Yo JPO,
My best bit of advice that I can give you is: check with your local import junk yard and see if they have any Elantra's sitting around if you really don't want to spend the money for a new one. Most of the time there won't be nothing wrong with it. I know that the junk yard that I deal with will let one go for about $350. You can't trust everything from a junkyard, but Me personally I would take a chance on buying one from there. Well good luck on your Elantra. My Elantra is a 94 and I have big plans on fixing it up and I am always in the junkyard just looking around for good deals on engines and trannys. <img src=/images/forums/snitz/cool.gif width=15 height=15 border=0>
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