Good buy/Bad buy
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That car needs a transmission rebuild and a tune. It was running on a SAFC which is just a bandaid. The fact that it needs a syncro tells me that it has been beaten on, especially considering the fact that it has 88k. The seller also says that it has some engine problems. I wouldn't buy it, but thats just me. I would look for something that doesn't have any problems.
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DSM's aren't something that you tinker with, it is a full time job, or you have to have a full time job to pay for someone else to tinker with them.
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JN607;164495 wrote:
Well, I'm looking for a bit of a project that I can tinker with and that seems like a good base. How much would a syncro and a lifter cost me and what is involved in replacing one?Valvetrain stuff is pretty easy if you know what you are doing. Why did the lifter go out though?
As far as the transmission, I am not sure how much that would cost. Unless you have a garage and are mechanically inclined, you will need to have someone else replace that syncro.
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Regardless, you are looking at a car that has been flogged hard. For a tranny to have a syncro going out at only 88k means that it hasn't been treated nicely. It just seems to me that you are buying someone else's problems. If you are willing to put the money and time into it to fix it right, thats great. Do remember though, a car like that will be a money pit and you will have to put in a lot of time to fix it.
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MisterCMK;164502 wrote:
Regardless, you are looking at a car that has been flogged hard. For a tranny to have a syncro going out at only 88k means that it hasn't been treated nicely. It just seems to me that you are buying someone else's problems. If you are willing to put the money and time into it to fix it right, thats great. Do remember though, a car like that will be a money pit and you will have to put in a lot of time to fix it.and who's to say the motor is in just shit condition like the tranny...
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That's true, I just sent him an e-mail asking him to make a quick vid of the car idling and then another one of the car driving so I can listen to the car and see what's up...He says it runs and drives so if he messages me back and tells me that it doesn't drive, than it's going down the tubes. When I get the vid's I will post them...assuming he makes them.
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I have a 91 honda civic wagon that you can tinker with for cheap and its in town and you can look at it. UNMODIFIED!
> Parker;299126 wrote:
> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah German cars are the best thing since sliced bread. -
i have a del sol that you can test drive and all.
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Yea, your all right...I'm not sure I would be interested in the civic wagon because it's the wrong year and wrong style. I'm looking for a 96+ Civic hatch and it's got to be a 5spd or a GST-GSX 5 spd with a good price...of course with the DSM I won't find anything for the price range that I'm looking in...
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