When putting the 6MT final drive gear into the 5AT car, how long should the swap take, is it a direct swap, or does it require anything complex and how much should I pay for a used part (maximum)?
Thanks.

 

If all goes as planned, I am swapping mine out this weekend.

 

Its not easy and should be done by some one thay knows rear ends . It has to be shimmed and put in ....taken back out and shimmed again....who know how many times to get it to fit just right . Your best bet is to swap out the whole rear end...not just the pumpkin and not just the final drive gear . You can pick up a rear end for $300 to $500 and do it your self

 

What is a whole rear end?

 

un bolt the half shafts...the drive shaft.....and thats whats left..the whole rear end

 

Alright.. Now you lost me here. I thought that swapping the pumpkin involved unbolting the half shafts and the drive shaft and that was it. Maybe I just dont know what is involved in this process. Please clarify Bill!

 

If you go to the back of your car and get down and look at your rear end . You will see a roundish plate on the back of the rear end with 8 to 10 bolts all around the out side edge of it . Thats the pumpkin...well the large set of gears inside that plate are...At least thats what Ive called it