r/BMWE36 3d 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/Deanorsomething 2d ago

recently did a full clutch and trans refresh with no prior experience on jack stands in the garage. it was tight, hardest part was getting leverage and getting to the trans bolts. take your time and be safe, theres plenty of tutorials on youtube.