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I'm glad I don't have to do it. I was only offering to help you out. I'm going to Detroit for the weekend anyways.
It's not that difficult to do it without a lift. I have a custom plate made up for my jack that works like a trans jack. Used is many times with great sucess.
'98 Contour 2.5L, 5-Speed, 100% stock
'85 Porsche 928 5-speed,
Supercharged & Intercooled
12.87sec @ 109mph
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How'd everything go with Alex?
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
'89 Mazda B2200 - Under Construction
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Well the tranny is in!  took Alex two days since he started late on the car.. but I wasn't in a rush for the car, just wanted it done! Good guy , very friendly and very knowledgable.. he said it was no problem and it was an easy out & in.. when I asked if it was a pain in the but.. he replied : "no, it went smooth and its as complicated as any other car" .. he also said that if any other contours come into the shop he will gladly swap the tranny too  Now the clutch and Flywheel are very soft.. they are like butter.. its going to be tough to relearn how to drive a car with a good 2nd and 3rd gear.. :P Many thanks to Chris at CTAMotorsports for hooking me up with a Spec1 Clutch kit & SVT Flywheel.. And thanks to anyone that gave me advise through this stressfull ordeal.. Cheers Martin
98 Contour V6 MTX
CTA Exhaust/CTA Intake/MSDS Y-pipe/Bat Handling Kit/Predator Alarm/Spec1 Clutch Kit/SVT Flywheel/G Assurances
Fix your car yourself "It's not a UFO." Todras
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Glad everything is all worked out for you there Martin. 
Green 96 mystique gs 4cyl mtx
16.9 in the 1/4 mile @102500 miles
95SE in Midnight Red MTX
MSDS headers and y-pipe
SVT exhaust
SVT UIM
Optimized se TB.
Full pre 98 SVT body kit
15.741 @ 87.73mph :)
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You're welcome Martin. 
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Good stuff! How much did he charge you? Did you get a discount?
Glad to hear it went smooth!
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
'89 Mazda B2200 - Under Construction
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Originally posted by BrianW:
Whats wrong with the original tranny?
How many Kms on it?
Manual or automatic?
The auto trans from my 96 2.5L is 4 sale. hell the whole thing is fair game for parts picking. 159K, routinely flushed etc.
Trans does NOT grind, shift hard etc.. BUT on Thursday a major seal went buh-bye (pisses as fast as you can pour). Needless to say, the girl is 100% parked. It was not run "dry".
I know this is NOT a classifieds forum, please forgive me.
Because of this sudden trans seal failure, I'd like to either sell it whole or fix the seal and then sell it or part it out.
Leather interior (tan), power everything, sunroof, Air does NOT work don't ask me why haha).. NEW rear rotors and pads, new emergency cable, new ball joint (right). 4 NEW (6k) summer and 4 NEW (8K) winter tires. Summer mounted, winter are not. Sz 205/60/15.
Open to suggestions for recovering the $ in her and getting it out of my yard. Moving onto a pickup Tuesday.
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Good to hears it working Martin,
Looks like I will be getting my transmission very soon now:D, let me know how you like the Spec1 with SVT flywheel combo, I will be running the same in my SVT except I got my flywheel lightend to 16lbs and balanced. Oh did you have to buy a throw out bearing from the dealer or did you just use the one that came with the kit?
Aaron
AKA NVS SVT
98.5 Silver/Blue SVT#4553
Yeah it's modded
98 T-Red/Blue SVT Contour Totaled 06/05/06
03 3L,VCN 2000,CAT Cams,MSDS Headers w/Y-Pipe,XCal2 and lots more
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Originally posted by 96 2.5L GL Auto:
The auto trans from my 96 2.5L is 4 sale. hell the whole thing is fair game for parts picking. 159K, routinely flushed etc.
PM Sent
Brian W. -------------------- Black 1998 SE 5 speed - TOTALLED
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Originally posted by NVS SVT:
...I got my flywheel lightend to 16lbs and balanced.
Hey Arron...
I see you're in burlington and was wondering if Eurodrive Clutches lightened your flywheel? How much was it to get it done?
THanks
John.
96 LX 3.0L MTX - Black/Tan
K&N; 12lb F/W & uprated clutch
2.5" Pipe; SVT bits; Mystery Mod; Pull-tie Mod;
UN-tuned Mod; 3rd Gear Synro-Crunch Mod
280K on the Shell, and 40ish on the Motor... 1/4 mile??
Yeah, it's a fun daily driver...
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