Converting an auto trans to a stick shift - its possible!

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eightyfive4WD
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Re: Converting an auto trans to a stick shift - its possible!

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rer233 wrote: Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:58 pm All you gotta do is install the front half of the driveshaft, and you're good to go! (Trust me, I've done it.)
Right on! Thank you for confirming my suspicions.
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Re: Converting an auto trans to a stick shift - its possible!

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I am just about done cleaning up my manual transmission/front diff, ready to start piecing my car back together! I've still got the engine to do a little bit of a checkup/refresh on but that should be easy enough. Just replacing some gaskets etc.

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Next tasks are to cut a hole in the firewall for the clutch cable guide/bushing piece, and to cut the holes in the tunnel for the two shift levers.
1985 Toyota Tercel DLX 4WD 5 spd wagon (manual swapped, daily driver)
2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4WD access cab long bed (road trip/adventure-mobile)
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Re: Converting an auto trans to a stick shift - its possible!

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Holy moly, I love how clean that transmission is. Very pleasing to the eye.
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Re: Converting an auto trans to a stick shift - its possible!

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It's funny, I've been thinking... if I had not spent all of these hours into cleaning that transmission, my crossmember and other parts, I could be done with the swap by now lol.
1985 Toyota Tercel DLX 4WD 5 spd wagon (manual swapped, daily driver)
2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4WD access cab long bed (road trip/adventure-mobile)
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