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aimlessrock
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:01 pm

...oooh well spotted Brian, would the auto box from a 318i work with a B20?..(before i drop this zoner a pm).
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Brianmoooore
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:01 pm

Unfortunately, not spotted well enough! When I saw the other zoner's thread I had it in my head that your car was a 318i as well.
Sadly, although they are both 4HP22 boxes, one is rotated with respect to the other at the bellhousing, to accommodate the different angles that the engines sit at.
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:31 pm

:roll: ...bummer.
E30 320i Convertible (1989)
190 Mercedes (1988)

"there is nothing more expensive than a cheap E30"