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Old 02-12-2015, 03:23 PM   #13 (permalink)
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If you aren't afraid of tools and getting dirty, this is probably within your reach. I understand swapping a tranny on a Civic is pretty straightforward.

Get the Haynes manual or, if you want to drop the money on it, a Factory Service Manual. Do some reading up, there are lots and lots of references in the enthusiast mags and online about guys pulling trannies. I swear, Honda guys will swap motors at the drop of the hat, like "Whaddaya wanna do? Well, it's Thursday, let's drop a D into the Civic!"

Or in the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson, "How hard can it be?" (cue ominous thunder)
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