Transmission swap
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This is for your '76 F100, correct? And you have an FE motor, or all your posts wouldn't be the FE forum I reckon.
What type of trans do you want? Truck 4 speed with low gear? Performance 4 speed? Truck 5 speed with OD? Performance 5 speed with OD?
Old 3 speed?
Old 4 speed OD?
You will need a bell housing for your motor, a flywheel, clutch, and a pedal set for your year truck along with the clutch linkage. You may need a different cross member and drive shaft as well.
Cost? IF you can find all that stuff from a donor truck I would guess you will be into it about $500 on the low end by the time you buy the new clutch and throw out bearing and other parts that you must buy new.
Labor? Figure 12 hours, plus parts search time.
WAG alert....ymmv
What type of trans do you want? Truck 4 speed with low gear? Performance 4 speed? Truck 5 speed with OD? Performance 5 speed with OD?
Old 3 speed?
Old 4 speed OD?
You will need a bell housing for your motor, a flywheel, clutch, and a pedal set for your year truck along with the clutch linkage. You may need a different cross member and drive shaft as well.
Cost? IF you can find all that stuff from a donor truck I would guess you will be into it about $500 on the low end by the time you buy the new clutch and throw out bearing and other parts that you must buy new.
Labor? Figure 12 hours, plus parts search time.
WAG alert....ymmv
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I'd love to have a 3 on the tree but it really confuses me how It actually works on the column. But on the other hand a 4 on the floor would mean I have to hack into the beautiful american made steel floor. This would also be all done in my garage without a proper lift or hoist or any special tools
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I pulled and reinstalled a 435NP with a floor-jack on my '74 highboy, what's this about "proper tools"? 
It's not hard to go from auto to 435NP - which is really a 3-speed on the floor with an extra-low extra forward gear
Also, have you made certain your floor doesn't already have the removable piece for the floor-shifter?
It's not hard to go from auto to 435NP - which is really a 3-speed on the floor with an extra-low extra forward gear
Also, have you made certain your floor doesn't already have the removable piece for the floor-shifter?
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