new to dsmstyle, and no knowledge of dsm

[npaulseth]

my brother had it on an auto-transport type thingy

Did he flat-bed it? If not, did he disconect the driveshaft? The owners told him it needed to be flat-bedded.

[DSM_Hawk]

I was there (as well as my cousin) when your brother bought the car. I gave him this site as a info source when he told me he was going to put a 2G 7-bolt head on it. He seemed to be in a little over his head. The car needs a new alt pulley and timing belt cover, along with a new head.
npaulseth, you were there?? ^^ so thats all that was needed to make the car run again? He does have a 2g head to put in... I told him it just wouldn't work work that way, and yes he seems to be over his head when he told me that he was putting a 2g head in, it just wouldn't work? right? send me a pm so we can discuss. thanks man.

- they had to transport it.. i'm not sure what if it was auto-transport or flat-bedded, but he said they didn't tow it, and yea they did disconnect the shaft too.

[Tauni]

Wow, its like two different topics in one thread! Welcome!

Clearly your brother was over his head if he bought a DSM and decided to hand it off over to you instead of dealing with problems himself. But there's a lot of smart guys on here, you should have no problem getting it sorted out. I do have a little advice for your brother though: next time, buy one that works, or at least one you know how to fix. :)