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Oh yeah definitely install the input and output shaft seals before you install the transmission. There is also an o-ring on the input shaft that seals inside the torque converter. I couldn’t find the seal at any auto parts stores but I did find it at Ace Hardware in the faucet o-ring section. Make sure it’s buna-N rubber and not ethylene-propylene(EPDM). It won’t suck the new fluid in. You use the discharge line to empty it and refill thru the dipstick tube. It’s better to have a second person starting and stopping the engine. I use two painter’s mixing buckets so I can see exactly how much oil is discharged but you can use any clean buckets. Take both lines loose at the radiator and put them in the bucket. Have someone start the engine so you can see which lines discharges. Reattach the line that doesn’t discharge. Have someone start the engine again while you hold the discharge line into the bucket. While the engine is running watch as the oil fills the bucket. Bubbles will start to spit out of the line and as soon as they do call out for the engine to be shut down. Measure how much came out and put that exact amount back in thru the dipstick tube. I use two identical buckets and I fill the one with new oil to match the level in the bucket filled by the discharge line. I think about 3 quarts come out at a time before the bubbling starts. You’ll just keep this cycle going until the darker oil is replaced with bright new oil coming from the discharge line. You’ll want to have 12-13 quarts for a full swap.

Safest thing is to replace seals and gaskets while the trans is out, that "filter" is not really a filter in the conventional sense, it is actually a fine mesh screen that self flushes when the engine is shut off. The fluid flowing back out of the valve body washes it out and lets the debris collect in the pan. It doesn't hurt to replace it when the pan is off though. Standard practice of maintenance service on the trans is a periodic drain of the trans to allow worn fluid and debris out, then refill with fresh fluid. I recommend it at 15k mile intervals. Doing that will keep it healthy. With an install of a used trans, if you don't have a shop go through it, drain as much as you can, install trans, fill with fluid and drive for a few hundred miles. Then take it to a shop and have a flush performed. The 2 bucket method is sketchy at best and can lead to issues. Otherwise, do a drain and fill 2 or 3 times with a couple hundred miles between. My professional opinion here. I do the drain and fill method with my own even though I have the use of flushing machines at work.

That’s a smoking good deal. I don’t know much about the HD version. I do know that folks put some power on these transmissions inside the 240sx, 300zx, and R33 Skyline. More than anything I think it’s important that the transmission was kept cool in whatever vehicle it was in. As far as I know the best way to flush the trans is with the cooling lines. I would go ahead with the install and then change the filter before startup, top off the oil and run it for a while. After you know it’s going to be a good one then flush the oil out the cooling lines and fill it back up with some good quality stuff. I am going to put some synthetic Amsoil stuff in mine later this year. Are you familiar with flushing the trans thru the cooling lines?

No, I put the 3.0 distributor in. My ECU is the stock unit my 93 had from the factory and it was easier to use the distributor the ECU was set up for. The 3.0 dropped into the 3.3 just fine. I simply used the best parts of both wiring harnesses to build one that worked for me. I don't know if the older style connectors would fit the injectors in the 3.3 or not, just that in my case the injector harness was in rough shape in my original 93 3.0. I left the 3.3 lower manifold and injector rails in the engine and swapped the upper. I did replace all the hoses while I had the engines out and swapping parts around.

found these in my camera roll today

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Got bored today so i took some pictures of my pathy. Theyre the same but i tried playing around with some colour changing and what ever and it looks really cool actually. My bumper is not finished yet so dont pay attention to the back of the car. https://imgur.com/a/S91l9gV

Finally got it moving on its own power.. Pretty excited!

I recently moved and directly across the street is a shop. I don't plan on spending a lot of time there , but he's got a lift and told me I could use it anytime I wanted. There's still good people in this world. Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk