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1980 W250 Auto to Manual

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Old 10-12-2012, 10:40 PM
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1980 W250 Auto to Manual

I am about to swap out a '93 W250 CTD with a '80 PW W250 , the CTD is a 5spd, the PW is auto. How much work am I looking at to convert the old Mopar to stick? I want to utilize the '93s drivetrain as well.

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Is this that impossible no one has done it before and there is no experiences doing this swap?
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yes it can be done but the 80 has different body lines then the 93 does but it's basicly the same swap as the 81-93 do some research on here and A lot of reading I think you will be ok biggest thing is if the 80 only has a Dana 44 you will have to run a 60 front end
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The late 80's/90's Dodges have hydraulic clutches. The firewalls are different around the electrical bulkhead/ clutch passthrough area. Basically, the bulkhead is farther toward the fender on the newer ones to allow a large hole for the hyd master cylinder. This has been covered a few times in these forums.
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