Anyone parting a manual?

[duct-tape]

After the woes of trying to find a torque converter, maybe it's time for me to do a manual swap.
I need the pedals, clutch mc, flywheel and a good clutch and bearing.
I can buy the available stuff new but definitely need the pedal and plumbing

 

[sfdon]

I have a fairly large pile of automatic trannys sitting in my shop.

 

[duct-tape]

I have a fairly large pile of automatic trannys sitting in my shop.

I removed the seized engine with the TC still connected because i can't turn the motor to access the bolts. for the sake of simplicity, if you have the TC, flywheel and mount plate for the TC, that would be great. do you have all that for the BW65? i read that the ZF torque converter doesnt work on the borg warner
ultimately, doing the manual swap would just be a good choice for the 70mph roads i'm always on.

 

[sfdon]

70 mph means 5 speed overdrive!

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

I wonder what the engineers were thinking when the original TV ad said "125 All Day Long"

I have a flywheel if someone needs it

 

[duct-tape]

I have a flywheel if someone needs it

is it for the BW65 trans? and do you have the flywheel etc?

 

[mosearch]

70 mph means 5 speed overdrive!

Hmm...I push my BW65 to 70 with regularity...sometimes somewhat higher actually...am I going to regret it?
I mean, besides regretting the poor mileage, that is...

 

[duct-tape]

..I push my BW65 to 70 with regularity.

with 70mph speed limits here, If I do 70, I'mma get pushed off the road. 75-80 is travelling speed. which is like 3800 rpm with the BW65.

 

[sfdon]

Austin fwy to San Antonio is 85mph posted.

 

[duct-tape]

a friend with a complete manual parts car is letting me cannibalize it. yay for not having to piece it all together!

 

[Markos]

a friend with a complete manual parts car is letting me cannibalize it. yay for not having to piece it all together!

@dang

 

[billpatterson]

I wonder what the engineers were thinking when the original TV ad said "125 All Day Long"

I have a flywheel if someone needs it

Hi Peter,
Do you still have the flywheel? If so, what is it out of? I need a flywheel for a Getrag 265 I'm swapping into a '73 Bavaria. Do you have a manual pedal box too?

Regards
Bill P.

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

Hi Peter,
Do you still have the flywheel? If so, what is it out of? I need a flywheel for a Getrag 265 I'm swapping into a '73 Bavaria. Do you have a manual pedal box too?

Regards
Bill P.

Hi Bill I have a flywheel but shipping up north won't be cheap... You can probably find one at a junkyard up there for less-

 

[billpatterson]

Hi Bill I have a flywheel but shipping up north won't be cheap... You can probably find one at a junkyard up there for less-

Hi Peter
Thank you for replying!
I have contacted a few folks around Edmonton. If I have no luck, what would you charge?

Regards
Bill P

 

[duct-tape]

I have contacted a few folks around Edmonton

the flywheel is the same part number for all these models:

• 5' E28   (09/1980 — 12/1988)
• 5' E34   (03/1987 — 04/1993)
• 2.5CS-3.0CSL   (12/1968 — 11/1975)
• 6' E24   (12/1977 — 04/1989)
• 2500-3.3Li   (08/1968 — 02/1977)
• 7' E23   (07/1977 — 08/1987)
• 7' E32   (10/1985 — 03/1994)

I found about 50 of them on http://www.car-part.com/ I used the dropdown menus for an 87 535i but you can use other models, like the e24
I love car-part, it's a database of junkyards, anything you find on there, they will ship.

 

[billpatterson]

Awesome 'duct tape'! Thank you!!

Regards
Bill P.