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In Reply to: Re: Back to the stallig & clutch thingy. (long posted by vince on July 23, 2001 at 09:05:03:
Looks like I may have found a tranny on this board (thank god for you guys). Hopefully it will be a good one, and I can swap it within the next 2 weeks. That would be ideal.
Thanks also for the shop recommendation, Vince!! My car might make a grand tour of fine BMW specialists (Ben) as she makes her way to Calgary... (It would sort of be like the circus freak who gets a tattoo in every city he stops in.)
Rebecca
Yes, I know it's an odd thing to sugggest, but I did have it happen to me, and it makes sense. It's the simple stuff that causes problems many times. Plus, it's cheap to fix, and if that doesn't make a difference, then you can go on to other things.
I know what you mean about what garages say when they find out the car has performance items on it.
It's because they don't know what to do to begin with, and very often because the parts have been added without regard for how well they'll work with the rest of the engine. The engine with "performance" mods often ends up running worse than the stock one.
Coming through Chicago, you can try to plan a stop at Ben Thongsai's shop in Maywood, which is right off the Eisenhower expressway. Try to e-mail him at ben@bimmers.com to set up a visit. Tell him I sent ya...a stop there is worth it... If he takes a day or two to answer, it's because he is a busy guy.
Keep us posted,
vince
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