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1986 528(e) tautamtice ransmission problems   Message List  
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Re: [bmw e28] 1986 528(e) tautamtice ransmission problems

that sucks dude, same thing happened to me. but i put in too much tranny
fluid. I replaced the driveshaft 850.00 and had the tranny rebuilt for
2300.00. probably be better to buy a parts car with a good tranny and have
it swapped.
Brett

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:56 PM, sachida_raman <sraman@...> wrote:

> last week had a coolant hose that broke...lost all coolant but luckily
> pulled over and had car towed and got problem fixed.
>
> A week later, went out of town which required some low speeds on trail
> at camp (5 miles or so of driving). Later that day, car would not
> engage and gears starting slipping and soon car would barely move.
> Reverse worked fine though. Had car towed and repair shop says
> transmission and drive shaft needs replacement. Is this feasable?
>
> Any ideas? Second opinions? Ideas on getting it fixed cheapily (parts,
> etc)?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> SACH
>
>
>


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Tue Jan 6, 2009 9:01 pm

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last week had a coolant hose that broke...lost all coolant but luckily pulled over and had car towed and got problem fixed. A week later, went out of town...
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that sucks dude, same thing happened to me. but i put in too much tranny fluid. I replaced the driveshaft 850.00 and had the tranny rebuilt for 2300.00....
brett peavey
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Jan 6, 2009
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What happens if too much fluid is put in? Sach...
sachida_raman
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Jan 6, 2009
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gunks up the gear box and you have to replace everything...basically, the fluid turns into a bubbly gunk Brett Peavey Microwave Component Sources...
brett peavey
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