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Adam
Dodge Dakota
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11/12/2006
17:30:38
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how much fabrication is involved with the auto to manual swap besides needing a place for the shofter does any one know if any manuals used the same trans mounts?
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Adam
Dodge Dakota
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11/12/2006
19:14:19
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I would think that would be a big pain in the @ss and not worth the money...but if you got money to spend why not I guess.
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Manny
Dodge Dakota
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11/12/2006
20:41:38
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Well Adam. It depends on year, OBDI or OBDII emissions compliance, how deep your pockets are, and can you find someone to do the structural and electrical fab work.
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jayb
Dodge Dakota
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11/22/2006
21:28:56
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they are blowing this way out of perporsion. its not hard. find a donor truck. make sure its the same, obd1 or 2. then swap the manual in, gotta cut the hole. dont forget the flywheel. you will need to replace your computer with the one from the donor. then you will have to install the clutch linkage from the donor. not too hard. emissions have nothing to do with it.
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billy bob
Dodge Dakota
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11/27/2006
01:18:25
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even easier than that. find a donor truck, trade it for your auto. done.
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dan
Dodge Dakota
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12/09/2006
03:33:52
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i wish my r/t was a manual but i could only find automatics when i was buying.
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Joey
Dodge Dakota
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12/13/2006
02:33:20
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an easier solution would be wat i did. I sent the valvebody in my 46re auto trans out to wayne at apsprecision.com and he installed a shift kit and some other modifications to make it a manual shift only so that watever gear the indicator reads is the gear its in with no exceptions. I also had him send me some custom pistons and springs that i installed while the valvebody was out and it wasnt too hard. i got a b&m megashifter on the floor to make it more fun to shift and its one of the best mods ive done. only thing to keep in mind is ur pcm will have to be reprogrammed to a manual program. its not quite a manual tranny but u will never have issues with shift points and missed shifts and all the other issues the stock trans has. much easier to do than a manual swap and costs about 800 bucks for everything needed to do the job.
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Super bee
GenI
12/13/2006
09:41:54
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was it bill white that did it or somebody else
put a 408 stroker with a manual tranny from a Ram in a genII dakota
go for that and screw the R/T
1990 sport RC SB, 1995 318drivetrain, 3.92 gears (came with truck) Powertrax "traction system", 95 dash/steering wheel, hearthrob exhaust, headers, cutout after y-pipe, necessary electric fan add-a-leafs, 30x9.5 mud tires, cranked T-bars, AR 39 15x8 rims, grill guard, roll bars
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jayb
Dodge Dakota
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12/14/2006
18:55:05
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"was it bill white that did it or somebody else
put a 408 stroker with a manual tranny from a Ram in a genII dakota
go for that and screw the R/T"
A setup like that.... Wow. Definatly need a locker in that bitch.
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71firebird
Dodge Dakota
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12/15/2006
16:38:45
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This may not apply but we did this in a 92 Mustang one time and at the "too late to go back" point we were regretting the whole thing. It was a BIG headache.
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