getreg refresh?

[Zues]

Hello gentlemen. I am now the proud owner of a getreg 260 and am curious about refreshing the old girl a bit. Beyond replacing font and rear seal and short of a full rebuild, what would be a good idea to look at.

[Dj Buttchug]

change the fluid.

[Zues]

Got the fluid

[TrentW]

Interested in this in the near future also.

[jasonsnoddy]

Step 1: Got the fluid.
Step 2: Change the fluid.
Step 3: ???????????????????
Step 4: PROFIT

[briansjacobs]

witht the price of E36 M3 gear box's so cheap and the lack of availability of 260 parts (on the cheap) if I had to do it over again I would have done the E36 swap and dealt with the crooked shifter and saved a ton of money. Granted I did have my 260 done by Blanton who is twice as expensive as anyone else, but wow it is silk now.

[Zues]

I've spent$ 90 on my entire swap and all i need is am mc, so i figured i would put a little$ in the box

[kishg]

get a fresh rebuild from drivegear.

[Zues]

whats the cost on something like that.

[Zues]

bump for more options.

[Mossman]

Just replace all shifter parts, as long as there isn't something seriously wrong inside the box you'll be fine. If there is it pays to get a different one rather than fix yours, or spend $600 for a rebuild from the guy that got mentioned a couple posts up.

Front seal, rear seal, shifter rod seal*not mentioned but you should do*.
Then new shift rod, front knuckle thing, some yellow washers, and a shift lever to taste (z3, Mcoupe, z4, e36 m3 , whatever floats your boat)

[Zues]

Cool im going to ty and crack it open and check out the gears

[MoparJ]

Not to threadjack, but does anyone know where to buy (other than the dealer) the tube that the throwout bearing rides on? My tranny's out of the car, and I noticed that part has some noticeable wear. Pelican recommends changing it in the write-up on their site, but they don't seem to sell them.