Greetings,
I recently acquired a 93 535i 5sp and I am blown away by the quality of ride and smooth power delivery the 535i gives me. It is a far different beast from my E30 325is. The car runs perfectly other than a transmission problem. Every so often my gear lever will pop out of 1st gear. If I feel two clicks when selecting 1st gear it will stay in and everything is great, but if I just feel a normal engagement it will pop out, rather violently I might add. After reading up on similar problems with other E34 535i 5speed owners it seems the pop out could be due to a number of different problems.
I am running Redline MTL in the tranny, but it has roughly 20K on the fluid, should I flush it and replace? I have a new clutch in also. Would it be hard on my clutch if I start out from a stop in 2nd gear to avoid the 1st gear problem? I just bought the car and dont have the money for a syncro rebuild or tranny swap yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and I look forward to being a forum member.