Transmission rant, help! Need advice or anything, asap

[Conga1991]

You also need to replace your wiring harness since your's is an auto you will need a manual, unless you like to bypass and splice a shit ton of wires. but easier to replace the harness for a manual. also get the same year as your car.

you're also better putting it up on a lift to get under it and take the 8 bolts off. personal experience of being under a car and taking it off was a pain.

not sure what tranny you're going to put it, but whatever one you get get the flywheel and clutch for that tranny, they have different bolts holes and wont match if you get two different ones. like if you get a w58 flywheel wont work with the R154, not sure if you didnt know that.

Get Redline tranny fluid, heard it was the best but I'm using Royal Purple and works pretty well for me, shifts like butter =]

[ochowdero]

im assuming its plausible for me to do it on my own.
with no experience,
i located all the parts just not sure if i wanna do it yet, plus i only have 550 $

[Conga1991]

If you have the money might as well get the parts that you already found and have for them. getting the wiring harness and transmission are hard to find. The other stuff are easy though.

Also if you have a buddy or two to help it will make things a lot easier. The 4 top bolts are a pain in the @$$ since you have to unbolt the tranny and let it tilt all the way down and use 5-6 extensions to be able to turn them a lot.

[cre]

The wire harness requires very little modification, not at all worth trying to find a good m/t harness IMHO.

[ochowdero]

i need help making a decision...

i need my car in about week and a half.

should i just replace the auto tranny with a used one(auto)?
or should i go ahead and do the manual swap? (i really want it manual)
i just dont wanna screw my self over


i have a transmission(w58) at a yard that was in a wreck and can get a oem clutch kit for 120.00
that together is around 420.00 and i have around 520.00

money wise the swap looks feasible.. im just afraid im going to ruin my manual trans, or my car..
and also
im doing this in my garage,
where do i jack up my car at?
where i have it now gives me lil room to work.. and how high?

thanks.. cre i didnt think i needed a M/T wiring harness... also what do i modd on it? or what do you mean by that?

[cre]

I'm not going to tell you what you should or shouldn't do.... that's a matter of preference.

The wiring is minimal, I'll have to go over the diagrams but from what I recall you simply wire the NSW wiring to the clutch switch and I think you may have to change one wire at the circuit opening relay or the EFI main relay.

Pulling the transmission without a pit or lift SUCKS. You'll want a transmission jack and the car up at least 2' all the way around. Plan on loosening the motor mounts disconnecting some of the stuff running to the engine so you can tip it for easier access to the bolts at the top of the bell housing.

[ochowdero]

yeah i figured, well im eventually gonna swap it,
as for right now, i put jb weld on it and hopefully itll hold.. till i get the time to do the swap

[crazysuprafinatic18]

Idk if you have already decided to do whatever it is you were going to do. I think the easiest thing to do is to get the car up on four jack stands, makes things a lot simpler. Then get the jack under the tranny and take the bolts off and the couple connections and that's about it for taking it off.

[crazysuprafinatic18]

Ooops maybe should have kept going through the post. Sorry I was a little late aha

[cre]

Originally Posted by crazysuprafinatic18

Idk if you have already decided to do whatever it is you were going to do. I think the easiest thing to do is to get the car up on four jack stands, makes things a lot simpler.

The additional room is very nice but this can be a lethal suggestion unless additional efforts are in place. I recommend placing the car's wheels or another different under the frame and floorboard if you don't have wheels to use then put each on top of two parallel pieces of 2x4. Try to get them tall enough to leave only and in or two of clearance on top.