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Well the A4LD in my truck has already shit out on me twice and I have always wanted to throw a manual in it and just be done with it. Well recently, I acquired a trashed out 4x4 explorer sport for an extremely good price. It came with the same 4.0 as my truck but with a 5 speed Mazda M5OD R-1 in it instead of the A4LD like my truck. It's got all the pedals and everything, so I hope this shouldn't be too bad of a swap. 
Before the server meltdown last year, I had talked about doing this with a couple people on here and all of them told me the best and easiest way to do this was to pick up a donor vehicle instead of trying to source out everything, so that's what I did. I wish I still had access to that post, but I don't....
Anyways, here is a list of stuff that I somewhat remember people telling me I'd need from the donor truck if I wanted to do this.
-M5ODR-1 transmission
-clutch assembly (clutch, pilot bearing, throwout bearing)
-internal slave cylinder
-master clutch cylinder & reservoir....(up on firewall by the brake master cylinder)
-flywheel (resurfaced)
-starter
-ECM
-pedals assembly
-shifter
Is this it or is there more I'd need?
I think I remember people telling me the length on the M5OD is the same as my A4LD so my stock transmission crossmember should work in the spot it is in.
Basically I'm looking for pointers or someone who can point me in the direction of pointers or maybe a thread someone else did in the past that gives a pretty goood outline of what I need to do..
Zach
Before the server meltdown last year, I had talked about doing this with a couple people on here and all of them told me the best and easiest way to do this was to pick up a donor vehicle instead of trying to source out everything, so that's what I did. I wish I still had access to that post, but I don't....
Anyways, here is a list of stuff that I somewhat remember people telling me I'd need from the donor truck if I wanted to do this.
-M5ODR-1 transmission
-clutch assembly (clutch, pilot bearing, throwout bearing)
-internal slave cylinder
-master clutch cylinder & reservoir....(up on firewall by the brake master cylinder)
-flywheel (resurfaced)
-starter
-ECM
-pedals assembly
-shifter
Is this it or is there more I'd need?
I think I remember people telling me the length on the M5OD is the same as my A4LD so my stock transmission crossmember should work in the spot it is in.
Basically I'm looking for pointers or someone who can point me in the direction of pointers or maybe a thread someone else did in the past that gives a pretty goood outline of what I need to do..
Zach
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