transmission man here. find the Honda with the manual. between shop labor at around 90 dollars an hour and finding a complete junk car to get parts from you're a heck of a lot cheaper buying another car. we make money on quick turn around's not tying up a lift while we do this project
Just buy the car you really want and sell the one you don't.
You would be a whole lot better of and it would be much cheaper to sell your vehicle and buy one with a manual transmission.
This would only make sense if the automatic is shot and you need to spend good money on a transmission.
If you're doing this in order to try and save gas, it's a waste, as today, there is very little and very often NO savings over an automatic.
If you're just doing it for the fun of it, great, but keep in mind, if you sell the car, the value will be the same. In other words, the money you spent is down the toilet.
Where do you plan on getting the computer and wiring harness for the the manual transmission. Cuz you can't use your existing computer with a manual transmission, and it's illegal for a shop to reprogram yours
Why would you spend 5 grand on a car that's worth 1500?
Trying to change my 97 Honda Civic hatchback transmission from auto to manual and want to know any trust worthy places with quality work here in Southern California preferably in the Inland Empire area. Please and thank you
