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  • Anonymous
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    20/10/2013 at 5:26 am
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    #4340

    Went out for a ride today & got all of a couple of Kms before having to abort & come home.Initially I could shift up to 4th gear, but after stopping to turn around I could only select 1st and change up to 2nd. There is a solid resistance to the shift lever, it is locked solid. No untoward sounds from transmission, no other signs audibly or visibly - anybody got any ideas on a possible cause?

    Anonymous
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    20/10/2013 at 6:52 pm
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    #17936

    Found the fix online – it is caused by the two small ball joints on the linkage between gear change lever and gearbox actuator arm. When these seize up you get this problem. A simple spray of penetrating lubricant fixed it in 30 secs.

    Anonymous
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    21/10/2013 at 12:36 am
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    #17937

    sigh of relief ($). cheapest repair on a BMW yet?

    Anonymous
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    21/10/2013 at 12:50 am
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    #17938

    Hope you used an approved BMW lubricant, not just any old can of WD40 or CRC, both of which have two radical faults when measured against BM products: they're cheap, and they work.Ref your avatar, please explain to your pillion that one salutes with the right hand, even in the navy. 😮

    Anonymous
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    21/10/2013 at 3:07 am
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    #17939

    Ref your avatar, please explain to your pillion that one salutes with the right hand, even in the navy. 😮

    Also pse note that (the) Navy usually reserve saluting for import occasions, like the arrival of a pay clerk or deliveries of beer/gin/rum to the Wardroom.Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmehearties.... 😉

    Anonymous
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    21/10/2013 at 7:42 am
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    #17940

    Bwucie – I challenge you to personally tell the co-pilot ( a redhead ) that her salute is wrong… Methinks you may wish to re-phrase – her first response was “Who says I am the pillion?”BTW - I used a product called Caig MechanicAll, along with Caig DeoxIt indispensable tools in cansSee you in Nelson?CheersPaul

    Anonymous
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    21/10/2013 at 8:30 am
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    #17941

    Methinks you may wish to re-phrase – her first response was “Who says I am the pillion?”

    How about Navigator/WSO? I sometimes used to refer to the Librarian (before I got her on her own machine) as the Wizzo, because she used to get so upset at cage drivers, if she had Weapons Systems to Operate she'd have blown them off the map.Nelson? Maybe; I'm saving what I can sneak out of housekeeping without being caught. Plus, if I get across Cook Strait, I could make a dash for Ch-ch and see my old and wrinkly Pater.

    Anonymous
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    21/10/2013 at 11:10 pm
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    #17942

    clever man who knows who their father is!

    Anonymous
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    22/10/2013 at 1:48 am
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    #17943

    photographer Bwucie! wez da sun? dats no salute, too low ova da eyz

    Anonymous
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    22/10/2013 at 3:38 am
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    #17944

    At least I can tell they are not Infantry. No clenched fists and no two fingers.

    Anonymous
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    25/10/2013 at 12:47 am
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    #17945

    At least I can tell they are not Infantry. No clenched fists and no two fingers.

    If they were Infantry, Bwucie, you wouldn't've seen them; far to sneakysneaky for that  ;DOnward!

    Anonymous
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    11/11/2013 at 5:14 am
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    #17946

    Found out that the shifting problems were due to my new boots !They are thicker than the old ones and we're not allowing the shift lever to return to the position where another gear could be selected.The shift lever was too high up the instep, so a bit of micro surgery with the grinder on the shift lever now has it further towards my toes, and has solved the problem.Hope this helps somebody else with this problem.Cheers,Paul

    Anonymous
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    11/11/2013 at 5:17 am
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    #17947

    PS… Good job I did not book it in to the mechanic who was diagnosing gearbox strip down !Met Henry Plowright at Big Boys Toys & mentioned the symptoms to him - he immediately asked " New Boots" ?The voice of experience ( oops, should that be Cyclespot?)

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