TOY: Re: Re: Tacoma 4wd double cab - automatic to 5-speed manual swap?

["Erik Bibelheimer" <thebeebs@xxxxxxx>]

I looked at my FSM a little more last night...

Looks like the ECU for the engine and tranny are combined, there is no
separate tranny computer. This probably means that you'll have to "trick"
it into thinking the tranny is still there and functioning properly...

OR... you could get an ECU from a 5spd vehicle, along w/ its connector and
a chunk of the wiring harness, and attempt to splice all the correct wires
together...
Not fun, but it might be easier than trying to "trick" the AT version...?

Good luck!

- Erik

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> From: Erik Bibelheimer <thebeebs@jps.net>
> To: toyota@4x4wire.com
> Subject: TOY: Re: Tacoma 4wd double cab - automatic to 5-speed manual
swap?
> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:34 PM
> 
> Sounds pretty good so far. I wouldn't be surprised if you could keep your
> old drive shafts though.
> 
> Two more things I can think of--
> - need a flywheel instead of a flex plate
> - ECU- I know that in my '97 3.4L T100 FSM, the ECU for the 5speed is
> different from the ECU w/ the auto. The connectors are completely
different
> (AT version has bigger connector).
> It *may* be possible to "trick" the AT style ECU into thinking that the
AT
> is still there to make it happy...? I haven't really looked into that...
I
> don't remember if the AT has its own computer separate from the ECU or
not
> either... it probably does. Not sure if that makes it more or less
> complicated...
> 
> HTH...? I could look at my FSM a little closer too if you want...
> 
> - Erik Bibelheimer, Auburn, CA
> '86 44Runner, '97 T100
> http://home.off-road.com/~bibelheimer