Project Outline

I. Remove engine/automatic transmission from car.

II. Separate automatic transmission from engine.

III. Replace automatic engine parts with manual parts

• Remove torque converter driveplate
• Install flywheel
• Replace oil pickup tube

IV. Mount engine to manual transmission

V. Install clutch parts

VI. Remove interior parts from car.

• remove front seats
• remove center and floor consoles.
• remove lower dash pad
• remove front carpeting
• remove HVAC ducting

VII. Remove automatic parts from car.

• Remove brake pedal assembly
• Remove shift lever housing and cable
• Disconnect emergency brake cables from handbrake lever
• Remove rubber grommet in firewall

VIII. Install manual parts in car.

• Install brake/clutch pedal assembly.
• Install clutch master cylinder
• Install clutch hydraulic line
• Replace lower dash padding

 

IX. Swap shift lever housing parts

• ignition switch
• key cylinder

X. Install engine/transmission into car.

• bolt in engine mounts
• seat driveshafts into transmission
• reattach lower balljoints
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XI. Install manual shift lever housing and selector rod.

• thread handbrake cables through grommet.
• install taper pin in selector shaft.
• adjust shift lever and check operation.
• reconnect ignition switch wires.

 

XII. Reinstall interior parts

• HVAC ducting
• front carpeting
• floor and center consoles
• front seats.

 

XIII. Finish engine installation