#9132, "RE: recently did at/mt swap, problem with replacement ecm " In response to In response to 4
The code is obvious. With an automatic transmission the TCM needs to talk to the ECU. Now that you have a manual trans in there, the TCM serves no purpose. Sounds like you don't have the correct ECU. Send the one back you got and verify that you get a 97 ECU for a manual.