So I was pretty firm on leaving my clean, CB7, totally stock. But you guys convinced me otherwise. I love my CB7 but one thing about it has always bothered me, Its an automatic, and I've always wanted a manual for the driving experience. I'm thinking of doing this next summer, I need some time to save up the money. I was also thinking about going the "donor car" route instead of buying all the parts separately, because I've never done a transmission swap before, and I feel that the experience of removing the tranny and shift cables/selector from the donor would help me get to know where everything fits in. Would be a great source of replacement parts too, incase something goes wrong with my pride and joy. I need to start looking for a manual donor car, they're not so common where I live, and anyone who has one seems to think its worth way more than it really is.
I'm a little intimidated because I've never done a transmission swap, I've seen a few done in person on a BMW 325i, but that wasn't a CB7, and seeing isn't the same as doing.
How was you guys's first auto-to-manual swap experience? How'd it go? Any tips for someone who's doing this for the first time? Anything that went wrong? Any moments where something didnt work right and after hours of trouble shooting it ended up being something like "D'oh, I forgot to hook up the shift cables!"
I'm curious to hear your stories
I'm a little intimidated because I've never done a transmission swap, I've seen a few done in person on a BMW 325i, but that wasn't a CB7, and seeing isn't the same as doing.
How was you guys's first auto-to-manual swap experience? How'd it go? Any tips for someone who's doing this for the first time? Anything that went wrong? Any moments where something didnt work right and after hours of trouble shooting it ended up being something like "D'oh, I forgot to hook up the shift cables!"
I'm curious to hear your stories
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