They say manuals were never available.
On a side note, are 5spds really that rare? It seems that roughly half of them around here are manual.
Good and bad news! I did find the boots needed, but the console trim is not available. I guess I will have to modify the auto trim bezel. Anyone know where I could get a 98 man transmission computer or at least turn off the CEL? BTW! here is some pics of the swap as of yesterday. http://s1197.photobucket.com/user/kelsomoses/slideshow/
96s are easy to fool, 97s are slightly more complex, and 98-01s are by no means simple. They actually have input and output speed sensors on the tranny and the TCU WILL eventually throw a code if it doesn't see that the transmission has shifted into the gear it requested. It actually monitors the pulse rates of the two speed sensor signals and determines if the transmission's gear ratio is correct.
You will get PC16xx CCD bus communication errors if you pull the TCU. Those will set the CEL too.Remove the TCU, disconnect the battery, reconnect battery, and retry. It is the TCU that can't seem to operate without talking to the PCM, not the other way. Nothing in life is a sure thing, well other than death and taxes.
You will get PC16xx CCD bus communication errors if you pull the TCU. Those will set the CEL too.
The TCU operates just fine without the ECU, actually - it just gets cranky if it doesn't see the right sensor signals on 96/97/98-01.
97 checks everything 96 checked (not much) plus the new pin for the last forward gearshift position on the NSS and also verifies that the shift solenoids are present.
98 and later add to that ratio checking so if the transmission is in a different gear than the TCU requested, a CEL will be set.
I'm not sure when the P16xx code indicating failure to communicate with TCU showed up, it was either 96 or 97, probably 97.
If you got a 97+ auto ECU to run CEL-free with the TCU unplugged I want to know how, because everything I've seen and everything I've tested says it's impossible to avoid that CCD bus error code without 1. reconnecting the TCU (and bringing back the P0700 series errors from the NSS, ISS, OSS, solenoid faults, etc) or 2. reflashing the ECU to a manual tune.