1996 gs
i'm sure this has probably been covered before, but my search of the threads came up dry...
basically my tranny is toast and the consensus of people i've spoken to seems to be that rebuilt auto trannys are very prone to failure. my tranny has already been rebuilt and so i'm going to swap to manual. i'm looking especially for people that have done this, or have an intimate enough knowledge of both auto and manual to detail this for me. thanks

basically this is the list of things i think i need (please reply with additions):
manual tranny w/ clutch and pressure plate
shifter assy with shift cables
clutch/brake pedals
clutch master cylinder
(and obvious hosing)
and is there a different transmission support beam for manual trannys?
are speed sensors from the auto reusable for the manual or will they need to be switched out?

one thing i have a question on is, whether or not the module under the hood right in front of the driver side shock tower is ecu/pcm/tcm.. manuals say it is the pcm, but junkyards all label that as ecu. my ecu was fried and i swapped it with a manual one and it still worked, which makes me assume it is the ecu. so if i swap to a manual tranny, is there a transmission control or powertrain control module that i need to switch as well? and if so where is it? thanks in advance!