On the way back from the MOT on Saturday I realised that my mileometer is not working. I looked under the car and I could see some loose wires and I also know my reverse light has never worked since I converted from auto to manual.

 

Does any one know of any decent photos showing which wire are what on the manual box and what the connect to on a auto to manual conversion?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Andy

Any good mate?

 

done this today easy job gimme a shout if ya want and ill talk you through it

I'll be grateful if you can do the pics anyway!

Thanks for the replies guys.

 

I found this eventually...

 

http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=technical&msg_id=1001493

 

After testing my original handy work, it was all good and the problem lies with the reverse switch on the box. I bridged the connector where it connects to the revers switch on the box and the reverse light came on. Therefore it is the switch that is not completing the circuit.

 

Does anyone have any ideas on this?

 

Does anyone have a spare reverse switch for a manual box?

For future reference, the speedo sensor plug is the same for the auto and the manual, unfortunately they thats the only part that is plug and play. The neutral switch is the one nearest the rear of the top of the box and after doing the conversion i would personally not bother with connecting it at all. My timing is 15 deg and now when i put it into gear it registers 20 deg, so raises the timing slightly.

The reverse sensor is the next one along and requires the running of two wires along to the front inner wing behind the drivers headlight and connect to the larger of the plugs. The pics and write ups are already in the faq section, but if you want it more in your face obvious i will put together a thread of just the wiring.

 

One other observation: on the neutral and reverse sensor the wires over time become brittle and you may be unlucky and have one of the wires break. If you remove the rubber boot and pull the wires off the rear of the sensor (carefully) you can attach new wires with spade crimps and attach directly to the sensor.