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Old 08-04-2007, 08:18 PM   #1
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to me fiestas are the closest thing to festivas am about to get a 93? festiva but the automatic is stuffed so i i am looking for another transmission maybe manual if there cheaper.

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Old 09-04-2007, 09:42 AM   #2
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Old 09-04-2007, 10:45 AM   #3
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Changing an auto for a manual will cost a whole lot more than a recon auto. It's a big job, I did it in a 71 Capri, which was really easy to work on. Doing it on a 93 Festiva would probably cost more than the car is worth.
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Old 09-04-2007, 12:31 PM   #4
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In all honesty unless you're getting it for free then it wouldn't be worth the trouble. They were made by Kia and not the best made or handling vehicle. They're not worth anything secondhand either....
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Old 09-04-2007, 05:48 PM   #5
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im gettin it 4 free a friend said that a transmission reconditioning it costs around $8,000 and i dont want to fork out that much so i thought it might just be easier to make it manual
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Old 09-04-2007, 09:25 PM   #6
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I would have thought $8000 would have bought you a new auto trans- not a reco !?! :

It would certainly get you a mint condition Festiva with at least a couple of grand left over!
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Old 09-04-2007, 11:25 PM   #7
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8 Grand for a 93 model 3 speed auto Festiva Reco. They (the cars themselves) weren't even that much when new!!! well close anyways
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Old 10-04-2007, 06:50 PM   #8
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so i would be better off just onselling it? might get more for it than what a new transmission would cost cause it has 6 months regastration. does any one know what there worth with a stuffed transmission

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Old 10-04-2007, 07:08 PM   #9
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so i would be better off just onselling it?
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You do not spend $8000 on an asset that is only worth approximately half of that,...... it's called false economy.

Your getting it for free, sell it for what you can get, put that money with the $8k you would have otherwise wasted on repairing the old Festiva and put the total towards getting a decent car.
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Old 10-04-2007, 08:35 PM   #10
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Or, go to a wrecker and get the cheapest nastiest Festiva auto trans you can find, wack it in and then sell it. ;)

You'll get a lot more for it if it's a working proposition- but make sure you do all your sums first and can make a definite profit.
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Old 11-04-2007, 06:49 AM   #11
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im gettin it 4 free a friend said that a transmission reconditioning it costs around $8,000 and i dont want to fork out that much so i thought it might just be easier to make it manual
Are you sure its 8k for a reco? I changed the 3 spd auto on my 1990 Laser a few years ago and it cost me 1500 bucks for a reco. Surely it would be about that figure for a Festiva.
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Old 24-04-2007, 06:46 PM   #12
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picked up the car took it off the trailer and jump started it as the battery was flat got it going nothing wrong with the transmission its just that the radiator is blocked so looking for one of them now
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