Has anyone done it? What are the costs involved?
2 usual ways to do this, but you have to be wary about the condition of the parts you'll get:
- Find a wrecked SMT, swap over the trans+ hydraulics, ECU, engine & body harnesses, steering wheel and shift selector, then sell off the rest of the wreck.
- Find someone who wants to swap their SMT to 5MT, and trade all of the above parts .
Or, find someone willing to sell you all the parts from a
working SMT system. I'd be happy to sell you all the above from my SMT for $1800 + shipping. I'd even let you drive the car beforehand to verify all the SMT bits work great. But that won't help if you're not local.