How to swap your automatic Miata to manual

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Tutorial to swap your automatic Miata to manual.
Parts you'll need:
Manual PPF
Manual pedals
Clutch master cylinder
Clutch slave cylinder
1.8 Driveshaft (assuming you are a 1.6 car)
Manual flywheel and clutch
Clutch line (SS braided is a great option)
Fluids
A Weekend
A friend (maybe)

[SorryHR]

Boss, this SAVED my life! I am in the starting stage of my swap. I just ordered the rest! I was stressing hard about a drive shaft and the wiring. No one really goes into the detail you did. Thank you SO MUCH!

[payton]

I'm glad I came across this. I found an auto miata with trans issues, and I figured it'd be more fun with a manual since I'd need a new trans anyways.

[AlanaLGolden]

This video came out at the perfect time. Going to look at an NA today as a project car, but this is going to be my first and was definitely stressing. It's an auto and reading about the manual swap felt like I would be going in completely over my head - but you made it look completely reasonable! Thanks for the great vid, liked & sub'd :)

Hoping today is the day I finally get to head home with a Miata...

[tylermaksymovitch]

bro this is the first video ive watched on your channel and i already love your videos

[baileyboo]

Dude thank you, I’m hopefully soon going to swap with my 2001 miata nb.

[bluata]

What was the overall cost of this swap? I have an automatic nb and i'm saving for a manual swap.

[Fruffles]

I'll never forget doing this for the first time 7 years ago

[Mienhboi]

so what you're telling me is, if i manual swap a miata.... i mine aswell put a aftermarket exhaust too! Thanks

[BarkingandMad]

surprised you have 77 subscribers, you'll defiantly have thousands one day 🤟cheers for this, about to swap mine to a 6 speed, hope there's not to much difference! Also, what ratio is the Auto diff? (1.8 1994)
Im hoping I can still use it with the 6 as an awesome touring car!

[fennexx]

I got confused when you said to jump two wires for the neutral switch at the end, can you explain abit more what it does and why I need to do it, whats a neutral switch?

[RandyChavelas]

My manual transmission on my miata broke on the shifter housing part im replacing the whole transmission and clutch should i replace the flywheel or can i reuse it (trying to spend the least amount of money)

[Scrappdoochrome]

What about the instruction to wire the transmission?

[Doughnutscream]

Okay soooo dumb question here, after the trans swap, what needs to be done to remove the check engine light the RIGHT way lol

[ianfaulkner]

allways make sure to swap out the rear main seal just because since if it goes bad shortly after your install you'll have to pull everything apart again

[V__RR]

at 6:36 what is that long metal lever called? and the plate with the number 74? what part is that called?

[silverfox__]

Completed the swap on my 97. Car runs like crap now. Idles at 2k + rpms and sputters when it occasionally drops down to 1k. Supposedly there is a pin on the ECU that needs to be ran to ground to tell the car it is a manual now. The circuit is called the AT / MT Designation circuit. This seems to be specific to the 96/97 cars. I have not tried to do this yet so I can't confirm in this info is valid.

[matthewgaribay]

How much did everything cost?? And was it hard to find parts?

[carls]

Great video but I am not a mechanic. I do own a 2014 Miata hardtop and I think the clutch is going out on me. Would appreciate some input. The clutch used to engage pretty far off the floor board but I noticed recently it engages just a couple inches off the floor brd. I am thinking it needs to be looked at now before too much longer. Thoughts and what I should know when searching for a mechanic to look at it? TIA

[McGuyveracity]

I didn’t see any mention of how you address the check engine light on the dash? My understanding based on some reading is that the ecu is confused because it it looking for the auto transmission and it isn’t there. I think you have to swap the ECU for a manual version to really fix this but I think it requires reprogramming and there is something with the immobilizer that needs to be adressed too, so I'm still researching. Any tips on this would be appreciated.

[brianortiz]

How do you get the reverse lights to work after the swap ? Great vid btw !