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From: cnrdean@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: bmw 320i stiff shifting
Message-ID: <919@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 3-May-85 15:35:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 15:35:32 1985
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I have a 1981 BMW 320i 5-speed (am I a yuppy??).  When I bought it new,
it shifted fine.  Since I had the 30,000 mile service, it shifts
like a MAC truck when it is cold; fine once it is warm.  I have
figured out why (it has to do with the trans design).

I've been told that this stiff shifting is normal if I have the
proper trans fluid in.  However, if I put ATF in instead, it will
shift fine.  Could it be that the dealers put ATF in before the
car was sold (so that potential buyers wouldn't be scared off)?

Anybody out there put ATF in?  I'd like to if there is no
problem.

I haven't looked in net.auto very much lateley, so I might be asking 
a question which has been asked before.

(Didn't there used to be groups for different types of cars?)

Thanks.
Sam Scalise