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!
#3145, "RE: auto to manual swap questions" In response to Reply # 1
slave cylender, clutch pedal, spare bolts cuse u will loose some. i dunno if u have to have the manul car ecu i know going from auto to straight drive incerases your redline.
#3146, "RE: auto to manual swap questions" In response to Reply # 2
wait did i read right? you swapped out your auto ecu for the MT one? was this after your tranny died or before? our TCU communicates with the ecu to properly control the AT.
No the sensors are different. as are the plugs that go to them. You also might want to pick up a cluster for the tach. all the hard lines and hoses. The longer bolts for the shifter assembly. the mounts and brackets.
Look in the auto tranny section theres a write up. Im working on the pics for it.
Its not hard really, all the holes are marked or drilled for you already.
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#3147, "RE: auto to manual swap questions" In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by Chamuko wait did i read right? you swapped out your auto ecu for the MT one? was this after your tranny died or before? our TCU communicates with the ecu to properly control the AT. No the sensors are different. as are the plugs that go to them. You also might want to pick up a cluster for the tach. all the hard lines and hoses. The longer bolts for the shifter assembly. the mounts and brackets. Look in the auto tranny section theres a write up. Im working on the pics for it. Its not hard really, all the holes are marked or drilled for you already.
well my tranny was going into limp mode and i was getting BS error codes (battery voltage when i just replaced w/ an orion and tested to 13-14volts, ect voltage, and battery temp sensor voltage) so i figured maybe ecu is fried and causing limp mode, i didn't know it was a manual ecu until i drove it to dealer to check the new code that came up (other codes cleared after switched ecu) which was iac code. driveability seemed the same, but if there was a problem with switching to manual ecu on auto tranny, i assume it would have gone into limpmode anyway?
#3149, "RE: auto to manual swap questions" In response to Reply # 0
Originally posted by byakko125 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!
How is a rebuilt auto prone to failure? If it's rebuilt well with good parts it should last longer than a stock one. I mean unless your neutral drop it every traffic light. I think you were misinformed, but if you're still gonna swap that's cool.
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#3152, "RE: auto to manual swap questions" In response to Reply # 8
Originally posted by BlueMoonEclipse "beep" paging a moderator .........FIrst off wrong forum....second there is 200000 topics on this in the AT transmission section Thanks again for demonstrating how not to use the search button
first off, i'm not that familiar with the layout of this forum, so how would i have known there were tranny specific subsections in the board? second, its not my first day on a computer, i'm aware of the etiquette of searching for threads that already covered my question, but as i said already, i'm not that familiar with this board, so my search came up with a lot of nonsense already, don't presume to know what i've done unless you asked.