Getrag 265 gearbox swap:

[kentvonseverin]

I have located a Getrag 5 speed gearbox with the speedo drive. While the seller is confident that the box is "just fine", I would be more comfortable in having it completely gone through prior to installation. Is there a transmission rebuilder that is commonly used by forum members (preferably in Southern California)?

 

[Arde]

My auto transmission guru built himself a transmission dynamometer to test them outside the car...
I do not know if he can test a manual.
The off the shelf machine is probably expensive:

Transmission Dynamometer Uses CAN

Mustang’s new transmission dynamometer uses CAN communication at Edelbrock, tranny dyno, Mustang Dynamometer

www.mustangdyne.com

 

[Ohmess]

I have located a Getrag 5 speed gearbox with the speedo drive. While the seller is confident that the box is "just fine", I would be more comfortable in having it completely gone through prior to installation. Is there a transmission rebuilder that is commonly used by forum members (preferably in Southern California)?

I believe that parts are so difficult to find for these transmissions that it is difficult to find a shop that will service them. Metric Mechanic still advertises that they work on them, but they are not in CA.

You may want to get in touch with @sfdon and see that he does with his transmissions.

 

[bmw2800cs]

I understand *some* parts are available now that weren't - A guy name "Pete" is used by many of us to re-seal it and likely do some other stuff again @sfdon can help. Lastly I really liked this thread that talks about what I was under the impression was impossible - read the entire thread, it talks about parts, a bearing puller and using heat to remove the bearing (I think):

Getrag 265 parts break down

Manual transmissions seemed simple before tearing into this. It all started when a fellow E9 enthusiast asked me if I wanted a bad transmission for parts. He had left the trans on a shelf for 15 or more years, as he learned if you don't spin it from time to time the gears dry out and rust...

e9coupe.com

 

[kentvonseverin]

I understand *some* parts are available now that weren't - A guy name "Pete" is used by many of us to re-seal it and likely do some other stuff again @sfdon can help. Lastly I really liked this thread that talks about what I was under the impression was impossible - read the entire thread, it talks about parts, a bearing puller and using heat to remove the bearing (I think):

Getrag 265 parts break down

Manual transmissions seemed simple before tearing into this. It all started when a fellow E9 enthusiast asked me if I wanted a bad transmission for parts. He had left the trans on a shelf for 15 or more years, as he learned if you don't spin it from time to time the gears dry out and rust...

e9coupe.com

I believe that parts are so difficult to find for these transmissions that it is difficult to find a shop that will service them. Metric Mechanic still advertises that they work on them, but they are not in CA.

You may want to get in touch with @sfdon and see that he does with his transmissions.

I have ben talking with Don, which is never boring....

 

[Arde]

I have ben talking with Don, which is never boring....

Nah, you are listening, Don is talking, right?

 

[kentvonseverin]

Nah, you are listening, Don is talking, right?

In strings of profundities....

 

[teahead]

just go through all the gears and see if it spins.

Put it in. Not that hard to remove it if it's no bueno.

 

[halboyles]

When you get ready to install it, we have the shift tower and the transmission support bracket.

 

[halboyles]

E3/E9/2000CS Products | 2002s Only

www.2002sonly.com

 

[Oldbmwcoupes]

I’ve had good luck with metric mechanic. They are intimate with both the close ratio and standard overdrive 265’s. I know that they are not local but I would rather have intimacy and full knowledge in my rebuilder rather than location