Manual to Auto swap

[ArgentinianPost]

Hi, a friend was looking to do this swap. I drive a 325 auto and he a 320 pre manual.

I've been reading a lot and cant find anything about this, we are worry about the wires and electrical parts.

Anyone knows if its possible to do and what we should look about?

[PDXPeter]

Probably doable. Find a auto->manual conversion and do it in reverse.

[the_eskimo_wonder]

http://www.rtsauto.com/bmw-e30-transmission-swap-automatic-to-manual/

But backwards!

[Andre3127]

It's a bit more complicated, as there's extra wiring in an auto car that's not there in a manual shell.

[jgilber0]

Why not just swap cars? Seems like a big hassle doing it this way.

[e30davie]

The wiring will be the most annoying bit. if its the "dumb" auto you will only need the park wiring installed. which you could just splice into the wiring on the starter motor.

But if its that auto with its own computer im not sure what that needs, power of course but any sensors? not sure.

Mechanically it will all just bolt in.