Touring International

[DER E30]

What's the cleaner of choice? Simple Green?

[Earl]

Scrubbed the trans a bit more last night. I might go over it one more time because I am still not happy with some spots.

[Earl]

Yours might look like the one on the right but I doubt it. It probably looks like mine in the middle. Mine had around 160k on it.

[frink84]

wow, those pivot pins just made me put the brass one on my wish list, my ti is turning over 230k miles...

[244Brick]

Thanks BOOOOO! That pivot in looks unpivotity LOL

[Earl]

Picked up another getrag 250 Saturday to replace the one that was in the car. I had some first gear issues and figured I should really replace it while I am doing everything else.



The trans mounts that were on it were some of the worst I have seen=P It looks like they were separated and the trans was just resting on them...


Anyone ever see a selector rod joint like this? I have a feeling it is some cheap off brand replacement. Good thing I am replacing it anyways=)



Here is a comparison of the clutch fork pivot pins. The middle is the one from my car and the one on the right is from the "new" trans.


I also cleaned up the clutch fork, media blasted it, and have it ready for powder coating. The wear was pretty minimal.





I started cleaning up the trans a little yesterday. Still not near as clean as I want but it's better.





Hoping to finish cleaning it this week so that I can pull the old seals. Ordering the new seals, detent springs, selector rod joint, bitch clip, and clutch fork retaining spring as well.

[SnazzyQ]

So when is this car going to not be homosexual?

In other news this is really cool and now I want an e36 compact, hatchback,tiny ass thing.

[Earl]

Working on the trans for you Eugene haha

[244Brick]

Yesh dew werk! I'm so excited to see the finish line for this!

[Earl]

Thank you for the kind words=)

My flywheel got finished up yesterday=)





My clutch kit should be on it's way here shortly and I am picking up a transmission on Saturday. Once I get the trans, I will be cleaning it up and replacing the shifter detent springs, input/output shaft seals, selector shaft seal, and the selector rod joint.

[12vsex]

everytime I check back in on this build it just gets better and better . Hats off to you man , Im impressed beyond measure. The attention to detail is top notch

[Earl]

I think it will now feel "slightly" better

[244Brick]

ooo. Nice.. progress

[Earl]

DSSR arrived and is the perfect length. Glad that the e30 m3 lever ended up being the only one that was even close




Currently modifying my z3 lever to fit. BMW revised the bushing at the bottom of the lever to eliminate the need for the yellow washers. Unfortunately that makes it too wide to fit in the DSSR.

[Earl]

Media blasted the shifter carrier





It was a pain trying to get the rouge out of the inset spots so I decided to clean it up the easiest way I could=)

My orders from Garagistic and Ireland Engineering also arrived





I am currently ordering all of my clutch components and have a dssr on the way as well=)