Lacey, the Lachssilber 325iS - oem+ 5spd. swap daily driver build

[vtechnik]

One is rotella, the other is mobil1. One is 15w40 and one is 75w90 iirc. They're pretty different in color but obviously viscosity changes and color might change once warmed up. I think my game plan for next week is to pull the inspection piece in between the transmission and engine to see if the oil is leaking from in between the pan gasket and rear main seal. If so, I have a oil pan gasket in my shed ill use and see if that fixes the problem.

[TeXJ]

So both oils are amber, carmel colored?

Did you happen to over fill either one of them?

[vtechnik]

Almost certain. Ill double check tomorrow.

Edit: just checked my engine oil level and its full. With the amount that i spilled in my driveway, it would have to be down to halfway i would assume. Plus the oil for my engine is a carmel color, whereas my trans oil is light and the leaking fluid definitely looks like coors light. Could still be wrong though.

I almost hoped you were right though because it would've made more sense that the rear main seal mounting plate is leaking in between the pan and plate, since i didnt use a new pan gasket to reseal it, than the trans input shaft is, since i did reseal it.

Whats the easiest way to 100% confirm its trans fluid or engine oil?

[zwill23]

Damn, tough break.

Might be a silly question, but are you sure it's trans oil?

I've seen a very similar issue that I thought was a rear main seal, but it was the oil pan gasket leaking right above the trans reinforcement plate. Oil would seemingly seep right in between where the engine and trans meet up.

[vtechnik]

Yea it is weird. After thinking it over, my best guess is that its a crack in the transmission housing. I know i sealed the input shaft good enough that it wouldnt spew out oil, maybe a drip but not a stream. Im gonna keep an eye out for a tranny while i start to pull mine out. Let me know if anyone has a good deal on a getrag, ill need one on deck if mine does turn out to be cracked.

[TFJR]

Awesome she is a 5 speed now! Weird that the transmission is dumpling fluid at such a fast rate.

[iwantspeed]

Sorry to hear that the 5 speed swap is leaking bad.


But this presents another opportunity to fix a mistake you made.
You should remove the harmonic balancer ring on your driveshaft.
It will hit your shift linkage since you did the z3 shifter.
You can bend your shift linkage to clear the harmonic balancer, but if you ever change shift levers in the future or upgrade to a dssr (highly recommend) then you can't install it until the that ring is removed.


You will need a few new bolts.
From what I remember that ring uses pressed in studs.
You can hammer out the studs, remove the ring and install regular bolts.


Also make sure you orientate the guibo in the correct direction.
The tip of the arrow needs to point to a flange.

Most e30 do not have a harmonic balancer on the driveshaft
A diy I made I while ago

http://garagistic.com/index.php?page=uuc-evo3-uuc-dssr-garagistic-delrin-front-carrier-bushing-brent-5631-rear-carrier-bushing

[vtechnik]

5 spd. swap done-ish! Not really. I can explain.

It's been a minute since I posted an update on Lacey so I'll try to catch up on everything fairly brief-like.

What's new? Well.. I straightened my wheels, got new tires, blew my heater core, missed the picnic :( , got a roof rack, went on a road trip, bought another honda, sold the honda, then bought a miata, oh.. and I 5spd. swapped Lacey ;D

Pics of Lacey





I'm looking for someone local who wants to trade for ix weaves, if anyone is interested

Pics of Stacy (1997 miata):
She's a hoot







On to the good stuff (I might add more pics later):



Parts list (nothin' but oem yo):

- Chase bays clutch line (ok, so not everything)
- Rear main seal
- Center support bearing (FCP sent another immediately after i told them mine came bent)
- Sachs clutch kit
- Clutch slave cylinder
- Rear main seal housing gasket
- Driveshaft guibo
- All new hardware pretty much everywhere possible with hefty amounts of red loctite :)
- Shifter ball socket
- Exhaust flanges
- Clutch fork pivot
- Clutch release spring
- Firewall grommets
- Pilot bearing
- Engine mounts
- Transmission mounts
- Shifter bushing
- Garagistic mushroom shift knob with mtech center cap
- Shift boot
- Clutch pedal pad
- Master cylinder rebuild kit
- Shifter seal
- Selector rod joint
- 1.9 z3 shift lever :D
- Elring Dirko Chemical sealant
- Air filter
- Oil filter

I'll make the pics brief

Exhaust off and pic of said rack



Driveshaft out



Pulled intake for access to the starter nuts. While in there I cleaned the whole assembly, cleaned the throttle body, and changed the filter



Autotragedy out



halfway impromptu art with my dremel :)



Officially more manual than auto





I put a new clutch pad on later



Rear main seal done






Resurfaced



Torqued





Yikes



Better



Put in a new seal, and used elring sealant to seal her up



Shifter seal replaced too along with the entirety of the shift linkage. I swapped the egay short shifter for a proper 1.9 z3 setup








rebuilt the master




annnd after calling a buddy, we got the tranny in (ended up breaking one of the tranny mounts so i reused one on the side that doesn't get a lot of stress lol)



Split, cleaned, replaced csb, and assembled (yes, i made sure it went back together how it came)







filled her up (yes, i know it's not ideal fluid)



put the exhaust and intake back in



set her on the ground for a test drive



Pretty cool right?

Well...

After test driving her around the block, I found almost all my work to be useless. Once she warms up, the tranny leaks like someones pouring oil through a funnel on to concrete. The transmission fluid is coming from in between the block and bellhousing :roll: Not sure how this happened since I replaced the seal and used a thin layer of elring dirko sealant (which I heard is pretty good stuff?) maybe I'll opt for the o'reilly rtv special this time? Also, I could see it dripping a little if i didn't seal it completely but the leak is a full on stream when warmed up? Also I know the fluid I'm using is a little thin for the application. but again it shouldn't be a full on stream? Anyhow, I'm gonna take a week to focus on school, do some research and go back at it. I'm a little discouraged but it's just another speed bump in the grand scheme of things. Any productive suggestions are appreciated.

FINAL THOUGHT: For anyone doing the single mass conversion, don't cheap out on the throw out bearing. It's $75. Get the 323i TOB. Period. Unless you want your clutch to grab at the very bottom of the pedal, get the 323i TOB. The silver lining in fixing the leak is I'll be able to get 323i TOB. Again, get the 323i TOB. lolol

[vtechnik]

So I put the fortnite controller down yesterday and worked on the eta. I figure I'm gonna need the space for my 5spd. swap in the car port so getting rid of it asap is becoming a priority.





trash



parts soon to be for sale



Found out last night whoever mounted these wheels is a dumbass cause they're asymmetric and the guy mounted them all the same way... smh, I'm gonna have to take them all off again and swap the tires around. I'm also starting to feel a heavy vibration at high speeds, I think it maybe the steering rack / skid plate bolts coming lose. I gotta tighten them up again. If it's not that then the wheels aren't balanced right too.

[vtechnik]

hmmm sounds like you did. its ok, he got me too...

When you swapped from the weaves were they noticeably lighter?

Just drove a bit on them, they feel just as light as basketweaves with the spacers, so presumably they must be a little lighter. The traklite spacers however are super light as is, so the wheels are probably really close to the weight of the basketweaves.

Nice progress. Fitment looks great :up:

Thanks!

I dig the new wheels. Worth the drive to Portland!

Thanks! Yesssir it was. Maybe I'll see you at Dick's tonight?

[TFJR]

I dig the new wheels. Worth the drive to Portland!

[TheWipprSnappr]

Nice progress. Fitment looks great :up:

[vtechnik]

hmmm sounds like you did. its ok, he got me too...

When you swapped from the weaves were they noticeably lighter?

Can we drop it? I don't want to talk about it...

Not really, they felt similar in weight when swapping. I have to drive it a little with the spacers to get a feel for the new weight.

[2mAn]

First part: Smh lol

Second part: They say "Ultra Light" on the outer edge and "made in japan" on the back. I'm thinking about posting it in the "What wheel is this?" thread, to see if anyone has other pics of them mounted.

hmmm sounds like you did. its ok, he got me too...

When you swapped from the weaves were they noticeably lighter?

[vtechnik]

Since someone is bound to say "pics or it didn't happen", here ya go

edit:

Just found this:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-acura-28/official-bbs-mesh-basket-weave-wheels-thread-1545120/page102/