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First this is a cool site!! Second my wife and I are proud new BMW owners. We just purchased a 1986 535i last night with 209K miles. I must say that this car is a blast to drive!!! [headbang] She's all stock, plan on doing some mods over time, nothing serious for the momment, she is going to be our daily commuter so probably need to keep it somewhat tame.

I do have a question for all bimmer owners with the 5spd, is the slop a noraml BMW thing or??? We looked at another one before buying this one and it was the same way slop in shifting kinda like fishing for the gears. So I think maybe this might need some attention soon.
 

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Welcome aboard and congrats to you and your wife. I'm also not sure on the E38's tranny, but I highly doubt any sloppiness in the gear shift is normal. I believe UCC makes a short shifter kit for your car that could help with this issue.
 
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Thank you both for the welcome!! Thanks for the info on the other forum.

Tom, the 86' is the E28 platform, but none the less I am pretty much thinking that it's probably not normal, and I am thinking of doing a short shifter kit.

Once again thanks
 


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