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Thread: DIY: Auto to 5-speed swap

  1. 03-22-2009, 01:00 AM #1
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    DIY: Auto to 5-speed swap

    EDIT: I have taken this DIY down due to bandwidth limitations. Link is in my signature if you want to see the DIY

    http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=659314
    Last edited by WoLF; 04-30-2012 at 02:10 PM.


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  2. 03-22-2009, 01:40 AM #2
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    Seriously . . . you da man. You've got to have a lot of skills working on cars to take on something like that. My skill make doing a suspesion upgrade a challenge.

    well done!

    how long it take you?

    how's the end result? keep us updated
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  3. 03-22-2009, 01:56 AM #3
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    its cool that you can do all of this. i would have just sold it and bought another car.
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  4. 03-22-2009, 11:22 AM #4
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    Nice work. I hate doing auto to manual swaps, primarily because of the pedal install (pedal installs on almost any car for a conversion sucks). Other than that, working on a transmission, and anything else in a car, is simply a matter of knowing how to put it all back together. For those with a manual already, you can follow some of this for a clutch install, which is not as hard as many think it would be. You just gotta give yourself time.
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  5. 03-22-2009, 05:47 PM #5
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    Wow, looks like fun!

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  6. 03-22-2009, 07:27 PM #6
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    Oh, dangit all, you just introduced me to another problem I might experience -- the fifth gear issue. Fortunately has not happened yet, and fortunately I don't live where it's cold.

    Good job on the install though. Good diy.
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  7. 03-22-2009, 11:03 PM #7
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    Damn I'm impressed. Now I know who I need to ask for help replacing my clutch when that time comes

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  8. 03-23-2009, 12:25 AM #8
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    Maybe I missed it but, any reason you went with 5spd. versus 6 spd?

    Nice writeup BTW!
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  9. 03-23-2009, 09:28 AM #9
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    nice. i want to do if my auto gives way.

    nice DIY
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  10. 03-23-2009, 01:27 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by neil1138 View Post
    haha



    Thanks! Wish I could say the transmission repair was easy but it was not at all. The online DIYs and the BMW SIB made it look like a 20 min job but noooo. It ended taking grant and I about 2 hours of work to just change the shift pins. Had to go to AutoZone and rent a slide hammer. Which reminds me, I need to return that soon



    I try! I hope you are talking about Grant, because I only know how it's done. I just sat there and told Grant what to do. He's the pro mechanic
    I guess I'll need to ask Grant if he wants to 'hang out' sometime

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  12. 03-26-2009, 11:40 PM #12
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    very very nice workk i like it.. i got a question so the BMW 323i 2000 doesnt have trianomic, can you mod it in ??
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