What to replace while engine and tranny are out

[timothy100]

I have a 325i engine and 5 speed transmission sitting in my garage that I bought to do the e to i engine swap and automatic to 5 speed swap. What wear and tear parts do you guys think I should replace while the engine and transmission are out? I think the engine and transmission has about 160k miles on it. I don't want to have to take the transmission out in 6 months because I find out something needs to be replaced...
Thanks

[rwh11385]

When my head was swapped, all the heater hoses were replaced. Those things are a bitch to get to my buddy said and they were dried, cracked. Better to get all them refreshed than to have to replace them one at a time. Belts, spark plugs, filters, etc.

[Jordan]

Rear main seal (engine), oil pan gasket, rear main seal (tranny) shift selector seal. Fill tranny with Redline etc.

[M-technik-3]

Blower motor.

[AndrewBird]

Clutch if needed. Pian in the ass to have to pull the motor just to replace it.

Andrew

[Super Eta]

Clutch if needed. Pian in the ass to have to pull the motor just to replace it.

Andrew

cant you just drop the tranny down out of the car and put it on a bench and replace it (clutch) that way instead of taking out the whole engine?

[318daily]

motor mounts, tranny mounts, center support bearing, guibo. May as well do all rubber hoses too just for peace of mind.

[nando]

Clutch if needed. Pian in the ass to have to pull the motor just to replace it.

Andrew

cant you just drop the tranny down out of the car and put it on a bench and replace it (clutch) that way instead of taking out the whole engine?

why would he want to do that? the motorand tranny are already out of the car, it'd be much easier to do that now.

[e30evolution]

clutch on this car is like a 3 hour job... almost as easy as an A2 VW....

heater hoses, def, and replace the control arms/ball joints, inspect the tie rods,ends and check the rack boots for damage or weathering

[Super Eta]

Clutch if needed. Pian in the ass to have to pull the motor just to replace it.

Andrew

cant you just drop the tranny down out of the car and put it on a bench and replace it (clutch) that way instead of taking out the whole engine?

why would he want to do that? the motorand tranny are already out of the car, it'd be much easier to do that now.

no i was referring to his Nirto's comment about having to pull the engine out in order to replace the clutch