[DrRoboto]

Hey all, my old metro (1997) was rusted out and uneconomical to get reinspected, and I picked up a shiny new 1999 one. It has very little rust, excellent here in Nova Scotia, and only 125000km but it does have a 4cyl engine. My old metro has a 180k 3cyl that runs fine, I'm looking to pull it, do a little preventative maintenance, drop it in the new one, and keep/sell the 4cyl.

Never swapped an engine before, looking for general advice, things I need from the old metro I might not think of, ( I understand the two engines are mounted a few inches apart laterally?) and emergency aid when I run into trouble.

Also, anyone need parts from this car? When I'm done with it I plan to have it scraped.

Current questions; new metro has no tachometer, old car has one. Is the dash display a drop in swap?

I'm assuming the easiest path to a 3cyl engine with 4cyl trans ratios will be to just swap my final gear ratios, any reason to swap the entire transmissions between engines?

Thanks all