That was me who mentioned $1200.
$200 for the used tranny with 190K miles on it.
$500 for the conversion kit.
$400 for the bearings, syncs, gaskets, etc... to rebuild the worn out
tranny. (It had the main caged bearing with half of it's bearings missing.
The rest of it was pretty sloppy and worn.)
$100 for the lift rental to yank and repalce the engine/tranny unit.
That adds up to $1200. Doing it your self, take it else where, pay through
the nose.
But, if you can find a used 79-81 210 tranny that isn't shot, that you can
throw in, then that should knock off $400 and of you can pay less than $200
for the tranny, then even less/better.
>From what I've seen, you maybe able to do it for $700 - $800 at the
cheapest. Others may disagree. I'd like to know the exact cost it has
cost others to make the conversion, the complete real cost.
Good luck. If you modify to much and you want to autox, then be careful,
you can put your self in a class that maybe more competative ($$$) than you
may be ready for???
Q
At 05:12 PM 6/15/97 -0400, Tom Shirley wrote:
>FunE4MG@aol.com wrote:
>> Can anyone confirm the rumor tha the Suzuki Samurai/Sidekick 5 speed
trans is
>> a direct bolt in conversion for Sprites/Midgets ? I've heard that the
>> original flywheel/clutch assy. can also be retained. Too good to be true?
>
>Hi Tom,
>
>Yes, it's too good to be true. I just got back from taking the Midget
>for a spin. It has finally stopped raining here. First time in 28 days,
>believe it or not. I was taking an old ribcase over to Bill Perry's
>house. He uses them in his ITD Midget. Bill is the man who manufactures
>the 5 speed conversion kits for Minimania.
>
>What makes your post so strange to me is when I got to Bill's house,
>guess what was parked in his yard. Right, a Suzuki Samurai. I remembered
>your post so I asked him. Unfortunately, the answer was no, they don't
>fit. You need to get in touch with Bill to discuss the real cost of the
>Datsun 5 speed conversion. I saw one post to the list that quoted $1200
>to do the swap. It doesn't cost that much, believe me. I know, I have
>one in my 71. Bill can be contacted at 102335.2063@compuserve.com of by
>calling him at
>(423) 332-2030.
>
>Tom Shirley
>Sale Creek, TN (just north of Chattanooga, TN)
>71 MG Midget
>72 Datsun 510 (the race car)
>
>Visit the Southern British Car Club Web Site at
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5848
>
>
>
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