Hey guys, I posted about some transmission troubles a couple weeks back.
I have a 96 f250 4x4 and I believe the E40D is saying good bye, its a Jasper rebuild with 180,000 miles on it. Sadly I only owned it for 10-12K miles. I use the truck for my lawn care company and I might be using it for plowing, but also I do alot of driving since it is my daily driven truck. At this point, I don't want to spend 3000 dollars on a new trans and theres other stuff needed, including the engine burning alil white smoke when I get on it (only uses half a quart of oil in 3000miles but still smokes a hair when you get on it..IE WOT for 10 seconds). So I'm seriously thinking of getting rid of the truck after only owning it a year and a half, but I do like the the truck and the fact that I have so much money in upgrades already.
So I was wondering, has anyone ever swapped their automatic trans to a manual trans? What would be needed other then the already comnonly known things (trans, linkage, peddle assembly, probably crossmember)? Would a new computer be needed? Any help on this would be great. Winter is comming and this would be a nice lil project to do for a couple weeks, I know of a junkyard that has stick truck that had a psd in it, the trans is gone but I might be able to salvage the peddle assembly. Basicly looking at, I dont want to spend 3000 on an automatic, and if its cheaper to go with manual then I'd be up for it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]
well the pedal assy you can get out of any f-series truck so that's not a concern.
Find your transmission, factor in about 1k for a good SMFW & clutch, then you'll need slave cyl, clutch fork, master cyl. and then you will need to modify your driveshafts.
I think you're going to find that swapping trans comes out to about the same if not more than fixing the one you have.
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95 F350 Centurion Conversion Bronco E40D (Crew Cab SRW) 4X4 4.10, Boost, Pyro, & trans temp on the A-pillar, BDP Stage 1 injectors, Open air intake, Dpp Downpipe, TS chip.
I think after it is all said and done unless you know someone in a wrecking yard willing to cut you a deal it will cost about the same. Your tranny shouldnt cost you 3k. I spent 2300 on mine and that included billet converter and other h/d mods as well as a big cooler.
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Sold, 97 F250 Supercab back to the 85 S10 and loving it.
My tranny Rebuild cost me $2100 that included $400 in Steel planet gears
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2000. Stock F-350 210k miles, white, 4x4, extended cab, Long Bed. 285/75/16 BFG All Terrain T/A, Marinco Block Heater Mod, Tymar Intake. And that's all for now, but looking to get Edge Juice with Attitude
SOLD--96, Stock PSD, Service Body, Nothing really special 200,000+ miles
and...
Sold to Dad... Might buy it back someday I love this truck - 93, 7.3 Non Turbo 300,000+ miles replaced E40D at 287k miles, also just a stock truck, Run about 450+ Gallons of straight WMO, now back on diesel
I purchsed my 97 F-250 (Now an F-350 after 60 swap) because I bought it right. I did not care for the E40D when I purchased it.
I desperately want a manual box and do not mind paying extra to achieve. And besides that, some degenerative redneck made the mistake of telling me that I could not do it.
My only concern is the electronic end of the equation. Will I have to fabricate a loop in the transmission wiring harness to fool my computer or can it simply be unplugged?
I would really like a ZF6 given its lower final OD ration an lower crawl ratio.
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