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sorry for the wait guys ...i still have both the JDM unkown S54 and the USDM GT 98 S54 .....i plan on taking it apart today but ...since the teachers are not there ...i cant take it apart ....they have the special tools i need for it ....im going to check gear ratios too ...so stay tuned

ok more news WTH

so some S54 from japan has LSD ..this is tripping me out cuz i got this tranny for 150

but the tranny i bought has this



notice the inside cross shaft .. i cant see through it ...does it mean i have lsd? if it is what kind ?
i know nothing about the car this came out of...when i bought this ... it was already out of the car sitting on the floor..
i was told this was from a 3S series motor thats all the info i got


here is the USDM S54 tranny from my Celica



notice the cross shaft ...its alot more narrow ...and i can see all the way through the transmission

im taking both transmissions apart tomorrow ..but the suspense is killing me ..can anyone confirm ?

isnt the switch ...the switch send power up to the plug behind the divers side speaker cover ........which leads to who knows where ...cuz there is just metal bars and plates i cant get around it

to make everything easier you can start off with a manual celica ....

thats not an option i would wait to get both the tranny and engine all the same time from the same shop ....

then install all the components need for a manual

dropping engine and tranny in same time cuz its easier

droping tranny only and trying to put another tranny on ...then having to change engines make more work

my advice ..if you want a manual ...sell your car and get a manual

theres alot of parts you need to buy ....my manual s54 tranny just went out

and i had a heck of a time looking for just another tranny or a rebuild kit

honestly if the 5sfe is stock ...keep it stock ...running auto ecu with manual tranny may fail smog..screw up the cruise control

if you plan on the 3sgte ...find the shop your getting the motor from ...chances are there will be a fwd tranny you can grab ....take both at the same time for a cheaper price ... while everything is out ...is easier for you to add the extra parts to the car to make it a manual....or get an mr2 rear clip and convert everything

as for the e153 conversion ...there no point doing it on a stock motor ....maybe better fuel mileage ... lower highway cruise rpm ...it will make your engine dog

good news ...i sourced out a Transmission from an unknown 3S series engine from japan at a JDM shop ....

i took my S54 USD 98 5sfe to the shop to compare

....everything is almost the same the cv axles line up ...input shaft has 20 splines.. everything is in the proper place except the rib design on the trannies are different ...when i get 150 bucks i will post pictures of the transmissions and a complete tare down

7A-FE - C52
3S-FE - S54
3S-GE - S54
3S-GE SSS none beams - E56
3S-GE SSS beams - S54
3S-GTE - E154F
5S-FE - S54

in addition what i found from a shop U.S only FWD

85-89 celica 2.0L 3S-FE had S53
89-93 celica 2.2L 5S-FE had S53
89-91 celica 1.6L 4A-FE has C52
91-93 celica 1.6L 4A-FE has C52
93-99 celica 1.8L 7A-FE had C52
93-99 celica 2.2L 5S-FE had S54

i still have unclear info about transmissions

in the 6th gen Celica they came with

1.8 L 7A-FE
2.0 L 3S-FE
3S-GE
2.0 L turbo 3S-GTE
2.2 L 5S-FE

what is the transmission code for these models of engines it came with ?

in the 5th gen they came out with

1.6 L 4A-FE
2.0 L 3S-FE
3S-GE
2.0 L turbo 3S-GTE
2.2 L 5S-FE

what is the transmission code for these models of engines it came with?

i see there is a s51 , s53 , s54 ,A140E.....im still trying to find a compatible one for my 6gen 5sfe manual

ok so the wiring diagram does not show information on the back windows for a 98 vert GT

i rolled driver side back window down the other day ...and it wont go back up

i have power all the way up to the plug behind the back panel

i can hear clicking for the relay when its goes down ....

im guessing there maybe a relay to go up ...when i try to push up it wont go up

and there is no clicking .....i haven no idea where the relay is mounted in this car

based on my diag the Up relay is messed up ...any one know the location ?

my awesome quick fix was to unpin the plug on the back panel and repin the wires backwards

doing so i was able to get the window to go up and now it wont go down ...

why does everyone look down on megan's

ive had megans for 3 years now ...theyre just as good as theyre were new

a long time ago when i bought em the spring rate was 7front and 5rear

i just took a look and people are now selling megans with 8front and 6 rear

ive had no leaks.. no blown shocks.. no noise.. no rust..

my friends have megans for thier 240's and they work great as well so i decided to try em

oh and recommended when you get coil overs you WILL need camber bolts in the rear

and the camber plate on the top defeats the purpose of adjusting camber for track use

cuz when you adjust the camber with the top plates ...your toe changes just some advice

did you check both sides ? it can be the other side making the noise ....that makes it way through the transmission

need more info ...first off Idle at 2k to 3k .....techinically thats not idling ...unless its at 2-3k without you touching the pedal

most people interpret a missfire as many different things

can you explain more in depth how you can recreate this missfire ?

your speed mph ? are you on the throttle 100% ? has the car have recent work ? when did this start happening ? during this missfire what kinda noise do you hear ?does the rpm stumble? was this car non operative for a long time? any smoke during missfire? any smoke at start? strange smells ? does it happen as your moving the throttle ? is your engine covered in oil dirt or grime heavily anwhere?

not gonna lie if i wanted a legal and fast AWD car painlessly and less time consuming to attain and i live in the US

id go buy me a subaru ...not to knock on anything but its hot out of the package with potential without the cutting and welding

if your on a budget and want a awd car with heat and dont mind age ... the early 90's all tracs are awesome sorta hard to find..

you can check by

jacking the car up

putting jack stand on for safety reasons

take the wheel off ...then take the mud guard off

grab the center of the cv shaft and pull up and down on it and side to side ( not in and out)

it should barely move talking like less then 1mm of movement ( i can look up specs later for you)

we are checking the movement of the inner cv shaft going into the transmission

you can also put the car in gear any gear then rotate it clock wise and counter clock wise

there is free play before the gears actually move the axles( the part where it moves with the least resistance)

there should be very minimal freeplay ...talking like less than 1mm again (i can find specs later)

my car lol the inner cv moved like it was a hot dog in a hallway

and i had too much freeplay clockwise and counter clock wise

basically the clunking is everytime you put a load on the axle (accel decel)

the tranny gears move first ...then its over comes the freeplay ..and metal slams into metal

basically beating it self to death

the guys told me the tranny is off of 3SGE... will that fit ?

ok so the transmission i went to go check out was ended up being a 3s tranny

i have a 98 5sfe GT vert

i called another shop ...they told me the 3s tranny wont work on the 5sfe due to the rear mount

i need confirmation and info on what tranny will directly swap over with my existing parts

use a volt meter dc volt setting

pos lead to starter casing

ned lead to neg post on the battery

have a friend turn the key trying to crank

while trying to crank you should have less then .2v or 200mv

if you have any more then that you have a bad ground connection or ground wire

you mean your redlining at 5k ? does the engine seem like its struggling ? possible a fuel filter?

normally you would get a clicking from the cv before the clunking

in my situation i got the clunking first .....and eventually it got worse ...

then got to the point where it clunked every rotation

and yes my inner cv boot is broken and have been broken for over 6months cuz im lazy to fix it (poor student)

but when i pulled them out and checked it ...it was still good with no abnormal play or damage

instead i found my inner cv input walking around in the transmission

my clunk happens accel and decel with a medium load on engine forward and reverse

i jacked the car up and drained the oil ...i got a metallic mist ( very fine metal material) in the oil

the noise i had sounded like it was the driver cv axle but it was inside the tranny

i called a shop and they have an mr2 tranny for a 3s motor ....i guess it is the E153... i heard about this

but which hybrid axles will work ? does anyone know ? i saw some threads about it but i lost it

EDITED : ok so i did my research there are alot of opinions on this e153 tranny

everything is still unclear

-can i keep my 5sfe clutch and pressure plate ?

-can i use my 98 GT cables ?

-can i use my 98 GT mounts ?

-can i use the inner mr2 cv shafts and my 98 GT outer cv ?

i need an exact parts list to do the perfect swap the first time

ok so im going to rebuild my manual transmission

and i run into this problem where i have trouble finding transmission information

everything is not listed clearly.

i have a 98 celica GT 5sfe manual convertible

the info i need:
-what Transmission code do i currently have?

- what are my alternate transmission code options from other cars ?

-in what car do i find these other transmissions?

-i need transmission ratios..i see a page with ratios listed but does not tell me transmission code

-im looking to replacing my final ratio/ or 5th gear to a longer gear ratio. My car does a hair less then 4k RPM at cruise 70mph . Do all the parts in these transmission interchange?

- are there alternative gears i can use from other transmissions?

-Are engine/transmission mounts different in a convertible vs a hardtop

id like to build a manual transmission list and info on interchangeable parts since i am having a hard time looking for the info i need

i too have this problem .... accel and decel i get the clunk lightly ..some sorta thurst or preload problem in tranny

i just let it be to see how long it would last ( thinking it was my driver side CV axle)

then one day i was getting off the freeway when out of the blue i get the clunk clunk clunk

everytime the wheel was spining the clunk happens at every tire rotation

so i stopped at a gas station... jacked the car up and pulled the wheel off

all suspension components were good then i grabbed the center of the drive side axle and pulled it up and down

and it had alot of play

so at first i was thinking my axle shaft finally went out and i was wrong

its the input side that goes into the transmission thats moving up and down side to side

i limped the car home slowly and took everything apart

to get a closer look my input side of the drive cv shaft is walking around in my transmission

i tried rotating it and got tons of play ....in and out movement is ok

im going to look up a transmission diagram later to find out the leading cause

but im thinking bearings or busings or shims of some sort inside is bad

my transmission is going to have to come out for sure

im going to do a full rebuild as well 5afe manual owners 4th to 3rd down shift grinds

dont think this will work for me ...i already have taken the top section of the timing belt off ....and the engine is on TDC #1 comp ..has anyone tried heating the bolt up ? i heard that works ..

ok so i went to the store bought everything needed to do my water pump and timing belt over the weekend

98 celica 5sfe convertible

i got everything set up and started taking everything apart..

everything was cherry until ....i got to the crank pulley bolt ..

it will not move..ive tried 3 different impact guns

ive tried a special tool to hold the pulley in place with the bolt holes and the tool broke..

ive tried a single bolt and a pry bar to hold it in place and the bolt bent all to hell..

is there anything else i cant try to take this bolt out ...safely ?

id appreciate it if you guys have some ideas, i have 1 day left to work on it.. then have to travel back to school

looking for a white driver fender ........if no white .......then i just need a driver fender .........someone backed up on my car and left