Last last weekend I spent an entire day installing my transmission.  It went smooth until the las centimeter or so.  The tranny would not slide in completely.  I figured either the input shaft was contacting the pilot bearing.  Being that I was working in a cramped and confined space under the M, removing the tranny 3-4 times became frustrating.  I finally just tightened the four mouting bolt to close the gap.  There wasn’t any struggle in doing that, it just slid in.  Hope that worked.

 Clutch

New bellhousing bolts and parts; new slave cylinder too

E24 transmission mounts were also installed permanently.  The tranny support needed the holes to be larger.  Iused a file to do the job.

 

The old tranny mounts.  As you can see one was a hack job that made the other strain.  No wonder my drivetrain was wobbly.

 

Rebuilt shifter components installed. Oooh nice!

 

Finished product pictures soon.

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