Quick question... auto - manual

Hi all,

Am I right in thinking that an engine with manual gearbox will accept an auto box by just swapping flywheel for flex plate etc. Or is the crankshaft different ?
 Cheers!



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The the engine is the same once those components are swapped over.

The carb accelerator linkage is backwards but I imagine you'll be swapping all that over too.

Amazing!!

Thanks Paul - quick answer to quick question…!!!


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There is a little more to it, as in the Control in the cabin, getting the cables run, as in the digi that I have I have a cable from the shifter to select the gearing, the proverbial reverse light change from out side the cabin to inside.

Then the accelerator cable to the trans and then from the trans to the Carb or the injection butterfly.

The Best thing is to scour the breakers to find all the right stuff, as well as you may want to replace the clutch pedals for a single brake.

Then at least over here trying to find a flex plate is a excercise in yard scavaging… as well as the Shim, new starter, the bolts to bolt the flex plate to the torque convertor and finding a "K" stamped convertor, but there are places over here that rebuilds them. Oh, and don't forget to acquire the proper heat shields for the starter and the 3 brackets that it takes to bolt it in place.

But yes the tranny bolts right up, as long as you don't have the Torque converter feet in the way of the timing plate, other than that as you can get it to bolt on…. I have been snookered by that two times, and the second time I could of sworn that I had it positioned properly….

There is also the torque converter set back that you need to measure so you know that all the splines on the tranny drive shaft and the TC is seated correctly….

Oh yes there are 2 styles of flex plates, Solid and Spoked, and the Starters for the flex plates are different, and a spoked flex plate starter will work for a while, as well as a solid spoke starter on a spoked will work for a while till it grinds the teeth off….

To tell the starter differences you have to have the starter in hand, and then look for the bumps on the end by the bendix…. no bumps Solid, bumps Spoked.

The yellow area are where you would see bumps in the casting, this is a solid flex plate starter.


On, I forgot the speedo cable is different to.

Spoked flex plate.


Solid.





Chewed teeth caused by a IDIOT technician that replaced a spoked starter with a solid…. I didn't catch it, and I wasn't happy as my daughter had it changed when she took the car to a different state without me knowing….. That wasn't the issue for it not starting, and the starter they removed was only on for about 2 months….and it was the correct starter…….  See my interlock by-pass how to… a 10 cent butt-to-butt splice and all my worries about no start when hot or cold were wisked away, save for the fact that you can now start the engine in any gear just a few minor things….


 

I interpreted it as, an auto car which needs a new engine but the engine obtained is same code/type but from a manual.

Auto to manual conversion is a whole different topic!!!

Yeah, thanks Briano - allgood information and bless you for taking the time ….

Basically I am considering buying an Auto with a blown engine, and I have a good engine from a manual - so just wanted to check if it was do-able


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