By Puff (209.53.203.208) on Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 11:41 am:

Is there alot of alterations to be done when swapping a motor and standard tranny into a hondamatic?

By Eric (208.60.186.14) on Thursday, December 27, 2001 - 03:09 pm:

Hey Puff

There are no alterations to be done to the car when swapping to a standard trans. When you pull the manual trans. be sure to get EVERYTHING, the clutch and pedal assembly, shifter, flywheel and bolts, etc. It is extra important to get the manual flywheel and it's bolts because the auto flywheel and bolts are different. Everything bolts up as on the standard car. When you remove the auto trans. you must remove all the parts, the shifter cable and bracket, the trans. cooler lines in the rad. The axles are the same units on both transmissions and will not need to be changed (unless they're bad) Plug the backup light harness into the manual trans. the same as it is on the auto. When you remove the shifter, there will be a wiring harness left from the neutral safety switch. It will run under the carpet toward the firewall and then to a connection behind the fuse box. Follow it to that connection and unplug it at both places. Then you plug the ends into eachother. By doing this you take out the neutral safety switch and the wiring will be the same as the manual car. Your backup lights will function, and the ignition switch will function as on the manual car. If you plan on doing any modifications, such as lengthening the shifter below the ball for shorter shifts, lightening the flywheel, etc. it would be good to do those while you have everything out. It is also a good idea to invest in a rebuild set for the manual shifter to replace all the bushings and various rubbers, by the time hondas reach the yard most of that stuff is worn out. I would also advise you to use a '76-79 Accord clutch, it is the same diameter as the Civic clutch but has 6 springs as opposed to 4 and it goes on without mods. Good choices for transmissions have been discussed in other posts. Hope this helps, I did this swap about 2 years ago and you will be amazed at how simple everything is. Good luck, ......Eric

By electricks (203.62.158.1) on Saturday, December 29, 2001 - 04:55 pm:

i had some issues the first time when it came to lining up the clutch so that the gearbox spline? would go on. eventually i got a plastic nozzle from a silicon gun and cut the pointy end down until right length, then used that to centre the clutch while bolding on the pressure plate?. sorry, i'm a bit unsure about the names of these things.

By Eric (208.60.186.129) on Saturday, December 29, 2001 - 05:34 pm:

I just took mine out motor and all.....lol