Re: Bimmer auto trans. still bummers?

I would concur with that conclusion that it takes about three automatic 
transmissions to last as long as one manual.

Definiitely not the choice of people who intend to keep their cars for the

duration.


"Michael Yeager" <myeager@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:18:53 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
> <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>In article
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>>   kpb <kennykabuki@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> I asked him a couple questions and questions to the group about the
>>> trannie issue.  Some some brilliant poster here (you?, it probably was
>>> a worm like you) stated that we (the 'bummer' poster and me) must be
>>> the same person since we were both interested in trannie issues.  Nice
>>> logic!  I had never mentioned the issue of its 'bummer' trannies until
>>> he gave his history with them.
>>
>>Put a search on Ebay for the transmission in question. See what they
fetch
>>secondhand. If the prices are sky high you'll have your answer. In the
UK
>>there's little demand for secondhand ZF autos so they just fetch what
>>you'd expect.
>
>  Well, the ZF 4HP22 in my 89 325i has failed once in the 4 years I
> have had it (mind you it's OLD) but the one I took out of it had been
> previously remanufactured. Don't know what the previous owners might
> have done to it or how well they took care of it but my guess would be
> it was neglected like most trannies are. Not too many people actually
> change the fluid, most forget to check it. I beat the hell out of it
> and wasn't surprised when the torque converter gave out. The rest of
> the tranny was fine (it was checked out before I put it back in). I
> know that GM had a problem with some of thier trannies and these might
> be the ones that found their way to the BMW line. Those problems were
> repairable and the repair replaced the weak parts...