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trany swap?
I. looking at a 97 f-250 psd,with 230K I 've neverliked the auto trany much and kind of worry about it needing a rebuild with,that many miles. if it gose out how hard is it to put the zf5 in instead, of rebuilding the {e40d } think that is what it would have? would realy appricate any comments, thoughts happy hollydays J,
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the basic swap would be very easy. as long as you can get a hold of a truck that has the pedals and the clutch slave, line and master cylinder. the hard part woul dbe getting the computer to recognize that it now has a manual transmission and not an auto.
I have asked this question before and no one has been able to come up with a real good answer as to weather you can just swap computers or if there is an auto tranny box somewhere in the truck that has to be taken out. I am still looking if I find anything I will tell ya.
on another note. my auto has 200,000 on it and still doin just fine. take care of it, and get a sonix valve and tricumulator. anything to firm up the shifts and keep heat down will extend the life of your tranny.
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I have asked this question before and no one has been able to come up with a real good answer as to weather you can just swap computers or if there is an auto tranny box somewhere in the truck that has to be taken out. I am still looking if I find anything I will tell ya.
on another note. my auto has 200,000 on it and still doin just fine. take care of it, and get a sonix valve and tricumulator. anything to firm up the shifts and keep heat down will extend the life of your tranny.
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I am kinda a Junkyard hound. so I know where there are lots of parts to many diferent vehicles.
You could easily get the pedals without a parts truck. there is a 95 half ton in the junkyard close to me with a 302 and a 5 speed that I have been meaning to get the pedals out of, since it is the same style as mine. all I will need is the brake and the clutch pedals. I am pretty sure it even has the internal clutch slave, but I will have to do some more investigating.
I trust my truck like it has 100 miles on it. I trust it even more then the day I bought it because I have done so many things to it, maintinence stuff, that makes me trust it even more. I bought it with 162,000 on it. I test drove it one day and bought it the next. you can say I prolly got lucky cuz I had never heard of this site before I bought it. had I, I prolly would have asked more questions but still would have got it.
Regular maintinence, and paying attention to your truck, how it runs, and no short cuts and you will trust your truck just as much as I do.
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You could easily get the pedals without a parts truck. there is a 95 half ton in the junkyard close to me with a 302 and a 5 speed that I have been meaning to get the pedals out of, since it is the same style as mine. all I will need is the brake and the clutch pedals. I am pretty sure it even has the internal clutch slave, but I will have to do some more investigating.
I trust my truck like it has 100 miles on it. I trust it even more then the day I bought it because I have done so many things to it, maintinence stuff, that makes me trust it even more. I bought it with 162,000 on it. I test drove it one day and bought it the next. you can say I prolly got lucky cuz I had never heard of this site before I bought it. had I, I prolly would have asked more questions but still would have got it.
Regular maintinence, and paying attention to your truck, how it runs, and no short cuts and you will trust your truck just as much as I do.
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I would be a little leary just for the fact that I dont know where the truck has been in the last 240k, If I was buying it from someone I knew, or at least knew the back ground of the truck, how it was maintained then I wouldn't worry to much. as long as the price is right, or slightly below the blue book then it should be a decient buy. check all the fluids, and if your main worry is the tranny check the fluid before you buy it, smell it, get it hot, check the fluid level.
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What am I smelling in the trany fluid, ? I'm about as knowlageable a s 5th grader when it comes to autos, only driven sticks my whole life
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If you have ever smelt good new trany fluid it kinda has a sulpher like oil smell. kinda hard to describe. if the fluid is a real dark chery red, or on the verge of being brown, and smells real bad, like burnt 80-90 weight then it is prolly due for a change, ask the owner how often they changed it, and if they did a filter too. ford says you dont have to do the filter, but I did mine.
Mainly your looking at the color and smell, real dark cherry color is bad, and a nasty burnt rotten smell is bad, tranny fluid doesnt smell good to start with, but bad tranny fluid is very noticeable.
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Mainly your looking at the color and smell, real dark cherry color is bad, and a nasty burnt rotten smell is bad, tranny fluid doesnt smell good to start with, but bad tranny fluid is very noticeable.
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Thanks i should be able to tell, After the first time I changer the trany fliuid in my 96 f-150 that 5sp manual uses atf and I was practicly swimming in the stuff trying to pump it up in to the fill hole. I am leary of the tranny I've just heard that they all need re-builds after 150K . I guess thats probably an exageration but, it maks me nearvious, none the less, J
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Thanks i should be able to tell, After the first time I changer the trany fliuid in my 96 f-150 that 5sp manual uses atf and I was practicly swimming in the stuff trying to pump it up in to the fill hole. I am leary of the tranny I've just heard that they all need re-builds after 150K . I guess thats probably an exageration but, it maks me nearvious, none the less, J
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hummm, that makes me feel beter, But I do pull a horse trailer around a fair bit, my girl friend just got a 96 with e4od I love ther truck and hauls great but like I said I'n a auto trany nebie so I'm squeemish
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