Automatic to a manual???

CRJpilot · 09-18-2007, 12:38 PM

I've found a couple NA mkIIs in my area with bad engines, but everything else is fine. I'm going to swap the engine anyway, so I don't care about the bad mills, but one is definately an auto & I'm waiting to hear on the other. I'm either going to drop in a 3rd gen or a V6, & a manual case. How difficult is it to convert the rest of the car to a manual?

On my 94 BMW 740 it's a bolt in modification, expensive but easy! how is it on the MR-2?

Oteck · 09-18-2007, 01:04 PM

aside from the pedals and shifter assembly the hard part to get is the hardline that goes under the body. it's too big to ship so unless your near a local whos parting out your out of luck. it's possible to get it from toyota...

TomsMR2 · 09-18-2007, 03:30 PM

i did write a sticky on this very subject

theres a really really good chance you can install the hardline without dropping the tank. if you dont drop the tank, its an easy swap.. marginally more work than a transmission swap alone.

Gairloch · 09-18-2007, 04:59 PM

Here's Tom's write up.

http://www.mr2.com/kb/index.php?article=7

CRJpilot · 09-18-2007, 08:30 PM

Cool, Are any of the needed parts shared with more common Toyotas? & what is the "hard line", just the cable/rod shifting system, or something larger?

TreyMR2 · 09-19-2007, 12:06 AM

PM MRtuned he just did a gen3 swap with a auto/manual conversion.

canadam · 09-19-2007, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oteck

it's possible to get it from toyota...

I believe it was obsolete, when I checked.

09-18-2007, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
CRJpilot former MKI pilot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 39 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Automatic to a manual??? I've found a couple NA mkIIs in my area with bad engines, but everything else is fine. I'm going to swap the engine anyway, so I don't care about the bad mills, but one is definately an auto & I'm waiting to hear on the other. I'm either going to drop in a 3rd gen or a V6, & a manual case. How difficult is it to convert the rest of the car to a manual? On my 94 BMW 740 it's a bolt in modification, expensive but easy! how is it on the MR-2?

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Oteck Eye'm the Str⑨ngest Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Burnaby B.C. Posts: 4,905 Thanks: 11 Thanked 169 Times in 154 Posts Blog Entries: 3 iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	aside from the pedals and shifter assembly the hard part to get is the hardline that goes under the body. it's too big to ship so unless your near a local whos parting out your out of luck. it's possible to get it from toyota... __________________ [Oteck's] Project car Garage Pending Projects 1mz/3mz VVTI Hybrid V6 \| LS430 Big Brakes \| Rotary Climate Control \| Power steering Commander \| Power Tilt & Telescopic Steering Column \| Completed Projects Stainless Door Sills \| Power Folding Mirrors \| Motorized/Steering Fog lamps \| Pedal Conversion \| LED Gauges \| Lexus Door Cover \| Sway bar Relocation Tab \| RFID Push Start

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TomsMR2 Still not heraldo. Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pineapple under the sea Posts: 4,878 Thanks: 18 Thanked 401 Times in 299 Posts Blog Entries: 1 iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	i did write a sticky on this very subject theres a really really good chance you can install the hardline without dropping the tank. if you dont drop the tank, its an easy swap.. marginally more work than a transmission swap alone. __________________ Science fact: If you took all the veins from your body and laid them end to end, you would die.

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Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,313 Thanks: 139 Thanked 296 Times in 264 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Here's Tom's write up. http://www.mr2.com/kb/index.php?article=7

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CRJpilot former MKI pilot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 39 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Cool, Are any of the needed parts shared with more common Toyotas? & what is the "hard line", just the cable/rod shifting system, or something larger?

09-19-2007, 12:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
TreyMR2 Gen3 swap DONE!! Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,472 Thanks: 30 Thanked 60 Times in 58 Posts iTrader Rating: (10/100% )	PM MRtuned he just did a gen3 swap with a auto/manual conversion.