Manual swap wiring

huntroma said:

What's the issue? Car won't start because it thinks it's in gear? Any plans on coding out the A/T in the computer?

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car won’t start. I was planning on wiring the reverse lights and clutch safety switch as mentioned in the other thread. Correct me if I’m wrong but the neutral safety switch is why it won’t start?

Bali said:

This should cover it.

DIY: Auto to Manual Transmission Swap Wiring Changes

This describes the wiring changes needed when swapping a manual transmission into an E46 that originally had an automatic transmission. Remove EGS First step is to remove the transmission control module (EGS), located in the electronics box near the brake master cylinder. Connector A7000...

www.e46fanatics.com

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thanks guys. Very helpful somehow I didn’t see that thread

Edit: does anyone know what wiring I have to do to bypass NSS?

Bali said:

You can simply disable the clutch switch in the EWS (what huntroma calls neutral safety switch) with coding.

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well I was thinking about that however in the threads I read about coding they all use PA soft scanner but I couldn’t find one for sale outside of eBay. I have had really bad luck on eBay so I’m hesitant

Thanks guys, it seems that I was misunderstanding what I had to do. And I have a 2001 330ci so I will use the link provided.

edit: the link you provided above comes with the required software? Additionally I thought some others were talking about a cable that you need to connect the scanner to obd2 but I can’t find where I read that again.

2nd edit: found the cable and the thread that includes the software download, Im good