alright well heres the story, a guy at my local auto parts shop told me hes got a standard tranny with new clutch and linkages and the full set up for my truck all i need to get is the pedal and those parts, but i want to know if the swap is worth it? since i have an auto right now, i would like the standard. oh and it has a new clutch and is very good condition, but how much work am i looking into to do this? and my old man said no but to bad it's my truck i can do what id like to do haha, anyway any advice would be great
Gregg

 

Well, it is alot of heavy work. Are you doing it yourself?

 

Do you have a 2 or 4wd? If its 4wd you'll need to get the coupler between the tranny and t-case as well as a new input shaft for the t-case or the right t-case. The clutch works via hydraulics so there is no real linkage to mess with. It's really not a bad job if you have done transmission work before. Just take your time and find a good tranmission jack.

 

Im bout to do it. I just found out I may need a diff. tunnel. Anyone know if this is true?

 

my old man said no but to bad it's my truck i can do what id like to do haha, anyway any advice would be great
Gregg[/QUOTE]

Listen to your Dad, someday you will realize how smart he really is.

 

^^^agreed, but i prefer a manual in whatever i drive. then when my dad wanted a ctd, he wouldn't even look at an auto.

 

it's a 4wd and he did say it comes with the bellhousing and all but now i have to check up on the transfercase stuff, it's a np205, and the kit that this tranny is comming from is the same set up he trying to sell from rad to transfercase whitch includes everything for $6000 but he said he would sell the tranny seperate along with everything it needs.

 

and i will be doing ity self, as iv done this kind of job on a old 64 ford 4x4 logging crew pick up truck and i did the job using a regular jack but i dont think it will reach up to my transmission, but my uncle do this kinda of stuff so they can help

 

well it'll be something where you'll need the manual xfercase as well, the auto one won't work! Easier to do on a 2x4 and I don't know all the snags on a 4x4 swap sorry guys!1 I've done the swap on my '89 2x4 and YES the tunnel is too small, you need the larger bolt in hump from a 72' - '89 4x4 auto/4sp or 2x4 4sp truck!! auto 2x4's have small humps!