How to swap your automatic Miata to manual 

A video the community needs!

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.

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

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!

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...

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I bought an automatic miata and ive been planning on manual swapping and didnt really know how to do it. This vid really helped me.

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

Thank you!

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)

What'd you do with all the wires from the transmission computer?

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

hey can someone just clarify that with the 1.8 u can reuse the auto driveshaft with the manual trans?

What about the instruction to wire the transmission?

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.

So if I have a 1.6 car and I’m swapping the 1.8 5 speed I will need the 1.8 driveshaft?

Does 1.6 transmission direct swap to 1.8 engine and differential?

and do your dash lights still work?

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

Hpw do you remove the vss malfunction code for the vehicle speed sensor

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

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

Are you able to get the check engine light off and my speedometer doesn’t work any help is appreciated

What about brake lights

Good evening, I just saw your superb video, with a lot of detail. I have the same MX5, but with a manual gearbox and I dream of making it automatic, I am told that it is impossible so give me your opinion please

If I bring a auto to you how much does it cost to swap

just swapped mie, The wriring is abit harder because I dont have have abig connector like you, I have a bunch of different wires lol

Did you re-use the automatic speedo cable with the manual transmission? Checking if they are the same to try and save $100

Can you reuse the bolts that hold the transmission to the engine?

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?

question, will the spedometer still work after u manual swap???

Why does do the break and throttle pedals need to be switched?

Question, where did you connect the clutch plug?

Did you have to change the ECU and Starter ???

This information is out there, already. Thank you for touching on the neutral safety. But what about the odo? Reverse lights? Hardly any GOOD videos showing how people are getting those two components of a manual swap is done. It would've been a very unique video, had those bases been touched. But great vid overall.

Do you have a video of how to swap a manual Miata to an automatic?

Is the wiring different from the automatic to the manual do you have to spice anything

do i need to swap the ecu?

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="809">13:29</a> I’m having trouble installing my ppf

my miata wont start

Question is why did you buy an automatic in the first place!!!

Its so hard to find a auto i cant find one lol

Um, I actually only buy automatic Miatas. They are lovely. I mash the go pedal and gosh, it goes! I stomp on the slow pedal, and yup, I slow right down! Then when I need to I float around corners and curves just like god meant me to! Manuals are only good for overachievers who have something to prove. Besides, i need a hand free for my drink, my girlfriend, or a doobie! Just kidding about the doobie. That would be crazy, right? Settle down, I was joking, sheesh! I love my automatic Miatas those. They are simply sublime!

Couldn't agree more auto Miatas are abominations 😂

i just bought a '95 NA with no engine, no transmission and no interior it has all body panels in very good condition no dents or anything (only problem is small paint chips) it has all the suspension, steering and brake components and its sitting on spare tires it was originally a automatic and i want to make it a manual any advise on bringing this car back to life and getting another miata out on the road would be greatly appreciated