Transmission Conversion...

[ChazFx]

Gidday.

Im charlie, From down under, on the land of the long white cloud... Or in International Speak, New Zealand.

Any Who,

I have a 95 Toyota Carib Z Touring. My second from the Carib family. My first was a '83 AV II Model.

Any who, After searching high and low for a Manual 95 Carib, i came out dry, it seems they dont "do" manual in the Touring models, So i reluctantly parted with my cash and became the happy new owner of a 95 Carib.

Im pondering a few Performance mods As the 7A(-FE) block (when given a 4A-GE/GZE Head) has potential, but first up id like to make it a manual, as im not sure how a auto would handle it if the horse power gets to close/past 200. And a manual is much more fun to play in. :D ..

Has anyone some experience in Transmission conversions? Are these "REALLY" hard to do?

Do they get very costly?

What kind of Box do i need? The Gearbox companies in my locality have been less than helpfull in this area...

And lastly, any suggestions that you could make, to help me on my way?

TIA

Charlie

[toyotasera.co.uk]

Was your engine offered with a manual gearbox in other cars?

If so, use the flywheel and clutch from there.

You will need a normal sized brake pedal, plus a clutch pedal and either the clutch cable or the clutch hydraulics.

I converted my Sera from Automatic to manual and it took an afternoon.

[Monster-Mat]

whats a Carib?

if its named differently elsewhere.....and offered in a manual, theres a good start

[97paseo]

I converted my Sera from Automatic to manual and it took an afternoon.

Didn't know it was that easy!! Good work!

[toyotasera.co.uk]

All the fixings between automatic Sera and manual Sera are the same, just had to drill three holes through the bulkhead for the clutch pedal mounts

[Monster-Mat]

wow

".........if only everything in life was as easy as a Toyota Sera........." <_<

[toyotasera.co.uk]

Simply:

go to car being broken:-

- remove brake pedal (one pin with R clip)

- remove clutch pedal (one pin with R clip, three nuts, one spring)

- remove centre console (5 screws)

- undo gear linkage from floor (4 screws)

- undo cable tidy either side of bulkhead for linkage cables (4 screws in all)

- undo linkage from gearbox (2 R clips)

- drain clutch fluid

- remove clutch cylinder - one tube nut

- remove clutch hose / line - another tube nut and one clip

Fit all to my car, drilling three holes through bulkhead.

I'd already sourced a manual gearbox

- two wiring mods - one to bypass ignition cutoff if car out of park and to convert the reversing light switch socket from auto to manual spec.