You're asking questions on 10+yr old threads that have long since been either...
1) Forgotten about
2) Never finished/figured out
3) No longer have the vehicles
Sad, but true. They hey day of 6th gens has come and gone. I'm on my 3rd 6th gen and i've had it since 2013, its had maybe 4 or 5 engines from all my prior exploits. I used to live in japan and its common for auto trans to be on their cars. Even still when my 99 at went out i welcomed the opportunity to install an m2b4 trans. go with what's tried and true.