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quick one guys, is the e30 m40 box exactly the same as the e36 m40 box?

As far as I know they are mate, 320 prop needed with this box

Also as i found out last night my m40 gearbox from an l-reg e30 touring has the right size shaft to fit the m50/52 spigot bearing.

I had already change it for the small one too

So moral of the story is check first

^ aw what a bitch lol, hope you have a bearing puller to make life easier

I didn't have one, you should ave seen what I had to do to get mine out , made it using 2 long bolts and a couple of washers lol. Did the trick though

Paper ,water and something the right size to fit the hole is all i used.
Piece of pee pee

Wish the rest of my project was as easy

Yeah, worth it in the end though imo

24v FTMFW

can the m42 box and the m40 box both be used? reading so much its all confusing me now!

Yes mate they can both be used but.....

M40 box =318 or 320 prop (longer front section)

M42 box =325 prop (minus the vibration damper)

if using the m42 box a new m20 spiggot bearing is needed (12mm hole)

cheers dude

With the m42 box I used my 320 linkage yoke, it sits in the hole in the tunnel slightly forward but I overcome this by using a z3 short shift lever rotated 180 degrees.

I'm not sure which linkage is used with the m40 box, I do know that its slightly shorter than the m42 box hence needing the slightly longer 320 prop.

Ant

iirc i've seen other people that have used the m40 box saying that they also used the m20 linkages hth
when i finally do mine i'll confirm this for you as this is the route i intend to go

rancido64 wrote:iirc i've seen other people that have used the m40 box saying that they also used the m20 linkages hth
when i finally do mine i'll confirm this for you as this is the route i intend to go

Same here .

shedrool83 wrote:

rancido64 wrote:iirc i've seen other people that have used the m40 box saying that they also used the m20 linkages hth
when i finally do mine i'll confirm this for you as this is the route i intend to go

Same here .

you have a project thread?

rancido64 wrote:

shedrool83 wrote:

rancido64 wrote:iirc i've seen other people that have used the m40 box saying that they also used the m20 linkages hth
when i finally do mine i'll confirm this for you as this is the route i intend to go

Same here .

you have a project thread?

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=185411

Just about ready to drop in the lump so not much happened really yet.

/subscribed
i need to keep an eye on as many of these conversion threads as possible so i hopefully can learn from everyone else's mistakes and not have any niggles along the way with mine
(yeah right haha)