Wireing

[shahbmw786]

Help on maneal conversion

[shahbmw786]

What wires to get car started after maneal conversion

[shahbmw786]

And get reverse lights ?? Please

[Brianmoooore]

Starter: Find two black/yellow wires behind glove box, each plugged into a black wire (IIRC).
Unplug both black wires from the black/yellows, and plug the two black/yellows together - one has a male plug, and the other a female.
Trace black wires to a relay, remove relay and all wiring connected to it.

Reverse lights: After removing the auto gear selector lever, along with the switch mounted on it, you should be left with a two pin plug, near the base of the gear lever, which has green/white and blue/white wires.
If you have used the correct E30 rubber grommet around the gear lever where it passes through the floor pan, it should have two black wires emerging through it, with a matching connector to plug into the green/white and blue/white. The black wires are clipped to the fixed member of the gear linkage under the car, and go over to the reverse light switch, high on the RH side of the gearbox.

[shahbmw786]

Thanking you.is there any way of getting pics. As I am. Useless with wireing

[shahbmw786]

Will the relay be behind the glovebox or in engine bay thanks

[Brianmoooore]

Behind glovebox, LH side.Black/yellows are top right-ish.

[shahbmw786]

thanks again for your help .

[shahbmw786]

is that all i will need to get started up

[Brianmoooore]

Plugging the two black/yellows together will change the starter motor wiring to exactly how it would be on a manual car from the factory.

[shahbmw786]

Thanks. I am hoping to get down to these wires at the weekend.I ve got starter wires to put back.and check over the bolts.again when you say join the 2 black and yellow. Do u mean.cut and join them. Or do they plug in sorry but I've done all the work .but bit scared on wireibg

[Brianmoooore]

They just plug together, once the other wires (the ones that go to the starter inhibitor relay) that are plugged into them at the moment are removed.

[shahbmw786]

Thanks will let you no the outcome

[shahbmw786]

I can only find 1 black/yellow plunged into black?

[shahbmw786]

I can only find 1 black/yellow plunged into black?

[shahbmw786]

Update I have unplugged black put it to yellow/black. And I have turn over .but I am out of fuel.so where does the other black and yellow go

[Brianmoooore]

If the engine now cranks ("turns over"), then you must have pushed the right wires together.
Nothing in an auto to manual conversion should affect the fuelling (unless it was an early type gearbox you removed with the crank position sensors mounted on the bell housing).

[shahbmw786]

Sorry I meant car is out of fuel.turned over fine.gona get a can of fuel in the morning .and turn it over.I haven't removed .the relay or wires connected to auto harness.would it be a problem .if they were left as they are. Thanks again brain for your help.

[shahbmw786]

Update car is all up and running. Thanks

[shahbmw786]

One thing I've found the little cable coming out of rubber that goes around the stick were do they go thanks

[Brianmoooore]

Rest of inhibitor wiring won't do any harm if left.

Reverse lights: After removing the auto gear selector lever, along with the switch mounted on it, you should be left with a two pin plug, near the base of the gear lever, which has green/white and blue/white wires.
If you have used the correct E30 rubber grommet around the gear lever where it passes through the floor pan, it should have two black wires emerging through it, with a matching connector to plug into the green/white and blue/white. The black wires are clipped to the fixed member of the gear linkage under the car, and go over to the reverse light switch, high on the RH side of the gearbox.

[shahbmw786]

I have wire coming through from it but they are blue/white green/ white.do the wires on gear box go on any way in to spades thanks

[shahbmw786]

Grommit

[Brianmoooore]

Wires coming through the grommet go to a plug that should have been disconnected from the wires to the switch on the auto. selector lever when you removed it, and the other end of the wires under the car, with spade connectors on, go to the reverse light switch, high up on the RH side of the manual gearbox.

[shahbmw786]

UPDATE CAR IS RUNNING ALL GOOD I THINK THE MANEAL CONVERSION HAS GIVEN THE A BIT OF LIFE GREAT EXPERAINCE THANKS FOR HELP

[shahbmw786]

318 I M40 DOES THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING HAVE 4 NUT AT REAR TO HOLD THE HUB ON OR IS IT JUST THE CENTRE NUT THANKS

[Brianmoooore]

Hub and bearing are one unit, and held on by the centre nut only.