hey guys

i just wanna vent as my gearbox tonight started being a piece of crap, was driving and then i tried changing gears and it grinded. now i cant get into first easy anymore. and every other gear is hard to get into too.:mad

all this after i spent yesterday and today changing my oil pan. it just anoys me as something totally unrelated now starts going crap.:(

anyways thanx to anyone who reads this thread. would be nice if you guys can give me some motivational words to keep me keeping on.

cheers guys

Classic e21. hey, at least the oil pan does't leak!

lol yeh atleast the oil pan doesnt leak no more.

i had a good run with the e21 till recently, maybe had the car running flawlessy for about 8 months then it all started when i threw out a drive shaft bolt, fuel guage started playing up, then oil pan has hairline crack, then this

the domino effect has started again....

I doubt it's the gearbox. It sounds more like a release bearing to me.

I wouldn't discount the gearbox, but it could be the release bearing. You'll never know until you drop it and dismantle it.

Does your clutch pedal feel any different after this incident?

If you decide to do this yourelf you might find help hear: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=850377

If you decide to do this yourelf you might find help hear: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=850377 lol yes ill find that useful

i had a look master cyclinder today and that seems to be leaking so ill replace that first before i do some major dismantling, most likely this is the problem

Hopefully its not the gearbox, dont worry you will have her running great in no time!!

Hopefully its not the gearbox, dont worry you will have her running great in no time!!

yeh i hope its not either

i just dropped off the clutch master cylinder to get rebuilt and will be ready after lunch so ill go pick it after tafe and put it in tomoz morning, ill let you know how it all goes.

time to start double de clutching up and downshifts lol. Classic bmws love it...

are they sleeving it for you? if you need a hand with the box give me a yell and if im free i will help you. could be that your leakin master cylinder is stopping the clutch from engaging all the way.

did you get a price on a new master? quite often there isnt much difference in cylinder costs.

did you get a price on a new master? quite often there isnt much difference in cylinder costs.

yeh brand spanking new master cylinder costs 140 bucks. the guy who rebuilt my master cylinder said mine wasnt too bad so he only charged me 44 bucks

are they sleeving it for you? if you need a hand with the box give me a yell and if im free i will help you. could be that your leakin master cylinder is stopping the clutch from engaging all the way.

thanx for the offer mate but i should be alright, handy though cuz you only live up the road lol in brisbane.

yeh thats exactly wat the problem is, the master cylinder in theory is stopping the clutch from engaging all the way.

okay ive found the problem, look at the pic below

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9755/img1221smallmv2.jpg