What did you do to your 2002 today !

[halboyles]

15 minutes ago, Leucadian said:

Placed an order for @halboyles linkage right after I walked through the door.

Thank you!  You will be amazed at the difference between our system and your old linkage.  

[slowbert]

29 minutes ago, halboyles said:

Thank you!  You will be amazed at the difference between our system and your old linkage.  

I just put a new @halboyles linkage in this past weekend. Hopefully get the car started this coming weekend - for the first time in 18 months…

 

 

[halboyles]

Looks beautiful!  Best of luck with your inaugural startup.

[Paul5801]

Finished patching the rust holes in my pedal box, cleaned, and metal prepped the box. After 3 coats of POR-15 it doesn't look half bad.  Only my third attempt at welding.  Having a welder has opened up so many more options to fix things.  Just practicing on the non-visible stuff before getting to the larger harder parts.

 

Tack welded into place

 

Ground down and almost complete

 

 

POR metal etch/prep

 

Brushed on 3 thin coats of POR-15

 

 

[BarneyT]

   Today We were privileged to tour, Peter Gleeson’s BMW collection outside of Seattle with the BMW Classic Car Club. 
   We saw 2002 turbo #001 and some beautiful E9 coupes… what a wonderful day.

Edited August 30, 2023 by BarneyT

[Salamander]

Wow!  Hard to follow @BarneyT 's adventure.  Gorgeous cars!

 

In contrast, Liesl is off to body & paint!

 

[zinz]

Soooo… the other speed bump the Inka car threw at me last week was the yoke on the back of the 4 speed was loose….???  I took it off and discovered the splines were almost completely smeared off the yoke and and output shaft was toast… shazbot 

 

 

 

Good guy #3 @Terry Sayther stepped up and said, “swing by my shop and grab a couple 4 speeds to make sure you get a good one”

 

Tonight, the old box came out. I have parts on order to go with the lightened flywheel and friction disc I had in my stash. 
 

 

Plan to spend this long weekend knocking most all the remaining items off the list. 
 

Thanks again to Terry, Barney, JimK and all my other good friends who are helping with advice and good cheer. 
 

Ed Z

 

[kbmb02]

8 hours ago, zinz said:

Soooo… the other speed bump the Inka car threw at me last week was the yoke on the back of the 4 speed was loose….???  I took it off and discovered the splines were almost completely smeared off the yoke and and output shaft was toast… shazbot 

 

 

Yep - an earlier coarse-splined unit - a relatively common failure. The design was updated soon after (perhaps @Conserv will know the approximate (or exact) cut off date). -KB

[Conserv]

1 minute ago, kbmb02 said:

 

Yep - an earlier coarse-splined unit - a relatively common failure. The design was updated soon after (perhaps @Conserv will know the approximate (or exact) cut off date). -KB

The changeover from coarse to fine splines was during the 1974 model year — I don’t have more detail on changeover VIN’s or dates.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

[its55]

43 minutes ago, Conserv said:

The changeover from coarse to fine splines was during the 1974 model year — I don’t have more detail on changeover VIN’s or dates.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

My ‘72 has fine splines (see pic). If you’re correct, then I have a later model 4 speed?

 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by its55
Added pic

[zinz]

1 hour ago, kbmb02 said:

Yep - an earlier coarse-splined unit - a relatively common failure.

Terry told me the exact same thing. This one failed spectacularly, that’s for sure. Likely one of the reasons it was taken off the road 28 years ago… With any luck, it will be sorted soon. 
 

Ed Z

[Conserv]

35 minutes ago, its55 said:

My ‘72 has fine splines (see pic). If you’re correct, then I have a later model 4 speed?

 

 

 

Or your transmission’s output shaft has already been upgraded. My impression was that BMW upgraded the output shaft splines because they were replacing so many output shafts, some while cars were still under warranty.

 

FYI: Transmission housings have a cast-in casting date inside the bell housing, near the nose of the starter. This is a far better indicator of a transmission’s age than the output shaft.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[its55]

10 minutes ago, Conserv said:

Or your transmission’s output shaft has already been upgraded. My impression was that BMW upgraded the output shaft splines because they were replacing so many output shafts, some while cars were still under warranty.

 

FYI: Transmission housings have a cast-in casting date inside the bell housing, near the nose of the starter. This is a far better indicator of a transmission’s age than the output shaft.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

Thanks, was going to ask if these had a date or other means to determine if original. If it’s inside the bell housing I hope to never see it 😂

[zinz]

1 hour ago, kbmb02 said:

The design was updated soon after (perhaps @Conserv will know the approximate (or exact) cut off date). -KB

One more datum…

 

I thought.. well I’ll just the good 4 speed that came out of my ‘67, 2000CS. The rear flange negated that… The driveshaft of that car places the u-joint in front and the Guibo is at the diff. No workie on this ‘72. 

 

Ed

 

[slowbert]

In eager anticipation of turning the key for the first time since starting my restoration nearly 18 months ago, I picked up temporary tags yesterday.  The lady was ribbing me for letting the registration lapse - for 13 years - and charged me a $100 late fee.

 

In Colorado, any car built in 1975 or older is exempt from emissions testing.  As much as our state government tries to emulate California's oppressive laws, this little exemption is a welcome reprieve.