I’m about to change the engine in my '03 Mazda 6 due to what is apparently a slipped timing chain which has, in turn, probably caused valve damage. The new engine has a perfectly good 5 speed transmission with it and since I prefer to drive a manual drive car I’d like to change that too. Any obvious…

I think some of us (not me) might still be a little irritable from getting used to the new system so there isn’t much tolerance left. I dunno. People seem to be a little more irritable than usual. Maybe its the atmospheric pressure or something-it does have an effect.

[GeorgeSanJose] GeorgeSanJose http://community.cartalk.com/users/georgesanjose August 24 kmccune: Idea ,Carolyn,please dump all discussions older than 6 months .(Or not ,some of these posts are are exhaustive and rather superflous ,its like the quandry I had when scraping autos ,I would end up…

Perhaps the forum software would allow topics that have been inactive for a certain length of time to be flagged in some way to alert users of the petrification thereof.

Just close old threads to further posting.

I have seen a 1953 Chevrolet and a 1954 Chevrolet converted from a PowerGlide automatic to a manual transmission. The conversions even included a steering column shift. Even back when these conversions were done back in the early 1960s, I didn’t think it was worth the effort. One car that was alm…

LOL, I got a good belly laugh out of that one, Triedaq! Does Mrs. T. know you’ll be getting more cash in the door? :smiling_imp:

sometimes old threads are fun, and informative.

They could still be fun, and informative…to read. :nerd:

Even though the OP is long gone others could benefit from new posts. What is the harm?

Perhaps they stifle new thought ?(it seems they want this to be a dynamic forum)

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