Recent content by vasama

Correction: Used engine was bought on LKQ, not the thing I typed.

2009 M3 2.3 Manual transmission. Hello everybody. My name is Mauricio and I have had this project for quite some time. I finally found the time to complete it, and I hope it happens in the next few days. I bought an used engine from KDM. The old one died and had to be replaced. I chose not to...

Thank you for the encouragement, Concept. I will keep on. I'll try to turn both wheels today, while having the transmission on first gear. I want to confirm that the transmission actually gets movement from the flywheel. It should, but I just feel that I need to confirm before I take the whole...

Slave cylinder is bad, but it is bad because the clutch release collar seems to be off. I took the rubber "gasket" that the release fork goes through, and it looks like there's a tiny bit of space to meddle with a flathead screwdriver or something similar, to try to move it into position. We'l see.

I changed the engine in my 06-3. Everything is in, the wires too, the axles. My current problem is that the clutch release fork is engaged, as if the clutch pedal was floored. The pedal does go to the floor just tapping on it, and has to be be returned by hand. Fluid is full. I'm gonna try to...

Got it in... Tricky SOB...

It is very likely that this has been discussed in the past, but I didn't have luck finding anything. In the final stages of an engine replacement in my old Mazda 3 (2006). I got a 2.3 Mazda engine from LKQ very reasonably priced. The thing is in; my current step is the axle installation. I'm...