M10 to M42 Getrag 240 mechanical speedo conversion
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Re: M10 to M42 Getrag 240 mechanical speedo conversion
This is a great piece of work, got me thinking about the M42 swap all over again!
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Re: M10 to M42 Getrag 240 mechanical speedo conversion
Would I be right in thinking that you could just source a bellhousing from the more common getrag 240 (E30 318i) seeing as you can bolt an M42 straight to it?
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Re: M10 to M42 Getrag 240 mechanical speedo conversion
Yes, but you don´t have mechanical speedo!nuke laars wrote:Would I be right in thinking that you could just source a bellhousing from the more common getrag 240 (E30 318i) seeing as you can bolt an M42 straight to it?
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Re: M42 Getrag 240 mechanical speedo conversion
A great write up, I've just done this myself:
http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... 2&start=90
What I would add to this is to expand about the lateral plug:
We struggled initially because we thought this was just a blanking plug.
There's not much room under neath to get under it so we welded some threaded bar on but we managed with a screwdriver for the second box.
Once this is out and all the other bolts you really don't need a lot of force to get them separated.
[img]http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah1 ... rp.jpg[img]
http://www.bmwe21.net/forum/viewtopic.p ... 2&start=90
What I would add to this is to expand about the lateral plug:
The plug in question is this:Sierpien wrote: Also very important the lateral plug, that holds all the mechanism in place, if you don´t take this out yo can´t separate the 2 housings:
We struggled initially because we thought this was just a blanking plug.
There's not much room under neath to get under it so we welded some threaded bar on but we managed with a screwdriver for the second box.
Once this is out and all the other bolts you really don't need a lot of force to get them separated.
[img]http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah1 ... rp.jpg[img]