Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California with clear skies and moody clouds to the north.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California with clear skies and moody clouds to the north.
Day 18: I have a rebuilt, reassembled ZF5HP19 transmission! (Second ZF I've had my nose in this week—does that qualify me for some kind of certification?)
I did use the tool my dad and I made, but not the way I expected to; I used them to support all of the stacked assemblies while I lifted the transmission case up and over them. Hey, it was kind of dumb, but it worked! Next up: prepping the wagon for engine/trans removal. #WeirdCarMastodon #WrenchEveryDay #DIY #BMW #ZF #TransmissionRebuild
Autozulieferer ZF meldet Milliardenverlust wegen hoher Rückstellungen
Auch beim Autozulieferer ZF macht sich die Krise bemerkbar: Der Konzern mach einen Milliardenverlust und steht vor gewaltigen Umbrüchen. Rückstellungen und Zinszahlungen drücken das Ergebnis tief in die roten Zahlen.
Lion Dancers by dtanist
Day 17: I may be on vacation, but I still did a little something to make transmission reassembly happen more easily when I get home—my dad helped me make this little "tool" to clamp to the oil pump/A/B/E/C clutch assemblies to get them into proper position, as seen in the YouTube screengrabs. #WeirdCarMastodon #TransmissionRebuild #DIY #ZF #BMW #E39 #WrenchEveryDay
Day 16: no photos today, but I finished replacing O-rings and friction discs and started reassembly, which is a pain in the rear. Got stuck on trying to get the last few assemblies in (they're supposed to go in as a unit) and ran out of daylight, so I'll have to re-strategize and come back to it. Silver lining: I have zero unaccounted-for parts. #WeirdCarMastodon #TransmissionRebuild #DIY #ZF #BMW #E39 #WrenchEveryDay
Clutch packs and ring gears and oil pumps, oh my! #WeirdCarMastodon #TransmissionRebuild #EngineSwap #ZF #BMW #E39 #DIY #WrenchEveryDay