I have a 1998 Ford Contour and the transmission recently gave up. Rather than buying a new car (or new transmission), I was thinking of buying the same car with a working transmission and swapping them out.
The closest I could find was a 1999 Ford Contour. They are a year apart, so I am not sure if the transmissions are swappable. I wanted to see if anyone here had any knowledge on the matter.
All help is greatly appreciated! :)
According to this, the Ford Contour only ever had 2 transmissions for it's entire production run (at least in the US): a 5-speed manual and a 4-speed automatic. To make sure, look at the production sticker (usually in the driver door) for the transmission code, make sure it matches perfectly.
MTX-75 is the code for the 5-speed manual, and you can find here which other vehicles had that exact transmission. CD4E was the code for the 4-speed automatic, and you can find here which other vehicles had that exact transmission.
