hey Nick nahj man i wasnt driving past stockies my car is in the garage and its been there for while.... i bought a whole manual conversion kit and it came with the loom from the box with the two plugs on the side and plugged into the loom that the old auto pluged into... and no im not running that computer under the dash near the drivers knee, i took that out completely...Maybe u bridged the wrong wires??? JIm

any chance u could take a pic of that loom u got for me bro? yeh not sure about those wires man cuz if i take out the bridge i put in it wont start so its the right bridge just if i **** off the box computer it wont start.

awesome thread guys im gona do this soon cheers to the dude who went to the trouble of writing this up for us. :thumbsup:

I have a 5speed box and pedal box and clutch master cylinder and g/box crossmember, what else will i need for the conversion? i'll be doing the conversion over the next 5 days so i would really really appreciate any help from u guys edit: and also i'll add, the box i have here is bolted to an engine all in 1 peice so i have the flywheel and all that, its the "other or exterior" stuff i need. just readin this makes me thing its gunna be alot harder than i thought. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by SupraDaz I have a 5speed box and pedal box and clutch master cylinder and g/box crossmember, what else will i need for the conversion? i'll be doing the conversion over the next 5 days so i would really really appreciate any help from u guys edit: and also i'll add, the box i have here is bolted to an engine all in 1 peice so i have the flywheel and all that, its the "other or exterior" stuff i need. just readin this makes me thing its gunna be alot harder than i thought. Read my posts and this thread : - http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showth...ght=conversion (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=75465&highlight=conversion) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thanks everyone for the help and advice i havent yet filled up the trans fluid but i finaly fixed the clutch master problem today turns out the shaft was a few mm to short and wasent engaugeing properly so i got a nut with a built in washer and slid that onto the shaft to give me about 7 mm more clearance fits perfict anbd the car is allmost scary to drive again few hints for people doing this conversion get a rubber mallet and and hammer the walls for a easyer fit for the trans installation get a good clutch tool or a manual input shaft will make the job a hole lot easyer when puting greese on the inputshaft dont put to much on i did and my clutch sliped a bit but seems fine after a bit of a boosting :P Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

a nut with an inbuilt washer? hows that work? ur talking about the clutch master shaft right? cuz im interested mine doesnt have a threaded shaft so i cant adjust the pedal height so how did u go about giving it extra clearance?

Quote: Originally Posted by RSHIN-BT1 a nut with an inbuilt washer? hows that work? ur talking about the clutch master shaft right? cuz im interested mine doesnt have a threaded shaft so i cant adjust the pedal height so how did u go about giving it extra clearance? I'm in the process of making my shaft from the master to the pedal adjustable, i'm threading part of the shaft, and using components from an R31/R32 master to make it adjustable, i'll get some pics when i've finished. So yeah a fully adjustable VL clutch Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

my shaft isent threaded but at the end that gose into the clutch silnder i put the nut/washer basicly on the shaft near the end their is a little lip and i got a nut that just fit on that end lip with a bit of drilling and put the nut end into the cluth silder and the washer sits on the outer ring of the silder and it is really stable barly any movement IE sideways movement i just used a little silcon to stop that but this is only a tempory fix im gonna get a friend to make a shaft that i can ajust alot better Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hmmm i reckon ill wait till i c wot XTC16 figures out. sounds a bit better. hopefully he will take some pics and do a bit of a walk through. (hint hint)

Counting on it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

just half way thru a conversion now, just got a quik question .... is all i gotta to so that my car will start, is cut those 2 purple wires and join them?

pretty much but i didnt cut mine i made a bridging piece out of copper

for the clutch i used an allen key that i shortened and used it on the slave to the clutch fork,to get the old spigot out fill the hole with grease then use a 3/8th socket that is a good fit inthe spigot add an extension then hit it hard it should then force the spigot out. the new spigot needs to be oiled first before installing, this is done by placing the spigot on your index finger filling it with oil and pushing your thumb into it until the oil comes out of the walls, you will have to push hard but it does come through. I didn't join the wires at the relay, i joined a light green with black stripe to a pink wire that were both on one of the plugs that were disconected from the auto tranny,this was above the brake master cyclinder.THIS IS FOR THE NEUTRAL POSITION SWITCH 1 last thing is to use as little grease as possible as this will spin off and contaminate the clutch surface.

my car wont start, we cut n bridged those 2 wires, any suggestions? shoulkd anything be plugged into the neutral plug on the gearbox? we cant find one of the old auto g/box plugs that fits it

hey mate nice write up iv got a standed vl maroone ova silver calais rim and i am doin the 5 speed conversion but cant find a center console can anyone help me thanks

Hey Mate Thnx.... Try Putting up a WTB thread in the For sale/wanted section!!!! Dimitri

having trouble getting the car started also now! do I need to put in the manual ecu had the car converted properly got home and now doesnt start! he has bridged wires behind the brake booster and behind the battery he hasnt put in a manual starter motor or the manual ecu is that where we went wrong or what????

from what i understand u can use the auto started with the n/a manuals but not with the turbos. however i would suggest that you get urself a manual ecu might help :P even tho ppl have said that the auto will run the manual. could u perhaps give a bit more info about what happens when u try to start the car? as " it wont start" kinda doesnt help that much nick

Quote: Originally Posted by RSHIN-BT1 from what i understand u can use the auto started with the n/a manuals but not with the turbos. however i would suggest that you get urself a manual ecu might help :P even tho ppl have said that the auto will run the manual. could u perhaps give a bit more info about what happens when u try to start the car? as " it wont start" kinda doesnt help that much nick you get plenty of power to lights radio etc just wont kick over like the started motor isnt hooked up or something!