A4LD Decision time...

[1BadRS]

I agree with wildbill on the C5 trans. I had one in my 84 with an external cooler and it worked great. I just installed a M5OD into mine and have the C5 setup for sale if interested. I'm also probably not to far over in NC. Here is the link for my for sale thread.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146585

 

[PetesPonies]

I converted my '84 C5 to a C4 and it's behind my V8 now in my BII.

 

[Lost Bushman]

I agree with wildbill on the C5 trans. I had one in my 84 with an external cooler and it worked great. I just installed a M5OD into mine and have the C5 setup for sale if interested. I'm also probably not to far over in NC. Here is the link for my for sale thread.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146585

Where are you and how much?

 

[richard booth]

M5od swap? Mine cost about 500 bucks w a new flywheel and everything and it is a pretty sturdy trans, I am stoked w it and I don't miss the auto. (Just my 2cents)

 

[Lost Bushman]

Richard, I'd love to go manual, but if you read up earlier in the thread, I explain why it's not an option right now.

 

[BabyBronco89]

I just picked up everything for my m5od swap for 140$!!!!! Black Friday 50% off at the junkyard, got pedal assembly clutch master and slave cylinders, clutch basket n flywheel, m5od separator plate,. Plus two nice warn locking hubs!!! All for 140$
I'm getting rid of the bad a4ld in my 89 bronco 2, and I think I'm going to pull the 4.0 outta the 86 b2 and drop it in the 89 as i had my manual 1350m races blow up, n I need a vehicle, on the road, I also picked up another 91 4.0 harness for 30$ so I can plug and play the 4.0 and m5od in the 89 b2 auto with a 92 ranger 4x4 computer!!
I think I can do the swap in 1 day!!


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[Lost Bushman]

I just picked up everything for my m5od swap for 140$!!!!! Black Friday 50% off at the junkyard, got pedal assembly clutch master and slave cylinders, clutch basket n flywheel, m5od separator plate,. Plus two nice warn locking hubs!!! All for 140$
I'm getting rid of the bad a4ld in my 89 bronco 2, and I think I'm going to pull the 4.0 outta the 86 b2 and drop it in the 89 as i had my manual 1350m races blow up, n I need a vehicle, on the road, I also picked up another 91 4.0 harness for 30$ so I can plug and play the 4.0 and m5od in the 89 b2 auto with a 92 ranger 4x4 computer!!
I think I can do the swap in 1 day!!


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Must be nice.

 

[BabyBronco89]

Just a little inspiration, I'm not saying anyone can find the parts I did for that cheap, but I know it would be hard to find a a4ld that's good for 150$ , I try to go to the local pick a part yard once every couple of weeks, I've been looking for a m5od all summer now, and it just so happened to pop up right before the 50% off sale, I'm going to take a lot of pictures to show how to remove the dash, and put in the pedals and clutch hydraulics, and hopefully I can encourage you to do a 5 speed swap. It's a night and day difference,
The nice thing about the rangers and bronco 2s is they are so easy to work on, and very easy for someone to learn on, I did my first 4.0 swap when I was 19 100% by myself, it took me a week in the garage and a little bit of head scratching but it wasn't bad!!
Where abouts are you located? I know where another fm145 5speed trans n tcase n clutch n flywheel are in michigan for like 150


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[Lost Bushman]

I had a 5spd in every Jeep I've owned, save one which was a Grand Cherokee Limited.
I love them, but my knee kills when I have to continuously have to shift in the wintertime here in Carolina which is mild by comparsion to yours, I'm sure. I am moving home to AZ next year sometime, so maybe with the even less mild winters there, a 5spd wouldn't be so unbearable. What about the T-case? min is pushbutton now and works great, will I have to change that out too?

 

[Lost Bushman]

BabyBronco89, are you still going to post this swap thread you mentioned? Or have you done it already and I can't find it?

 

[BabyBronco89]

Look over in the bronco 2 and explorer specific area I posted half of it still doing other half now.


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[Lost Bushman]

I see it. I was hoping you were just doing the auto to manual swap. Not an engine change also, that's beyond me right now.