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cheese9988 · 05-18-2004, 09:56 AM

Someone awhile back did a write up on a auto to manual conversion and said something about a cable that went I think over by the passenger side for the ignition. Well I got my key stuck in the ignition and am looking for this stupid cable? Anybody know where it is. Its a `91 crx.

Calesta · 05-18-2004, 10:03 AM

I don't know what you removed when you did your conversion, but make sure that the car "thinks" that the old auto shifter is in park. My gear selector module is still in the car, so I just locked it to P with a custom bracket that I made in about 5 minutes. If you cut yours, get the right resistance (or whatever signal it's throwing) from the wires that correspond to park, then make sure that the car "sees" that signal all the time.

cheese9988 · 05-18-2004, 10:07 AM

hmm, sometimes it wants to come out sometimes it dont....there was a wire harness by the shifter I havn't hookup up yet because I didn't wire the backup lights yet. I thought it was some cable or something.

Calesta · 05-18-2004, 10:12 AM

It should be a signal sent to the key interlock mechanism. You just have to trick the interlock into thinking that you're always in park.

asmallsol · 05-18-2004, 10:24 AM

When I did this swap for a freind, I wired up the park safety switch to itself, so that way it always made contact. The park safety switch is just a switch that when in park, it makes contact. The car no longer has the gear selector module in the car and works fine.

Calesta · 05-18-2004, 11:50 AM

That works too.

deth101 · 05-18-2004, 04:09 PM

I havnt started my car yet but have ben told by a few people that the little blue box under the dash is the interlock device and removing it will fix this prob,is that correct also?

brian11to1 · 05-18-2004, 04:12 PM

Teh little box thing next to where the shifter used to be... it slideds back and forth inn p - n etc... push the little slider all the way up into P then super glue their. this makes the car think its in park and the key will come out.

deth101 · 05-18-2004, 04:13 PM

I mean the blue box under the dash.

cheese9988 · 05-18-2004, 04:47 PM

hmm slider thing next to the old shifter....I don't see that there maybe I removed it?

I think I will try the wiring that asmallsol did and see how that works.

deth101 · 05-18-2004, 04:57 PM

post what wires you connect if its not too much trouble,I would love to know,thanks.

cheese9988 · 05-18-2004, 11:02 PM

Yep, that was a super easy fix, I looked at the old automatic shifter and figured out which wires you need. Basically on the side of the old automatic shifter there is a white slide switch that is bolted on, take it off. Take off the zip-tie and remove the tape around the wires. There are three black wires in there, 2 striped, 1 not. Cut black wire (not striped) as close to the solder joint as possible. Cut the green/white wire (farthest green wire away from harness) as close to the solder joint as possible. Splice, and SOLDER the two wires you just cut together, shrink tube or tape it. Plug the nine pin wire harness in and leave it under the molding, nobody is going to look under there anyway. Your done, you can now remove your key!

deth101 · 05-18-2004, 11:42 PM

thank you for updating.

lonelydriver · 06-04-2004, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cheese9988@May 18 2004, 08:56 AM
Someone awhile back did a write up on a auto to manual conversion

anyone have the link to that write-up?

brian11to1 · 06-04-2004, 08:10 PM

http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/index.php?...topic=27727&hl=

thats my article, which hasnt been moved to the articles yet...

Brian

05-18-2004, 09:56 AM	#1
cheese9988 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 27 Posts: 1,605 iTrader: 1 / 100% Ride: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged Rep Power: 29	Someone awhile back did a write up on a auto to manual conversion and said something about a cable that went I think over by the passenger side for the ignition. Well I got my key stuck in the ignition and am looking for this stupid cable? Anybody know where it is. Its a `91 crx. __________________ Is it good when my dipstick is rusty on my jeep? Linux Mint 6.0 "The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice." Theodore Roosevelt http://homemodders.com/t188/

05-18-2004, 10:03 AM	#2
Calesta Admin with a big stick Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lufkin, TX Age: 31 Posts: 23,912 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2003 S2000 Rep Power: 268	I don't know what you removed when you did your conversion, but make sure that the car "thinks" that the old auto shifter is in park. My gear selector module is still in the car, so I just locked it to P with a custom bracket that I made in about 5 minutes. If you cut yours, get the right resistance (or whatever signal it's throwing) from the wires that correspond to park, then make sure that the car "sees" that signal all the time. __________________ DO NOT PM me with tech questions! Use the forums! Intercrew Auto Salon - (972) 485-8688

05-18-2004, 10:07 AM	#3
cheese9988 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 27 Posts: 1,605 iTrader: 1 / 100% Ride: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged Rep Power: 29	hmm, sometimes it wants to come out sometimes it dont....there was a wire harness by the shifter I havn't hookup up yet because I didn't wire the backup lights yet. I thought it was some cable or something. __________________ Is it good when my dipstick is rusty on my jeep? Linux Mint 6.0 "The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice." Theodore Roosevelt http://homemodders.com/t188/

05-18-2004, 10:12 AM	#4
Calesta Admin with a big stick Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lufkin, TX Age: 31 Posts: 23,912 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2003 S2000 Rep Power: 268	It should be a signal sent to the key interlock mechanism. You just have to trick the interlock into thinking that you're always in park. __________________ DO NOT PM me with tech questions! Use the forums! Intercrew Auto Salon - (972) 485-8688

05-18-2004, 10:24 AM	#5
asmallsol Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houghton/Livonia Michigan Age: 22 Posts: 8,093 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 93 del Sol Gas sipper Rep Power: 95	When I did this swap for a freind, I wired up the park safety switch to itself, so that way it always made contact. The park safety switch is just a switch that when in park, it makes contact. The car no longer has the gear selector module in the car and works fine. __________________ Collin Material Science and Engineering Michigan Technological University


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05-18-2004, 11:50 AM	#6
Calesta Admin with a big stick Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lufkin, TX Age: 31 Posts: 23,912 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2003 S2000 Rep Power: 268	That works too. __________________ DO NOT PM me with tech questions! Use the forums! Intercrew Auto Salon - (972) 485-8688

05-18-2004, 04:09 PM	#7
deth101 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: usa Posts: 774 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 19	I havnt started my car yet but have ben told by a few people that the little blue box under the dash is the interlock device and removing it will fix this prob,is that correct also? __________________ </span><table border=\'0\' align=\'center\' width=\'95%\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'1\'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id=\'QUOTE\'>QUOTE (pyrohardcore @ Apr 22 2003, 06:56 PM)guess i'm sorta out in the open surrounded by fat kids in paintball tho </td></tr></table><span class=\'signature\'> Evil Should'nt Look This Good.

05-18-2004, 04:12 PM	#8
brian11to1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,918 iTrader: 2 / 100% Rep Power: 109	Teh little box thing next to where the shifter used to be... it slideds back and forth inn p - n etc... push the little slider all the way up into P then super glue their. this makes the car think its in park and the key will come out. __________________ 90 Integra Sedan B20B - BROKEN LSVTEC - BROKEN PMTR - running strong! I DO NOT answer tech questions via PM. Use the forums!!!

05-18-2004, 04:13 PM	#9
deth101 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: usa Posts: 774 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 19	I mean the blue box under the dash. __________________ </span><table border=\'0\' align=\'center\' width=\'95%\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'1\'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id=\'QUOTE\'>QUOTE (pyrohardcore @ Apr 22 2003, 06:56 PM)guess i'm sorta out in the open surrounded by fat kids in paintball tho </td></tr></table><span class=\'signature\'> Evil Should'nt Look This Good.

05-18-2004, 04:47 PM	#10
cheese9988 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 27 Posts: 1,605 iTrader: 1 / 100% Ride: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged Rep Power: 29	hmm slider thing next to the old shifter....I don't see that there maybe I removed it? I think I will try the wiring that asmallsol did and see how that works. __________________ Is it good when my dipstick is rusty on my jeep? Linux Mint 6.0 "The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice." Theodore Roosevelt http://homemodders.com/t188/

05-18-2004, 04:57 PM	#11
deth101 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: usa Posts: 774 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 19	post what wires you connect if its not too much trouble,I would love to know,thanks. __________________ </span><table border=\'0\' align=\'center\' width=\'95%\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'1\'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id=\'QUOTE\'>QUOTE (pyrohardcore @ Apr 22 2003, 06:56 PM)guess i'm sorta out in the open surrounded by fat kids in paintball tho </td></tr></table><span class=\'signature\'> Evil Should'nt Look This Good.

05-18-2004, 11:02 PM	#12
cheese9988 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 27 Posts: 1,605 iTrader: 1 / 100% Ride: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged Rep Power: 29	Yep, that was a super easy fix, I looked at the old automatic shifter and figured out which wires you need. Basically on the side of the old automatic shifter there is a white slide switch that is bolted on, take it off. Take off the zip-tie and remove the tape around the wires. There are three black wires in there, 2 striped, 1 not. Cut black wire (not striped) as close to the solder joint as possible. Cut the green/white wire (farthest green wire away from harness) as close to the solder joint as possible. Splice, and SOLDER the two wires you just cut together, shrink tube or tape it. Plug the nine pin wire harness in and leave it under the molding, nobody is going to look under there anyway. Your done, you can now remove your key! __________________ Is it good when my dipstick is rusty on my jeep? Linux Mint 6.0 "The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice." Theodore Roosevelt http://homemodders.com/t188/

05-18-2004, 11:42 PM	#13
deth101 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: usa Posts: 774 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 19	thank you for updating. __________________ </span><table border=\'0\' align=\'center\' width=\'95%\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'1\'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id=\'QUOTE\'>QUOTE (pyrohardcore @ Apr 22 2003, 06:56 PM)guess i'm sorta out in the open surrounded by fat kids in paintball tho </td></tr></table><span class=\'signature\'> Evil Should'nt Look This Good.

06-04-2004, 08:10 PM	#15
brian11to1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,918 iTrader: 2 / 100% Rep Power: 109	http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/index.php?...topic=27727&hl= thats my article, which hasnt been moved to the articles yet... Brian __________________ 90 Integra Sedan B20B - BROKEN LSVTEC - BROKEN PMTR - running strong! I DO NOT answer tech questions via PM. Use the forums!!!