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Old 05-04-2005, 12:32 PM
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Default 5th gen auto to 5speed conversion write up

spelling owns me so please dont flame on spelling i will do my best

this thread is for the ppl who want to do a 5speed conversion on there 94-95 accord.

i am only writing this for the years listed above there are some similar things to other years but since i did it on a 95 ex thats what im writing about.

1.parts list, i will list two parts list

1st list
1. 5 speed transmission (F22, F23, H22, H23)
2. 5 speed starter (90-02 Accord 92-02 Prelude)
3. 5 speed shifter assembly w/ shifter cables (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
4. 5 speed drivers side axle (your year accord, but from 5-spd version)
5. 5 speed intermediate shaft (your year accord, but from 5-spd version)
6. 5 speed clutch pedal assembly (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
7. 5 speed brake pedal arm (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
8. Clutch master cylinder w/ reservoir (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
9. Clutch line from Clutch master cylinder to clutch dampener (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
10. Clutch dampener assembly (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
11. Clutch line from Clutch dampener to 5 speed tranny (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
12. Clutch line from 5 speed tranny to slave cylinder (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
13. Slave cylinder (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
14. Clutch (90-02 Accord 92-01 Prelude)
15. Flywheel (90-02 Accord 92-01 Prelude)
16. 5 speed mount (Your year, 5-spd version)
17. 5 speed mount bracket (go to honda - tell them to look for the bracket that is welded on the car - part is S.O.P and costs 15-25.00) (see notes)
18. MIG WELDER (see notes)
19. BOLTS: 8 Flywheel Bolts, 6 Pressure Plate Bolts, 3 Intermediate Shaft Bolts, 1 Long Tranny Bolt
20. Recommended: HELMS Service Manual (www.helminc.com)

2nd list, this is the list i used
1. 5 speed transmission (F22, F23, H22, H23)
2. 5 speed starter (90-02 Accord 92-02 Prelude)
3. 5 speed shifter assembly w/ shifter cables (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
4. 5 speed drivers side axle (your year accord, but from 5-spd version)
5. 5 speed intermediate shaft (your year accord, but from 5-spd version)
6. 5 speed clutch pedal assembly (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
7. 5 speed brake pedal arm (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
8. Clutch master cylinder w/ reservoir (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
9. custon clutch line made for 50 bucks from (www.bonacoinc.com)
10. Slave cylinder (90-97 Accord 92-96 Prelude)
11. Clutch (90-02 Accord 92-01 Prelude)
12. Flywheel (90-02 Accord 92-01 Prelude)
13. 5 speed mount (Your year, 5-spd version)
14. 5 speed mount bracket (go to honda - tell them to look for the bracket that is welded on the car - part is S.O.P and costs 15-25.00) (see notes)
15. MIG WELDER (see notes)
16. BOLTS: 8 Flywheel Bolts, 6 Pressure Plate Bolts, 3 Intermediate Shaft Bolts, 1 Long Tranny Bolt
17. Recommended: HELMS Service Manual (www.helminc.com)

in the list you will see a welder is needed. this is an option for the conversion
in the write up i will show you how you can do it with out a welder.

for purposes of room and my timing belt being over due for a change i pulled my motor and trans you dont have to take it out but it is much better to do so.

from inside the car shift the car into drive and remove the center console, glove box, and kick panel under the streering wheel for access. shift back into park

drain all the fuilds and jack the front of the car up. take the wheels off and the brake calipers, remove the 36mm axle nut and the 17mm nut on the lower balljoint. swing the knuckles out and away from the axle and remove the axle repeat for other side.

from under the car remove the center support beam and all the plastic covers. next remove the auto shift wire (one wire) there is a access cover on the trans that will have to be removed before you can unhook the shift wire

after that is done remove the engine as per the helms book
make sure you mark everything that is taken off. all vac lines and wires

with the motor out now is a good time to do the clutch master cylinder
and the pedals.
clutch master cylinder=CMC

for the CMC you will need to drill the mounting holes out, two mounting hols and one large hole for the plunger
from the inside of the cabin you will have to put spacers on the studs for the CMC to sit right

this is from a 5speed car


this is from a auto car w/out the spacers, they have to added


there is a 3rd bolt on the top of the mount to make it work you will have to take the wiper motor out and use a long bolt (its a bitch) but its a must.

for the brake pedal all you have to do is swap the arm not the whole bracket.
nothing for the gas pedal its the same

now you can do the wiring from under the car drop the rest of the exhaust dont unbolt it just slip it off the hangers just enough so you can unbolt the heat shield.
once its unbolted and out of the way you will see a little metal plate where the shift cables go. take the plate off, from the inside of the car unbolt the auto shifter and slip wire up and out of the access cover you just unbolted from under the car. now bolt on the 5speed shifter and fish the cables through that same access hole run the cables under the car and up on top of the rear mount then under the intake manifold this is the only way they will work.

there will be a set of plugs on the shifter and also a auto shifter selector. that selector has its own wire harness you will need that. its pictured here


YOu dont need the auto shift selector. You do everything on the Harness plug of the shift selector. The diagram above will help you, I dont remember colors.

Clutch safety switch goes to L and M
Reverse switch from tranny goes to G and H
Jump F and I to take your key out (just tie them together)

next comes the ecu. the good thing about the 5th gens 1 they are still obd1 and 2 they have a tcu separte from the ecu so for the guys on a very tight buget you dont have to buy a 5speed ecu all you have to do is take out the tcu. but i got the 5speed. if you do get the 5speed its a stright swap unplug and plug in.

now its time for the tranny mount bracket if you dont want to/or dont have access to weld a new bracket on the frame you can do it my way.
it requiers you to drill the bracket like so


the bottom hole is from the auto mount, there is a pinch weld up and to the left that is where i drilled refer to the pic above. if you do not do this the engine will sit down on the trans side and **** up your axles. so this step is a must

all other mounts are the same

now you ready to drop it back in. on the back of the block bolt up the intermidate shaft. if you havnt done so unbolt the auto trans,trq converter, and auto flywheel,
bolt back up 5speed flywheel and clutch botl up the trans, starter, and slave cylinder. prep the engine bay to drop it back in and reverse how you took it out make sure to check all the lines so the everything is connceted. put the axles in and the knuckles back on. guess what you have just done what cant be done.

websites
http://www.tasautoparts.com
http://www.d-a-p.com

hope it helps anyone who is doing this

also check here
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1117145




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any ?'s please post here

guys that did this already if i missed anything please tell me

or post in this thread
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Default Re: 5th gen auto to 5speed conversion (THEROPE)

THESE ARE MY PICS FROM THE SWAP
my motor before i took it out



this is the 5speed trans from d-a-p

oem parts

linkage and pedals (and dont worry i took the gay *** pedal covers off)

more oem parts



the auto trans its 3x bigger and 3x the weight

oem fleeywheel and clutchmasters clutch kit

5speed shifter



5speed trans with starter, mount, and slave cylinder mounted

5speed ecu

wiring

clutch and brake pedal on

this picture is for the clutch switch the 2 wires coming out black and red go to the red/white and white/black wires in the center console



these are the wires for the clutch switch above red/white white/black

top of trans mount

my own p&p job on the IM i have the pics for around will post later

showing the clearence on the t-belt side that is when you drill the new hole in the trans mount bracket

motor back in and sitting like stock








I WILL EXPLIAN THE PICS LATER IM AT WORK NOW


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Default Re: 5th gen auto to 5speed conversion write up (THEROPE)

bump
this needs a sticky
i will be following this when i do my conversion
great info man
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thanks
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for anyone doing this swap i would also like to recommend getting a 92-96 prelude trans. it bolts right up to the f22 and has better gears
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pretty good, dont forget to name our sources, like me, haha, i have like 100 pics to but i still need to resize the, i will be able to do it next week!
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i did put your thread up there
but yeah do have name all the guys that helped out
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Phat4drVtec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pretty good, dont forget to name our sources, like me, haha, i have like 100 pics to but i still need to resize the, i will be able to do it next week!</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha

i would like to give thanks to these guys for helping me out

s. cali alan
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raceaccordingly
sinister2c
and the man who started the now 16 page thread all on how to convert you accord to 5 speed and also how to swap in a h22, phat4drvtec

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np. i wish this thread was a around when i did mine, glad to see this resource up
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Can you give a quick rundown of about how much you spent for the parts?
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GREAT write-up btw
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGPrelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can you give a quick rundown of about how much you spent for the parts?</TD></TR></TABLE>

this was my post on accordinglydone


yeah i am going n/a

here is what i want to do
flame all you want

car 95 accord ex coupe leather
engine sohc f22b1 vtec

goal
5speed conversion
port and polish intake manifold (under way) will have pics soon
aem FPR
aem fuel rail
aem fuel filter
big bore TB by http://www.kingmotorsports.com
mild street cam
cam gear
pulleys all three
clean the block and engine bay
msd wires and coil
ngk plugs
and handling i dont know yet (any ideas would help alot)
also rotor over hub conversion


i started ordering parts tonight for the conversion

trans.......461.59$ dap (ordered)
flywheel...64.46 dap (ordered)
clutch assembly...100.00 ebay
clutch slave cylinder 19.95 tasautoparts
clutch master cylinder...49.60 dap (ordered)
clutch pedal assembly...29.41 majestic honda (ordered)
starter...81.85 dap (ordered)
driver side axle...79.46 dap (ordered)
intermediate shaft...111.85 dap (ordered)
trans mount...58.95 tasautoparts (ordered)
shift cable/and assembly....160.22 dap (together) (ordered)
brake pedal assembly...33.16 majestic honda (ordered)
manual ecu...99.60 dap (ordered)

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you can go way cheaper i know this. so please dont say wow dude you paid to much

i didnt pay to much i just went to real websites, i did not buy from people who might scam me.

so this is a price list from
http://www.tasautoparts.com
http://www.d-a-p.com
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by THEROPE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

haha

i would like to give thanks to these guys for helping me out

s. cali alan
accord kid
raceaccordingly
sinister2c
and the man who started the now 16 page thread all on how to convert you accord to 5 speed and also how to swap in a h22, phat4drvtec

</TD></TR></TABLE>

I too would like to thank everybody up there for their time and patience. My car would not have the h22 nor the auto to 5spd swap if it wasn't for those guys up there.

Good job rope, when i have some time, i'll see what i can add too

my advice to everybody tho, if you reallyhave questions, read that now 16 page thread, we practically covered most if not all the questions that can probably be raised.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Accord_Kid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I too would like to thank everybody up there for their time and patience. My car would not have the h22 nor the auto to 5spd swap if it wasn't for those guys up there.

Good job rope, when i have some time, i'll see what i can add too </TD></TR></TABLE>

good add it here if you want
i want to get info on here about the h22 swap
and also 90-93 conversion
and the 96-97 because this is obd-2
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hey therope hope you dont mind me posting up my writeup as well. finally finished today.
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the more info the better bro

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGPrelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can you give a quick rundown of about how much you spent for the parts?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i got most of my parts of a 92 accord for $200, tranny was free but it has now developed some grinds and about $150 on misc bolts, washers, cotter pins, dowel pins, clutch lines etc.. and for clutch it depends on what you get.
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Originally Posted by THEROPE
here is a 3rd bolt on the top of the mount to make it work you will have to take the wiper motor out and use a long bolt (its a bitch) but its a must.
What are you talking about here? I'm in the process of this swap
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i know this is a old thread but i found what i have been looking for the past couple of days, very good write up.

bought an accord with a 5spd swap and its vibrating a bit so wondering if the transmission mount wasn't done properly will have a look at it soon to see how it is.

Good Job
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yes you could have a problem with the alignment of the motor if the trans mount wasnt installed correctly

btw this is therope new user name
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Nice writeup. Just a quick question to make sure I understand a step. I have a 1996 accord lx coupe with an obd 1 ecu. After the swap it done all I have to do is remove the tcu and get an ecu out of a 1996 accord lx with manual tranny and I'm all set..no wiring necessary? Just wondering if someone could clarify this for me. Thanks in advance.
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would this be the same for a jdm accord sir cf4... i want to swap standard but i need more info.. my motor is f20b dohc


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