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2012 manual swap

Itswiggs

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Recently my dps6 took a shit and figured now would be the best time to do a manual swap. It’s hard to find videos of anything for the fiesta. I have found a playlist for the focus but it differs a bit. I picked up an ib5 from a local salvage yard and will be rebuilding it soon. I am trying to figure out a list of every nut, bolt and part I will need that differs from the at. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it! Thank you
 

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I would get an entire wrecked fiesta, or a manual transmission fiesta that has a bad engine and then start taking the transmission and drive axles, the engine harness and sensors from the mt fiesta. The shifter frame and cables, probably the instrument cluster. Possibly could unbolt the a/c compressor and leave it in the body shell.
It is doable. But the pcm and the cluster would have to be connected to FORSCAN to edit the as built menu. Possibly some other issues with the car recognizing the difference between a stick and auto transaxle.
It would be a big job. But, so is making payments for three years. I would certainly be interested in doing that if a manual transmission fiesta with the right damage and in otherwise good mechanical condition were to become available.
 
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I would get an entire wrecked fiesta, or a manual transmission fiesta that has a bad engine and then start taking the transmission and drive axles, the engine harness and sensors from the mt fiesta. The shifter frame and cables, probably the instrument cluster. Possibly could unbolt the a/c compressor and leave it in the body shell.
It is doable. But the pcm and the cluster would have to be connected to FORSCAN to edit the as built menu. Possibly some other issues with the car recognizing the difference between a stick and auto transaxle.
It would be a big job. But, so is making payments for three years. I would certainly be interested in doing that if a manual transmission fiesta with the right damage and in otherwise good mechanical condition were to become available.
Thank you for the input. I will start looking 👀
 

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The "bolt on part" will need a few changes, hope you've been reading some recent threads, up to and including a Manual / Auto Swap previously done - but with two different cars and they already had the VIN setups to handle the motor from the Auto to fit into the Manual - but the Bell housing needs a new insert to change the location of the CKP sensor - due to the fact that the Flex plate from the Auto and the Flywheel plate for the Clutch on the Manual - have two different "magnet" locations for TDC.

It's the engines bells housing side so that side is one you'll have to make the design change to - that side will have the CKP sensor and you will have to change that insert in order for the new tranny and it's plate(s) to work with the older motor.

Else the Auto "delete" is pretty straightforward but Forscan or a J2534-type of FORD performance diagnostic tools will need to be used on the DTC connector for it or them, to coerce the PCM to accept the new changes and work like a Manual - the EGR system in the Auto will or should go disabled and you can just keep it in there. Because it will still qualify as a LEV (Low Emission Vehicle) by displacement - so the EGR on Manuals is not needed..
 


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