M6 Swap questions
07-02-2009, 02:01 PM
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M6 Swap questions One, how hard is it to do? What kind of work am I looking at? Two, how much am I looking at spending? I am planning on getting a T-56 or MN-12 from the junkyard. If I cant find a good one there, I will buy a used one from someone on the forum. Oh the vehicle is a 98 WS6
07-03-2009, 01:33 PM
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I'm in the middle of a swap right now and honestly, the hardest part is getting ALL of the parts. The swap itself isn't all the hard. So far I've spent prolly 1.5k. I can't wait for it to be done though!!
07-03-2009, 01:59 PM
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Its fairly easy if you have any mechanical skill. I've done it on 3 separate cars now, and each time it takes about a solid 12 hours labor to get the swap doen, and then another day to get the tune corrected. I highly reccomend:
-Read the sticky, it has all the info you could possibly need.
-Be very very careful cutting your shifter hole out, I screwed up 2 of the cars I did so the #6 boot doesn't fit right.
- Ditch the stupid friggin u-bolt for the clutch master, use 2 bolts with washers and nuts instead. Your life will be a lot easier.
- Save yourself the time, get a brand new master, slave, pilot bushing, and clutch assembly before you start, if you re-use old parts you'll most likely have to pull it out again in short order to fix it.
-Read the sticky, it has all the info you could possibly need.
-Be very very careful cutting your shifter hole out, I screwed up 2 of the cars I did so the #6 boot doesn't fit right.
- Ditch the stupid friggin u-bolt for the clutch master, use 2 bolts with washers and nuts instead. Your life will be a lot easier.
- Save yourself the time, get a brand new master, slave, pilot bushing, and clutch assembly before you start, if you re-use old parts you'll most likely have to pull it out again in short order to fix it.
07-03-2009, 04:27 PM
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Its fairly easy if you have any mechanical skill. I've done it on 3 separate cars now, and each time it takes about a solid 12 hours labor to get the swap doen, and then another day to get the tune corrected. I highly reccomend:
-Read the sticky, it has all the info you could possibly need.
-Be very very careful cutting your shifter hole out, I screwed up 2 of the cars I did so the #6 boot doesn't fit right.
- Ditch the stupid friggin u-bolt for the clutch master, use 2 bolts with washers and nuts instead. Your life will be a lot easier.
- Save yourself the time, get a brand new master, slave, pilot bushing, and clutch assembly before you start, if you re-use old parts you'll most likely have to pull it out again in short order to fix it.
-Read the sticky, it has all the info you could possibly need.
-Be very very careful cutting your shifter hole out, I screwed up 2 of the cars I did so the #6 boot doesn't fit right.
- Ditch the stupid friggin u-bolt for the clutch master, use 2 bolts with washers and nuts instead. Your life will be a lot easier.
- Save yourself the time, get a brand new master, slave, pilot bushing, and clutch assembly before you start, if you re-use old parts you'll most likely have to pull it out again in short order to fix it.
07-03-2009, 04:35 PM
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Cool. I read the sticky and it kinda looks intimidating, but I got a friend who is going to help me out so the labor part is not going to be that bad. My car has eaten 2 4l60e's in the last two months. That is the reason for the swap. Instead of spending 1500$ on another auto I figured why not.
