My Auto to Manual Swap IS DONE, finally! Options

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

wow, good luck wiht ur swap.

i soon will be doing a tranny swap, in like around a year, hopefully if i geta good job i can get that 3sgte too.

[ExSane]

Damn girl, good luck to you. It will be worth it at the end!!!

[hurley97]

ITS DONE! FINALLY!

thanks to JDM guy, yo


i'll put up what few pics i have later

[presure2]

JDM guy, yo!
haha
a few notes for future refrence.
be sure to get the rubber line that goes between the clutch master hardline, and the slave cylinder hardline. if you have to order it from toyota, they wont have any in-stock, and you'll be lucky if they have one in the country. ( they didnt when we did this.)
if you can get one thats in decent shape from a junkyard, do it.
shifter cable c-clips.
if your not planning major power upgrades, buy an OEM clutch.
you'll pay more, but the fit, feel, and life of the OEM parts makes it worth it.
1 1/4" holesaw for the clutch master, and a 5/16th drill bit i think it was.

[hurley97]

a few pictures. i have some more detailed ones...maybe later

V this one is my personal favorite


that gigantic thing on the bottom right is the auto tranny


the shift boot is duct taped to the shifter surround, the auto shifter surround doesnt have the clips needed

[presure2]

where is my HEAD???!?!?!?

[95celgt]

where did you get the shift boot?, it looks nice and oem-ish.

[lagos]

nice job!

[hurley97]

where did you get the shift boot?, it looks nice and oem-ish.

lol. it is. brand new from Toyota World, $25

[DomGT]

Congrats! I'm jealous.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Nice work gentlemen, looks good! Glad to see you have your 5spd now Stef.

[soulshadow]

U really didn't have to get a new ECU for the Manual. You could just re-wire the auto ecu to fool it and make it work. But its safe to have one just in case.

[Akimbo]

you can no dobut get the metal ring that goes around the shift boot anywhere...probably a junk yard. but congrats, good to see another swapper in our midst.

[hurley97]

thanks guys! im loving it more and more

U really didn't have to get a new ECU for the Manual. You could just re-wire the auto ecu to fool it and make it work. But its safe to have one just in case.

Dan (Playr158) gave me the ECU with the tranny. Its a 96 ECU with a 94/95 (we assume) tranny on a 97 Celica. Works perfectly - no CEL, starts every time, no problems whatsoever...so far

the part numbers on the 96 and 97 ECU's are different. its been said the 96 ECU may put out different codes than the 97 but I have no idea if there is any truth to that statement. but for the one day that I've had it, it works fine. you would never be able to tell it was ever anything but a manual

This post has been edited by hurley97: Aug 9, 2006 - 12:46 PM

[laff09]

Looks nice and clean

[Rjb23]

That is probably my tranny if you got it from playr. Its from a 95 st and had about 85k miles on it. If you got the clutch/flywheel/pressure plate from him you could have used it, it was brand new and only had about 2k miles on it. BTW the flywheel is from a corolla 7a.

[hurley97]

Alright, I didn't take too many pictures but heres how it went...

I made the three hour drive Fri night with all the parts that weren't already at Manny's moms. Got pulled over in RI for doing over twice the speed limit/ reckless driving (I didnt know the lanes merged), cop was suspicious of the tranny (which was under a tarp in my passenger footwell), ended up getting an $85 ticket for 5 over the limit which became the least of my worries

Anyway...

Day 1 (Sat Aug 5)
put the car in the garage

took out the little stuff

planned the attack

put in the pedals





Problem #1: We find out the rubber clutch line thats attached to the master cylinder metal line is cut and is kind of necessary to completing the swap.


Solution: Take the line off Dustin's ST if worse comes to worse. He's been driving the GT lately anyway

then Manny tried to get the rear mount and cross member out and got pissed so when Dustin got back from work and he tried and got it out.


Day 2 (Sun Aug 6)
Me and Dustin stopped at Autozone to pick up some synchromesh and other things on the way to Mannys. Manny has the auto tranny out by the time we got there around 2pm.


The resurfaced flywheel and new clutch go on


Problem #2: Go to put the new throwout bearing onto the fork and find out it doesn't fit. We decide not to use the old throwout bearing because we have no idea how old it is. It was Sun after 5pm and nowhere that was even open was going to have it in stock.

Solution: No other choice but to order it from the Toyota dealer the next morning.

Manny is super pissed. He gets the metal clutch line from the master cylinder in place and is done for the day.

Dustin got the shifter cables and ECU in then put all of the interior back together nicely. Brought some things home to work out some wiring issues, like the reverse lights and neutral start switch.


(^the pink stuff is just grease, it's still there just hidden)

When there's nothing else that can be done, work comes to a stop for the day.


Day 3 (Mon Aug 7)
Didn't even see the car the whole day.
Went to the Toyota Dealer in the AM to order the parts. The throwout bearing was in stock in Boston and would be there next day. The ST rubber clutch line was a different story, there was not a single one at any dealer in the country. Dustin ordered the GT line, of which there is only one and will take a week to get. Got a shifter cable clip as well (should have gotten a few more). Came out to $70

Thats about all that could be done for the day.


Day 4 (Tue Aug 8)
Dustin and Jenn had to work. I took Dustin's ST and picked up the parts from the dealer then picked up Manny and went to my car.

Messed around preping the tranny for a while cause Manny was going to wait and have someone help him lift the tranny into place. F- that plan, I guess Manny got bored, bench pressed the tranny in place by himself cause Manny is the freakin MAN lol

Only thing left was to hook up things and put stuff back together. Jenn got back from work and we left to get food. When we got back Manny had hooked up the essential things and tried to start the car but it wouldn't even turn over and the check engine light was on. Called up Dustin to make sure of the next step. Wired the two black wires together (from the harness in the engine bay) and the car started right up with no problem. Wired in Dustin's makeshift reverse light switch. Stole the rubber clutch line out of Dustin's ST, made sure everything worked then tightened everything up and put it all back together.

I drove it down the driveway and there were some noises. Manny took it for a drive to make sure the clutch was alright, said it drove nice and seemed fine otherwise.
Brought it back to the house, I duct taped the shift boot to the shifter surround trim since the auto trim doesn't have the clips to hold it in place




So I made the 3-4 hour drive back home and hit a bit of traffic but still think I did pretty well if I do say so myself
As of today it doesn't make any weird noises anymore and I think I'm getting better at driving it as well as enjoying driving more and more

thanks JDM guy ... too bad Jeff couldn't make it, Jenn and Joey had to take his place as the J ... you guys are the best!

[cheeco]

congrats on the conversion! sound like you guys had fun doing it, the way it should be

[alltracman78]

Day 3 (Mon Aug 7)
Didn't even see the car the whole day.
Went to the Toyota Dealer in the AM to order the parts. The throwout bearing was in stock in Boston and would be there next day. The ST rubber clutch line was a different story, there was not a single one at any dealer in the country. Dustin ordered the GT line, of which there is only one and will take a week to get. Got a shifter cable clip as well (should have gotten a few more). Came out to $70

Why didn't Manny call me?
What a meathead.

I'll try to find out on the codes.
I'm guessing the difference in ecu p#s is just an updated ecu.

[hurley97]

Why didn't Manny call me?
What a meathead.

I'll try to find out on the codes.
I'm guessing the difference in ecu p#s is just an updated ecu.

I'm just wondering if it will affect anything when I have to get the car inspected. Will it give them different info? Will it tell them its a 96 while my registration says 97, maybe they'd have a problem with that? Should I get Jeff's 97 ECU just to be sure or do you think I'll be perfectly fine? So far it's been starting/running fine... no problems, no check engine light.