I have located a Getrag 5 speed gearbox with the speedo drive. While the seller is confident that the box is "just fine", I would be more comfortable in having it completely gone through prior to installation. Is there a transmission rebuilder that is commonly used by forum members (preferably in Southern California)?
My auto transmission guru built himself a transmission dynamometer to test them outside the car...
I do not know if he can test a manual.
The off the shelf machine is probably expensive:
I have located a Getrag 5 speed gearbox with the speedo drive. While the seller is confident that the box is "just fine", I would be more comfortable in having it completely gone through prior to installation. Is there a transmission rebuilder that is commonly used by forum members (preferably in Southern California)?
I believe that parts are so difficult to find for these transmissions that it is difficult to find a shop that will service them. Metric Mechanic still advertises that they work on them, but they are not in CA.
You may want to get in touch with @sfdon and see that he does with his transmissions.
I understand *some* parts are available now that weren't - A guy name "Pete" is used by many of us to re-seal it and likely do some other stuff again @sfdon can help. Lastly I really liked this thread that talks about what I was under the impression was impossible - read the entire thread, it talks about parts, a bearing puller and using heat to remove the bearing (I think):
Manual transmissions seemed simple before tearing into this. It all started when a fellow E9 enthusiast asked me if I wanted a bad transmission for parts. He had left the trans on a shelf for 15 or more years, as he learned if you don't spin it from time to time the gears dry out and rust...
I understand *some* parts are available now that weren't - A guy name "Pete" is used by many of us to re-seal it and likely do some other stuff again @sfdon can help. Lastly I really liked this thread that talks about what I was under the impression was impossible - read the entire thread, it talks about parts, a bearing puller and using heat to remove the bearing (I think):
Manual transmissions seemed simple before tearing into this. It all started when a fellow E9 enthusiast asked me if I wanted a bad transmission for parts. He had left the trans on a shelf for 15 or more years, as he learned if you don't spin it from time to time the gears dry out and rust...
I believe that parts are so difficult to find for these transmissions that it is difficult to find a shop that will service them. Metric Mechanic still advertises that they work on them, but they are not in CA.
You may want to get in touch with @sfdon and see that he does with his transmissions.
I’ve had good luck with metric mechanic. They are intimate with both the close ratio and standard overdrive 265’s. I know that they are not local but I would rather have intimacy and full knowledge in my rebuilder rather than location
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