Automatic to Manual Tranny Swap
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This is a pretty common topic and has been discussed many times, a quick search came up with a few threads on it.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...onversion.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...eed-imput.html
Looks like you will need a new PCM, Gauge Cluster, clutch pedal and linkage assembly, cut hole in tranny hump, and possibly get a different drive shaft, because (IIRC) I believe the NV3500 manual tranny is a bit longer then the auto, or maybe it is the other way around. And I believe there is even more to it then that.
If this truck is your daily driver I honestly wouldn't do it.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...onversion.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...eed-imput.html
Looks like you will need a new PCM, Gauge Cluster, clutch pedal and linkage assembly, cut hole in tranny hump, and possibly get a different drive shaft, because (IIRC) I believe the NV3500 manual tranny is a bit longer then the auto, or maybe it is the other way around. And I believe there is even more to it then that.
If this truck is your daily driver I honestly wouldn't do it.
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01-09-2010, 07:19 PM
sorry didnt relize 4x2......
and the auto would be a better go...i believe you'll loose much acceleration with the 5 speed....and IMO its just not worth it....
and the bolt is in the fifth gear i think, a jam nut...it falls out, gets in the gears, and grind them...well destroying the tranny
and the auto would be a better go...i believe you'll loose much acceleration with the 5 speed....and IMO its just not worth it....
and the bolt is in the fifth gear i think, a jam nut...it falls out, gets in the gears, and grind them...well destroying the tranny
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01-09-2010, 08:22 PM
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sorry didnt relize 4x2......
and the auto would be a better go...i believe you'll loose much acceleration with the 5 speed....and IMO its just not worth it....
and the bolt is in the fifth gear i think, a jam nut...it falls out, gets in the gears, and grind them...well destroying the tranny
and the auto would be a better go...i believe you'll loose much acceleration with the 5 speed....and IMO its just not worth it....
and the bolt is in the fifth gear i think, a jam nut...it falls out, gets in the gears, and grind them...well destroying the tranny
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Funny, my 95' with the NV3500 has 430,000 kms (267,000 mi) has almost no issue with the syncros. Every now and then it will be stiff into first, but thats all. The fifth gear nut is something I have never heard of on the NV3500, but is a common issue on the NV4500.
From everything I have read (on this forum and a few others) the NV3500 is much more reliable than the auto, and by design automatics take more power to run and will therefore have worse accelation than a manual.
Gord.
From everything I have read (on this forum and a few others) the NV3500 is much more reliable than the auto, and by design automatics take more power to run and will therefore have worse accelation than a manual.
Gord.
I agree 100%. Very well said.
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01-09-2010, 09:47 PM