OK so we're up to 3 stick shifts. What package do you have 1fast4.6? I notice your steering wheel is dark and SoutTexasDiesel's is a light color. Don't tell me we can't get supplemental heat but get a choice of steering wheel color.

 

well his is a lariat and mine is just and xlt. i also dont have all the chrome around the instrument cluster. wich ticks me off. i orderd my truck so i didnt get to see it before it came in.

 

Now I see the cloth on the seat, but are the outer edges and the center leather? I've always stuck with the XLT because I didn't want leather.

 

nope seats are completly cloth... and the center console lid is some form of leather. its the same as the eariler model trucks..

 

I've got captains chairs, so my center is a plastic console. And while I don't like the new console without the clip for a pad, I just don't know if I can live without captains chairs. I also can't live without the 6-speed.

 

hey f350-6 if you are wondering about the overdrive gearvendors unit on the 7.3's go to the 1994.5-1997 powerstroke forums and ask to talk to rubberduck about his. he is absolutely in love with it, those long shifts that you are talking about this unit sticks another shift in there so you dont loose that momentum, and then there is the double overdrive which you know, with 4:10's i know he gets decent mileage on his dually.

also on the 6.4's when i test drove the 6spd i didnt really notice a huge rpm drop when shifting, and like said before the throws are oustandingly short on those trucks. when i first took off in the truck i had to make sure that i was actually going into gear because they are so short compared to the 7.3's.

hope this helps you out in some sort of way.

Austin

 

Thanks. I've got too many miles on my 7.3 to spend the money on an overdrive unit. Besides I've been dealing with some electrical gremlins on my 02 that are making me think an 08 is in my 6-8 week future.

 

For some reason it seems Ford is slowly getting away from the stick jockey crowd. They're offering less options for the manual trannys and no reasons for the limitations. Not to mention no major upgrades to the tranny for the last several years.

(Sorry is I'm making no sence, just got back from the bar, long night and an hour drive back. Have I said that the 6-speed is easy as hell to drive. )

 

So you're saying I should order one soon before they quit offering the few options they have now, like steering wheel, doors, and glass? I'm starting to think the same thing.

I don't know why they just don't go ahead and make the base model come with an automatic and offer the 6-speed as an upgrade item for more money. Maybe if we were paying extra for a stick shift the would feel more compelled to offer us options.

 

When I started looking into getting a new super duty I was supprised it wasn't set up with auto as standard and manual as an optional upgrade for $$$.

 

why.. when you can squeeze 4 more grand out of peoples pockets?

 

SouthTexasDiesel, I see you have the Lariat with the manual shifter for the 4x4, are you hubs just free and lock, or auto and lock?

 

Mine are manual locking hubs. If you have the ground shift lever the front hubs are always manual on Fords. I had the option to get auto locking hubs with the shift on the fly switch, but I decided not to because my last 2 trucks had auto locking hubs, and the lockers on both trucks went out. To me it's just less stuff to break.

 

A lariet with 6 speed and manual 4X4! Just exactly what I have been looking for. I knew I would probably have to special order it, but I can not even find a 6 speed to test drive. No dealership I have checked in the area has even one. I am gonna keep looking and drive one before I order one.

Also my truck will have a gearvendors unit. I have wanted one for a long time. I just can not justify spending that kind of money on my current truck with over 200K miles. I can justify it easily on this new one.

 

Good luck finding one on a lot w/ a 6-speed. I just went for it without test driving one and have no regrets. Tranny hasn't changed over the years but the throws are shorter, and shifts feel much smoother.