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Car randomly won't reverse 200 1983

posted by  someone claiming to be Mike on  Tue May 1 08:15 CST 2001 [RELATED]

1983 245Ti 4sp/OD, sometimes (once a week avg) I will go to reverse the car and it doesn't move. When it occurs I have no problem shifting into reverse but as I let up the clutch the gearbox has a quiet 'whine' noise and the car doesn't move. If I shut the car off for a second or two it will always reverse just fine the next attempt. The gearbox performs normally in all other gears. Anybody come accross this problem? What is the going rate for a 4sp box at a bone yard?







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Re: Car randomly won't reverse 200 1983

posted by  someone claiming to be Don Foster on  Tue May 1 12:09 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Sounds just like my '75 behaved (4-spd/OD) when the OD wouldn't shift outta OD. In my case, this was caused by a gummed-up solenoid that kept the hydraulic pressure engaged even when the solenoid was unpowered.

The old wives wisdom book says that overdrives don't like to be "in" in reverse, and go boom.

Treat it carefully.






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