DirtE30 - 1990 BMW 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Got the new tie rods installed along with new front sway bar brackets and end links. Before finishing up, I changed out the diff and trans fluid. The diff came out very milky, so I'm assuming the axle seals are letting in water, which isn't a huge deal since I don't drive it in the rain and axle seals are on my to-do list.

The transmission? Bone dry. I pulled the plug and no fluid came out except a chunk of metallic sludge. How this car has driven at least 1000 miles with a completely empty transmission beats me. The trans is very happy to be full of Redline MTL and the shifter basically pulls itself into gear. The car is very planted and drives wonderfully now. Steering is much tighter and responsive. The last few things to button up before it's perfect are figured out why 90% of the running lights blow out when I turn them on, replace a power steering line, install the front shocks and springs, and fix the oil filter leak and there won't be anything majorly wrong with it other than some cosmetic stuff I can touch up along the way. Super excited.