Re: Auto - manual conversion (longish)

["Pete Jacobsen" <fluidweb@hotmail.com>]

I'm about to do the same thing with my 1980 -- replace the slipping auto 
with a 5spd. I just installed a 1992 GTI 1.8L and I need a good tranny to 
match! Do you have any recommendations, being a veteran and all? How much 
time and $$$ did it set you back in total? Sorry if I've been missing your 
posts in the past, I was out for a month.

Thanks,

  Pete Jacobsen

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Last summer I asked about changing an automatic Rocco to a manual one.  Many
thanks to those that gave me advice about what to take out of my old one 
into
the new one.  Just an update on the whole process I have undertaken:

The 'new' 81' is all painted a nice, bright, Detroit Red Wings red (my 
fiance
loves hockey).  All that is left to put into the car is the engine,
windshield, rear quarter windows (thanks to The Potterman for the window
seals), some interior parts and remembering which wires hook up where.  The
parts needed for the swap are the tranny (obvious one there), steering rack
(has some linkage on it that the auto rack doesn't have), shifter and 
related
components, clutch & brake pedal and pin (the pin holds the brake pedal and
clutch pedal) and the steering column bracket.  The last I figured out when 
I
took apart my old 81.  The column bracket has a sleeve welded onto it that
the clutch cable slides through, giving support.  The auto cars don't have
this sleeve on the bracket, for obvious reasons.  The hard part about taking
this out was getting at the nuts that hold the brake booster in place.  
Since
these pieces are all connected, it has to come out.  With everything out of
the engine bay, they are easier to access.
Anyway, in about a week, I will have 2 Roccos and my fiance will be happy.
And I will no longer be Morgan Freeman driving Miss Daisy.

Stewart



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