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- Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:25 pm #165771 hey is this normal or not...right under the shifter there seems to be a hole but it look perfectly cut like it was already there from the factory...anyone have info on this

- Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:40 pm #165778 pictures would help greatly if its right where the shifter goes theres boots that cover that area up any other place could mean if it looks factory the previous owner may have done a auto to 5spd conversion...

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- Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:51 pm #165781 Here are The Two Holes Tell Me exactly What You Think Happened Here And What i Can Do To cover These Holes and can a car that been converted ever drive the same as a stock 5 spd....also i only paid 500 for the car and should i give up on the prject and just find myself a legit 5 spd

- Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:38 am #165789 If it's a converted auto car you might be out of luck. There's supposed to be a weather seal around the shifter on a manual trans car, I have no idea what it's like on an auto car.

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- Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:48 am #165791 Yep your car used to be an auto. You can cut a patch out of sheet metal and weld it in to the big hole or just cut a rectangle bigger than the hole and put a nice thick bead of silicone sealant around it and slap it on. Be sure to clean the area first.

It looks like the person who did the swap got the manual shifter positioned correctly

The only other thing to check for is the passenger side mount. For a manual swap you either have to cut and re weld the mount bracket over a couple inches, or buy a conversion mount (much easier). If they cut, moved and re welded the bracket in the wrong place, it can put your tranny & axles at the wrong angle, which will decrease an axle's life span.

A converted car is just as good as one that was 5 speed from the factory, when done right.

To cover up the hole around the shifter, you'll need #6 from this pic:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/aut ... HIFT+LEVER

You'll still need to make a metal patch to cover the big square hole, with a smaller hole in that for part #6 above.

and then the pleather shift boot if you want it to look pretty:
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/aut ... y5=CONSOLE

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- Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:00 am #165796 definitely a conversion. should look like this (ignore welds.... kthxbye)

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- Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:28 am #165837 Now in the pic posted right above you can see that there is like a circular stub where the weather seal would go onto that is there anyway I could get that piece from a junkyard or anyone have that pice they could sell me...and Teal I'm new to working on car all together so what exactly are these mounts and brackets your talkin about. ...pictures woul help thanks

- Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:07 am #165849 im unsure if your stock hole will allow you to use these seals it may im not completely up to date on automatics lol but yea you can really get them from and honda civic and acura integra 5spd i have a few theres two boots in all but yea....

the mounts are what holds the motor to the car itself youll see on top of the transmission a black mount its rounded (and youll see there is two peices of metal if you will comming off of the frame of the car....connecting by one bolt through the mount. and the mount is held on the transmission by 3 bolts.
hopefully that description helps a bit im unable to get a picture on this computer but yea you have a conversioned car seems liek at least that part was done correctly....take a couple pictures of your engine bay and pedal assembly and we can help you if there is something that dosent seem correctly.

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- Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:21 am #165855 Hey thanks ill take the pics tomorrow but the part I'm talking about is not the plastic blac part in the pic I mean the actual reounded metal onto which the plastic piece goes on....I would then have to weld that piece to cover my hole other wise id never be able to have that black weather seal.....so that black rubber piece is a boot then the leather boot goes over that????