The reason I'm biased towards the auto tranny, is that I have an E30 automatic that has been in use for over 5 years and has never had transmission problems. Wiring: Here is the part most people get hung up on. The transmission should come out relatively easily. I have 2 cables which under tension close the roof cover. He seems to be able to get it to go in much of the way, but not all of the way. Beginnings of reinstallation: Get a good clutch kit.
Make sure to hook up the shifter, slave cylinder line, starter, and everything else are in. There's little to go wrong with a manual tranny. Thanks are also due to Sykes-Pickavant Limited, who provided some of the workshop tools, and to all those people at Sparkford who helped in the production of this manual. It could suite your need. Hello Op, did u get the very ride eventually? This part will probably take you a while. Jacking up the transmission to try to straighten it out results in the transmission pushing up the entire car.
Then disconnect the automatic shift lever from the transmission. This was also done in a shop with pneumatics and lifts so our job was considerably easier than the average at-home mechanic. Shifter Removal: Hop in the car and pull out the shifter console. This will allow it to compress and drop down. . Warning:Never crawl under the vehicle or start the engine when this jack is being used as the only means of support.
Loosen the wheel bolts half a turn, leaving them in place until the wheel is raised off the ground. You should purchase the rubber gasket that keeps the water out as well. I suggest linking in the slave line before you fully install the transmission so the line is easier to access. I do have some electrical tinkering to do since my car had a euro sport transmission controlled by a separate computer and so the wiring is all different under the shifter console. This will get your reverse lights to work and your car to start. There are 4 bolts on the back of the pedal set that encircle the master cylinder and two above the pedals. This will allow it to compress and drop down.
You just needed people to tell you what you want to hear, not what you need to hear. We take great pride in the accuracy of information given in this manual, but vehicle manufacturers make alterations and design changes during the production run of a particular vehicle of which they do not inform us. I think I had someone lift the front of the engine up to get me more clearance in the back. If you make a mistake when entering the code, continue the five-digit sequence anyway. I'm imaging that someone would push down on the engine block itself, thus bringing it down the extra half inch that seems to be needed? I have appended the video to show the new kit. Second, Sam said that you really needed to install the transmission at a 45 degree angle for best results. Do you have some kind of picture or detail number for me? It seems like a lot of us have problems with the power top mechanism.
If you plan to run your car in dense traffic conditions on a regular basis, get a manual. Remember to install a new pilot bearing. It is especially popular among fans of Volvo, Jaguar, and Mercedes-Benz cars. I am using a Z4 3. I want to keep the car because it has been in my family its whole life. Final note, if you are ready to maintain the auto box, buy the auto option.
The top opening motor and the lid opening on trunk. Just get the appropriate sized wrenches and remove them. The brakes are disc type at the front, with either drums or discs at the rear, depending on model. You can use an old flywheel and get it remachined to accept a new clutch. Automatic transmission-equipped vehicles can only be towed with all fourwheels on the ground providing that the speed does not exceed 35 mph and the distance is not over 50 miles, otherwise transmission damage can result.
My friend who had the same issue with his car encouraged me to fab up a kit and offer them for sale. The vast inventory on eBay includes automatic transmissions and manual transmissions for the E30, many of which have been tested, so you can shop with confidence. Transmission mount brace: The automatic and manual braces are very different. Behind the torque converter is the starter wheel. There was a little bar in the far back side that connects the motor with a little pin.
Sling-type towing equipment must notbe used on these vehicles. There is about an inch or inch and a half more that it needs to slide forward. My thought is that those parts must be so precisely milled, that you'd have to line them up exactly, or the thing would get jammed on a bad angle. Fighting as issue such as this at the same time would be daunting. The nose of the input shaft isn't going into the pilot bearing in the flywheel.