New-ish guy from Indiana

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anmasher
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New-ish guy from Indiana

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Greetings,
Back towards the end of 2012 I started wanting to drive a car with a manual transmission - the PRND32 was just getting boring. I had and have been driving a 1996 Saturn SL2 automatic. That thing is very easy to work on, cheap to fix, gets good gas mileage, etc. - I love it. Whatever I did to get a manual, it was going to be another Saturn S-Series. That left me with swapping the automatic transmission out for a manual or getting another one already equipped with a manual. An ideal candidate popped up on Craigslist for next to nothing because it had been damaged by neglecting to check the oil level. Instead of swapping the transmission and associated components, it got a full rebuild (of which I have many many pictures, details, lists, and such if there's interest in that stuff here). I started it up for the first time on April 19th, and after working out all the final quirks was able to start driving on the 26th. This site kept coming up while searching for things related to driving a stick-shift, so after a bit of lurking here's my introduction. Thanks for such a great site!
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WILKOMMEN!! :o

nice ride and story; i think you'll fit in just fine here (from what i can tell).

p.s. pics or it didn't happen :o :P :lol: 8)
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anmasher wrote:the PRND32 was just getting boring.
I'll say!


Welcome, I'm sure you'll enjoy the site!
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There's usually plenty of interest in greasy projects on this site. Go ahead and post up! :)
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Welcome!

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Welcome! There are more than a handful of old cars that need plenty of maintenance around here. And a few that just get ignored and driven anyway :roll: :lol:
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Thanks everybody for the warm welcome!

potownrob wrote: p.s. pics or it didn't happen :o :P :lol: 8)
Oh it happened.
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anmasher wrote:Thanks everybody for the warm welcome!
Oh you're welcome, we're always glad to have new members join!
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Official welcome! Way to make an into with your other project/rebuild thread.
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you still got the ol' slushbox on the road??
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potownrob wrote:you still got the ol' slushbox on the road??
It's being phased out, but yes. I still prefer it for downtown driving or anywhere where I have to do lots of hill launches.
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Greetings! Your rebuild thread was a great read!
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