325_driver 422 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 hey guys, just about to under go my conversion on the e34 whats the deal with the wiring, im told im going to have to wire up the reverse lights ?? what to? will i see it ? and park/ neutral have to be wired together ? Some simple instructions on this will do fine, just providing i have a broad idea. also whats up with the transmission cooler, am i going to get rid of the transmission cooler since im getting rid of the auto trans ? What else would i be removing, Cheers, all help appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tibbs.james 1 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 I just Recently Coverted my E30 to Manual For the Park/Neutral what i did was i cut the plug end off the automatic gear selector, found the wire which has 12v with a multimeter. then i knew which were the power wires and which were not. then i made a fused testing wire and just tried the remaining combonation of wires untill i could crank over the car. Fairly easy to do that bit. However I am still stuck as for reverse lights... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
325_driver 422 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 interesting, yeah i was thinking along the lines of that, i might have a nosy before cutting any thing and try and figure out the wires for reverse lights. what was the deal with the transmission cooler ? did you take the whole thing out? cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brennan 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 I just left the cooler in as i wasnt too fussed and just wanted to drive my car. What i did for the wires was i took (broke) apart the auto shifter and worked out which wires are connected to which when it is in the N position. I then simply found the same colour wires and jumped them as would happen if the shifter is moved to N. As for reverse lights; find which ones are connected when the car is put into reverse and wire them to the gearbox reverse wires. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1270 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 most info you need . is here gear box swap. i just replaced starter relay with a 2 pin unit that the manuals use (you could modify one), bypasses the auto kill . switch . also do the mod in the web page so the trans error message doesn't come up in the cluster . also just runs the reverse wire from the shifter switch area through to the sensor on the side of the gearbox . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
325_driver 422 Report post Posted October 12, 2007 about the new torx bolts ? im assuming wreckers will have them ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1270 Report post Posted October 12, 2007 about the new torx bolts ? im assuming wreckers will have them ?dont worry about that .i have never used new bolts . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
325_driver 422 Report post Posted October 14, 2007 it saz the auto torx bolts wont fit the manual trans ? thats all i was wondering Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1270 Report post Posted October 14, 2007 it saz the auto torx bolts wont fit the manual trans ? thats all i was wondering yes sorry , you will need some bolts . just get the sizes off the bmw parts list and buy from a engineers shop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
