1st im new to bmw. So heroes the deal. I recently became the proud owner of a 1985 535i with a 3.5l 5speed. That's all I know. But here's the deal when the car is running the clutch wont engange and the car wont go into gear. So any help would be seriously appreciated.
Welcome to the forum! So if you're not moving does the clutch perform as it should? When was the clutch replaced last?
-Dmitry
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HI, I've the same issue, I've a e46 330d with 5 speed manual, this is the 4th time I've had the issue not yet solved as its happened again this evening.
Each and every time it means a gearbox out, I've replaced clutch, dual mass, release bearing, the last time we fitted a new pedal and hydraulic piston, thought that would fix it, but 4 months later its happened again......
the running symptoms are:-
engine off, clutch pedal can be depressed and gear engages / disengages OK, return to neutral, start engine and now the clutch becomes inoperative, it pushes down, but you can not select a gear, not any,, So to move the car, you need to stop motor, engage a gear, start motor with clutch depressed, now you can pull away as normal, but cant change gear with the clutch you can only change up / down by dropping without the clutch. come to a junction, traffic light and your stuck in your last gear, Stop engine, engage 1st, start engine and off again??????
I cant understand nor can 2 of my garages, I've tried 2, same issues and same non understanding, ANY help ideas etc would be useful.
clutch is NOT dis engaging from pressure plate/ flywheel - throw out bearing might be pop'd off- push rod not in place - incorrect replacement items - pull it apart "again"
make sure u clean surface of fly wheel.
NOW =sometimes if not clean - a clutch plate can stick to flywheel - = in gear clutch "pedal" in - hit/ pull (just for a sec) rear E brake - it should break it lose (usually happends after sitting a long time / storage/ mths)
if it dont break free - it aint installed right
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