so, I've seen it where people have moved the pump even further forward, taken the pump apart and put it back together with the chain drive to the rear, but i can't see how to make this work on the e34 front pulley, as the pulley is where the pump wants to be.
so, options, we have a pump that does the job, its just the wrong shape and in the wrong location.
the problem being if you just mount it further back, and extend the drive, the sump would still be to big as the drive is to low.
sooo, i mounted it back wards, took the drive out of the pump and put it back together with the sprocket to the other side, so it would blow and not suck, not good.
I needed the drive shaft lower, so i took the pump gears out of a scrap oil pump, mounted one on the pump, and one on the drive shaft, so this has now changed it back to being driven in the right direction.
luckily the drive shaft is the same dia as the inside of the dip stick tube, so i used this to support the shaft, I'm drilling holes in this tube so oil can find its way in dripping down from the block
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I'll add some more pics of the plumbing and the sump in a few days as i make em
oh and the 740 auto has the cps on the flywheel, and the manual has the cps on the pulley wheel, but the 740 auto doesnt have anywhere to mount a cps, so i made a bracket out of an old spanner.
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