Stripped: E46 Automatic Transmission. Must see epicness, period.

wow great work man...props to anyone who does the DIY swap!

:thumbs up:

HOLY CRAP!!!!! nice work bro.

FYI. About the liftime tranny fluid. BMW are no longer sticking to their lifetime ATF claim. They now recommend ATF to be changed at 100k miles. At least that is what my SA told me. As I got ATF changed under the extended maintenance plan just before my car hit 100k miles.

Great work truly enjoy your informative posts.

yawn.

BMW_Stu said:

cool!... now do the engine :eeps:

Click to expand...

+1 :thumbup:

silvrXI said:

yawn.

Click to expand...

Show some respect...:facepalm:

:excited:

Saw this on another forum. Thank you for taking the time to make this thread Neil! so epic

silvrXI said:

yawn.

Click to expand...

wow, show some respect man.

dude ur not too far from vegas...u should come and take a look at my car!
u.... bmw tech u!

mack89 said:

Show some respect...:facepalm:

Click to expand...

drockb418 said:

:excited:

Saw this on another forum. Thank you for taking the time to make this thread Neil! so epic

wow, show some respect man.

Click to expand...

:luv: Don't worry about it to much guys.

Curious, which forum did you see it on?

DADON4SHO said:

dude ur not too far from vegas...u should come and take a look at my car!
u.... bmw tech u!

Click to expand...

I was just in Vegas during July 4th weekend, it was really fun. Next time I'm there I'll hit you up

Acarder said:

Click to expand...

Lol that's hot... Mines estoril tho.

Sorry NEil, I just miss the painters tape sig.

silvrXI said:

Lol that's hot... Mines estoril tho.

Sorry NEil, I just miss the painters tape sig.

Click to expand...

:luv:

No worries my friend, and believe me, I miss it too, haha

Just toying with new sigs.

thanks for the great post. very interesting.

did you make sure you changed your rear RMS.

your thread froze my computer.

JChen said:

your thread froze my computer.

Click to expand...

you sunk my battleship.

yeah man i'm gonna have to agree with you with the oil change thing, If you remember one of the other threads where someone actually took oil to a lab and got it read and everything, BMW's oil change intervals are not that bad. Oil actually has to build up a layer of protection and that takes time and use. I will definitely recommend a fluid drain and fill along with a tranny fluid filter up around 100k.

Great stuff you have here man. I was trying to put it all together in my head. but it seems like the only way for me to know how to do this or even start, is to get a bad tranny and take it apart and try and put it back together.

Thanks neil for this thread. Great photos too btw.

Great post!

I disagree with you though on your fluid change philosophy. I think that people should drop the tranny pan at 30k on an auto simply for the task of changing the filter. I'd recommend doing a full flush of fluid only every 90k or so though since a drain and fill should be fine for 90k.