Please Help

[dongpane]

Hi, My name is stan and i'm getting ready to purchase a 240sx but i am a newb on all mechanic about 240sx. Would be great to get some advices on the vehicle i'm looking at. 1990 240sx price is $1k. Here is the link below. Trying to buy a car for daily/project car. Probably going to swap it to a sr20det around summer.

http://santamaria.craigslist.org/cto/2219315757.html

Please Help~ Thanks

[LoserCard]

Newb mechanic? Rod knock = NO!

[TroubleBound]

What he said. Also has cut coils. PASS. Dont screw yourself and settle wait until you find a good deal

[dongpane]

thanks for your advices. yeah.. im an asian.. not good with english lol

[Brandon1605]

Rod knock means the engine is on its way out. Cut coils means the owner is most likely a moron ricer who knows nothing about caring for a car, also evidenced by the fact that it also has a rod knock on a motor with 110K. Most of these 240s you see are pushing 200k+ and still running strong. Also, the welded diff is a big hint. Hes probably a wannabe street racer/drifter and the car is most likely a POS.

Like someone said above, take your time and wait for a better deal. Dont settle on something thats going to cost you a ton...

[darens13]

dont pay $1k for some other guys problems. the thing sounds like a real pile.

[OutToWinPAHC]

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[dongpane]

well.... yeah... but i'm in an urgent to buy a 240sx cuz of my work.... got another one
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ct ... 68363.html
got it down to $1.2k think its reasonable? sorry to keep asking....

[laxands13]

Hatchbacks weren't even made in 94, so the guy obviously doesn't know his own car (pet peeve of mine). I would say its better than the last one, but still see if you can find a better one first

[dongpane]

found one thats around or below $700 he told me that the auto transmission is about to go.. so i needed to get a new transmission or a rebuild a engine (which i am going to do to sr).
it has 240k miles on it. its a 1991 HB look and hit me some with advices.

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/2221565396.html

[jzamerican]

^6 cylinder?

[dongpane]

^6 cylinder?

yeah lol called him about that he said its the stock engine... don't think he knows about 240s but i going to see the car myself so.. lol ill hit u guys up lol thanks alot

[Brandon1605]

Id go check out that last one. For the price, its a pretty good deal IF you have the money to go ahead and do a 5 speed swap off the start. If not, look elsewhere.

[dongpane]

Id go check out that last one. For the price, its a pretty good deal IF you have the money to go ahead and do a 5 speed swap off the start. If not, look elsewhere.

thanks for your comment and do you know how much the swap is going to be around? thinking about getting the car around $600

[Brandon1605]

Im not sure right off hand. I would guess it would have to do with how available parts are in your area. KA transmissions are a dime a dozen here. I would imagine that, plus the parts needed to do it, you could get into it 500-600 bucks pretty easily. But, all said you would still be sitting on a decent condition running 240 for like 1200 bucks. And its stupid easy to do. Do some searching on here and Google, I know this stuff has been posted countless times. Also check out the tech section (right side of the forum I think), should be some info there as well.

[dongpane]

thanks alot brandon your post helped me a lot.. and the car was sold for $400 to another guy... sad lol