Stick with the PRV! They are good engines once set up right. And by keeping it original the value should stay good, and getting help and advice from this forum and the vendors will be easier. My gearbox swop from auto-manual was great. Five months on and its still running without any problems. The 5-speed is a much better setup than the auto in my opinion. How is yours coming along, apart from your engine problem? Thomas Mc Auley Vin #4087 Belfast mydmc5898 <mydmc5898@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi everyone, recently I found out I may need to do some engine work/rebuilding on my car. I'm having a compresion problem and was told that there maybe something internal also wrong with it. Now I'm more of a purist with the cars, as long as they are in a restorable condtion, however mine has already been modified from and auto to a 5-speed. I haven't been able to get my car looked at only beacuse of the funds so its sitting quietly in the garage. I have very to little to no mechanical experiance. But would am alwasy up for some type of new venture. Now if the engine is going to need a complete rebuild or if I do need a new one (worst case senerio) it would have to sit for a long time as I just do not have the respurces to do this in a resanble time. Between school and work time and money. However if it does need to sit a To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/