gear linkage

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deanocool
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Post Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:37 pm

fitted a m42 box to my m50 conversion but ive lost the e30 320i and 325i linkages i had - doh! does anyone know what linkage to use to get it lined up in the gearstick aperture right? cheers
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Post Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:40 pm

i used an m20 gear linkage yoke.... it sits slightly forward in the hole in the tunnel if you get me but by using a z3 shifter rotated 180 degrees i overcome this! 8)
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Post Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:41 pm

320 linkage is what you need
deanocool
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Post Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:54 pm

thanks guys ill get to the bm breakers on monday and grab an m20b20 one. the original is probably in the garage but the amount of scrap metal in there + cant actually remember leaving it in there anyway...hey ho!
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Post Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:57 pm

deanocool wrote:thanks guys ill get to the bm breakers on monday and grab an m20b20 one. the original is probably in the garage but the amount of scrap metal in there + cant actually remember leaving it in there anyway...hey ho!
Which BM breakers do you go to?
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Post Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:03 pm

Duke137 wrote:
deanocool wrote:thanks guys ill get to the bm breakers on monday and grab an m20b20 one. the original is probably in the garage but the amount of scrap metal in there + cant actually remember leaving it in there anyway...hey ho!
Which BM breakers do you go to?
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