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Old 05-05-2013, 07:35 PM   #26
Alemenara
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Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Car: 94 V6 BA Hatch
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Originally Posted by Nix323 View Post
OKAY, so just an update!
(you all know how much you hate googling a question in a forum and the poster never told them how they went or if it worked!)

We have successfully removed the transmission this weekend!
I am going to go with the option of getting a new manual ECU & loom for s1/2.

It was a big job, but we pulled out the gearbox/clutch/flywheel and all other parts that we could gather we would need.

we dropped the gearbox out with the engine still in the car, since it is just a parts car we welded a piece of steel below the sump to hold the engine in without the K frame or gearbox.

I so far haven't pulled out the dash, I removed the centre console to get at the gear shifter & its bolts... but we are hoping to leave the dash in. the clutch pedal came out pretty easily.

The clutch still has a fair bit of meat on it, so it depends on how expensive a heavy duty clutch will be as to which way I go... but personally... I don't want to be doing this again ANY time soon... ... or ever in general! ha ha ha

Because the hoist is needed by my brother, we decided to leave it at stripping the parts car and getting it out of the shed, so that is where it stands. We won't be able to resume this project for two weeks Since there is a drift event next weekend, but I will definately post updates of hiccups & progress.
a New HD Clutch will be around $250-$300 and machining the flywheel will cost $60, would be worth doing if you have a heavy foot or if it will ever see a track. A few people are fans of NPC Clutches and say they're better than Exedy clutches, I'm yet to install mine but i've been in a few cars with NPC clutches and they bite real hard.

oh also make sure you take out the cluster from the parts car, its pretty easy to get to, put your front seats all the way forward, take out the glove box, then the shifter trim, then start unscrewing the cluster shroud, once its off unscrew and unplug the cluster and your done. The ECU is also exposed when you do this so you have to do it on the new car anyways.
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