m40 gearbox....

[lee]

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

[e30-EVN]

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

[shedrool83]

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

[e30-EVN]

^ 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

[shedrool83]

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

[e30-EVN]

Yeah, worth it in the end though imo

24v FTMFW

[lee]

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

[e30-EVN]

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)

[lee]

cheers dude

[e30-EVN]

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

[rancido64]

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

[shedrool83]

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 .

[rancido64]

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?

[shedrool83]

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.

[rancido64]

/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)