E36 Diff Cover Swap

[Smudgemanuk]

I cannot drive my 1999 2.8 z3 (very last of pre facelift) until June so would like to take the time to get some of the larger jobs out the way

One of the boot spot welds is sunken in and rusted but the others seem to be ok.

However as I have so much time and am hoping to keep this car for many years, i feel it would be good to prevent the diff mount issue from getting any worse

I seem to have read online that you can swap the one eared diff cover with an e36 dual ear cover and then mount the extra ear to distribute the load more evenly

BMW E36 REAR DIFFERENTIAL COVER 168 CASE 1212665 | eBay

I have seen this diff cover pop up on ebay and I wanted to ask if every single e36 cover would fit my diff?

Any other tips or advice on this topic would be much appreciated

Thanks Chris

 

[AntStark]

Have a look at Dino’s car in the ZedShed section. Twin ear upgrade

#ZedShed - Dino’s Track toy 2.8 (6-Speed Gearbox Conversion)

@Lee how many are through the shed now while I waited on my subframe getting returned to me? (only back last night!) took to finally threatening to take it elsewhere for him to get the finger out and burst the wheel hubs out o_O @Dino D that build looks absolutely unreal! Love to see her on...

zroadster.org

 

[Althulas]

The 2.8 has the medium case 188 and the listing you have 168 is for the small case found on the four cylinder variants.

 

[Smudgemanuk]

The 2.8 has the medium case 188 and the listing you have 168 is for the small case found on the four cylinder variants.

Ok thank you very much

So casings from a 6 cylinder e36 will be the medium casing?