i think your best bet would be to sell your car private party, then buy a used manual transmission car. you should come out even if not ahead.

 

i have a friend thats going to swap my tranny for 400 and a couple of beers and i got the manual tranny for about 200 bucks and im getting the ecu with the key for about a 100 i just dont know what else i need lol other than clutch and flywheel

 

but u see.... That fit don't use stock cluster and oem ecu any more !!!

 

I also regret buying a AT Fit. Thing with trading it is finding a MT that is worth the same as the loan on the car.

 

Hello folks,

Sorry for bumping a 7 year-old thread, but I'm planning on doing an A/T to M/T swap on my 08 FS, seeing that M/T fits are hard to find these day (at least in the model I want). I'm planning on picking up the parts from junkyard sales, or buying a wrecked fit on auction that has an intact front end.

Does anybody have any modern advice on this topic? List of parts? Trouble to look out for? Any help is much appreciated.

 

I think it will be more likely that you could locate a M/T Fit to buy, than it will be for you to find someone who has actually accomplished such an A/T to M/T conversion and who could guide you.

But if time and money are no object, then dive in. You could easily spend more than what your car is currently worth and be left with a car that is worth no more than when you started.

 

having done a swap on a different car, I can confirm that its definitely not worth the effort unless you are CRAZY attached to your exact car. I definitely spent more than the resale value of my car doing it. getting the trans, mounts and ecu arent impossible, you'll struggle getting clean wireharnesses for everything. you'll also struggle getting information on the details (especially the wireharnesses).

 

FWIW just thumbing though my electrical manual there are a bunch of differences between the AT and MT wiring harnesses, looks like MOST of the under dash and underhood harness would have to be swapped if you want everything to dial in.

 

yup, you will need all harnesses under the hood (and good luck finding a pick and pull that doesnt have something cut). But be prepared to pull the whole dash to replace the interior harness because its different with the clutch pedal.

It is not pretty, let me bluntly say, I walked into this conversion thinking I had every nut, bolt, screw and wire harness; and it ended up taking me 2 years to get it running.

 

I could probably get a diagram at work for parts I also have an auto fit wanting manual but my deal is its got kraftwerks, coilovers exhaust header and more i would have to swap on and back off

 

when you did the trans swap on the fit did you have to have the frame mounts modified or tapped to mount them?

 

Anybody know the differences in the chassis? Mounting points for the auto trans vs manual?

 

im doing this swap in progress i beleave the drivers trans mount on the side may need tapped haven't started on the auto yet

 

aright finished the swap today there is one mount that need 3 taps need all m/t mounts
oil pan engine harness ,dash harness clutch brake pedal pop out the auto bearing for the pilot bearing also hole saw clutch cylinder and i used the steering column from the other vehicle wouldn't work with original unless i towed it to the dealer to program the key
worst parts was the dash board and harnesses

 

is anyone still here? I have a first gen fit I want to k24 swap, but it's auto and I have no idea where to start swapping a transmission with putting a clutch pedal in and all, if anyone is still active please help!

 

I am currently in the process of this swap, were you able to use the automatic ECU and it's wiring? also, what was the issue with the key? Was it because the immobilizer is linked with the TCM?

 

I feel you! Did you end up being able to do the swap? I am still working on the manual swap myself. I've gotten to the point now where my next step now is either changing steering column, harness, etc. or figuring out a way to do some pin outs to be able to leave the stock auto harness. I've heard word from some K Swap people locally that they've gotten away with the automatic harness and was successfully able to trick the ECU ino thinking it was constantly in nuetral. Any help would be great from anyone! I have an entire manual parts car, and I am really deep into this right now and willing to do the work. I just want to get this done as fast as possible. Having messed with most everything except for wiring, I am out of my comfort zone. I am currently making a youtube video series on this swap, as I've seen there is a lot of people wanting to do the same thing using crashed manual fits, any info helps.