Finished the auto to manual swap 535i

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what clutch did you use with the e-12 flywheel?

[Craig in Davis]

what clutch did you use with the e-12 flywheel?

E12 flywheel, clutch, throw out, and transmission.

[632 Regal]

How long did this project take Craig? Sounds like an awful lot of dedication went into it.

[Craig in Davis]

How long did this project take Craig? Sounds like an awful lot of dedication went into it.

Well, I bought the car on 22 May 2005. I bought the pedal assembly, interior shift pieces, hydraulics 3 June. I went to the junkyard and pulled the tranny, flywheel on 14 June. Probably within a week or two I had removed the last remnants of the automatic and installed the flywheel, clutch and tranny. This is when I hit a roadblock. The shift linkage from the E12 was too short for the E34. I was looking into finding a linkage the correct length but really wasn't trying very hard. So from say the end of June until close to the end of August nothing happened. Then toward the end of August my neighbor asked me about the project and offered to modifiy the linkage for me. After my neighbor helped with the linkage it was all together in another few weeks including 3 days for driveshaft modification/repairs.

So, a little over 3 months from purchase to running car. However, it really took less than a month of working on it part time if you take into account 2 months of no activity. It is actually a pretty simple job, mostly just a bunch of swapping parts.