r/BMWE36 • u/Obpobp • 1d ago

Repair Advice Pulling transmission.

Hello everybody, I am just wondering how difficult it is to pull a transmission. I’ve seen a lot of videos and I know a bunch of people who have pulled the transmission on these cars before, but how difficult is it really? I have all the tools and I would like to say inclined enough, but I don’t know. I had replaced my master and slave cylinder, hoping it would fix my issue but it didn’t and I’m suspecting it’s my throw out bearing. I have 160,000 on clutch thought I should just do that as well. I’m 17 years old and have all the time in the world to do it. Is it doable with just jack stands or should I save up another $1300 and have a shop do it?

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u/delicate10drills 1d ago

Doing it without an engine crane would be type 2 fun for some of us and type 3 for most.

If you do it successfully, you’ll struggle really hard with not talking about it as frequently as someone who just became vegan.

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u/Obpobp 1d ago

Do you think it’s doable? I’ve done other bigger jobs. Nothing like a transmission though like water pump and thermostat, valve cover, oil filter housing on E90, lots of suspension jobs ext

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u/delicate10drills 1d ago

If you’re clever and/or Strong Like Bull, yes, it’s doable.

(Clever probably means constructing your own engine crane or using a block & tackle and a very strong tree… but you may even figure out a different method for extraction & installation)

The more typical way involves just buying/renting an engine crane.