with cotton white gloves.. Made a few phone calls including looking into doing a manual conversion .. Manual is out of the question at this point as upon a little investigation ... the list of parts .. and the re-programming needed to do it is going to be too much. Thanks to Glen from botany motor works for the recommendation ... sending it into his specialist to be looked at will keep you all updated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m325i 709 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 Bro that sux. Hopefully yours doesnt have the American made gearbox. My Dad's e46 has that, and they are a sealed unit, or something, and a real mission to fix. G/boxes have to be the rudest thing to break. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 yeah totally is .. this is whats needed in doing a manual conversion parts wise... 5 or 6sp Transmission shift lever shift knob Driveshaft differential clutch pressure plate 8x flywheel bolts flywheel master clutch cylinder slave clutch cylinder lines front slave cylinder to tranny shift linkage clutch pedal set w/clutch spring and harness connectors drive shaft bearing/bushing flex disk tranny mounts ---and all these little parts-- clutch hose clutch pivot pin release bearing clutch release arm pilot bearing clutch arm bushings Shift coupler with internal bushing Pin retaining clip Ball cup sponge Shifter Arm Plastic Bushing (attaches to chassis) Shifter arm bushing (attaches to transmission) Lower shift boot Shifter arm pin Two Shift selector rod circlips Four Yellow plastic washers/bushings for shift selector rod Shift handle ball cup bushing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m325i 709 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 Reverse was the problem on my dad's one too. It used to p1ss out oil, from time to time when you reversed. BMWorkshop had it a couple of times to try and fix it. (They may have fwd it on to a specialist - not sure). I do know that there was issues in trying to fix it. May be worth getting their thoughts as they have some experience with them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 cheers for the tip ... Ive got it going to Auto trans on recommendation from glen from the site sponsor Botany motor works. Will know more tomorrow I guess. unfortunitly this aint gonna be cheap heh ... (story of my life) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 ouch sorry to here that bro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 use the m20 box...autos FTL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted May 23, 2007 Getrag 260 FTW hahahah gutted to hear man. Oh yea, found out that guy has 2 M3's, he want 22k for one and 28k for the other. Might be best you come see em. Ill suss it out this w.e Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted May 24, 2007 e30 or e36? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Phil Ken Sebben Report post Posted May 24, 2007 Sucks man! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted May 24, 2007 Sorry to hear Josh, hope it gets sorted... what's the total price like for all those parts to do the manual conversion? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matty 0 Report post Posted May 24, 2007 The auto in our 330i takes a couple of seconds to shift from reverse to forwards - normal or with worrying about? There's only about 72000k's on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 24, 2007 its normal .. word of advise .. let it before hitting the accelerator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted May 24, 2007 (edited) Bummer Josh. Manual conversion is a great idea tho....you do have a suitable gbox sitting there! I have some of those small parts leftover and its a pretty straight forward swap. If you are interested. Edited May 24, 2007 by westy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted May 24, 2007 yeah unfortunitly its going to take a bit more than just the straight swap The instrument cluster, gearbox controller and ECU are all interlinked .. its all possible but a lot of dicking around .. If I had another daily driver I would consider it .. but its already going to take 2 weeks to get the auto done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matty 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2007 its normal .. word of advise .. let it before hitting the accelerator.Thanks. All the best with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 hehe ... well the quotes in for the damage ... The reverse gear drum and piston in the auto made a f**k of a mess unfortunitly .. Its costing over 6k to fix ... If you own an e46 99-01 auto with 80-120k on the clock.. get mechanical insurance. As more than likely the box doesnt have the revised parts in it. Warning for all.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Phil Ken Sebben Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Jesus christ! Kidney or arm paying for this one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grant 4 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Good god.... Sorry to hear that Josh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve R 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 wow thats alot of coin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Jesus christ! Kidney or arm paying for this one? yeah its gonna put the e30 about a month behind ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B*Emz 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Ouch! Sucks to be you right now! Although the e30 project kind of balances it out I suppose. How long are the repairs taking? I'll be your enjoying the courtesy car, not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hartage 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Thank god mine is a manual!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m325i 709 Report post Posted June 11, 2007 Wow, thats bad. Can you put an e36 box in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
