Another Auto to 5spd swap Begins...
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Another Auto to 5spd swap Begins...(PICS)
A340F tranny is slipping too much and now another 5spd swap on yotatech beings...
My Vehicle: '87 XtraCab Pickup 22RE A340F
Donor Vehicle: '86 Reg Cab 22R G52 5spd
My friend is abandoning his '86 to work on another '86 he has with a 22RE in it to build up. He said $300 buys all the drivetrain stuff I can rip off of it to do the swap. A buddy of mine offered to help me after hours at his shop for cheap. We removed the trans and TC, front drive shaft, full pedal assembly, crossmember and clutch cable from it before it went off to become someone elses project. I think we have everything off of it I THINK we need.
My '87...
Steam clean the bell housing...
I'll try to document as much as possible for the next guy who wants to do a swap on his rig.
My Vehicle: '87 XtraCab Pickup 22RE A340F
Donor Vehicle: '86 Reg Cab 22R G52 5spd
My friend is abandoning his '86 to work on another '86 he has with a 22RE in it to build up. He said $300 buys all the drivetrain stuff I can rip off of it to do the swap. A buddy of mine offered to help me after hours at his shop for cheap. We removed the trans and TC, front drive shaft, full pedal assembly, crossmember and clutch cable from it before it went off to become someone elses project. I think we have everything off of it I THINK we need.
My '87...
Steam clean the bell housing...
I'll try to document as much as possible for the next guy who wants to do a swap on his rig.
Last edited by tumor21; 09-14-2010 at 02:59 PM.
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Well it was my rig's turn to be hoisted up in my buddy's shop to get that slipping A340F out. Many thanks to cwbyup2002. Thanks for all your help so far...and the shop of course.
Notice the transfercase cooler hanging off the auto. It's slung over the top of the tranny in between the two transmissions. I didn't even know I had a transfercase cooler!
Notice the transfercase cooler hanging off the auto. It's slung over the top of the tranny in between the two transmissions. I didn't even know I had a transfercase cooler!
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I am in the process also and i was wondering.... My truck (auto) has the 430 gears that is sitting on 31.10.50x15 tires. I have a 88 regular cab short bed (donor) truck. Is the drive shafts in my truck usable with the manual trans? I was also wondering about how it will change my interstate speeds? Do i need to take out the gears from the donor truck or can i utilize my gears? Any and all help would greatly be appreciated Thanks in advance Billy
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Could you take a picture of the blue and white plugs on the automatic trans wiring harness and post then up ?. My 86 4Runner had an auto to manual swap done, but the back up light were never reconnected and the old automatic trans was disposed of before i could get the wiring off of it. If the plugs and wiring on your old automatic trans are the same as mine i would be willing to buy it from you if you don`t need them. Or could you tell me witch plug goes to the back up light switch and what color the wires are so i can figure out what wires to tap into.
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I am in the process also and i was wondering.... My truck (auto) has the 430 gears that is sitting on 31.10.50x15 tires. I have a 88 regular cab short bed (donor) truck. Is the drive shafts in my truck usable with the manual trans I was also wondering about how it will change my interstate speeds Do i need to take out the gears from the donor truck or can i utilize my gears Any and all help would greatly be appreciated Thanks in advance Billy
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more pics...
Steam cleaned the donor truck's pedal assembly. (Of course a lot of elbow grease with steel wool could do something similar if you don't have a big honkin steam cleaner laying around.)
A bushing with the perfect diameter, (1.25in i think) was a great way to drill the pilot hole for the hole saw. Gotta give cwbyup2002 the credit for that idea.
Got the 4crawler driveshaft spacer to make up the difference in tranny length. it's a 2inch length difference between a340f and g52 but 1.5in is the biggest I could get. Thnx 4crawler you rule!
Steam cleaned the donor truck's pedal assembly. (Of course a lot of elbow grease with steel wool could do something similar if you don't have a big honkin steam cleaner laying around.)
A bushing with the perfect diameter, (1.25in i think) was a great way to drill the pilot hole for the hole saw. Gotta give cwbyup2002 the credit for that idea.
Got the 4crawler driveshaft spacer to make up the difference in tranny length. it's a 2inch length difference between a340f and g52 but 1.5in is the biggest I could get. Thnx 4crawler you rule!
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Could you take a picture of the blue and white plugs on the automatic trans wiring harness and post then up ?. My 86 4Runner had an auto to manual swap done, but the back up light were never reconnected and the old automatic trans was disposed of before i could get the wiring off of it. If the plugs and wiring on your old automatic trans are the same as mine i would be willing to buy it from you if you don`t need them. Or could you tell me witch plug goes to the back up light switch and what color the wires are so i can figure out what wires to tap into.
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Alright! That's it! I can't take it anymore...
Can someone confirm that's an f case for me? I see the rear lines coming off for the little radiator and I'm thinking H, something I didn't know the f cases had...
If the f case has that, this will be my "learnt something new today"...
Can someone confirm that's an f case for me? I see the rear lines coming off for the little radiator and I'm thinking H, something I didn't know the f cases had...
If the f case has that, this will be my "learnt something new today"...
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i'm doing the same swap on my 87 4runner will i need the adapter that you have the trans came out of a truck short bed also what wires do i need to jump for the neutral safety switch
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Also I just got my new transfercase mount. since my donor's was shot....
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I will be putting my manual trans in the middle of next week, i don't know what the neutral safety switch looks like or how to short it out. Any and all info would greatly appreciated.
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I'll get a good pic of mine to post up. I couldn't find a good one online when I began the swap either.
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