It's like the Same but Different: My 528e build
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updates!
nice!
also, I spy rampelsausage.
If you need someone to stand around and make wild accusations about random things. lemme know. I'm in.
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This dude made mincemeat out of the stripped inverted torx bellhousing bolt on my trans. It was the top bolt so i had to pull the engine + trans from the car to get to it but if its in your parts car you could sawzall an access panel through the driveshaft tunnel (or maybe from the shift lever area) and work at it from the comfort of your drivers seat.
Simply find the best fit, smack it on with a hammer, remove it with ease with a ratchet. Took a whole 30 seconds vs. 10000 seconds of being angry without it.
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This dude made mincemeat out of the stripped inverted torx bellhousing bolt on my trans. It was the top bolt so i had to pull the engine + trans from the car to get to it but if its in your parts car you could sawzall an access panel through the driveshaft tunnel (or maybe from the shift lever area) and work at it from the comfort of your drivers seat.
Simply find the best fit, smack it on with a hammer, remove it with ease with a ratchet. Took a whole 30 seconds vs. 10000 seconds of being angry without it.
I second that, I have a set of these and they have made quick work of some very round bolts
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This dude made mincemeat out of the stripped inverted torx bellhousing bolt on my trans. It was the top bolt so i had to pull the engine + trans from the car to get to it but if its in your parts car you could sawzall an access panel through the driveshaft tunnel (or maybe from the shift lever area) and work at it from the comfort of your drivers seat.
Simply find the best fit, smack it on with a hammer, remove it with ease with a ratchet. Took a whole 30 seconds vs. 10000 seconds of being angry without it.
I'll see if they have a smaller sized set or if I could borrow one from work. Its the 8mm 6 point star bolt on the bottom of the bell housing. Since the engine/trans is out of the car I already started cutting through the bolt head though.
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Got the transmission off!! Feels good to finally wrestle that baby out of the garage. I also got all the clutch parts except one hard line I'll have to grab tomorrow night but for the most part the 5spd "re-swap" will be completed tomorrow night.
Its about time!
Ghetto ring gear holder, did the job!
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yay! there better be an admin,
in a bmw (not a suburban)
at the meet this weekend!!
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Parts I wanted to get on the car tonight.
My nice southern trans tunnel
Cleaned up the back of the block
Starter guide? Whatever its called is on. This is what I forgot last night
Dominic540i and I both doing pre 5er meet work
Flywheel and clutch mounted. This was before aligning the clutch plate
We weren't exactly sure which clutch pilot tool to use (we have a zillion at the dealer), but I used one that fit the best but something was still wrong as we couldn't get the input shaft to go into the pilot bearing. Neither Dominic or I have installed a trans before and after 45min of trying we still had no luck so I'm gonna bribe one of the techs to help me with this tomorrow. Hopefully my pilot bearing is serviceable.
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We were able to get the splines to mesh alright, just couldn't get the input shaft of the tranny into the pilot bearing on the crank.
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We were able to get the splines to mesh alright, just couldn't get the input shaft of the tranny into the pilot bearing on the crank.
Apparently the trick is to do it by feel without the transmission jack, just good 'ole muscle! So me and a lucky helper will give that a go.
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I clocked out early for work cause things were super slow and was able to get some help from the techs getting my trans in. We did end up realigning the clutch disc with a homemade tool that one of the techs had around. It was actually a cut off input shaft so the fit was perfect! Thanks again for the help Dominic
For those of you that haven't mated a transmission to an engine before, I guess it comes down to "the feel" when getting the input shaft into the pilot bearing. Even though we were using a heavy duty transmission jack, when it comes to that point its just there for support and you will need to wrestle the transmission around until everything slides together. We were able to get the trans pretty close but I did need to pull it tight with the bolts. Otherwise its a fairly simple procedure.
Here is a pic after we got the engine/trans mated. I only have 3 bolts in so I had to leave the jack underneath overnight. Tomorrow will be a busy day!
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So this happened sometime between now and Saturday night
. We are thinking that it might have been backed into by a tow truck but who knows. Dominic pointed it out to me as I was leaving work, so he was the first to notice. I hadn't been on that side of the lot so I haven't seen the car since I parked it Saturday night. This sucks cause now I'm back to square one basically although I'm still better off then the old car. Ughh! 
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
doesn't a classy joint like concours have security cameras?
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I would be glad to help work on it, as always Chris. Sorry I had to be the bearer of bad news...
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
doesn't a classy joint like concours have security cameras?
You would think! I'm gonna speak to the GM about it tomorrow.
So they just had to fuck up the drivers side fender? Why cant they hit the passenger side that is easy to source a fender for.
Both fenders are ruined. Not sure what my plan is yet. The core support should be able to pull out fine as the headlight buckets and where the hood got bent pushed in somethings. I won't know until I take apart the front end though.
I would be glad to help work on it, as always Chris. Sorry I had to be the bearer of bad news...
I'm glad you pointed it out though! I appreciate it man, maybe tomorrow I'll be motivated to look over the electrical issue. Like I said I think I wired the starter up wrong.
I think for now I'm just gonna pound stuff out and call it good since its not like this car is a showpiece anyways. When the time comes to get a paint job then this can all be fixed.
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updates!
nice!
also, I spy rampelsausage.
If you need someone to stand around and make wild accusations about random things. lemme know. I'm in.
I can assist here if needed also. Always glad to help.
Trans didn't get in tonight cause I forgot a gasket at home 
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