Manual to automatic

[FLYING BANANA]

How easy or difficult would be to convert a 1.8t manual to a 1.8t automatic?

Just thinking about converting Banana owing to my ankle injury.

[starbug2]

im sure it would be possible but may cost a bit .. summit garage put a auto box into a MG6 from a 75

[WillyHeckaslike]

Prior threads suggest that a donor car would be the best route to go for the bits that would be needed. Then the electronics would also have to be sorted and reconfigured together with DVLA's data base. My take on what I've read is that it would be very expensive and not at all easy. Links to a couple of threads that I've looked at. Click Click

[dave lincs]

Hi Bob this is not impossible but quite involved

[FLYING BANANA]

It was just an idea.

[Matt_75]

It would make for one hell of a Nano Meet project!

I imagine you'd have to swap gearbox, pedal assembly, gear selector assembly, wiring loom and auto gearbox ECU as a minimum, followed up with a T4 session.

[Mike Noc]

Originally Posted by FLYING BANANA

How easy or difficult would be to convert a 1.8t manual to a 1.8t automatic?

Just thinking about converting Banana owing to my ankle injury.

Bob knowing how much Banana means to you there's only one person I'd entrust this job to - Terry at TSAutos.

He's no doubt the most cost effective too, but it's his knowledge and experience that is pretty much priceless.

[FLYING BANANA]

Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Bob knowing how much Banana means to you there's only one person I'd entrust this job to - Terry at TSAutos.

He's no doubt the most cost effective too, but it's his knowledge and experience that is pretty much priceless.

Thanks for the information Mike.

[Tourist]

Hey there,

I once did the opposite conversion on my Maestro Vanden Plas, to convert a 1.6 Automatic to 2.0 Efi Manual. I bought a complete donor vehicle, parked it next to the auto car and then stripped them both down, discarding the auto parts and transferring the manual parts onto my car.

It was a pretty involved job, requiring a swap of:

Engine
Engine/Gearbox Mounts
Gearbox
Full Wiring Loom
Pedal box
Gear selector
Suspension
Exhaust
Fuel system

The entire interior and dash had to be removed from both cars to get the loom out.

Your conversion will be a little easier seeing as the engine will be the same, meaning that the suspension and exhaust/fuel systems don't need to be swapped. You will probably need either to swap the wiring looms or at least modify the manual one's loom with parts from the auto.

I also had to notify the DVLA of the change - in my case it was also the engine number that swapped.

It's definitely possible, however, it might be cheaper to find an auto car and have it painted yellow!

[FLYING BANANA]

Originally Posted by Tourist

Hey there,

I once did the opposite conversion on my Maestro Vanden Plas, to convert a 1.6 Automatic to 2.0 Efi Manual. I bought a complete donor vehicle, parked it next to the auto car and then stripped them both down, discarding the auto parts and transferring the manual parts onto my car.

It was a pretty involved job, requiring a swap of:

Engine
Engine/Gearbox Mounts
Gearbox
Full Wiring Loom
Pedal box
Gear selector
Suspension
Exhaust
Fuel system

The entire interior and dash had to be removed from both cars to get the loom out.

Your conversion will be a little easier seeing as the engine will be the same, meaning that the suspension and exhaust/fuel systems don't need to be swapped. You will probably need either to swap the wiring looms or at least modify the manual one's loom with parts from the auto.

I also had to notify the DVLA of the change - in my case it was also the engine number that swapped.

It's definitely possible, however, it might be cheaper to find an auto car and have it painted yellow!

I have thought about getting an auto and painting or wrapping it Yellow but it just wouldn’t be the same. I’ll just have to keep working on my exercises to get my ankle strong enough to push the clutch pedal.

But thanks for the tips.