E46 Gearbox Price Help...

[bryanl]

Friend needs to replace e46 (1999) tip-tronic gearbox. Was quoted ~ Rm27,000 for the lot by Auto Bavaria. Could you let me know if this sounds right? Where would be a place to go and get this sorted? Also, whats the price if you get a re-con gearbox? Thanks for any help...

 

[dumeort]

rm 6000++ second hand gear box, labour rm 1000 ++.

 

[coolaboutlife]

how can an autobox be damage?

 

[Lee36328]

Autobox is a wear and tear item. Manual box can be damaged too.

 

[nathan]

Hi bryanl...

yup i thinks its abt 7 to 10k for a second hand unit.........

got a friend of mine changed it abt 6 months back in obermaier jalan ipoh for abt 9k...........

but his one was a 325..............

 

[fire]

This autobox reliability seem like unsolve problem ever since the E36...comparing to japanese car gearbox they are more hardy....japanese car seldom hear gearbox kaput..but bmw always hear..

 

[dumeort]

sometimes it not totally kaput, like mine it's still function normally but when going down the gear got a sound 'tung' at the behind car. Only irritating but not kaput. Have to change whole gearbox if wanna perfect.

 

[daan]

I got mine rebuilt but paid for by the dealer. My mechanic told me it's around 4k to rebuilt. They need to buy parts from UK, the gearbox is manfactured by GM, so if your mechanic have lubang in UK, they can get the parts.

 

[dumeort]

daan, do you think rebuild can solve my problem as well ?

 

[fire]

my friend E36 oso rebuild & spend abt RM8k and in the end the problem still not solved after rebuild/overhaul..from time to time the gear just stuck at 3rd all the way..I guess the mechanic who do it are just not competent enough...

 

[NKTOB]

how can an autobox be damage?

If u read some where in this forum, there's a thread about ATF...to change or not change!

Read on my fellow forummer.........

Some say, run till it rosak...then change new!

 

[dumeort]

so we come back to the question .. who will be rebuilding your gearbox ? And that's matters.

 

[Ajmal]

im currently doing my gearbox rebuilt at optimum , kayu ara .... same problem , loud 'thung' coming from the back and gear slipping (stuck in 3rd gear for a while then only will go up to 4th gear ) .. my car should be ready by this saturday .. fingers crossed that everything will be fixed .. btw , for the g/box rebuild cost me rm4000 ...
cheers!

 

[dumeort]

Ajmal, what is the test tell you before u decide to rebuild the thing ? Gear box body valve ?

 

[Ajmal]

dumeort , like i said at first it was the loud 'thung' . then the gear slipping .. and from what the sifus told me , any e36 needs to have its gearbox rebuilt after the 150000km mileage ... and mine kaput when my mileage was 192000 km ... my mechanic was the one who told me that i need to rebuilt my g/box .. just hope the problem will go away after the rebuild ...

 

[dumeort]

i know the problem, but do they explain in the gear box problem more specific ? Or they said ' gear box kaput, and gear slipping ' ? That's all ?

 

[Ajmal]

about the loud thung , my mech said it was because of a broken bush .. and the gear slippin he just said that i need to rebuild it ... sorry bro cant provide you with more info ... will ask my mech abt it .. i'll get back to you soon ...
cheers !

 

[Juan Powerblow]

Shucks. Reading this thread is gonna gimme nightmares. I'm already experiencing gears getting stuck shifting from 4th to 5th and I know of another E46 with the same pwobwem. Right now, I'm just living with it cos I've been terribly busy.

 

[bryanl]

thanks for the help guys... i did a bit of asking around and was quoted between Rm 7500 - 9000 for the ZF model. What about changing the ATF? Should it be done? Was told it's about Rm40 per litre and you need about 8-10 litres of the stuff... Think we should all just buy kancils seeing that a new autobox costs about the same!!!