transmission conversion - Diesel Forum

bl8407 · 11-02-2009, 11:14 AM

On a 97 350 crew cab can a stick shift be converted to an auto without any engine or wiring harness mods

speeddemon31176 · 11-02-2009, 03:12 PM

No you need the wiring harness for an auto and the PCM for it as well. Where are you at? I have an auto and am looking to convert to manual.

bl8407 · 11-03-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by speeddemon31176

No you need the wiring harness for an auto and the PCM for it as well. Where are you at? I have an auto and am looking to convert to manual.

Hello, I am located in Chesapeake VA. I do not currently own a manual. I have a 97 reg cab auto. I need a CC due to space, found one in Kentucky that has everything I want except for the auto. I did not know if it would be worth the trouble. Is the harness just for the engine or the whole truck. It seems a whole truck harness could be a very involved process. Thanks for the help.

Garbage_Mechanic · 11-03-2009, 08:40 PM

I havent looked lately but BTS (Brian's Truck Shop) used to have a write up with photos on this, very detailed....

RonKZ650 · 11-03-2009, 10:53 PM

If I thought someone could do it and make it work like factory I would be glad to pay $5000 to get rid of the wonderful automatic and swap in a manual. Jump on the manual if you have a chance. I'd have to say looking back 100 years in cars/trucks, the biggest single disaster has been the auto transmission, and it continues. One "good" thing now is if 4 speeds of junk is not good enough, you can buy a new truck with a 6 speeds of junk auto trans with no option of manual unless Dodge is your choice. In 113,000 miles I've figured my misguided choice of buying the auto against my better judgement has cost me over $10,000 so far. Rant over, you do "NOT" want to convert to automatic unless you don't have a left leg and/or enjoy throwing $1000s of dollars down the toilet for the rest of eternity.