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Thread: 96 328i Previous owner swapped automatic steering column for a manual one

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    96 328i Previous owner swapped automatic steering column for a manual one

    Hey Bimmerforums, I'm excited to join your ranks after I purchased an automatic Hellrot 96 328i a couple of weeks ago. However, this car has a curious quirk (or feature depending on how you look at it). The previous owner mentioned to me that he put in a manual steering column. I didn't ask him why, which I probably should've, but I assume he had planned on doing a manual swap at some point. I haven't noticed any adverse effects on steering, but I do have to hold down a homemade button below the steering wheel to move out of park. Would this end up causing issues, or am I fine to leave it? I don't want to abuse this thing more than I have to. Might do a manual swap in the future, but for the time being I'm just using it as a fun secondary car.

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    Steering column?

    The park interlock is connected to the brake pedal switch... didn't think it had anything to do with the column, stand to be corrected.

    Can you move it out of park if you depress the brake pedal and don't press the magic button?
    '96 M3, S50B32, 6MT
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    The parking lock cable is built into the ignition lock. Sounds like he replaced the Ignitionnlock and left the cable off. You can remove the cable from the shifter by raising the cover and removing the cable
    Last edited by 66 6; 02-21-2019 at 09:10 AM.

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    The lock housing for a manual car does not have provisions for the cable. The interlock cable can be defeated at the shifter, it will be self evident once you look at it. Simply removing the cable will not work.

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