wheelin66

Well I have changed gears a bit and have settled on putting a five speed in for now rather than a six speed (that will be later). Right now it is saving me a PILE of money.

With that said, I got all of my parts in yesterday. I can't wait until the weekend!!! I will make sure to post pictures as I do the swap.

Forrest Nearing

you'll love the 5sp. unless you pull a gooseneck all day every day, the 5sp is a better all around driver.

Forrest

wheelin66

Well, long awaited and here we are. I now have a standard transmission in my truck!!!! Now my only problem is I need a better clutch, haha. It isn't very hard to slip the stock clutch even without a load on, doh! Everything went very smooth once I drove 2 hours to get flywheel bolts. I only had to try to start it once and everything was even right from the start, no headaches...yet.

I also got a bonus when I bought the parts. The tag on the side of the transmission indicates that it was rebuilt in March of '03 so I can't imagine it even has that many miles on it!

As promised I took a few pictures along the way. I got busy working and missed a lot but I did get a dozen or so. I have not figured out how to post pictures so here is a link to another page I posted them on. Nothing too exciting but let me know what you think.

http://www.inart2.psu.edu/art90/gall...d=89&galid=774

cumminsboy

Gotta love them standards!!!!

I PASS GAS

If I may ask, how much did this cost you? My auto is still going strong, but when it does finally kick the bucket, I'd really like to swap it to a 5 or 6 speed.

I would have bought a standard when I bought my truck, but it was a deal I could not pass up.