m/ts have no flex plate...... crank->flywheel->clutch/PP
my transmission swap
its in..
i still have 3 things left to do.
the steering rack needs to get bolted in and to the steering column.
And I bolted up the starter and tried to start the car. sounded horrible. I come to find out the m/t and a/t starters are different? Looks like I'm going to spend 125 dollars of money I don't have to get a m/t one because I never pulled it off the junk car.
I also have to work out the wiring for the starter circuit. I jumped 2 wires that I thought i needed to jump (power to the line that senses if the car is in P or N) and when the key was in the on position the starter was going. So I need to tap into a "power when crank" wire (somewhere???) in the engine bay and then I'll be good to go with that..
I worked on it for 2 hours last night on my lift, and today I started bright and early at 745, worked straight until a 15 minute lunch brake at 130, and then worked straight until 830pm. I've had a long day and it's not even done yet and will probably end up costing me 125 bucks for a M/T starter
i still have 3 things left to do.
the steering rack needs to get bolted in and to the steering column.
And I bolted up the starter and tried to start the car. sounded horrible. I come to find out the m/t and a/t starters are different? Looks like I'm going to spend 125 dollars of money I don't have to get a m/t one because I never pulled it off the junk car.
I also have to work out the wiring for the starter circuit. I jumped 2 wires that I thought i needed to jump (power to the line that senses if the car is in P or N) and when the key was in the on position the starter was going. So I need to tap into a "power when crank" wire (somewhere???) in the engine bay and then I'll be good to go with that..
I worked on it for 2 hours last night on my lift, and today I started bright and early at 745, worked straight until a 15 minute lunch brake at 130, and then worked straight until 830pm. I've had a long day and it's not even done yet and will probably end up costing me 125 bucks for a M/T starter
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ahhhh, thanks for the clarification
the flywheel bolts to the motor. that flexplate this composed of 2 peices. the + looking thing and a washer. remove BOTH before installing flywheel. Make sure the starter you are using is from a manual tranmission.
UPDATE:
I got the steering rack all bolted up, rolled it out of my bay and popped the clutch
It works good. But that CEL is nice and bright and I don't have a speedo. I think my hack job on the pass. side ABS sensor got me (ie. what happened to evan)
Hopefully when I get the m/t starter on friday, i can just bolt it up and go ! (if not i'll be rolling it down hills to get it started for a while)
take a look at how big the A/T is in that one picture. When I was pulling it off the engine, it was halfway into the driver side wheel well before it came off.
Trust me, to get an a/t off this car, the subframe has to be removed.
m/t don't have a TCU.Just a ECM.The TCM controls the logic for the auto trans.Also,you should have left the steering rack in the vehicle.Just take a bungee cord and wrap it around the rack and hang it from a higher point in the engine bay.Thats what I do
Good job on the swap though.You wont know what the hell to do with yourself when you get to finally control the trans instead of the trans controlling you.
Good job on the swap though.You wont know what the hell to do with yourself when you get to finally control the trans instead of the trans controlling you.
Damn you guys are good. It was a special edition, actually.
My starter comes in today, woo hoo
Also I found these on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ECU-...ryZ33596QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004...ryZ33675QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
he is like my wife....rolladecks for a memory!!
good luck getting everything together and solving this...
Got the refirb starter and installed it. Jumped the correct wires and it LIVES !
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pics are from my camera phone in my dark garage, sorry for pic quality
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