Nice video! Got a lot of usefull tips for my 1 series diff overhaul (from your diff video). DId you change any of the gear shifter linkage? My manual transmission is often diffcult/hard to get in both 1st and second gear. 3rd and 4th is easy. I have changed the oil but it only helped a bit. I have seen people claiming that the linkage can be worn and cause shifting issues. So im thinking of changing, i also have a leak from the rear seal on the output shaft.
Hi dear Jani, I hope you can advice me with something. I own the same car and my gearbox start to be noise in second gear. I want to change the gearbox but I found on eBay a lot of them, olso from N43 engine. But the codes on the side are different. My gearbox code is AI5 and I have founded CBL, TAPZ, etc... I found a few with AI5 but the gear ratio writen on the gearbox case is again different. On my gearbox is 6-1 and I found just 2-1, 3-1, 5-1.😔 Can you please tell me how important are those Codes? Should I buy any gearbox which come from an N43 engine? Congratulations for your videos posts on RU-vid.
Thanks! Check car vin number from your car. With that you can check part number for gearbox from bmwfans site. Part number needs to match. There are differencies, examble start&stop system. Google gearbox with part number 👍
At least the engine and car transmission should be in order now. The car has indeed been running for a while and would look good so far. 😊 Nice hobbies and the car will be in good condition at the same time. At least I hope so. Of course, a little over-maintenance may occur when you do the maintenance yourself ... 😉
