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Re: Auto to 5 speed conversion time Posted by RS [Email] (#15) [Profile/Gallery] (more from RS) on Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:26:19 In Reply to: Auto to 5 speed conversion time, tweetiedancer, Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:07:48 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
t's good that you have the donor car on hand.
It will probably take a long weekend, with stops for sleep, meals, coffee (and making room for more coffee.)
One of my friends did this in his apartment bldg parking lot.
The amount of time also depends on whether you want to do take care of things best done with the engine out of the 'vert (engine seals, upper control arm bushings, power steering pump, steering rack, turbo return seal, turbo coolant inlet hose, oil cooler hoses, alternator bushings, etc.)
Is your work space such that you can pull the SPG engine and separate the transmission before starting on the 'vert?
You may want to replace all of the transmission seals (primary shaft seal, inner driver seals and O-rings) before you start prepping the 'vert.)
The big question is .... will your wife let you use her car to go out to the car parts store for that oddball socket (16 mm) that no socket set ever has?
PS - get a set of flare crowfoot sockets, including 16mm, to loosen the power steering hard connector next to the passenger side motor mount.
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