manual transmission conversion

[supraCrazy69]

well i am doing a manual transmission conversion, on my 87 supra. I have the transmission and drive shaft, but need a parts list of the other stuff i am going to need. I am also curiose as to how much it is going to cost to have it installed. If any one knows advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tlo86]

well i am doing a manual transmission conversion, on my 87 supra. I have the transmission and drive shaft, but need a parts list of the other stuff i am going to need. I am also curiose as to how much it is going to cost to have it installed. If any one knows advice would be greatly appreciated.

i vote install it yourself if you have bellhousing head over to driftmotion and buy a clutch master cylinder slave master cylinder and one of those single piece braided ss lines for the hydraulic system. you will use the same throttle cable from your auto gas pedal but you will need manual gas and brake pedals... which with all of the part outs... out there... easy to source

you can keep your automatic ECU as well there is a way to wire it to make the ecu think its in neutral all the time (i'll look it up i na minute). i would also suggest a new clutch , rear main seal while the trans is out

 

[tlo86]

found it, i saved it to notepad when i ran across it from a previous post....

to bypass the neutral safety switch on the AUTO harness (I see he's switched to a manual one now, and i don't know what to say about how to fix that) there is 4 plugs that go the the tranny, one is a round plug with 3 wires, white, black, and blue, just splice the white abnd black together (using the tranny side of the harness is best so you don't have to cut up the engine harness). to make reverse lights work, use the blue wire from that plug and there is a 6 wire round plug, all you need is the black one from there; use the blue and black to connect to the 2 wire plug coming off the manual transmission.

 

[tlo86]

i also have this link...

http://www.geocities.com/jg_xsboost/Tranny_Transplant.html

 

[supraCrazy69]

thanx man that web link is really helpful. Do you or do you know of any one who could tell me the cost of putting it in some where just so i have an idea.

 

[tlo86]

thanx man that web link is really helpful. Do you or do you know of any one who could tell me the cost of putting it in some where just so i have an idea.

i asked a transmission shop once and they said "at least two thousand just to mount it in"

all you need is the tsrm or even a haynes manual so you install it properly, once the transmission is in its butter after that

im sure someone would charge around 800 though... toyota charges 800 just to replace the rear main seal =/

 

[supraCrazy69]

so you were saying i dont have to change the ecu. how can i fool it into thinking it is in neutral

 

[supraCrazy69]

thanx for the help by the way

 

[jd20phill]

SEARCH!!! Everything you need has already been discussed. Enough ranting though, here's the wiring, and here's some helpful threads already started. Its really not that hard of a swap, im only 18 and was able to do it, so you should definatly be able to do it yourself. Good Luck!:icon_bigg

 

[supraCrazy69]

thanx

 

[tlo86]

so you were saying i dont have to change the ecu. how can i fool it into thinking it is in neutral

i already posted that hehe

 

[theKnifeArtist]

Here's what you'll need for the auto->manual swap:

-clutch pedal assembly
-brake pedal assembly
-shifter
-trans
-master cyl
-slave cyl
-clutch hard line
-clutch soft line
-driveshaft
-trans crossmember?
-flywheel
-clutch
-pressure plate
-release fork
-throw out bearing/assembly
-pilot bearing
-lower trans inspection cover
-driver side? engine-trans "wing" bracket

compliments of MKIII Tech.

 

[tlo86]

ahh yeah the crossmemeber hopefully he'll get that on his extention housing though

 

[supraCrazy69]

i already have the cross member and im pretty suru the bell housing is all one peice no inspection cover on it i think