Well the time has come to start the next major project here at the Salas house. I had been calling around for months trying to find someplace that could rebuild Eric's BMW transmission for a reasonable price but because of those three letters: BMW, it just wasn't going to happen. The service places wanted more to rebuild his transmission than he paid for the car and that just wasn't a good option for a poor college student. I finally located a used transmission in Washington and was able to have it shipped here for around $800. So now the fun begins. Eric called on Friday and wanted to know if we could start the car project this weekend. I let him know I first had finish up another project (I will let Debra tell that story) that was taking up the garage space but I could could quickly finish it and start on the car. We emptied out the garage, did a quick cleaning and removal of accumulated sawdust and moved the new patient in. We started late Friday night and work until mid-day on Saturday and we were successful with the first half of the project, which is removing the transmission. Next comes putting it all back together.
Step 1. lift the car off the ground at least 2 feet.
Step 2. take about half of the engine apart to get to the starter (really).
Step 3. Don't loose any of those engine parts because you will probably need them later.
Step 4. Take out old trans (on the right) and make sure the new (on the left) one looks the same
Success! we are 1/2 way through the job but Eric needs to go back to school to get ready for finals.
Story to be continued.
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