looking for a used manual tranny for my car to swap out the automatic, but i dont want to overpay for one either...
im probablly gonna go to the junkyard and find one that's in good condition to buy

 

Have you looked into all that you need for the swap? You can't just put in the transmission and go... theres a million parts you need!

 

can you tell me what i need?
ive never done this before

 

Nor have I because of the intensity of the project... you need transmission, gearbox, new sensors, clutch pedal, linkages, etc etc etc...

 

shift ****, shift boot, and do i have to change the gauges?
since the gauges for the automatic are different from the manual

 

Based on your questions i am not so sure that this is something that you might want to do ( no offense )
but as for what you need

manual tranny of course, pedals assembly , clutch master + slave cylinders, hydraulic lines, shif rods, different computer, clutch kit, flywheel, different center console, etc etc ...

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1237137

read up on this ,, it will give you a better idea

 

cool, thanks

 

wow..
that is a lot of stuff to get, how much do you think it will cost total?
parts and labor?
someone on this civic forum said he swapped his for 800 parts and labor, that's unbeliveable

 

Parts maybe... definitely not labour... if you got someone to do it (if you can find a mechanic that will) it'll come up to about $2000 and personally, for that much money I'd rather go turbo!

 

labor is cheap when you do it or if you have friends to do it