I can only say, hell yeah it's worth it, with provisos! I've had only one slushbox 240 since 1979, all the others have been sticks. In my opinion, a manual X-mission makes a 240 into an entirely different car.

I still have a '93 auto wagon and I am the only one in my household who drives it without whining. I am also the only one who has spent a Saturday night wrestling a greasy gearbox into place after a clutch kit install.

I'll admit, a stick 240 is a lot more fun to drive, but there's nothing wrong with the auto. Even in the winter the auto (with new Nokians mounted) will churn through a foot of fresh snow like a stick.

Only you can decide if it's worth the swap. Realistically, how many more years will you be driving a 240? How youthful are you, i.e., how much energy do you have for such projects? As you can imagine, the list goes on.

By the way, I once pulled the good running gear from a '75 242 stick which I had used to center-punch a Ford F-250 and planted the pieces into a 260 auto which had an engine fire. The task was not exactly easy but, eventually all things went together.

That was in the early 80's. Today, I'd say fuggetaboutit!


Rich (near The Burgh)