e36 auto to manual conversion
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Shirley easier just to buy a manual in the first place or sell the present auto and then buy a manual.
These thngs always cost more than first anticipated. Maybe if you were doing it yourself as a winter project the costs would be managable but getting a garage to do it will definately make it uneconomical IMO (unless the car has huge sentimental signifigance or it was free).
These thngs always cost more than first anticipated. Maybe if you were doing it yourself as a winter project the costs would be managable but getting a garage to do it will definately make it uneconomical IMO (unless the car has huge sentimental signifigance or it was free).
Providing you have a donor car in situ to get the requisite parts from, it should be pretty straight forward as it's the small parts that can hold up a conversion.
You'll probably need to source an extra gearbox support as the manual box requires extra bracing up front from what I remember.
The pedal box will need changing out which can be awkward - but stripping the dash out of each car will help you gain access for removal and refitting.
I believe that the prop shaft is a different length, too. So this will require a swap over.
Everything else should be a plug and play affair.
You'll probably need to source an extra gearbox support as the manual box requires extra bracing up front from what I remember.
The pedal box will need changing out which can be awkward - but stripping the dash out of each car will help you gain access for removal and refitting.
I believe that the prop shaft is a different length, too. So this will require a swap over.
Everything else should be a plug and play affair.
Nice find sparks.
It's here for those interested.
The point that is of most interest is how easy the OP says the conversion is to do. Which to me means replacing an auto box like for like should be fairly simple in the event of a failure. Given I have done top end rebuilds on cars before, this sounds well within my skills.
The bay is listing unknown origin second hand boxes for £150 to £300 mark. If you dropped it off a gearbox specialist, what’s that going to cost to recon on a bench? £500?
Days effort to fit and job done.
Touch wood my 530iA keeps going though
It's here for those interested.
The point that is of most interest is how easy the OP says the conversion is to do. Which to me means replacing an auto box like for like should be fairly simple in the event of a failure. Given I have done top end rebuilds on cars before, this sounds well within my skills.
The bay is listing unknown origin second hand boxes for £150 to £300 mark. If you dropped it off a gearbox specialist, what’s that going to cost to recon on a bench? £500?
Days effort to fit and job done.
Touch wood my 530iA keeps going though
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