I have a Mustang GT 2000 auto tranny and have allways dreamed of having it manual. My wife doesnt drive manual... (not yet). It is just a question of time because i have convinced her to swap the tranny for a manual.
Now, to make a long story short, i have looked at a local salvage yard and they have a Mustang GT 2002 (from USA, Im from Canada) with 30000Miles approx on it. They agreed to sell me the tranny, computer, shaft, clutch, pedals etc etc for 1800.00 Can Dollars.
Question 1
Question 2: I know i dont have to change the computer, i can have the original computer fixed by Fordchip for example to remove the function that works with the auto tranny. But by reading couples of posts regarding this issue, i think that lots of peoples have problems with like, overdrive light flashing in the dash, or the car not starting at all once the swap done... Would i avoid all these problems if i change the computer along with the tranny. Since the computer i will install was born with a manual tranny, would this avoid me all kind of trouble. I also know that i will have bring the car to the dealer if i change the computer because the car wont start without flashing it (or something like that)
Question 3: Since this car is from USA, and my car is from Canada, is there any reasons i shouldnt buy this car because of parts that could be differents because they were sold into different country ?
I have called Ford with the serial number of the car and they said that the owner never made any warranty call on this car. So i assume it was working well before he had an accident.
Thanks guys, waiting for your response.
Now, to make a long story short, i have looked at a local salvage yard and they have a Mustang GT 2002 (from USA, Im from Canada) with 30000Miles approx on it. They agreed to sell me the tranny, computer, shaft, clutch, pedals etc etc for 1800.00 Can Dollars.
Question 1
Question 2: I know i dont have to change the computer, i can have the original computer fixed by Fordchip for example to remove the function that works with the auto tranny. But by reading couples of posts regarding this issue, i think that lots of peoples have problems with like, overdrive light flashing in the dash, or the car not starting at all once the swap done... Would i avoid all these problems if i change the computer along with the tranny. Since the computer i will install was born with a manual tranny, would this avoid me all kind of trouble. I also know that i will have bring the car to the dealer if i change the computer because the car wont start without flashing it (or something like that)
Question 3: Since this car is from USA, and my car is from Canada, is there any reasons i shouldnt buy this car because of parts that could be differents because they were sold into different country ?
I have called Ford with the serial number of the car and they said that the owner never made any warranty call on this car. So i assume it was working well before he had an accident.
Thanks guys, waiting for your response.