‘91 E30

[KaiserRolls]

This weekend I got around to doing the detent service on the zf. Thanks to @m42b32 for the trans tools rental. 

It’s pretty easy to do, most annoying part was when I had a snap ring fuck-off into a low earth orbit and bounce off the evo/Miata/garage door. Found it after a few minutes luckily. 

[KaiserRolls]

Mobile is a real dick with putting text where I want without having to go in and edit the post so here’s the difference between the old 5th gear detent and the new 5th gear detent. (New detent on right) 

[KaiserRolls]

Also they totally revised the pins on the top of the trans and added a coated bushing/sleeve instead of having the detent ride in a machined bore

[KaiserRolls]

None of my pins were frozen in the bores, but I figured I’d knock this out while the trans was out. A few definitely showed signs of wear though. Overall pretty easy to do and hoping it wasn’t pointless.

[KaiserRolls]

Started pulling the g260, got carried away

[B C]

I didn’t remove the firewall insulation. Had I done this one simple trick we would not be seeing the engine out of the car.

Blame me for all the pain and suffering

[KaiserRolls]

B C said:

I didn’t remove the firewall insulation. Had I done this one simple trick we would not be seeing the engine out of the car.

Blame me for all the pain and suffering

New owners hate him! 

Learn this one simple trick that ensures previous owners don’t get verbally assaulted on forums

[SteelBlue]

Why did you end up pulling it?

[KaiserRolls]

SteelBlue said:

Why did you end up pulling it?

Insulation was still present on trans tunnel, couldn’t get to the hardware, loosening mounts and tilting motor until it hit firewall was not giving me enough room

sans insulation and it could’ve stayed put

[Rekpoint]

Might aswell throw a big turbo on it while its out.

[m42b32]

Rekpoint said:

Might aswell throw a big turbo on it while its out.

A supercharger would be neat

[Rekpoint]

m42b32 said:

A supercharger would be neat

Either or 

m52 are better for BIG BOOST

[SteelBlue]

KaiserRolls said:

Insulation was still present on trans tunnel, couldn’t get to the hardware, loosening mounts and tilting motor until it hit firewall was not giving me enough room

sans insulation and it could’ve stayed put 

Guess that means mine will have to come out as well...

[KaiserRolls]

SteelBlue said:

Guess that means mine will have to come out as well...

I ended up tilting and pulling the motor enough to where I could get to the hardware on the back of the block. Then slipped the trans off. 

So it doesn’t necessarily need to come all the way out, but reinstalling with the engine dangling would be quite annoying

[KaiserRolls]

With autox events passing me by like crazy I really need to wrap this up. 

Mtx-L shows up today, fluids and other jazz Friday, already have shifter, have all the necessary sensors now and distribution blocks for oil psi/temp. I’m running out of things to order and my excuse list is getting shorter. 

Pic to remind me of what I’ll be forever co-driving if I can’t get the black car finished this century 

[KaiserRolls]

m42b32 said:

A supercharger would be neat

This is essentially sold at this point. I really want to give the m52/zf/3.25 combo a fair shake. I think it’ll be just as fast if not faster than the s50/zf/2.93 combo for what I use the car for

[B C]

Bring back those good sounds

[Jdesign]

B C said:

Bring back those good sounds

I love the name of your video.

[KaiserRolls]

Turner Motorsport headers and BummerWorld exhaust should be here sometime this week. At this point I have a pile of stuff waiting to go on the car. Just need a pile of motivation

[patsbimmer1]

KaiserRolls said:

Turner Motorsport headers and BummerWorld exhaust should be here sometime this week. At this point I have a pile of stuff waiting to go on the car. Just need a pile of motivation 

See, now you're putting a lot of pressure on me to make the right decision