Tom,
The gearbox was also used in the BMW M5 at the time, so any local garage which deals with these could help.... The gearbox is mounted directly onto the engine and is very heavy (not a transaxle like the 4200), so you'd need a transmission jack at the very least. The main problem is that you'll need to drop the exhausts and unfortunately these are mounted onto the turbos. The bolts regularly seize and need to be machined off the turbo outlet by an engineering shop. Unless you're confident, best find a competent garage to help with this. It's not impossible to DIY but quite a tough job.
Hope this helps,
Steve
I agree Steve, I don't know how much of that is going to translate into French for him. I used torque shaft and drive shaft interchangeably (so he could understand what I was saying at least in reference) though they are two very different things to transfer power/torque to the rear of the car, most trans-axle gear boxes use a torque tube to transfer the power not unlike some newer Vettes or Corvettes, most normal automatic/standard transmissions use a drive shaft. But the way they distribute the power to the rear of the vehicle are entirely different. If I remember correctly the 3200 is a two part drive shaft with a joiner in the middle not unlike most box trucks on the street. I don't see the exhaust being a problem personally. I wouldn't remove it at all from the turbos, I would cut it on both sides behind the turbos and use a joiner when I was finished. That way you wouldn't have to worry about this issue again. Any time you wanted the exhaust out of the way you could un-clamp it. The transmission, well you don't necessarily need a transmission jack. If you don't have ratchet straps for the transmission jack to go around it and try using a transmission jack with chains it will be on the ground anyway. You can use a standard jack with a block and ratchet straps. It's harder but it will work. You don't have the tilts which is a nice commodity when you re-stab the transmission but again it will work. But the real issue I think I saw wasn't if you could say it on the forum I think I was wondering how much of what you and I just stated is actually translated into French for him.
Here's an example of what I mean......I took the above paragraph to google translate. I translated it into French, then I took what Google translate stated was the equivalent in English and flipped it back into English from French..... this is what I got:
"I agree Steve , I do not know how that will translate into French for him. I tried to use the torsion shaft and exchangeable drive shaft ( so he could understand what I was saying at least in the reference ), although they are two very different things to transfer power the rear of the car, most boxes trans - axle gear use a torque tube transfer power is reminiscent of some newer Vettes or Corvettes , automatic transmissions / standard more normal use of a drive shaft . But how distribute the power to the rear of the vehicle are completely different. If I remember correctly the 3200 is a training in two parts with a carpenter tree in the middle is reminiscent of most vans in the street. I do not see the exhaust is a problem personally. I would not remove all of the turbos , I would cut both sides behind the turbo and use a carpenter when I was finished . This way you do not have to worry about this issue again. Whenever you have always wanted to escape how you can uncheck tighten. Transmission, so you do not necessarily need a transmission jack. If you do not have ratchet straps for transmission made to go around and try to use a transmission jack with chains , it will be on the ground anyway. You can use a standard jack with a block and ratchet straps . It is more difficult, but it will work. You do not have the inclination which is a nice good when you re-coup the transmission but again it will work. But the real question I think I saw was not so we can say that the forum to run it, I think I was wondering how what you just said and I actually translated into French for him"
I have a few Spanish and Brazilian friends. I also rub shoulders with a few Greeks, French, and a few other people from other countries when I visit my wife at her lab in Harvard. I suppose my point was, and this is especially when you use words with ambiguous meaning it won't translate for the guy. Honestly, in my humble opinion the job he is asking to do is quite easy. It's translating it to him to do it that's the hard part, at least that's my experience with translation. But hey, photographs and arrows would work if someone has them for him. I have some pics of transfer cases, and transmissions I've split apart (like below)
but it's not going to help him with that car in the moment.
(sorry camera was tilted)
(here's one with an internal slave cylinder not unlike the 3200/4200 I'm sure, I modified this vehicle to have an external slave)
(like these photos)
( had to split the transfer case to change the input shaft from a 21 spline to a 23 spline input shaft)
I also weld and do frame repair like this:
