Joey's iS

[JinormusJ]

awesome progress joey, keep it up.

Thanks, and thanks again for the hookup!

Hey joey, I like that trunk liner, I wonder wher you came up with that?.....

:pimp:

[IRON-E]

Hey joey, I like that trunk liner, I wonder wher you came up with that?.....

[marines2060]

awesome progress joey, keep it up.

[JinormusJ]

5 speed swap pic dump
(Sorry about the pics, they're not mine!)



Getting her up and ready; at this point, just finished the diff swap to the 3.73 and was starting on the driveline




Old tranny coming off, bucket for excess ATF spillage, 6+ year old velcro Vans, awkwardly staring into the camera pictures of someone who is not me a-go
(I'm homeboy under the car)






Getting the exhaust off (OP welded the catback to the fore-pipe, so I had to take it off and pit it back on as a whole unit! UGH!)




Admiration by Beats?




Pedal Box check
clutch fluid check
clutch hydralics check
war-paint, check




The peice de resistance




And a completed tool box
(Just need an e34 tow hook)




Slowly but surely...

[JinormusJ]

5-speed swap done. Using this guide:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=2677948&postcount=15

I was able to make my swap plug and play. Cruise works, and after making a custom wire harness (the stock one broke) for my reverse light switch, Back-Up lights work too.

Replaced rear transmission seal with Elring
DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE
Barring previous warnings about this seal I bought this anyway, and now my rear seal is still leaking 10-20 drops every trip. Ended up buying a new OEM dealer one, and a rear shifter shaft seal from BMW for $35. I know, its a lot, but its dealer parts and I've never heard anything go wrong with dealer tranny seals. Cant wait to toss this OE junk to the curb and drive this thing

Rear Tranny seal ordered
Shift Seal ordered
MT90 on its way too (Had 2/3 of a quart leftover from my last swap in the garage; just enough to get by by only ordering 1 new quart)


Looking for a local shop to do this work for me as I am not mechanically confident in this area, and would like to get it warrantied. Car is not being driven much in its current state, and is turning into the money pit so many e30s have known theirs to be

[JinormusJ]

I hope it does

5-Speed swap in T-Minus: 1 day, 20 hours, 30 minutes

[IRON-E]

This is looking very promising Joey, I like the progress.

[JinormusJ]

That's how we did it last time

[benyen soljax]

Old one out and new one in in the same day?


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[JinormusJ]

M10 power never sours

OFFICIALLY BEAT

Spent all of 3 hours today and all day yesterday running around the yards and house doing stuff for the swap/e30.

My transmission didn't have an output flange, but luckily a friend and I went uarding together and found a 5-speed with a flange that was ripe or the picking. We had to grind down a 30mm deep socket to fit in the tight clearances for the output lock nut, and on top of that, jam a huge beam into the pistons of the engine to stop the crank/tranny from moving so that I could put enough torque down to break the nut loose

20 minutes of WD-40 soak and 15 minutes of using my leg on a breaker bar; success

Spent 3 hours today cleaning the disgustingly dirty tranny. Aswell as replacing my output seal and slipping on the output flange and torquing down to 25 ft/m. Got most of the crud off, and put all my parts together (Garagistic pushing a, z3 shift kit, random bolts and nuts).

Redline 75w90 came in the mail for my 3.73 and Valvoline Dexron III ATF for the tranny (it has a red label).

Soldered up a crack in the reverse light wiring and got it ready to go

Also wired up some e36 switches the other night
Tomorrow I will be modding an early console to fit the e36 switches; still debating if I want to do this again, or delete the window breaker (wiring the wires together permenantly) completely.




Sorry, No pictures, so try to use your imagination
I was incredibly dirty, sue me

[WhorifyingHunty]

My car came with a 5-speed but .. connected to an m10 :/

[stoja e30]

Yeah man!

I've done it before, so I should be good to go. I think I've read and reread the strictlyeta and Yoshi's write up 20+ times by now haha

yea ive read it a couple as well. just discovered i have the 2.7i set up ready to rebuilt:) next project

[cmcgrogan]

god i cant wait to do a 5 speed swap in my car. almost have everything i need.

[JinormusJ]

And so it begins...


Non destroyed rear bumper trim! (FINALLY!)




New fogs!





AND...!
5-Speed Swap!



Thanks again to my good friend Dustin (rede30) of Redlands CA for the huge hookup. Wouldn't have been possible without him! Just dropped a good chunk of change for some refurbishing parts as well

Specs:
135k Miles
1987 325e Getrag 260 (Late model Getrag)
Red Label (ATF if is!)
3.73 LSD


So, current budget is at around...
$500 for full swap (Including Flywheel, 3.73 LSD, and low milage clutch kit)
-$250 for 4.10 LSD that will be sold after
$98 to Blunttech for misc. flywheel/clutch Bolts and Z3 Short Shifter
$25 to Topgaiters for Shift Boot
$39 to Pelican Parts for misc. Shifter Components
$16.09 to Garagistic for their Derlin shift carrier bushings
$misc.95 to (insert popular autostore/hardware store here) for fluids and/or last minute bolts, etc.
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Which puts me around $430 at the very moment. expecting it to go higher, but not over $500 for this swap for sure. Valvoline ATF and some Redline for the LSD shouldn't be more than $50, and $10 should cover miscellaneous bolts here and there that I know I'll need.
The 4.10 LSD is going for sale straight after the swap as well, so if you're looking for one and have the patience/need to save up cash, hold tight!




Also, if anyone is looking to upgrade to a Z3 1.9 SSK (Which I HIGHLY recommend), you can make your own for less than $80 if you piece it together yourself separately. You can get that and all the bushings to refresh everything for less than $90 depending on what you want to buy new!

Below is a list of what I bought and from where for the best prices:

Pelican Parts
25 11 1 220 439 - Yellow Plastic Connector Rod Washer $1.25 x2 (I bought 3 because these can break easy if not careful and they're super cheap. why not?)
25 11 1 469 397 - Shift Lever Bushing $5.00
25 11 7 501 309 - Shift Linkage Gear Selector Knuckle $15.25 (Not needed if yours is in good condition, mine was destroyed and buying one from anywhere else besides Pelican Parts is $$$)

Blunttech
25 11 1 434 148 - Z3 1.9/2.5 Shift Lever $56.67
25 11 7 571 889 - Circlip $1.18 x2 (I bought 2 since old ones are reusable if you accidentally break a new one somehow)

Garagistic
Derlin Shift Linkage Transmission Bushing $16.09







Progress and Cool stuff?
The people have spoken

[JinormusJ]

Yeah man!

I've done it before, so I should be good to go. I think I've read and reread the strictlyeta and Yoshi's write up 20+ times by now haha