hey i need a little help with this one. theres a metal cap blocking me from making my engine a 5sdp and cant figure out how to take this damn cap off. if anyone can lend me some helping tips i would really be thankful because i really need to get my car on the road asap. anyone with a solution please email me at fredro195@hotmail.com. thanks
auto to 5spd conversion
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"Metal Cap?" ... I never ran into problems with some "Metal Cap" when I did my car. If you can't squeeze the tranny in, then tilt the front end of the motor back with a jack. That'll free up some room. Also, pictures can say a lot more when you don't know exactly what it is your talking about.
1988SupraDreams said:
yea i figured that i would get this type of reply i guess im goona have to call toyota and figure out what the hell this is. its a metal cap thats all i can tell you.
fredro195 said:
Toyota won't be able to do much without you throwing some $$$ their way. Why be so negative about my reply? I tend to be sarcastic when people don't read the stickes about posting before they post. As far as this "Metal Cap" goes, where is it on the transmission? Does it have a connector coming out of it? Why do I have to ask these questions when you should try to describe it as throughly as possible, because a "Metal Cap" can be just about anything on a car made damn near entirely of metal. I want to help you, but I can't help you if you don't help me understand.
Unscrew the cap? :dunno:fredro195 said:
If thats all the detail you can provide, then you're screwed. Good luck.
Have you removed any caps that look anything like this?
Removing too many of these can definitely cause a problem with a tranny swap. :biglaugh:
Removing too many of these can definitely cause a problem with a tranny swap. :biglaugh:
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you know on an automatic block when you take the flywheel off theres 6 bolts that ahve to come off correct. then theres a little plate thats comes off with the flywheel in the center of where the bolts come off where if you doing the conversion the pilot bearing is supposed to go theres what it seems to be a metel round circle thats seems to be some sort of cap or something im not sure i've never seen it before but im thinking theres a special tool that i need to get this thing off because if not i cant hook up my trans because thers no place for it to attach to. its hard to describe but like i said its sits right in the middle of where the bolts are for the flywheel. thanks for your help
its called a freeze plug i just found out i guess the only way to do it is by drilling a hole and put a screw in it and yank it oout thanks guys or girls
I hope he drained the coolant first :<. We will hear back from a wet angry man if he didn't know what freeze plug was and just drilled into it.
:rofl: :yelrotflmShytheed Dumas said:Have you removed any caps that look anything like this?
Removing too many of these can definitely cause a problem with a tranny swap. :biglaugh:
staticpat said:
im not stupid i know what the freeze plug is. the plug is similiar to the freeze plug but not the freeze plug. i will not be an angry wet man thanks.
fredro195 said:
Gotta understand, when you're new people give ya crap, don't take it personally.. They gave me crap too
how deep is the hole on the back of the crank? i have one that i can reference for you.
there is a freeze plug on the back of the block, but from the sounds of it, your talking about some one put a dish style freeze plug into the snout of the crank shaft to keep pressure on the torque convertor??
there is a freeze plug on the back of the block, but from the sounds of it, your talking about some one put a dish style freeze plug into the snout of the crank shaft to keep pressure on the torque convertor??
i just did the auto - manual thing a couple months ago.. didn't run into anything like this.. but i was warned of something you may be describing... but if you post up a pic like mid said i'm sure more then 1 person could help you out here.
well as soon as i can get i pic on hear i will its just that im in the middle of moving to a new house and everything is crazy. now what pimptrizkit said sound like thats what it is a stupid looking metal dutch oh i mean dish that someone did put there and because i cant get this off i can't coonect my damn transmission which is that last step before i put my engine in the car. why me? if anyone knows how two take this off please help.
p.s didnt mean to take things personal just that im so close but yet so far and was a little frustrated because i've have waited 2 years for this a lot of saving.
p.s didnt mean to take things personal just that im so close but yet so far and was a little frustrated because i've have waited 2 years for this a lot of saving.