Gearbox number help ASAP please

Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:19 am

Hi guys I'm at a scrap yard has anyone got a idea of what engine this gearbox number is from 240.0.0370.90
Any ideas maybe 318i

Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:36 am

That's just the casting number which could relate to anything from an E30 318i to an E28 520i.

You need the serial number - it's stamped into the bellhousing around the edge. Clean the edge of the box right up and you'll see it - numbers followed by three or four all important letters. Get that, and I can tell you what it is.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:01 am

All in the Wiki:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... ain#Manual

Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:06 am

No it ain't.

The 240 box was used in many different cars - M10 and M40/42 bellhousing bolt patterns are different and the 318iS box is slightly longer.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:16 am

Read the bit under the table, Andy

Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:44 am

I did, and there are two glaring errors.

The table lists the letters, but doesn't say which cars or engines they fit.

And the M10/M40-42 boxes will not iterchange at all. Nothing to do with the angle the unit sits at - the bolt spacing is different so an M10 box will not physically bolt to an M40 or M42 engine.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:48 am

Ahhh, ok. I'll make those amendments ASAP then. Cheers

I'll add info regarding which 'box codes fit each car when I find them; I don't think the Restoration Bible has them either.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:16 pm

Grrrmachine wrote: I don't think the Restoration Bible has them either.

Oh it does.

LF = four speed 242, 316 M10

MN and BMV = 5 speed 240, M10 carb

MD and BMU = as above, 318i M10

BMO, TBCU and BCX = 5 speed 240 , M40 and some 318iS

BCO, BCP, BCT = 318iS and E34 518i (pre 1992 overdrive). These boxes are the longer units with the shorter prop.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:52 pm

Great stuff

Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:49 pm

What would 001612 ANB be please Andy?

Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:02 pm

ANB is a Getrag 260, although no idea which model it is.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:43 pm

Thanks guys been a busy day today forgot about the gear selector being different sizes lol
Great help from you guys about the box many thanks

Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:15 pm

Kedge wrote:What would 001612 ANB be please Andy?

Standard 325i box.

Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:56 pm

Andyboy wrote:
Kedge wrote:What would 001612 ANB be please Andy?
Standard 325i box.

Was hoping you were going to say it was a sport box

Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:06 pm

Grrrmachine wrote:Ahhh, ok. I'll make those amendments ASAP then. Cheers

I'll add info regarding which 'box codes fit each car when I find them; I don't think the Restoration Bible has them either.

Wonder who wrote the Restoration Bible?

Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:49 pm

daimlerman wrote:Wonder who wrote the Restoration Bible?

Oh I know, I know

Sometimes it's tempting to copy page after page of the Bible into the Wiki, the info in there is so good. But so far I've resisted that temptation.

So far...

Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:10 pm

Grrrmachine wrote:
Oh I know, I know Sometimes it's tempting to copy page after page of the Bible into the Wiki, the info in there is so good. But so far I've resisted that temptation.

So far...

You would be well advised to take facts from the 'Bible',expanded with practical detail from forum members.Bear in mind that there may well be a copyright issue,but Andy will be approachable about that sort of thing!

Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:13 pm

So far I'm taking the approach that the Wiki is a Zone product, so it must be based primarily on data posted or created on the Zone. If there's an article on another site, I always ask permission first.

It's not right to just lift data from other sources, especially ones people have spent their own time and energy on with the aim of financial gain, so I'll only post Bible stuff that Andy himself has volunteered on the site.