Thread: Its a sad day today.

You better get a trans dammit, save up a couple of hundred.

Don't have the tools or know how? Ohhhhhhhhhhhh really? Takes some balls to say that around here with Otto listening.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-r...ion-35485.html

Tools are listed in the thread. The how to ... I feel any couple of monkeys could successfully complete. Matter of fact.. I know of girl that swapped her own motor with relatively the same encouragement when she was 19.

Question here is... do you wanna save Otto, or let your friend down?

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Don't have the tools or know how? Ohhhhhhhhhhhh really? Takes some balls to say that around here with Otto listening.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-r...ion-35485.html

Tools are listed in the thread. The how to ... I feel any couple of monkeys could successfully complete. Matter of fact.. I know of girl that swapped her own motor with relatively the same encouragement when she was 19.

Question here is... do you wanna save Otto, or let your friend down?

No truer words can be spoken.

Originally Posted by gtp03daw

Basically you can't have a car parked without wheels / tires overnight...

So you are saying you can't get this done in a day? ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNT, another wrong answer. (you could even put the tires back on overnight. Hell, go out the evening before. Drain fluid, disconnect battery, starter, diff to eng bracket, vss, crack the trans to engine bolts free, remove converter bolts, remove brackets and wiring etc. In the morning, you pop the car on stands, drop the sub, lower trans out, put new in.. sub back in place.. and rehook stuff.

I had a guy local ask me to swap a trans into his kids car. Shows up with the car, the trans etc. Says "I know you work out of your house, not a full time mechanic, but she's been without a car for four months. Do you think you'd be done within two weeks?". I nearly fell over, then said "You'll be driving this car tonight.". Did it all alone and on the ground aka no lift etc. Guy drove that car home that same night.

Most think I work fast. Even goofing off, it's a one day project.

The instructions don't have you pull the motor. Only reason the pictures show the motor out of the car is so that you can see the bolts. Trying to get those pics in the car is nearly impossible. The instructions linked, have the motor suspended and only the subframe and transmission come out.

We have a lot of members around everywhere. Have you tried posting up in the southeast section suggesting you'll supply the pizza and some money to buy beer.

On the 50 hours, that's a no go excuse. I work a full 40 hours, maintain a house by myself (yard/housework/laundry etc) and have a girlfriend. I have a lot of time where I help friends, go out do tons of stuff and still ... in the last 2-3 weeks, I fixed an electrical short in my neighbor kids GP




swapped a trans in this car.


See, engine stays in


subframe and two transmissions


Did LIM gaskets, crank sensor and bs'd a lot with Billy from the Bronx and his son.

sooo no, 50 hours of school isn't a valid reason for not doing it. If you can turn something clockwise you can tighten it, if you can turn it counter clockwise, you can loosen it. If you break down the various parts of removing/installing something like this in the car, it's one bolt at a time and you loosen them to take it out, tighten them to put it back together.

I posted in the Florida post in the SE section. Hop in there and state your intentions!

See...I'm not going to let Otto down.

You buy one from a local JY for $250-$400 and when you take this one out, you put that one in. Fill it back up with fluid and Otto is a happy car again. You'd be in for maybe a couple extra tools, fluid and the cost of the trans. Plus beer/pizza for a friend or two.

that might be a little quick. But who knows.

Reality is ...these cars are very easy to work on. A little how to and some confidence go a long way. Add in common tools and a 4x4 post.. heck.. you can swap a trans.

Once you've done things a few times. You know which tools, where etc. I jack the car up, grab certain tools and go under. I don't have to get up and down repeatedly for different tools. My box is also in close proximity to where I'm working, things are organized and my hand automatically goes to the preferred (easier to use) tool.

Work on Otto a bunch of times. You'll know the bolt sizes and realize that if you have a plug socket, 10mm, 13mm, 15mm, 18mm you can do most work on your car.