Completed the 5AT to 6MT swap....will have pics up soon

 

Empty engine bay

Engine with Auto tranny removed

Clutch Master FX250 clutch


pedals are in

Have to deal with the stock shifter for now

 

Nice!

When possible, recap / summarize all the details and problems you ran into along the way.

 

Does it work? How about little things like the power seat memory and such?

 

Yeah it works just more clock spring I have to replace spun the wheel around and and broke it

 

Badass dude! The more info you can share about this the community would greatly benefit from the knowledge.

 

Basically it was just the usual drop the motor take the tranny off take out the torque converter put in clutch bolt up manual transmission put in pedals I use the engine harness from an 06 ECU from an 06 charge harness from an 06 and dash harness from an 06 I didn't have to splice any wires the only problem I ran into was getting the right amount of space between the firewall and clutch pedal to properly bleed the clutch other than that it was pretty smooth

 

Manual ECU i take it?

 

Yes I should of mentioned that

 

One other thing I did forget to mention..... Because of the new ECU I had to take my car to Honda so have them sync my ECU with immobilizer and key to start the car otherwise it will just attempt to turn over

 

So the parts list for the swap goes as follows

6 speed from 04 to 06 Acura TL or 03 to 07 Honda Accord
Clutch flywheel
Shifter and cables
Clutch and brake pedals
Clutch master cylinder with reservoir and slave cylinder
(I used the k tuned clutch master cylinder with steel braided clutch line straight to slave cylinder)
Engine harness
ECU harness
Dash harness ( I figured it was easier to swap dashboards instead)
Srs module if your using an 06 for parts
Cluster
Center console and bezel

 

How many $1000's of dollars and how many hours did you spend doing it?
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750 for a crashed 06 Acura TL
550 for cluch kit
220 for clutch master cylinder kit
450 for solid mount kit
Took about a month and a half to do.... I work 12-hour shifts and lot of birthdays and family stuff in between so some days I didn't do anything

Lots of chicken and beer

 

What 'solid mount kit' is that and is there noticeable vibration in the cabin at idle or with the AC on?

 

Innovative mounts 75A bushings

I've noticed some vibration but it's not bad

 

Awesome success story! Can you make a video of the car?

 

Where there is a will there is a way-This is pretty cool man-Glad it all worked out

 

I have a clock spring from my 05 AT. Not sure if they are interchangeable but let me know if you are interested.

 

Yeah as soon as I get a chance....I will upload a short video

 

Thanks man 👍

 

How much do you want for it...where are u located?

 

$45 Shipped? Located outside of Milwaukee, WI

Can have it sent out tomorrow with tracking available.

 

This is awesome SMGUA6! I can appreciate the time and effort, and you’ll be appreciating that stick shifting soon! Luv it! Keep us updated if you so kindly can!


So ~2K all in. But you performed labor yourself. Priceless! In my opinion!

 

Yeah having that donor car really help me out

 

Does it still work?

 

Could only imagine the amount of beer..

 

I alone could have probably filled up the gas tank

 

Worked when I removed it. Been sitting in a box ever since. I can grab it at lunch. PM if you want it and I can get you my paypal info for payment and I can ship it this afternoon.

 

Hi there, Hopefully you will get to responding this or someone who is experiencing this. But i have a 2007 TL-S Auto and i am in the process of this Auto to Manual conversion and where the master cylinder goes to the firewall. There is the fuse box wiring harness that goes into that hole. Did you have to use a new fuse wiring harness in your car?

 

On on my 05 I used all the wiring from an 06 on the automatic 05 the fuse box harness runs through a hole would should be where the master cylinder goes on the 06 it runs from behind the dash into the all I did was make another hole underneath where the master cylinder goes

 

Just to be sure i understand you correct. You cut into the firewall next to the hole where the Master cylinder is supposed to go and moved over the Fuse box wiring harness so you can fit the master cylinder. Is this correct? Also im assuming, all the fuses, etc are the same but just the wiring harness is routed differently(from auto to manual) so there shouldn't be an issue? Just wanted to be 100% correct so when i have everything together, i dont run into any further issues and have to rip it apart again. Thanks in advance!

 

I did mine right under the hole where CMC goes..As long your using the same year you wont have any wiring problems

 

Thank you for confirming. Im taking pictures as i go so hopefully i can create a thread to help others in the future.