Just received this in the mail, I'm pumped on it. It was only $40 shipped brand new! eBay at it's finest haha seems to be good quality though. It's actually a bit darker wood than it looks in the pictures, I think it'll look sweet with my all black interior. I'm thinking about painting the chrome part black as well:
Finally got to work on the car again today. I've barely been able to work on it the last few weeks, but in about a week I'm going to be on it 3-4 times a week again.
So I started today by taking off the steering wheel and taking out the dash:
Also removed the front windshield:
The 2002 is pretty much completely disassembled, I have never been this deep into a project. I get a nervous but excited feeling sometimes when I look at it like this:
Started tearing away at the old shitty headliner and got it out:
And this big package came!
It's a Getrag 245 5-speed manual trans out of an E21. There was gear oil everywhere! Need to replace all the seals. The seller also failed to mention that he wasn't including the release fork, which kind of sucks, but whatever:
Gave it a good wash and emptied what was left of the fluid. It looked similar to a science experiment, it was 3 different colors all separated. I'm sure some water leaked into it while I was washing it. Can't wait to replace the seals and put some fresh fluid in it:
Lastly, I made a pretty big order of random parts like gaskets, seals, release fork, etc. More updates later this week!
Finally got to work on the car again today. I've barely been able to work on it the last few weeks, but in about a week I'm going to be on it 3-4 times a week again.
So I started today by taking off the steering wheel and taking out the dash:
Also removed the front windshield:
The 2002 is pretty much completely disassembled, I have never been this deep into a project. I get a nervous but excited feeling sometimes when I look at it like this:
Started tearing away at the old shitty headliner and got it out:
And this big package came!
It's a Getrag 245 5-speed manual trans out of an E21. There was gear oil everywhere! Need to replace all the seals. The seller also failed to mention that he wasn't including the release fork, which kind of sucks, but whatever:
Gave it a good wash and emptied what was left of the fluid. It looked similar to a science experiment, it was 3 different colors all separated. I'm sure some water leaked into it while I was washing it. Can't wait to replace the seals and put some fresh fluid in it:
Lastly, I made a pretty big order of random parts like gaskets, seals, release fork, etc. More updates later this week!
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