Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back ....... seri
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Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back ....... seri
Parts List:
5 speed tranmission
clutch (pressure plate, disc)
shift linkage
manual ECU - more about this later
manual starter
flywheel
clutch master cylinder
slave cylinder
hydraulic lines
pedal assembly
tach - either a mounted one or a new cluster, helps with the downshifting
shifter
shift ****
shift boot
miscallaneous nuts and bolts!!
*Warnings*
A manual ECU - without one you will have "check engine light" - code 70 - auto tranny has a bunch of sensors that the manual tranny doesn't have.
A Junkyard nearby!! - You will need tons more nuts and bolts, and other misc. bullshit that complicates things.
Key can only be taken out in "Park" - You will have to "rewire" the wire arrangement underneath the automatic shifting console to trick the sensors into thinking that the car is in Park.
exhaust & shift linkage - I had to have my o2 sensor relocated underneath my vehicle. The shift linkage now knocks against the o2 sensor, will have to get it relocated soon.
Hole where auto shifter used to be - When you do the swap, you'll have to cut a large piece of metal from underneath the car. When you insert the shifter into the car it will not completely cover the hole. So you'll have to deal with hearing the car, and feeling the air & heat come rushing up into the car while you're driving. Just take it to a muffler/exhuast shop and have a piece of metal welded to it so you don't have to deal with it. I'll be doing that when I get the o2 relocated.
Tranny mounts & brackets - The rear auto tranny bracket can be reused with the manual tranny. The transmission I used came with a front bracket, so it was all good from there.
If you have any questions, you can PM or email me.
Modified by Smith Wise at 3:43 PM 7/29/2004
5 speed tranmission
clutch (pressure plate, disc)
shift linkage
manual ECU - more about this later
manual starter
flywheel
clutch master cylinder
slave cylinder
hydraulic lines
pedal assembly
tach - either a mounted one or a new cluster, helps with the downshifting
shifter
shift ****
shift boot
miscallaneous nuts and bolts!!
*Warnings*
A manual ECU - without one you will have "check engine light" - code 70 - auto tranny has a bunch of sensors that the manual tranny doesn't have.
A Junkyard nearby!! - You will need tons more nuts and bolts, and other misc. bullshit that complicates things.
Key can only be taken out in "Park" - You will have to "rewire" the wire arrangement underneath the automatic shifting console to trick the sensors into thinking that the car is in Park.
exhaust & shift linkage - I had to have my o2 sensor relocated underneath my vehicle. The shift linkage now knocks against the o2 sensor, will have to get it relocated soon.
Hole where auto shifter used to be - When you do the swap, you'll have to cut a large piece of metal from underneath the car. When you insert the shifter into the car it will not completely cover the hole. So you'll have to deal with hearing the car, and feeling the air & heat come rushing up into the car while you're driving. Just take it to a muffler/exhuast shop and have a piece of metal welded to it so you don't have to deal with it. I'll be doing that when I get the o2 relocated.
Tranny mounts & brackets - The rear auto tranny bracket can be reused with the manual tranny. The transmission I used came with a front bracket, so it was all good from there.
If you have any questions, you can PM or email me.
Modified by Smith Wise at 3:43 PM 7/29/2004
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
Not to mention
If you don't live in a house, stop by Sears and get a 100 ft. extension cord for about $10.
Forgot to give a shout-out to the neighborhood kids that ask "is that a sports car?" about 5 times every hour.
If you don't live in a house, stop by Sears and get a 100 ft. extension cord for about $10.
Forgot to give a shout-out to the neighborhood kids that ask "is that a sports car?" about 5 times every hour.
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
that dime that you found should go towards new interior pieces!! you have not ruined them 
...and those floor mats 
but good job on going manual
...and those floor mats but good job on going manual
06-30-2003, 06:03 PM
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i hate the floor mats, but I can't find any blue plain looking floor mats to match the interior had to go with "NOS"
had to go with "NOS"
06-30-2003, 06:12 PM
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Good job man. 
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Damn right.
Mine are getting up there and i'm a fuggin idiot...
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Damn right.
Mine are getting up there and i'm a fuggin idiot...
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good job on the switch. try looking for those stainless steel floormats w/blue inserts. that would be cool.
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06-30-2003, 06:42 PM
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Damn right.
Mine are getting up there and i'm a fuggin idiot...
</TD></TR></TABLE>look at Soup ****
06-30-2003, 06:51 PM
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
Good swap! But those JVC radios suck. I have to send more of those crap *** units to service then almost anything else.
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
Hey, hey! Don't diss the radio. Never, EVER skips one me!!! I've had it for a year AND it doesn't skip!!! What else can I ask for?? It's not that flashy at all, so people won't be bashing my window to steal, IF I leave the removable face plate in the car! JVC =
AND driving through downtown Atlanta occasionally with a lowered vehicle is USUALLY not CD Player friendly.
Edit: Does my interior look that bad?? Wherever I go I usually get compliments, and questions
AND driving through downtown Atlanta occasionally with a lowered vehicle is USUALLY not CD Player friendly.
Edit: Does my interior look that bad?? Wherever I go I usually get compliments, and questions
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
Im am going to be doing the same thing
How much did eveything run u, u should of just swaped a 5 speed B Series or H Series, Fucken D16y7 is a weak engine, even boosted they are slow
How much did eveything run u, u should of just swaped a 5 speed B Series or H Series, Fucken D16y7 is a weak engine, even boosted they are slow
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spock_rocker »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that dime that you found should go towards new interior pieces!! you have not ruined them ...and those floor mats but good job on going manual</TD></TR></TABLE>
I agree about the floormats, my buddy and I are about to do that as well. Where did you get the shift plate?
...and those floor mats but good job on going manual</TD></TR></TABLE>I agree about the floormats, my buddy and I are about to do that as well. Where did you get the shift plate?
07-01-2003, 12:31 AM
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
Good job, I bet one of the hardest parts of the hole swap was getting the new pedals in and getting all the nuts on and off. I did the conversion on my crx to.
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Re: Auto to 5 speed swap completed!! Do's and Don'ts! 56K go do an oil change and come back .......
Do you have more pics of the clutch install? From what I can tell you drop your auto tranny, put a shifter through the hole and glue on a clutch pedal =P Congrats on that dime!
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so many questions and so much flaming
i'll try to deal with you all in sequence
i didn't worry about the tranny so much b/c i'll be doing a swap soon, probably a b16a2 , i would do GSR but it seems like they're way OVERPRICED!!! $750 - $900 more for 10 hp & 8 lbs of tq. still debating, i'm so indecisive
the radio pics are from my car, and not_so_civic, he did most of the labor
the pedals are the hardest, which is why that job was saved until the end
okay, skip down past the interior comments, ah! another question
basically just move the sensors up and down the "sensor cluster that's underneath the auto console. move the sensor to the park position and just tape it up so you don't fu*k with it later, that way the car will be in "park"
i'll try to deal with you all in sequence
i didn't worry about the tranny so much b/c i'll be doing a swap soon, probably a b16a2 , i would do GSR but it seems like they're way OVERPRICED!!! $750 - $900 more for 10 hp & 8 lbs of tq. still debating, i'm so indecisive
the radio pics are from my car, and not_so_civic, he did most of the labor
the pedals are the hardest, which is why that job was saved until the end
okay, skip down past the interior comments, ah! another question
basically just move the sensors up and down the "sensor cluster that's underneath the auto console. move the sensor to the park position and just tape it up so you don't fu*k with it later, that way the car will be in "park"
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would you like to do my car? I will pay you.....
Good job on the auto-manual swap. Big props to you bro!
Good job on the auto-manual swap. Big props to you bro!
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Key can only be taken out in "Park" - You will have to "rewire" the wire arrangement underneath the automatic shifting console to trick the sensors into thinking that the car is in Park. </TD></TR></TABLE>
HOw Did you rewire yours, mine is still there and one time it slide out of park and my key wouldnt come out and car wouldnt start.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Hole where auto shifter used to be - When you do the swap, you'll have to cut a large piece of metal from underneath the car. When you insert the shifter into the car it will not completely cover the hole. So you'll have to deal with hearing the car, and feeling the air & heat come rushing up into the car while you're driving. Just take it to a muffler/exhuast shop and have a piece of metal welded to it so you don't have to deal with it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
The guy that did mine just glued a sheet of aluminum across the whole and put the shifter through.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Tranny mounts & brackets - The rear auto tranny bracket can be reused with the manual tranny. The transmission I used came with a front bracket, so it was all good from there.
</TD></TR></TABLE>
How did you do the passenger side mounting? I bought a special mount for the swap. Did you Reweld and bracket?
Key can only be taken out in "Park" - You will have to "rewire" the wire arrangement underneath the automatic shifting console to trick the sensors into thinking that the car is in Park. </TD></TR></TABLE>
HOw Did you rewire yours, mine is still there and one time it slide out of park and my key wouldnt come out and car wouldnt start.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Hole where auto shifter used to be - When you do the swap, you'll have to cut a large piece of metal from underneath the car. When you insert the shifter into the car it will not completely cover the hole. So you'll have to deal with hearing the car, and feeling the air & heat come rushing up into the car while you're driving. Just take it to a muffler/exhuast shop and have a piece of metal welded to it so you don't have to deal with it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
The guy that did mine just glued a sheet of aluminum across the whole and put the shifter through.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Tranny mounts & brackets - The rear auto tranny bracket can be reused with the manual tranny. The transmission I used came with a front bracket, so it was all good from there.
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How did you do the passenger side mounting? I bought a special mount for the swap. Did you Reweld and bracket?
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I just slid the sensor and taped it down. I suppose if wiring was involved contact not_so_civic
As far the passenger side, you will/did need another bracket/mount. I, currently only have the rear and front on my tranny
i need something to cover this hole!!
i was thinking of having a piece of metal welded to it
As far the passenger side, you will/did need another bracket/mount. I, currently only have the rear and front on my tranny
i need something to cover this hole!!
i was thinking of having a piece of metal welded to it