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[kev2b4]

essentially as title -
1/ had a FL CDX estate 2.5 petrol auto-- which I have managed to 'lose'  a head gasket.
2/ bought a MFL - tourer 2.5 petrol manual - tatty,scratched etc., 105k miles on clock, engine 67k only ( must have been one of the 80K! cambelt failures - as on the receipt Vauxhall paid 20% towards replacement engine!)- bought it mainly as immediate run-around - with possibility of putting engine in the FL - when the tourer fails mot miserably in oct.( or if not will continue running around in it).

Question -- Is it as simple as :-
a) remove engine /gearbox from each car
b) swap gearboxes ( as would prefer to have the auto in the FL)
apart from silencers etc. ( cats on mfl are better than the FL - so will swap best of most bits to the FL)-
I assume the engine management magic boxes are the same- so it maybe as simple as a bit of spanner work?

[TheBoy]

Yes, just swap mechanicals, not ECUs/wiring.

There is a bearing on back of manual engine you need to pull out to fit autobox.

[JamesV6CDX]

There is a bearing on back of manual engine you need to pull out to fit autobox.

Don't I know it!! Completely forgot this was there, yesterday. Ended up taking box back off to find out why it wouldn't meet the block 

[kev2b4]

not too bad then!

use engine crane, and remove the air con stuff - doesn't work on either car anyway - for a bit of space,
then figure out which wire goes where!

The FL with dead engine - originally had camshaft sensor failure- new ( genuine didn't resolve ) - so might consider changing the engine magic box with the known good one from the donor.

Thanks for the info.

James , by the way the dead FL is the one you did timing belt on in Feb this year,

[TheBoy]

If you swap ecus, it'll need reprogramming due to auto/manual configs

[The Red Baron]

flywheels the same then?.

[Andy H]

flywheels the same then?.

Same as what?
Automatics don't have a flywheel, they have a flex plate (which has the starter ring gear on it's rim).

The torque converter bolts to the flex plate and is plenty heavy enough that the engine doesn't need a flywheel as well.

[TheBoy]

flywheels the same then?.

Auto won't have flywheel - that needs to stay with manual box.

[The Red Baron]

flywheels the same then?.

Auto won't have flywheel - that needs to stay with manual box.

thus being my point, hope op knows this. thats all.

[2woody]

don't forget to take off the adaptor ring behind the flex-plate