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    busted, wrecked, beat and boring!!!!

    Ok lets start this off by saying this will be a slow build and honestly not that exciting but build threads seem to motivate me to do more, I got the car foe $800 I picked it up out of pa on 10/17/2014. its was an automatic with 240xxx miles, bone stock!
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    the automatic and 1.6 had to go! so I started looking around for a parts car that had everything I needed. I found this car with a 1.8 swap already done, it was manual and I figured If I could get a good price then I could make some money back from scrap weight. ended up getting it for $300, $100 to have a buddy tow it home for me.
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    i don't have a garage so i went out and rented a 10'x20' storage locker and started working on the red car!
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    With my work and home life i could only work on it a little bit during the week. but after a week i had the motor, trans and diff out! a big plus with this car was that it came with a brand new top with a glass window!! sold the seats out of it for $75, and the top off of my blue car for $50.
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    before swapping the 1.8 in my car i took the new rear to my buddys shop to have him weld the rear up. he called me a few hours later and told me that the diff i gave him to weld was actually a vlsd. i had him put the cover back on and id pick it up. score!!

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    i wanted to be crafty one day and my drivers door panel was trashed so i started a little project!
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    also made this door pull but decided not to use it hahaha

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    i knew the valve cover looked like shit so i did another diy and wrinkle painted it and heated it as i did it.
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    ok it was time to stop putting it off! took the red car to scrap and got another $100!! i washed up my engine bay and pulled it in to start the pull
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    its out and look at the ugly a$$ automatic trans!!!!

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    the next step was to mod the trans harness from auto to manual. i located what plug did what and what wires are not needed cut the plugs off that i needed and used heat shrink to keep the harness safe. i then wired the auto connectors to the manual trans.
    i wanted to be able to use connectors instead of hard wire so if i ever need to drop the trans i could just unplug. all you actually need to wire is the reverse switch and the neutral safety switch.

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    Good job

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    Yes, Good Job, from auto................to 5 Speed!!!!!!!!!

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    thanks guys. i have some more updates. i just had to run to the store really fast

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    ok here it is lookin good and running kinda. the problem now is the tps and im out of gas...

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