3.0 4.0 sohc M50D?

[Quiksurf]

i have a 95 ranger 3.0 5 spd, the usual grinding of 2nd gear synchro. I have access to a lower mileage 4.0 sohc manual trans i don't know what year its from, but it is the same as the sohc and 5 speed he put into his 97 ranger. i think the cases are different. does anyone know if the internals are the same. could i swap all the internals and save myself a huge parts bill?

 

[Gotta_gofast]

The bellhousing is cast with the case so the entire transmission will not bolt to your 3.0L. The guts will swap over, but beware that the 4.0L gearsets have a taller first, second, and third gear than the 3.0L (which in my opinion the torqueless 3.0L needs as low of a starting gear as possible).