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rushed
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yeah i was just checking if idd done somthing wrong, as i thought the guide made it so you could start in gear.
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toynwitu
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| commend you on a great doco mate!!! |
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TwinturboBMX
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: |
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So how long am i expecting the conversion to take?
As i got a hoist and everything to work with at a wreckers to do this conversion, with the aid of the owner, so all should go well, he said about a day and a half. |
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voxace
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| Two people and a hoist? Less than a day. |
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phongus
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| TwinturboBMX wrote: | So how long am i expecting the conversion to take?
As i got a hoist and everything to work with at a wreckers to do this conversion, with the aid of the owner, so all should go well, he said about a day and a half. |
If you have all the tools...I say you should be able to do it within a day...It did take me 3 days in total. First day I started after work...at about 2PM and finished late at night but couldn't get the auto out (didn't have enough extensions) and second day got the auto out (managed to scab some extensions). Took my time the second day cleaning some of the parts and making sure all was well and I think we got the whole manual box in on the same day...if not the 3rd day. On the 3rd day everything was in (i took one day break cause I had work and cbfed) and did the wiring. started first go and all was well.
But if you didn't take breaks and had all the tools with a hoist...i would say you could do it within a day if you are slightly mechanically minded. BTW if you are weak like me...you may need a rattle gun...I was hopeless at removing bolts.
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arm79
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: |
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My new record is 4hours and 55 mins.
This time I did it by myself rather than with 2 people, and I did it quicker than my previous best. If you have a hoist, and all the right transmission jacks, you could probably knock an hour off that. |
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ToranaGuy
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| arm79 wrote: | My new record is 4hours and 55 mins.
This time I did it by myself rather than with 2 people, and I did it quicker than my previous best. If you have a hoist, and all the right transmission jacks, you could probably knock an hour off that. |
That is extremely fast! I know if i had to do it a 2nd time around, i'd be a lot quicker. Altho i also changed the engine as well.
I did mine in roughly 8hrs, old engine & auto out, fiddling with wiring for the lpg to get the engine out. Clean up the engine bay & trans tunnel, then slide in new engine & gearbox, and hook it all up. All by myself, with an engine hoist and two trolley jacks. Nothing fancy.
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arm79
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| ToranaGuy wrote: | | arm79 wrote: | My new record is 4hours and 55 mins.
This time I did it by myself rather than with 2 people, and I did it quicker than my previous best. If you have a hoist, and all the right transmission jacks, you could probably knock an hour off that. |
That is extremely fast! I know if i had to do it a 2nd time around, i'd be a lot quicker. Altho i also changed the engine as well.
I did mine in roughly 8hrs, old engine & auto out, fiddling with wiring for the lpg to get the engine out. Clean up the engine bay & trans tunnel, then slide in new engine & gearbox, and hook it all up. All by myself, with an engine hoist and two trolley jacks. Nothing fancy.
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It took me longer than I wanted because I couldn't use my rattle gun. The hose joins were leaking like a mofo and I started at 9pm. That probably cost me 45 mins alone, but thems the brakes. |
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TwinturboBMX
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm interesting, we have to change pedal box in it, and then do it all, but he has other commitments throughout a day seeing as how he owns the wreckers. There will be like 3 of us working on it as two of us will be there to help out and learn about it. Sounds good to me though be done friday night. |
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Gaz
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| if you wanna save time put the pedal box in during the week so you dont have to worry about it. |
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TwinturboBMX
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| Gaz wrote: | | if you wanna save time put the pedal box in during the week so you dont have to worry about it. |
Dont have any time mate, i go to tafe full time. i'm taking time off on friday to attempt to get this done. |
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ToranaGuy
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| Gaz wrote: | | if you wanna save time put the pedal box in during the week so you dont have to worry about it. |
Gaz,
That's gotta be the hardest part of the conversion i thought, removing the dash to change the peddle box over. With a couple of ppl it should be a fairly quick excercise tho.
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phongus
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| ToranaGuy wrote: | | Gaz wrote: | | if you wanna save time put the pedal box in during the week so you dont have to worry about it. |
Gaz,
That's gotta be the hardest part of the conversion i thought, removing the dash to change the peddle box over. With a couple of ppl it should be a fairly quick excercise tho.
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yeah should be quick and simple if you have more then one....if you are on your own it may take a while like I found...
I wrote a post in this thread on what I did.
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ToranaGuy
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| phongus wrote: |
yeah should be quick and simple if you have more then one....if you are on your own it may take a while like I found...
I wrote a post in this thread on what I did.
phong =P~ |
The hardest part about my dash removal was the LPG Injection wiring loom, nowhere in the loom is there any quick connectors that you can unplug to help with removal of the dash. I had to fiddle f@rt around and only get the dash part way out, just far enough to change the peddle box.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Dave.
I cant convert my car to manual for at least another year but thankyou so much for the guide.
Im downloading it for when I am ready to convert it.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| mates thats a great doco eh, you could write that up as a book and sell it, any ways i might just put a manuel in my car now cheers mate |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| super doco man should be made sticky, did mine on the weekend the resistor trick works but not 100% great doco. |
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I did my trans change over a month ago now. Took a copy of this doco along with me just in case but had read it enough times to know it backwards:P It took me and dad 8 hrs to do mine including unloading tools and packing up. A lot of that was standing around dumbfounded as to what to do next. I know if i were to do it again in the same conditions i coule do it in 5 or 6 hrs. Hardest part was lifting the auto out in my opinion. Manual in was a breeze. Even 3 of us under it nearly managed to drop the old auto. Was a heavy bastard and the oil was very black  |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Will this conversion work on AU2? Using the respective parts of course... |
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RIDDO
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| i know i've probably overlooked it, but is this the same to an extent when converting the v8 auto to manual?? or is there anyone out there who may be able to help?? |
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