Converting and automatic to a manual
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Converting and automatic to a manual
I'm trying to find a truck that has a manual transmission, since I seem to have horrid luck with autos... but I'm having trouble finding one. I may have found a nearly perfect truck - 1988 F-250, but its an automatic... How hard would it be to convert it to a manual (5 speed)? It's got the 351 engine out of a '92. I've found a donor truck too, had a fire under the hood, but its got the 351 and a 5 speed. It's also an '88. What all is involved in doing this conversion... I've never done it before.
The closest I've done to this is replace/rebuild a C6 in a 1976 F-250 highboy...
I don't drive in town much... mostly freeway and 4 wheeling, so I think a manual is better for me anyway.
The closest I've done to this is replace/rebuild a C6 in a 1976 F-250 highboy...
I don't drive in town much... mostly freeway and 4 wheeling, so I think a manual is better for me anyway.
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Your brake pedal set up comes out, and the MT clutch/brake goes in. More work for the clutch master, including reinforcing your cracked, rusted or flexing firewall. (OEM for your year truck)
Pull trans, install flywheel in place of flex plate. Make sure you get the correct balance. Clutch, trans, maybe move the cross member, see if your floor pan accepts the trans, if not remove and get from donor truck.
See if DS fits.
Leave auto shifter hanging like a diseased limb....
Conversion complete. I must have missed something.... Oh, check to see if your automatic is electronically controlled first, as your engine computer is going to be lonely without it if it is....
Your brake pedal set up comes out, and the MT clutch/brake goes in. More work for the clutch master, including reinforcing your cracked, rusted or flexing firewall. (OEM for your year truck)
Pull trans, install flywheel in place of flex plate. Make sure you get the correct balance. Clutch, trans, maybe move the cross member, see if your floor pan accepts the trans, if not remove and get from donor truck.
See if DS fits.
Leave auto shifter hanging like a diseased limb....
Conversion complete. I must have missed something.... Oh, check to see if your automatic is electronically controlled first, as your engine computer is going to be lonely without it if it is....
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