oldsconvert Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Have a 1995 low miles oldsmobile cutlass convertible, 70K. Found a 1992 Lumina z-34 with a 5-speed with a blown engine. Going to pick it up (Getrag 284) in 2 weeks, any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Best advise I can say is read, then read some more. There have been quite a few people that made the switch, you'll also run into some 94+ specific issues. If you search around here you should find pretty good information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 It's a pretty easy swap, very straight forward. Just a lot of work to do it. Take your time doing it. Hardest part is going to be tearing the dash apart to replace the firewall plate ( if you choose to do so instead of grinding at the existing one ) and the pedal box will need to be changed. But x2 on alot of info on that around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshojo Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 i would really love to see a solid write up. Maybe i do one, when i get ready to do mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I've still got all the pictures from when I did mine. Sent from my iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 i would really love to see a solid write up. Maybe i do one, when i get ready to do mine. If you dig through here enough, you will find it. I know Chris documented his first swap years ago when we did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 I've loosely documented the swap some 3 times now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bake82 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 This is a good idea..minus the changes needed specifically for the 3.8 engine.... http://www.w-body.com/topic/51788-monte-carlo-z34-5-speed-swap-how-to/ My suggestion is after reading this topic, along with the posts from White93z34, I'm sure there is some small stuff missing from every thread that you'll need to deal with, because there always is something that comes up in projects. But, if you still can't figure out whats involved...it might be over your head. Not trying to be rude, but it's pretty well laid out in these threads as to the level of involvement needed to do these swaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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