tourqe converter? i think

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has anyone ever had a converter go bad? im thinkign thats one of my problems, it alsmost feels liek it is not slipping somtimes cause ing the mtor to bog bad in higher gears. possible?
 
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Maybe, but why would a TC not slipping at high gear be a problem? It's not supposed to slip in high gears. It's when it's not slipping at low gears, that it would be a problem. You really need that manual gear box don't you?! The only converter I'd be worried about in this case would be your catalytic... but you said you've got a fairly new exhaust.
(PS, you might have more luck getting your answers in the E36 part of the forum) Not that it's a big deal, of course.
 
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well the guy over there said there is more tech help here. i knwo it locks up in over drive, thats not when it is im saying somtimes from 3rd to 2nd down shift, or from 1st to 2nd it just feel liek i have to floor it and then it just down shifts really hard
 
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Fair enough.
Well, that just sound like a BMW auto slush box to me. When was the last time you had the fluid flushed?
Some times you do have to floor it... that's where the kick down swith is... on the floor behind the accelorator pedal. See if you can adjust it, and maybe that'll pep it up a bit.
 
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Wll all you bmw guys need to find somoen who wants to sell a donor car that was msashed. the one i got is missing to much. if you locate one let me know. or anyone wanna buy my car lol ill sell anythign if the price is right :) i want an m3. mine looks liek one but......... its not
 
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I checked Craigslist in your area... apparently there are not very many BMWs in Iowa. Start calling wrecking yards in your state... sometimes yards have days where you pay $50, and you can take out as much as you can carry. Work the phones. What is your parts car? What is it missing, and what does it have that you can use?
 
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mustangturbo50 said:
Wll all you bmw guys need to find somoen who wants to sell a donor car that was msashed. the one i got is missing to much. if you locate one let me know. or anyone wanna buy my car lol ill sell anythign if the price is right :) i want an m3. mine looks liek one but......... its not
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If you feel like flying down to Australia for bmw parts[:p]
Parts aren't going to fly into your lap!

Word Scotty, work the phone son [^]
 
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lol o boy would you guys be surprised to find that there are about 100 junk yards and like 2 bmws in fact there are few driving around anymore. except brand new ones, there are a few of them. i found a red 328i in a junk yard that had nothign but the engine and a tranny , but it was an auto and i was going to buy the engine to rebild so i had a fresh one for the turbo and i went to pull it out for 150 bucks and they crushed the whole car the day before. so yeah ebay is my only way of gettign one or finding someone around one of these sites who wants to sell one. the doner car is a 96 328i it is just like my maroon one posted in my pictures, it is the one i got the fenders and hood off of to fix the maroon one . it was crushed in the front end. Not anymore thanks to that car.
 
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