Tansmission swapping from 2 cars.
12-29-07, 04:56 AM
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Tansmission swapping from 2 cars.
Alright, here is my situation. I have put a lot of thought into this, and was looking for some opinions from the good guys and gals here at CL.
I just purchased a second SC300 (from Xotic sC). It is Black/Black with a clean interior, and has the 97 front end. It is however, an Automatic. I sustained an injury in Iraq and am not sure if I can fully operate a manual car. If I can, I'd like to swap my 5 Speed into the Black SC, and put the automatic from that into my Red SC and sell it. If both cars are sitting side by side, I'm pretty sure I'd have all the supplies I need. The only bad thing I can think of, is the dash will still have the gear lettering from the automatic. Since the cars have a 30K~ difference, I am unsure how to tackle this feat.
Any ideas?
I just purchased a second SC300 (from Xotic sC). It is Black/Black with a clean interior, and has the 97 front end. It is however, an Automatic. I sustained an injury in Iraq and am not sure if I can fully operate a manual car. If I can, I'd like to swap my 5 Speed into the Black SC, and put the automatic from that into my Red SC and sell it. If both cars are sitting side by side, I'm pretty sure I'd have all the supplies I need. The only bad thing I can think of, is the dash will still have the gear lettering from the automatic. Since the cars have a 30K~ difference, I am unsure how to tackle this feat.
Any ideas?
12-29-07, 08:21 AM
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You can pull the cluster and remove the backing lights for the gear selector.
I think swapping the 5 speed to an auto would be a pain. Maybe it's just me, but the whole auto shifter linkage/selector parts were confusing when I was removing mine.
There would also be the chances that CEL's would show up. May want to swap ECU's while you are at it.
I think swapping the 5 speed to an auto would be a pain. Maybe it's just me, but the whole auto shifter linkage/selector parts were confusing when I was removing mine.
There would also be the chances that CEL's would show up. May want to swap ECU's while you are at it.
12-29-07, 11:15 PM
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lol bro its easy...... man u got a full parts bar im not sure how ur coindion is but if u can turn a wrench u can swap it. just need good jacks hell if ur buff bench it in and out i do... im extremely interested if u like we can work out a deal i can fly over there do the swap for ya throw ya some money and drive the othe car back with me :0 im lookin for another car. and just curious did he give u teh carbon fiber hood? lol he got that from me last year
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You can pull the cluster and remove the backing lights for the gear selector.
I think swapping the 5 speed to an auto would be a pain. Maybe it's just me, but the whole auto shifter linkage/selector parts were confusing when I was removing mine.
There would also be the chances that CEL's would show up. May want to swap ECU's while you are at it.
I think swapping the 5 speed to an auto would be a pain. Maybe it's just me, but the whole auto shifter linkage/selector parts were confusing when I was removing mine.
There would also be the chances that CEL's would show up. May want to swap ECU's while you are at it.
he dont worry about teh gauge cluster he has a 5 speed parts car.... it take 2 min to swap clusters
shifter linkage is 2 bolts.....
what cell would show up? lol maybe i run a auto ecu no problems what sover anyways he has a 5 speed parts car....
12-29-07, 11:18 PM
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