What should I do ?
07-06-02, 01:58 PM
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What should I do ?
Need advice, I am a little disechanted 
I got this 1983 RX-7 with a broken transmission. I got a used $200 junk yard tranny ready, but I do not have garage resources to do a tranny swap myself.
This car starts just fine and idles fine, one owner, 90K miles.
This was supposed to be my daily driven beater, but now I am wondering if its even worth repairing.
Should I sell it? How much would I get for a POS like this?
I am really confused as to wether I should keep it or sell it. I don't want to invest alot of money into mechanics services, its ridiculous - the car is not in that great of a shape.
Please advice
I got this 1983 RX-7 with a broken transmission. I got a used $200 junk yard tranny ready, but I do not have garage resources to do a tranny swap myself.
This car starts just fine and idles fine, one owner, 90K miles.
This was supposed to be my daily driven beater, but now I am wondering if its even worth repairing.
Should I sell it? How much would I get for a POS like this?
I am really confused as to wether I should keep it or sell it. I don't want to invest alot of money into mechanics services, its ridiculous - the car is not in that great of a shape.
Please advice
07-06-02, 05:48 PM
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Your telling me you don't at least have a floor-jack, a couple jack-stands and a good set of metric wrenches? Hell, you could even use a scissor-jack and improvise by using tyres or bricks as jack-stands.
Plus I'm sure everyone here would be more than happy to help you through the swap.
Plus I'm sure everyone here would be more than happy to help you through the swap.
07-06-02, 06:08 PM
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Originally posted by Bigbird
I do have jacks, and wrenches, but it looks like a messy job and I have a feeling that I will get stuck somewhere.
I do have jacks, and wrenches, but it looks like a messy job and I have a feeling that I will get stuck somewhere.
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Re: What should I do ?
LOL Whoops. I went a little overboard with the edit feature there. What I meant to add is that I am not saying that the car is POS, I absolutely love it, its just that its in a nondriveable condition and I am wondering if its worth a good amount of extra $ to get it running again.
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Originally posted by MIKE-P-28
$200 for a junkyard tranny
I got 2 Ill sell for $50/ea
Maybe I need to go into the junkyard biz
$200 for a junkyard tranny
I got 2 Ill sell for $50/eaMaybe I need to go into the junkyard biz
07-07-02, 04:52 PM
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Jack it up and put it in! You already bought the tranny. Get a Haynes manual, and/or a Mazda service manual (available on CD-Rom) and tear into it. Wait, is it a 5speed or slug-o-matic?
07-07-02, 04:57 PM
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Get a Haynes manual, and/or a Mazda service manual (available on CD-Rom) and tear into it. Wait, is it a 5speed or slug-o-matic?
Get a Haynes manual, and/or a Mazda service manual (available on CD-Rom) and tear into it. Wait, is it a 5speed or slug-o-matic?
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This was the link
http://www.iluvmyrx7.com
I went there today and it said page cannot be displayed.
This one will get you shop manuals, Haynes manuals, wiring diagrams, etc..
http://www.books4cars.com/search.asp...archbutton.y=0
http://www.iluvmyrx7.com
I went there today and it said page cannot be displayed.
This one will get you shop manuals, Haynes manuals, wiring diagrams, etc..
http://www.books4cars.com/search.asp...archbutton.y=0
07-07-02, 05:21 PM
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The first link takes you to another web page now. I don't know what the deal is. Maybe it wasn't a factory service manual but I honestly swear thats what it said.
