Need your opinion/advise on my 240

[hsklive]

I have a 93 coupe and it has been sitting in my driveway for about a year now. Its sitting there because of a bad auto transmission. also the brake rotors are a little rusted and some rust on the roof around the sunroof.

I'm 17 and I want to do a 5 Speed swap and fix my dream car up. I have some friends that said they would help. A couple of them know about cars and one is going to a automotive mechanic class at a tech school.

Do you know if this is a job I can undertake?

I know that the gas in the tank is bad. Anything else that you think is bad because the time sitting?

Thanks for your comments.
Modified by hsklive at 8:19 PM 11/4/2009

[hsklive]

It also has 127k miles.

[JustDriftMore]

you can do the swap for about 500ish that should be attainable even on your "high school" budget and if there's still model t's running im pretty sure you can get your dream car up and going

[hsklive]

bump

[HeiKe]

go for it bro, im 17 too and if i had that car in my driveway id be workin on that everyday tryin to get it runnin.

[Jon17]

Hey man I say go for it. I got my first S13 when I was 17 and the only reason I gave up on that one was due to rust. So in my opinion, as long as it isn't rusting then I say go for it. Get your buddies to help you and learn as you go. If its really your dream car then you can make it happen. Keep us posted if you decide to go ahead with it. GL

[Seanzyyy]

go for it dudei had an mk3 supra that i bought non-running that sat for 3 years.worked on it for about a month and got it up and running! it also had bad gas. what i did was removed the tank, dunked the pump housing in a tub of water and baking soda to clear up the lines, installed a new pump, cleaned the tank out of any dirt and it worked just fine.

and although it might seem like it'll take forever, the more days you spend just thinking about your dream car, the longer "forever" will take

[wanganss13]

did the rust go thrugh completely where you have rust holes? If not then go for it. Just sand it down till theres no rust, wipe down with acetone and paint her up. Good luck and I hope the rust is not that bad.

[Klits562]

change the oilyou can learn anything about a car by working on itI knew nothing when i started working on itlearnded friends and the interwebz are a huge help

[wanganss13]

change the oilyou can learn anything about a car by working on itI knew nothing when i started working on itlearnded friends and the interwebz are a huge help

I 2nd this! So true. I knew nothing about cars when I got my MK3 Supra. Went out and got a service book, did some home work on the internet, and before I knew it my car was done. Now I dont have to get raped by mechanics any more.

[sean@z1]

I just did that swap on the same year model car it cost me for everything Nismo Pilot bearing 17New OEM clutch kit 107 new Rubber boots and rear transmission seal 20 dollars or so Used trans with 5 spd lines and pedals, starter 450 1 peice driveshaft 268make sure you get the 5spd starter bolts they are no longer avalible from nissan and are diffrent than the auto ones http://www.z1motorsports.com/2...h=651

[nismobenzo]

pics!!! but i say do eeeeet ive taken out two sr20s which i never thought id do in my lifetimetime/patience/hard work=payoff

[Coeur de lion]

I think you can do it! Make sure you find a check list of EVERYTHING you will definitely need. Read up a good deal on it, have your friends read up on it..take a weekend and go for it!

It's not uber tough to do or anything, but don't expect to pull your AT, bolt up a MT and be driving by the end of the day. You may run into some road blocks.

Just search for how to+write ups. Get the FSM pdf file from here and do it!

[hsklive]

go for it dudei had an mk3 supra that i bought non-running that sat for 3 years.worked on it for about a month and got it up and running! it also had bad gas. what i did was removed the tank, dunked the pump housing in a tub of water and baking soda to clear up the lines, installed a new pump, cleaned the tank out of any dirt and it worked just fine.

and although it might seem like it'll take forever, the more days you spend just thinking about your dream car, the longer "forever" will take

Baking Soda? Would of never thought of that. Thanks!

[hsklive]

change the oilyou can learn anything about a car by working on itI knew nothing when i started working on itlearnded friends and the interwebz are a huge help

Yeah I know what you mean. You won't know how to do it and learn how if you don't try. Ex I don't know how to drive a 5speed so my parents won't let me get one. But I can go through the sequence on how to drive one but have never tried it therefore I don't know how.

[hsklive]

did the rust go thrugh completely where you have rust holes? If not then go for it. Just sand it down till theres no rust, wipe down with acetone and paint her up. Good luck and I hope the rust is not that bad.

I will hopefully take some new pictures to post of the rust. The rust is right next to the sunroof and is bubbling and one of the "bubbles" cracked at the top. So I'm not sure how bad it is. I live in Florida so things don't rust as bad as up north. I have seen pictures of rust where it looks like a chunk of the car is missing. Mine is not that bad.