Congrats on the successful swap. I bet they'll be a lot of members waiting on that How-To. LOL

 

Congrats on your installation, Maurice!


I would assume that it is a factory Ford part. The dealer installed it under warranty and I never saw it until I pulled the transmission.

 

congrats Maurice. Sounds like you were organized and Got it done.

 

I want better pics of the tranny. I believe you have my ex-extension housing.

 

Good job man! I might tackle this in the future, but who knows I think i've said that like fifty times tho lol

 

that i do.....i got the tranny from Bob...

 

so why didnt you just leave the full length expo console in? i put one in my 95 and the only place it hits is when i go into reverse, and then it barely touches it. with that level 2 shift arm you should be able to clear the console no problem.

 

I didn't have the Explorer installed and I don't like the looks of the Explorer full length console with a manual transmission.......I like the shorty console with a manual.....

 

Congrats Maurice!

 

Hey Maurice, I got a 4.0 auto 4X4 and really want to do the big swap. I was wondering if you knew if I would have to do anything to the 4X4 since its an auto trans. case. Or am I just blabbing on about things I don't understand. Any help is appreciated. Thanks man.

 

all you need to do is make sure you have the right tail housing on the manual trans and it will bolt right up.

 

as long as you have a 4wd manual transmission, then the electric shift transfer case will bolt up like normal. there is no different transfer cases from an automatic to a manual.

 

ditto. Its gonna limit you on finding a used one. At least in these parts. 4.0 4x4's are rare here.

 

espically with a manual transmission

 

what about shift on the fly? or w/e its called. so are you saying parts would be much more difficult to come by because i got the 4.0?

 

You won't need to do any modification to the transfer case or the shift on the fly electronics for it. ALL Ranger transfer cases have the same bolting pattern. You will have to take the transfer case out to swap the transmissions.

4.0 4wd manual transmissions are harder to find is what we are saying.

You will need the EXACt same parts as I listed in the first post and nothing more

 

oh i see. thanks so much guys. i really appreciate this. you're all friggin geniuses. thanks again.

 

I know this is an old thread, but i need some info. Anyone know if you can use the auto tranny harness??? Im trying to get the last bit of parts for the m/t swap so i can be done with it! thanks in advance

edit: if you can use the auto harness, what all has to be rewired/removed?

 

The auto harness just has a bunch of unneeded wires compared to the manual. As far as I can see, it should be plug and play except the reverse light switch. Get the correct connector for the manual reverse switch and splice to the auto harness's reverse wires and you should be good to go. Also, the OSS (speed sensor) is a few inches farther back on the manual than the auto so you might possibly need to splice in a short extension to it 2 wires or maybe not. The oxygen sensor connectors are in the same relative position and should plug right in.

 

i just finished the swap and all i did was cross 2 wires on the origanal harness (i called my ford friend who i did work on his house he is my ford guru he has a mansion of a shop in his back yard that he works out of. its so cool im jealous, but enough of that so i called him told him the truck is not is not starting. he looked up the wireing diagram and told me whick wires to cross and sure enough is started) so my truck knew it was in park or nuetral so it could start and that was it. i have the rest it zip tied... i have no wires into my tranny so my reverse light does not work... im in the process of hooking up light in the rear and have a switch in the cab easy fix... and also now my transfer case does not know its in park stopped in nuetral, so i cannot switch into 4lo i can still use 4hi but when i need it i have ro remove the little motor on the back of the t-case to do so...

again i called my friend the guru and he said it was a pretty complicated thing... so im just going to get a manual tranfercase... kinda easy fix haha so yeah thats what i did... and i still have my old comp in my truck i have a check engine light on i have the manual comp under my seat just need to get it to ford or my guru so they can use there machine and match it too my key.. little sensor..

 

Yup, I forgot about that one. You'll need to jump the P/N safety interlock that would be contolled by the Transmission Ranger Sensor in an automatic truck.

 

thank you! I am not using the ranger tranny and im converting to 2wd so the connectors werent that big of a deal anyway. i have a pin out for the truck, so ill figure out what all i gotta do to make things work correctly.

if you missed my project thread, here it is:

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...=55141&page=13

thank you once again!

 

does this mean i wont have to use the cpp switch?

 

The automatic truck uses a 6-pin jumper that plugs into the harness in place of the CPP. With that in place, the CPP should be bypassed. In addition to losing the starter interlock, you'd also lose the speed control cancel feature of the CPP and the clutch input to the PCM.

However, since the 3 switches are independent inside the CPP, it would be possible to use the CPP and selectively disable one or more switches by jumpering without disabling them all.

 

sweet! thank you! i wont be running speed control, so thats not a concern. I have been told that i could run my auto ecm, but im kinda skeptical. what are your thoughts on that?