How To: E36 Manual Swap! Part 1 Teardown

Another How To video, this time on e36s. It has become very common to turn e36s into track cars and it can be very cost effective to buy and automatic car and convert it to a manual. In this Video we show how to remove all of the Automatic components to get ready for the ZF 5-speed swap. thanks for watching and stay tuned for Part 2 of this 2 part series.
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[@nater258]

Just in time for me to do my own swap ! I didn't know how easy it was to pop bulbs out, that's fantastic news for me, pro tip.

[@chrisbarnhart4178]

PogChamp!! both of my e36s are already manual thankfully but this is great. id love one for e46s so I have you guys teaching it when I get the funds to swap my e46 zhp. it's insane how much value 6 speed swapping a zhp adds as well as the fun.

[@paulpateman6723]

DBO awesome content as always 🇬🇧👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@jeffbernyard7686]

Alright playboy did this a few months ago on my own e36 M3. Honestly it was fun besides drilling out snapped manifold studs

[@TheBarnhartGroup]

You and Will have the best tutorials lol

[@paulpateman6723]

Chris you are so knowledgeable dis you work for BMW or just years of experience 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🇬🇧👍

[@ramahm5799]

Hi doing 1999 328i do I need to remove manifold out for starter motor. You mentioned treated started?

[@kyleknudsen2131]

e36 tutorials are sweet, i'm thinking of buying one that was given to my neighbor.. not sure how much to offer him its a 96 328i auto also

[@DENVERBEERANDOIL]

They are starting to creep up. Depends on the car, but I think anything $2k these days is a good price.

[@throughtheapex6506]

I don’t suppose you could measure the distance from the center support bearing stud to the front face of the driveshaft flange. I know the overall driveshaft length is suppose to be 1492mm but bills englewood driveshaft shop wants the other measurement to assure proper length when lengthening front shaft of an auto m3 shaft. Without guibo measurements. I believe guibo thickness is also a tad thicker than non m.

[@DENVERBEERANDOIL]

I'll measure on for you today.

[@eduardolima8560]

Will you be going over how to get rid of the check engine light?

[@DENVERBEERANDOIL]

There will not be a check engine light from a manual swap

[@jeremydoc]

I heard 1 of 2 things could happen when doing a manual swap; 1. A check Engine Light, and/or 2. You'd need to flash ECU... Is that not the case?

[@DENVERBEERANDOIL]

I have never seen a check engine light from a manual swap in an e36. No reason for the ecu to be flashed

[@pedrolopez1848]

Question buddy's do you need to change the ECU when you swap to manual?

[@eduardolima8560]

Nah

[@frontspring1]

Yah

[@DENVERBEERANDOIL]

You do not need to change the ecu when manual swapping