transmission questions

[Dirty325ix]

So if the internals are the same between a ix getrag 260 and a normal e30 getrag 260 can I just buy the cheaper rwd transmission and just swap the internals over to the broken ix 5 speed transmission case?

my ix transmission is randomly stuck in reverse gear while the shifter is stuck in neutral..so it sounds like I need a new transmission and it seems alot easier and almost half the price to buy a rwd 5 speed

[Dirty325ix]

So it looks like only the back half is different

How hard is it to split a transmission?

[nando]

yes but you will likely need to rebuild it which isn't cheap.

manual transmissions should be easy to work on, but since I don't have time I had one built by drivegear.com. if you have time you can probably do it yourself.

[nomansland92]

I had mine build by drivegear for my Ix, personally not happy with it for the price but what can you do...

[nando]

was something wrong with it? mine came back brand new.

[Dirty325ix]

Nando what do you mean I would have to rebuild it?o
until yesterday the transmission was perfectly fine and shifted smoothly into all 5 gears it is just stuck Reverse which is a problem with the syncros

So assuming the back half of my transmission is still good and I get a nice replacement manual (out of my convertable parts car) what will 8 have to rebuild or do you sugges doing that as a while you are in there type of thing?

And mine time is worthless so I am more than willing to take it apart my self

[audiquattrot]

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/5013226421.html

u can thank me later, if this guy is willing to ship =)

[Dirty325ix]

dayum way to come through and save the day

well now I need to figure out how to ship large car parts

Greyhound? UPS?

[Nisse Järnet]

To me it sounds like some of the return springs or similar

[nomansland92]

was something wrong with it? mine came back brand new.

Mine looked nice and new but it definitely isn't. It seams to have loud layshaft bearings and I had a lot of proplems with the reverse satey spring inside the transmission which was not an easy fix while it's in the car haha

[Dirty325ix]

^^^^^^
Uh oh just never put it in reverse again....mine never had any signs of wear(shifted all gears smoothly) before it got stuck in reverse

[The Dark Side of Will]

The entire transmission is built in the rear "cap". The entire front half of the case slides right off. Swapping the rear cap onto a different gearset requires pressing everything apart. Basically, swapping the bellhousing is just popping the case apart and putting it back together. Swapping the rear cap is a full takedown of the entire unit.

[Dirty325ix]

Haha so I'm guessing the good old 100 piece tool set is not going to cut it

Thanks to audiquattrot I may have found one for 250 so hopefully need to mess with any of that. ...until I decide to rebuild my broken trans

[audiquattrot]

Haha so I'm guessing the good old 100 piece tool set is not going to cut it

Thanks to audiquatro I may have found one for 250 so hopefully need to mess with any of that. ...until I decide to rebuild my broken trans

awesome, is that guy willing to ship to u?

[Dirty325ix]

yea got the whole thing for 350...not bad considering it has less than 100,000 miles and the only other option was another used transmission for 650 and that was before shipping
thanks audiquattrot I definitely owe you one