FTO AUSTRALIA

Theres a fto here thats got everything i want (almost stock, black, sunroof). Catch, its a friggin auto, and i seriously cannot stand automatics.

So if someone out there has a manual, and wants an auto (i know its a long shot) pipe up. PREFERABLY in adelaide/sa. Mind.

why dont you put this "I want a manual" junk into the "Want to buy" section

because this is more an EOI.

mxysxy wrote:why dont you put this "I want a manual" junk into the "Want to buy" section

I agree.. put it in WTB section, and it's not a EOI.. your wanting to buy something!

I want to swap, nooblets.

Liquidity wrote:I want to swap, nooblets.

nooblets? so you are going to buy a car whihc you dont want just so you can swap it? lol

was thinking more along the lines of swapping transmissions only. Sheesh.

Liquidity wrote:was thinking more along the lines of swapping transmissions only. Sheesh.

here's an idea. Buy a car with the transmission you want - sheesh.

But that would be SENSIBLE. Sheesh.

your calling us noob when your the one who doesn't even OWN a fto.

Am I right? yes.. GG NOOB!

and honestly.. this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.. it's like me saying "hey I wanna EVO 5 but i think i'll just buy a evo 3 and change the engine"

anyway your just contradicting..

I love it when people proclaim it to the whole world when they dont "understand" something. Good job, we care.

Look, a auto-manual conversion cost about $3.5k, all up. Including custom driveshafts. If someone out there had a manual and wanted to go auto, and i'm sitting here with an auto, wanting a manual, then i would have bought the car and bobs your uncle. I would have come out of it with the car i wanted, with sunroof, and made someone elses day.

In short, i wasnt trying to help just myself.

Liquidity wrote:I love it when people proclaim it to the whole world when they dont "understand" something. Good job, we care.

Look, a auto-manual conversion cost about $3.5k, all up. Including custom driveshafts. If someone out there had a manual and wanted to go auto, and i'm sitting here with an auto, wanting a manual, then i would have bought the car and bobs your uncle. I would have come out of it with the car i wanted, with sunroof, and made someone elses day.

In short, i wasnt trying to help just myself.

How to convert to manual - compliments of Giles @ Japco in the UK. He's done over 200 of them. Currently doing 2 a week. In Aus I know of at least 5 cars that have been done. Panelhouse can supply the parts & you just need a good set of tools or a good mechanic. Prices I've seen range from 2k to 3.8k

You don't need the driveshafts unless you have a 5speed tiptronic box but you do need the green CV cups that go into the manual gearbox as there are 4 different types and your tip ones might not fit. What we do is when the manual box is fitted we send our tiptronic green cups back to the gearbox supplier to put back on his driveshafts. If he won't do that then you will need the original manual box driveshafts.

Exact listing of parts required:

Clutch pedal assembly
Brake pedal assembly
gear selector
selector cables
gaitor
gear knob
Gearbox
gearbox mount
master cylinder and pipes inc.slave cylinder and all brackets
Flywheel, clutch, pressure plate etc.
Rev counter
All nuts, bolts. clips etc
Plug that goes onto the reverse sensor with a bit of loom.

Its all a very straight forward fit with the only wiring that needs to be done being on the original gearbox loom (large black plug). you will need to join the two bigger wires (black with yellow stripe and black with red stripe) together and also you will need to wire in the reverse sensor to the red with blue stripe and black with yellow stripe (small wires), these are positioned next to each other.