hey people, im about to do my t-5 swap, and the guy i got the t-5 setup from didnt give me the switch that goes into the pedal assembly-- i dont know what its called but its the one that controls the clutch lockout(like the engine wont start until the clutch is fully pressed down) is the switch hiding somewhere in my car??? is there some wiring that i need to do?? help, i only have a couple days until the project has to be done-- everything else seems to be right though--

 

also, where exactly does the clutch resevoir mount to the brake master cylinder? is there some special piece that i need? is the bolt that holds it on already there?

 

The switch should be mounted on teh pedal assembly. The wires for it are fat yellow and purple ones, by themselves in a connector, right by the pedals. There's an "extension" that plugs into that to hook up the auto trans shifter interlock. Just unplug that, and plug the conenctor onto the switch.

There's a little bracket that goes under one of the MC nuts to hold the reservoir.

 

umm, i'm kinda confused-- so the existing auto plug is taken out? or is it still used? should the fat yellow and purple wires already be there? do i just run those to the clutch switch? then what do i do--is there some other switch that i plug into where the auto switch was?
i'm not trying to be confusing-- i'm just not competent at electrical-- i tried to draw a picture of what i thought it should look like-- please correct me if i'm wrong-

 

Your drawing is essentially accurate. I think you already understand it, you just don't realize that yet. Just look under your dash: all will instantly become clear.

I think, once you find the connector under the dash with the yellow and purple wires and the extension plugged into it, and you also have the clutch safety switch, you won't have any trouble at all figuring out what goes where.

You can just leave the disconnected auto trans wire laying in the car. It won't plug into anything. But it's not very heavy, and it's fairly low-maintenance, so it's not important that you do anything in particular with it.

You don't have to cut anything, or run wires, or anything like that. The factory puts all the plugs everywhere that they might be needed; all you have to do is plug them in.

 

the T-5 for my swap is coming out of a 85 Trans Am-- someone told me that the speedo sensor on the 85 is mechanical and mine is electrical-- what do i do? how do i make my speedometer work? do i need an electrical or mechanical speedo sensor? again-- i'm clueless when it comes to this stuff

 

You need an electric one.

Just go to the junkyard and get one out of about a 90-up Camaro 5-speed. It bolts right into the same place as your cable drive does. Gears for it would depend on your rear end ratio.

 

stock rear end-- 2.73s

 

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I think, once you find the connector under the dash with the yellow and purple wires and the extension plugged into it, and you also have the clutch safety switch, you won't have any trouble at all figuring out what goes where.

what if i dont have the clutch safety switch??

 

Get the one off the same car you get the speedo gears off of

 

the clutch safety switch is mounted to the clutch pedal assembly I sent you. here's a pic.

 

i'm doing the swap on wednesday-- i went ahead and threw in the pedals today just to save some time-- if i dont have the switch period-- will the car run? can i jimmy-rig it?

 

in regards to the switch, i know i have that, i need the plug in--

in these pictures-- are these the wires you guys are talking about that plug into the clutch lockout switch?

 

another one

 

Ill make it easy for you. Look at where your auto shifter is/was. There was a harness connected to it. It had a 14 gauge yellow and a 14 gauge purple wire in it. Trace these back under the dash. If you can't find the factory plug that was provided for manuals, just cut the wires and splice them in. Real easy. Since it is a switched line, the polarity is kind of disregarded unless the power flows through a diode.

 

thanks man-- sorry to be so clueless when it comes to this stuff-- i just want to know for sure exactly what i need to plug in and stuff-- thanks again

 

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