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View Poll Results: Would you now consider doing your own transmission after seeing these pics?
Yes, these pics make it look easy 37 29.84%
No 36 29.03%
swissfrank, will you do my transmission? 51 41.13%
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That's freaking awesome. No guts no glory
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I have pulled the engine and transmission in a few of my E21 3er's before but seeing this thread definitely assures any trans work will go to the dealer......
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Old 01-27-2009, 10:43 PM
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amazing pics and job Frank I will follow soon...tranny still holding up for now
I have to give you Kudos for pulling out that engine! Whatever happend to your old engine block? Can I have it now? lol

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...3 words: round trip ticket?
SOLD!

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how much would you say the tranny weighs?
by my rough estimates about 200+lbs alone, roughly 400lbs with transfer case. It's a heavy sucker.

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Great work, what is your background and experience?
Neither me or my friends are mechanics, but every once in a while we like to work on our cars.

I work in the telecom industry.

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Holy Mother of God!
Thanks Michelle!

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Thanks SwissFrank.... Did it require any special tools to get things apart or back together??...
Nope, nothing other than what I already had, a good pick set and thin walled sockets with air tools will make your life easier though.

Well other than a transmission Jack that I already had from last time.

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So what gave you the balls to take this on with only your friend? Did you have any books or instructions for the operation? You have inspired me to take care of mine when the time comes. Great pics!
I'm glad to hear that I inspired conifdence and potentially saved you thousands of dollars!

My X5 would no longer go backwards, and I was not willing to pay a shop $5500 to fix it, I dropped the tranmission out and figured I couldn't make it worse anyway, I have no work shop manuals or instructions, I just took my time and used the ZF spare parts manual as my guide.

If you venture down that road, feel free to ask for help.

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how much did this run you?
$300 with the fluid to replace everything in the transmission, Piston Rings, O Rings, Gaskets, Seals, Steels, and Frictions, there were a couple updates that needed to be done to address some weak parts of the box, and upgrade various clutches etc.

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rebuilding is the easy part, no?

Crawling under there and taking it out, then puttin' it back, THAT"S the hard part!!!
I will drink to that!

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Nice job!! Would like to hear about how she runs after.

looks like you pretty much have to soak everything prior to install. i may have missed it... what exactly went wrong, what parts did you replace, how long did it take and how much did the parts cost?
Story goes, I was out on Christmas Eve and we have had quite a sizeable amount of snow, I was on a narrow side street and pulled off the road to let a small car through, and got stuck in what I didn't beleive but turned out to be, very deep hard packed and icey snow.

Yes everything needs to be lubricated prior to install. I replaced all the friction material, steels, seals, piston rings, o rings, gaskets, and installed some updates. Everything wearable was replaced. And as previous noted, $300 including fluid.

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Well I've never been to Detroit yet... haha
If you like hockey, Detroit is a good place to visit

I too work in telecommunications. A small little company here in the US.
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$300 with the fluid to replace everything in the transmission, Piston Rings, O Rings, Gaskets, Seals, Steels, and Frictions, there were a couple updates that needed to be done to address some weak parts of the box, and upgrade various clutches etc.

This is fascinating. Thanks for posting all this.
I would love to see a list or outline of what you mean by 'weak parts of the box'.
I have no idea what that means.
Thanks.
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If you like hockey, Detroit is a good place to visit

I too work in telecommunications. A small little company here in the US.
phew, a colleague rebuilding ZF stuff too ?
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Old 01-28-2009, 09:42 AM
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Nice work.

What was the mileage when your trans began to fail? Did it have the original fluid? I6 or V8 motor?
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Nice work.

What was the mileage when your trans began to fail? Did it have the original fluid? I6 or V8 motor?
270000km, with fluid changes on a V8. The main reason it failed was I tried to get unstuck by rocking the vehicle back and forth until my front clutch pack failed.
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Old 01-28-2009, 05:56 PM
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This is fascinating. Thanks for posting all this.
I would love to see a list or outline of what you mean by 'weak parts of the box'.
I have no idea what that means.
Thanks.
I'll post some diagrams and pictures when I get home for you. Most of these items have already been addressed in the 5hp24's in our X5's.
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Old 01-28-2009, 06:03 PM
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swissfrank - now that you have done this successfully, I bet you could do this as a sideline job - Assuming it all holds together for a good period of time you are probably a natural.

In my experience with transmissions and the guys who repair them it's hit or miss.

You are probably in a great spot to make some money given your expertise with the X transmission and it's weaknesses.
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