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ShortE36 · 11-21-2008, 12:42 AM

No luck. Swapped out the clutch slave cylinder, bled the clutch system but no good. Clutch feels MUCH better, lighter and engages much earlier. There is a lot less resistance in every gear change too. Nevertheless, this didn't resolve my 1st gear popping. It's still popping out about 50% of the time. So to date, I've:

Drained and filled the gearbox w/Royal Purple Synchromesh
Installed new transmission mounts
Installed all new shift bushings using the Pelican Parts rebuild kit
Installed new [Febi/Bilstein] clutch slave cylinder and bled the entire brake and clutch system using ATE SL DOT4 fluid.

So my only conclusion is that it is either the clutch or transmission. I'm leaning heavily toward the transmission as the clutch itself feels great in all other gears.

At this point I think I'm willing to live with it but does anyone else have any other ideas?

11-21-2008, 12:42 AM	#11
ShortE36 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 90 iTrader: (0) Photo Gallery	Dang! No luck. Swapped out the clutch slave cylinder, bled the clutch system but no good. Clutch feels MUCH better, lighter and engages much earlier. There is a lot less resistance in every gear change too. Nevertheless, this didn't resolve my 1st gear popping. It's still popping out about 50% of the time. So to date, I've: Drained and filled the gearbox w/Royal Purple Synchromesh Installed new transmission mounts Installed all new shift bushings using the Pelican Parts rebuild kit Installed new [Febi/Bilstein] clutch slave cylinder and bled the entire brake and clutch system using ATE SL DOT4 fluid. So my only conclusion is that it is either the clutch or transmission. I'm leaning heavily toward the transmission as the clutch itself feels great in all other gears. At this point I think I'm willing to live with it but does anyone else have any other ideas?