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No it won't, You need two books. Haynes and a BMW owner manual. between the two you can get a fuse diagram and what each one goes to. But............it takes two books! gotta love those aryan engineers.
There is a brake switch that allows the shifter to move one you press the pedal. That device has failed or a fuse to that device is blown. There is a lock tab under the shifter cover. You can remove as it is not really needed. and there is a manual over ride. I don't have that car any more or I could look and tell you where it is. It is near the shifter. If you can find it, Check your fuses and if all lof them are good then remove the cover and remove the lock. I think its just a snap connect or just one screw is holding it in place.
Get a professional to do it they break easily when trying to move them. Just go to a garage tow it if you think it will overheat and cuse your engine to boil itself
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It's very simple. Involves a bit of fore arm strenght.
It should pull straight off. Just put one hand around the gear knob & your other hand supporting or gripping with both.
Just pull straight up. It shouldn't need much force. A small amount of glue may have been used to help hold it in place.
The knob might come off leaving the plastic sleeve/insert in the shifter. Same again, just grip that & try pull it off. A vice grips should not be neccessary but if you need it be carefull not to apply too much pressure as you don't want to break the sleeve into pieces.
The new knob should have a sleeve with it. Normally it will be inserted & you should be able to just pop it straight on.
Make sure it's lined up properly. You probably noticed on the bare metal shifter that it has a notch normally running across from left to right. Well inside the knob if you can see in you will notice it has a plastic or metal piece that will fit into this notch. This is to stop the knob from spinning around or slipping!
Just push down on the top of the knob & try slide it over the shifter. It might not go down all the way with pushing so a few taps with you palm may be enough if you have big strong hands but if not be carefull & only use a rubber head hammer or something you can hold but won't mark or break the knob.
Put a towel or old t-shirt over the knob & use anythink heavy that you can hold easily with one hand & that has no sharp edges!
I don't think any glue should be neccessary but if you feel it needs a little & the knob is comming off or going on too easy then just a few drops on the sides of the bare metal shifter before sliding the knob back on should suffice!
Good luck!
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