The AUTO ECU does not have to be bypassed... As mentioned above... The ECU has no dealings with the mechanical driven process of 5-speed.. Though if you don't bypass the OD button you will set you check-engine light on.

 

- Are there any special brackets that need to be purchased?
Manula tranny has a differnet motor mount.. (if you buy a used tranny they might give it for free)
- Is there an intermediate shaft and does it have to be replaced with one from a 5spd?
What is this item?????
- I assume when you say "driveshafts", you mean the halfshafts/driveaxles?
Yes halfshafts.. They are different in a 5speed

- How is the clutch pedal affixed to the floorboard?
You drill the hole for the master cylinder (gives you 2 screws) and there is one factory unused hole already there

- Are there different clutch kits for different years and differen trannys? ie. GXE Tranny has x-amount of splines, therefore needs x-clutch kit, whereas SE tranny has x-amount of splines, there needs a different x-clutch kit?
To my understanding all are interchangable

- Do the hub/knuckles have to be modified to work with the manual driveaxles?
Nope this side is the same the holes in the tranny are why you need to change the shafts

 

Sorta.. But this is one plug w/ 2 wires... If you jump it (connect these 2 wires together) it starts fine.

 

Automatic or 5-speed, the Engine Control Module is not involved in the Inhibitor Relay circuit.

 

next spring i am going to do this conversion on my max...i just bought a 99 se-l and though its an auto i couldnt pass it up, dark green, beigle leather fully loaded...so next spring i will do this conversion...i will do mroe research on this and hopefully will be done soon...did you have any probs after install? i mean does it drive jsut like any other 5 spd max? any probs other then the abs that you ran into id like to hear about...thanks

 

no other problems except now I want s/c and nos too... haha,
it runs awesome, I am extremely happy that I did the conversion now..

 

Once everyone start they always looks for whats next bigger nd better The bug has got ya now.

SuDZ