Hi all,<br>I've got a 1992 W250 CTD 1 ton with an Automatic transmission. This transmission has been nothing but trouble since about a year ago, and I've taken it to many reputable tranny shops with no results. My question is has anyone ever converted from an Automatic to a Standard? Looking at the truck underneath and in the engine room it looks like a fairly simple but timeconsuming procedure. Any help would be appreciated.<br>

 

It'd take some time but can be done obviously. You'll need a donor or a lot of parts from one. tranny, clutch master cyl, clutch lever, hydraulic lines, clutch fork, throw out bearing, flywheel, shifter, ****, tranny crossmember and mount, clutch, and possibly a driveshaft shortening/lengthening depending on if the new tranny is shorter or longer.<br><br>You can pick up a NV5600 6-speed from a newer dodge for about $995.00 from Ariel Performance. That should make the rest of the swap easy on the wallet since most NV5600 go for about $3,400.00. Ariel's trannies are &quot;used&quot; (most of which are just check trannys thrown out for auction by NV that they used for spec calibration) All of them are dyno tested and &quot;proven&quot; to be in working order. I bought mine from Ariel and a couple of other people on this site have bought and installed Ariel 6-speeds. Mine works flawlessly. I love it. I took it apart when I got it and it looked like not a day had been seen on the gears. It shifts like a dream.

 

Man I wish a grand or more would fall out of the sky and land in my pocket :