Manual conversion in progress (56k unfriendly)

[TecoDaN]

A mate of mine has a TP Magna which about 2 months ago the automatic gearbox died, giving him no forward or reverse gears. Me and another mate decided to lend him a hand in replacing the gearbox. Well after two attempts, the 3rd and final automatic gearbox finally gave up within the month of putting it in.

Lesson learnt: Don't buy 2nd hand automatic gearboxes which has not been reconditioned!

So about a week ago we decided it was best and safest if we did a manual conversion. After some searches, we found our donor car. It was a TN carbie with 130,000 on the clock, with a 5 speed in good working order. But the car had rust everywhere, this was perfect!

Well we managed to get the car for $100, and $80 later (trailer hire + fuel + toll) it was on our way home.

The plan will be to changeover the engine and manual gearbox and other required accessories (ie. pedal box, clutch cylinders etc.) to the working car, but use the EFI setup in the working car and ditch the carbie from the donor car. I won't be listing what you need since thats covered in another thread (use the SEARCH feature!). But we'll be posting up the progress along with pics of the project.






The donor car. Look at all the rust! There's more! (But i didn't take pics)