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The gearbox is back in. Using the strap from above really made it simple and easy to manuever the box and turn the drive shaft until the splines engage. Super slick! Next stop- bleed the clutch.

I picked up some good used rims from Dennis at LinDen Engineering in Golden CO last year. The price wasn't much better than those other ones, but I happened to be able to avoid shipping costs and saved that money.

Just to put all the info in one place- Per the manual, the 6 clutch cover plate or pressure plate bolts are torqued to 22Nm per Jim L that's "16-18 ft lbs in a star pattern in 2-3 steps to avoid damage to the cover. Loctite: one drop only on flywheel bolts, none on cover bolts." Hopefully ...

hotzenplotz is probably your best bet, since he's seen the puller and is on the continent. I'm registered on the Robi's forum and could get the contact started. PM sent

Next stop is the clutch and pressure plate. After reading up, there seem to be 2 useable clutch discs available. 4 springs or 6 smaller springs. The 4 spring 733i clutch is upgraded from the stock 6 spring or 533i clutch. Since I plan to upgrade the motor, I went with the HD clutch now. Hopefully th...

Oh Hotzenplotz... hmm, now you have me wondering. I really don't see a way for this ring to behave any differently than the original. I'll kick that can down the road for a week. The final step of disassembly was to pull the pilot bearing. Despite Pinzinator and Jim L’s best efforts, I never got the...

I'm definitely going to use that lagbolt puller idea. Thanks. Here are some pictures of my slow progress- Had the flywheel machined- not lightened. I didn't want the machine shop to take much off at all, just a resurfacing. You can see the little bit of a mark remaining in the surface. It looks wors...

That is very similar to an Austrian anti-aircraft gun truck - It looks a lot like an FLA model, but with a taller top. Unlike the FLA, I think these fold-down sides are intended to drop all the way down to the sides and act like a ladder. There are tread plate pieces to protect the sides and allow ...

I installed it just as it came out of the package, no grease. That's what I'm planning to do too. My current understanding is that the bearing is installed as it comes from the factory. My parts have arrived and I'm going to get back at it this weekend. Ps- I checked the new and old throw out beari...

Very little progress this weekend, but it was interesting... After making an extremely simple version of the flywheel locking too, my son and I pulled the flywheel. The "tool" is a scrap of aluminum and 2 random holes. Per an old Jim L. thread, we heated the bolts to soften the Loctite and...

I did some partial work in sketchup when I was working on front and rear bumper that I can send.

David Dunn wrote: Remember these were designed for soldiers with boots.

I started wearing boots and it seems to help. Maybe the taller heel helps with my leg length.

David Dunn wrote:Some people need to view the TD sections to see the improvements/changes over the last 37 years.

I don't get out much.

I'm having an internal debate to do this further work right now. For any leak to be properly fixed, the flywheel should come off, the seal replaced, and the bolts replaced too. I'm trying to verify if there's a leak in the seal now. PS- $14.63/bolt at SAV or they have USED ones for $11.00. I'm not s...

I think the extra wide rub rail along the side and down the wheel arch is the most important thing to come out of this press release