convert auto trans to manual?

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SirFoxx
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Re: convert auto trans to manual?

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eightyfive4WD wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:07 pm It'll aaaaaalll be worth it for those 3.73 gears on the highway... :mrgreen:
unless your auto car is 87-88(?) you already have 3.73's. i believe the last two years of the auto got switched to 3.9.
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SirFoxx wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:22 am unless your auto car is 87-88(?) you already have 3.73's. i believe the last two years of the auto got switched to 3.9.
83-84 had 3.73 gears, 85-87 had 4.11.
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dlb wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:19 am
SirFoxx wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:22 am unless your auto car is 87-88(?) you already have 3.73's. i believe the last two years of the auto got switched to 3.9.
83-84 had 3.73 gears, 85-87 had 4.11.
manuals, yes. autos were different. they carried 3.73 till 86, then switched to 3.9 in 87-88. bet you also didnt know that there are different gear ratios for the fwd transmissions as well.
1988 DLX 4wd Tercel Wagon w/ weber (RIP)
1985 4wd Tercel SR5 (RIP)
1986 Base 2dr Hatch (RIP / PARTS)
1986 DLX 4wd Tercel Wagon with ???
1985 DLX 2dr Tercel Hatch w/manual swap
1981 2dr Toyota Tercel w/7age (RIP)
1981 3dr hatch Toyota Tercel w/Turbo 4AGE
1981 3dr hatch Toyota Tercel SR-5
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Re: convert auto trans to manual?

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Interesting. The 1985 Tercel 4WD FSM available on the site refers to the automatic 4WD Tercel having 3.9 gears.
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SirFoxx wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:22 am
dlb wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:19 am
SirFoxx wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:22 am unless your auto car is 87-88(?) you already have 3.73's. i believe the last two years of the auto got switched to 3.9.
83-84 had 3.73 gears, 85-87 had 4.11.
manuals, yes. autos were different. they carried 3.73 till 86, then switched to 3.9 in 87-88. bet you also didnt know that there are different gear ratios for the fwd transmissions as well.
whoops, my bad. I assumed you were talking about manual trans's.
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Re: convert auto trans to manual?

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just talked to my buddy, at least the 4wd autos are 3.9, except maybe '84.
1988 DLX 4wd Tercel Wagon w/ weber (RIP)
1985 4wd Tercel SR5 (RIP)
1986 Base 2dr Hatch (RIP / PARTS)
1986 DLX 4wd Tercel Wagon with ???
1985 DLX 2dr Tercel Hatch w/manual swap
1981 2dr Toyota Tercel w/7age (RIP)
1981 3dr hatch Toyota Tercel w/Turbo 4AGE
1981 3dr hatch Toyota Tercel SR-5
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