who has done the a4ld to m5od swap???

[fordman8991]

89 ford ranger 4x4 with 91 ford explorer 4.0 driveline in it. about to be a manual

i'm about to throw it in. i'm tryin to swap the pedal assembly out right now. (not very easy) and i got all my parts except i was told i need new flywheel bolts. is that true? what do you do with the wiring harness? is everything gonna plug in and work? is there a plug on the clutch pedal that you have to wire up? (i have not seen one yet.) i got my new computer and all hopefully everything goes good. installing it i'm not worried about. i'm worried about it working lol. please chime in if you've done the swap before i'd love some suggestion or help. thanks everyone

jeremy

 

[Mutant Pony]

The connector for the clutch switch should be there, It has a cap on it.
The bolts are different. You need the flywheel bolts and the bellhousing bolts for the M5OD. Do you have the wiring that goes to the M5OD?

 

[fordman8991]

The connector for the clutch switch should be there, It has a cap on it.
The bolts are different. You need the flywheel bolts and the bellhousing bolts for the M5OD. Do you have the wiring that goes to the M5OD?

no i do not have a m5od harness. i was not told i need one do i?

how the hell do you remove the c clips on the brake assembly. i can't get the fackers off

 

[fordman8991]

alight got the C clips off but how do you get the pedal assembly out with the clutch pedal on it? taking it out of a donor vehicle and i can't get it out. gave up because i gotta go to work now but how does it come out? any secrets?

 

[91exploreron37]

You have to remove the parking brake pedal assembly to give you enough room. If you dont have the wiring harness then you will have to splice two wires together from the nuetral safety switch to get it started. Its like a pink/blue and red but I've forgot.

 

[Mutant Pony]

If you have the wires that connect to the switches on the M5OD, you can make your own harness. You need to cut the auto trans connector off. There will be two wires there that you don't need (4th gear and lock up converter). Two wires that need to be connected for start(One is red w/blue stripe). The last two wires are the back up light wires which you can connect to the trans. I don't know the color codes, I could give you the codes out of a book but, they are often wrong. maybe someone here knows for sure.

 

[fordman8991]

If you have the wires that connect to the switches on the M5OD, you can make your own harness. You need to cut the auto trans connector off. There will be two wires there that you don't need (4th gear and lock up converter). Two wires that need to be connected for start(One is red w/blue stripe). The last two wires are the back up light wires which you can connect to the trans. I don't know the color codes, I could give you the codes out of a book but, they are often wrong. maybe someone here knows for sure.

do you still need to mess with the harness if you have the manual computer to put in? the only plugs i can find on the m5od is just one plug with two prongs i'm guessing thats for reverse lights...? i was guessing with the manual computer in it the plugs sitting down there are harmless? and i figured it should start up no problem with the clutch pedal sensor switch hooked up and working right?

 

[cocoasranger]

If you are not a contortionist it helps to remove the seats so you can attack the pedal assembly from a better angle. You need to remove the driver's side plastic kick panel as well as the emergency brake assy. (you can leave the cable attached). Even then it JUST has clearance to pop out; I used a large screwdriver to give the shaft that final inspiration needed.

I kept the A4LD computer and wired up 4 of the 5 wires from the auto trans plug to the backup light switch (blk. w. pink stripe and purple w. orange stripe to backup switch on drivers side) and red w. white stripe and red w. blue stripe to neutral sensing switch on passengers side) on the Mazda trans. I did not use the pink wire.

I did not bother with the clutch switch since the truck only starts in neutral. I did not use any different wiring harnesses. I did buy new flywheel bolts from Ford for about $26.00 since they are different from the auto bolts; also use blue thread locker on them. The truck runs better now than with the auto trans. Since I also have an 89 Ranger, the wire codes should be the same. Good luck.

 

[fordman8991]

what wires do i splice?

alright to clear things up what wires do i splice together to get the thing to start. i have a manual computer with the auto harness and my m5od only has one plug on the drivers side i'm guessing the reverse sensor and that is it. what color wires do i have to splice together to make it work?

 

[cocoasranger]

On my swap I used a 93 4.0L Mazda trans which had a reverse switch on the driver's side of the case and a neutral sensing switch on the passenger's side. Sure you don't have a neutral switch on the passenger's side? I kept the original auto trans computer and harness so I can't help you on wiring in the manual Computer.

Our color codes should be the same since we both have 89 Rangers; the codes in the Haynes manual for the 89 Ranger 2.9L is what I went with and they worked beautifully. If you don't have the second switch you MAY be able to wire the reverse lights then wire the neutral leads through the clutch switch. Be aware that when installing a properly wired manual computer there is feedback to the computer from the clutch switch which affects the injectors. I simply keptthe auto computer to avoid dealing with this.

 

[fordman8991]

alright. i don't have a neutral sensor on the other side. just the one plug. the reverse lights are not a big deal to me at the moment considering they haven't worked for the last 3 years after i did the 4.0 swap. i wish i knew which wires i needed to be hot to jump the neutral safety switch. if i knew exactly what wire i had to make hot for it to work i would tap it into the outfeed on the clutch pedal sensor that way all should work properly correct?

 

[91exploreron37]

No, If you arent going to swap the manual wiring harness in then you still are going to have to cut the wires from the neutral safety switch which is located on the automatic transmission and splice the red w/blue stripe and red w/ white strip(they are the two biggest wires of the group) together to get it to start as well as depressing the clutch pedal(if you choose to connect the clutch interlock switch to your clutch pedal if not you can leave it capped off which will make the truck start without pushing the clutch pedal). Ive probably made you more confused but if you go to the junkyard and get the manual tranny wiring harness then you wont need to splice any wires. they usully dont charge you much if anything for it because its just a small peice.

 

[fordman8991]

No, If you arent going to swap the manual wiring harness in then you still are going to have to cut the wires from the neutral safety switch which is located on the automatic transmission and splice the red w/blue stripe and red w/ white strip(they are the two biggest wires of the group) together to get it to start as well as depressing the clutch pedal(if you choose to connect the clutch interlock switch to your clutch pedal if not you can leave it capped off which will make the truck start without pushing the clutch pedal). Ive probably made you more confused but if you go to the junkyard and get the manual tranny wiring harness then you wont need to splice any wires. they usully dont charge you much if anything for it because its just a small peice.

yeah i would just so it was all done right but i dunno if i can find the right harness. the truck the trans came out of were out of a 96 explorer so i dunno if it would work

 

[Totalled]

Don't worry about where the trans came from... you need to splice the cranking circuit in the truck back together so the motor will start. You can splice where the NSS for the Auto was, or you can splice at the fender well plugs, or you can get a manual trans Ranger harness to do the splicing for you. Do you have an electric shift t-case? you'll need to splice the wires for it to shift into 4low also...

I think I still have a 1990 manual trans ranger harness floating around if you can't find one.

 

[fordman8991]

Don't worry about where the trans came from... you need to splice the cranking circuit in the truck back together so the motor will start. You can splice where the NSS for the Auto was, or you can splice at the fender well plugs, or you can get a manual trans Ranger harness to do the splicing for you. Do you have an electric shift t-case? you'll need to splice the wires for it to shift into 4low also...

I think I still have a 1990 manual trans ranger harness floating around if you can't find one.

yes my T case is electric. what wires do i need to splice for to to go into low. or just the ones for the neutral safety switch will take care of that? i may take you up on your harness. is it the complete harness from the fender well all the way back to the tail lights because i could use that. right now i'm running my 2.9 stock harness and a 91 explorer harness under there