Re: Reply: M-coupe/roadster shifter on 1.9 Z3

[Christopher Lin <chrislin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Maybe someone will correct me if I'm wrong here but from our
>Shifterfest in Seattle, an M roadster lever (sorry, can't remember if
>it was bent or straight, assume bent) did not work on the 1.9 Z3.  It
>made contact with (the driveshaft?) in one or two gears.  This *was*
>before Ben came out with the ERK unit, so as always, a big YMMV.

That was me!  It was a bent shifter, and there was some contact
with the driveshaft while shifting to 5th gear (but the bend had
nothing to do with that--the lever arm below the socket, the
unbent part, was a fraction too long).  Some other people with
1.9L Z3s have encountered this, and some haven't.  Ben suggested
that the ERK (effort reducing kit) would raise the shifter just
enough to eliminate the contact.


Chris

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