5kt donor for $495

[Nate Stuart]

Looks as it should for the price. Why worry about the body, and hoses at
all? You'll be replacing the hoses in the transplant, and the body is,
well.... useless. There is a very limited market for used body panels for
these cars due to the galvanization.

You will, remember, have to get a manual flywheel, and throttle cam, or rig
up a setup using the 4kq cable, and retain the mechanical linkage from the
rear of the IM to the TB. Otherwise, if the engine runs properly, and has
good compression on all 5 cyl, go for it. It still should have plenty of
life left in it at only 113k. You'll probably make money back on the car in
the end if you put the effort into parting the rest out and selling it.

Later,
-Nate

> Today I went on my adventure to New Jersey to check out the 5kt.  Overall
I
> was a little disappointed, but I guess for the price I should have
expected
> that would be the case.  I appreciate any and all thoughts.  Thanks!
>
> The Engine:
> - 113k miles, started right up and settled into a nice idle, no smoke from
> tailpipe, made a sort of grinding noise shortly after being started but
then
> went away, extensive use of duct tape on hoses, (see pictures below)
>
> high resolution photos of engine:
> - http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsk/5kt/
>
> Exterior:
> - large scratches on the hood that have rusted, below-average paint
overall,
> headlights in good condition, average wheels with scratched up center
caps,
> mismatched tires in good condition, rusted exhaust, should have G60's but
> not sure
>
> Interior:
> - worn brown interior, torn headliner, smoker, nice working stereo (6 or 8
> speaker?), computer looks functional, not sure sunroof works
>
> Aaron
> '86 4kq
>