5 speed swap in progress!

[darens13]

well buddy you inspired me. i went to grants pass and bought a 5 speed trans and i got a ka24e(that i dont need) so now i just need to get some more parts and hopefully i can swap in my new trans soon!

[okinawa drift]

Damn Devin your car is coming out clean, I can tell by your neatness of the whole project your future holds many clean cars! Think im gonna pull out the essar pretty soon to spray the engine bay, you inspired me! Hit me up on the space if you need any help, I did a auto to manual when I did my RB swap on my old s13, so I know the ins outs of it!

Ryan

haha thanks man, yeah i was thinking about painting my engine bay while the engine is out, but i don't have enough money so i guess i'll do that down the road.. i took my head to the machine shop to get re-ground, and i guess there was a **** load of stuff wrong with it so it went from costing $100 to $270!

ahh yeah pull that sr and paint that ****!, how did you like that rb?

well buddy you inspired me. i went to grants pass and bought a 5 speed trans and i got a ka24e(that i dont need) so now i just need to get some more parts and hopefully i can swap in my new trans soon!

hahah do it man, its a pretty easy procedure.

[darens13]

ya i dont really have much experience but luckily i have nico and my friend kevin is pretty car savvy so it should go ok. i just cant wait to be able to shift my car instead of having the stupid auto do it for me. and i read i can pick up a couple of mpg's with the 5 sp.

[B-Boy DuB-L]

Yea the 5 spd swap really isnt that hard if you have some help getting out the Auto transmission and putting the Manual one in. I did mine in one full day ok well maybe 1 1/2 2 days

[motoman399]

if you put your mind to it and you have good tools. hand tools work fine. i did mine in about 6-7 hours. it was cake. i can take out and put back in my manual transmission in about 3 hours by my self. such an easy swap

[BMAR240SX]

i think #1 is the neutral switch and #2 is the O.D. sensor. I dont need these right. and if so how can i plug them up. so i dont have to waste money on gettin the sensors and not using them

Does anyone know how to plug the holes i am currently stuck on the same thing

[B-Boy DuB-L]

hahahaha lucky that i just went through the same problem. You can tryand get a bolt that would fit. Im guessing m14 x 1.5 but thats just a guess maybe its m12.Or you can use universal drain plugs. You can purchase them from autozone, pepboys, basically anywhere. When you put it in you have to twist it for the rubber to expand. But b4 you do make sure that you can still shift easily (you dont want it in to far or you will risk breaking sumtin ie transmission. So once you make sure nothing is hitting wen you shift your good to go. I just did that in my car. And i've been driving it for a week now and not a single leak.

Good luck

[94_240sx]

Does anyone know how to plug the holes i am currently stuck on the same thing

Sensors should be there, but someone removed them. Those holes are threaded, right? I'd go to hardware store, find the bolts that fit there, cut with Dremel, apply some liquid gasket and install. That'll do the trick.

[BMAR240SX]

What did you do with the breather hose did you plug it also?

Do you think the Auto Transmission drain plug will work also?
Modified by BMAR240SX at 6:29 PM 8/4/2008

[okinawa drift]

ok so, in order for the car to START all you have to do is this right..



then plug it in right?

[srpowered240sx]

yes. put that back in.

[94_240sx]

ok so, in order for the car to START all you have to do is this right..

then plug it in right?

Now you know what "JUMP" is.

[B-Boy DuB-L]

haha yea now you know wut "jump" is lol

anyway the automatic drain plug will not work. Or at least im pretty sure. The universal drain plug for the engine oil is good to use. The rubber expands and creates a seal

[BMAR240SX]

Its not a m-12 i am going to try m 14 today

[BMAR240SX]

The right size to plug in the sensors is a m14 1.50

[B-Boy DuB-L]

haha damn the home depot and lowes i went to had nothing bigger then a m10 wtf lol good job. make sure they are pretty short though cuz ifit not i feel it will **** up trans cuz pieces in there move with each gear., which would press the sensor tip in but the screw doesnt get pressed in so it will **** it up

[verSat1l3]

Nice to see you're still working on yours too. Any thought given to adding the safety cutout switch to the clutch pedal and wiring it in line with that "JUMP"? You can resurrect the need to press the clutch on start. I think thats how I'm going to do mine.

Hey does that green box exist in the 96 s14? I dont recall seeing one.

[BMAR240SX]

I got sort of a long one i have to pull it out a bit and tape up the ends of it so it doesn't leak with it half in there

[B-Boy DuB-L]

im telling you just go to autozone get the 1/2 universal drain plug it fits perfect

[BMAR240SX]

I did that size it didn't work, i brought the sensor with me and the guy tested it out and the exact size was a m14

[B-Boy DuB-L]

Did u twist the handle wen u put it in? When you twist the handle the rubber expands

[BMAR240SX]

Rubber what type of drain plug you got, i have a metal drain plug.

If you can find pictures of what you got cause if i am doing this wrong and effing up my transmission

[B-Boy DuB-L]

i got it from autozone here http://www.autozone.com/select...p.htm

#1 is the rubber piece/part#2 is the part that you twist

[BMAR240SX]

O snap guess i will have to get that than, thanks man.

Do you have a strategy on getting the an old slave off the soft line?

[B-Boy DuB-L]

use a wrench haha. Umm idk mine i basically just twisted off with my fingers. But wut u can try is to bolt the slave onto the transmission and since it is secure and wont move then unscrew the soft line

[okinawa drift]

hmm about the crank angle sensor, since the a/t had it and it on my transmission wiring harness, do i just toss the sensor since it doesn't hook up to the m/t?

[94_240sx]

hmm about the crank angle sensor, since the a/t had it and it on my transmission wiring harness, do i just toss the sensor since it doesn't hook up to the m/t?

Yes.

[BMAR240SX]

I left the metal one in there and started the car today i am officially 5 speed swapped, i had no leaks whats so ever and i left the bolt out but in but more out so it doesn't hit anything in the transmission

Major Edit

Very tired night
Modified by BMAR240SX at 6:36 AM 8/15/2008

[okinawa drift]

thanks 94_

I left the metal one in there and started the car today i am officially 5 speed swapped, i had no leaks whats so ever and i left the bolt out but in but more out so it doesn't hit anything in the engine

congrats man, me too, started the car on 8.8.08 .. hahah no leaks or anything.. YET but it feels pretty good.. finally done..

thanks for all your help guys

[night240]

what a long progress. finally pay off for you