a few comanche questions

[comanche13]

is it pretty much a bolt on switch if i were to take an automatic and put in the 5 speed?

 

if i was to take out the bucket seats does the bench seat just bolt down to the exsisting holes?

[BookspanS]

is it pretty much a bolt on switch if i were to take an automatic and put in the 5 speed?

 

if i was to take out the bucket seats does the bench seat just bolt down to the exsisting holes?

 

For number one....Havent the slightest clue. but for the second it is a direct swap....what you gonna do with your buckets ;) :brows: ???

[comanche13]

right now i don't have it I'm just asking a few questions to widing my selection =D

[Silver88]

You would also need to change the ECU to match the tranny, I believe.

[Pete M]

The main ECU will probably be fine, but I've read that you'll need to address the pilot bearing/bushing. I forget who did that recently (I think they installed an engine that used to have anu auto behind it into a manual equipped truck), but they eventually needed to make a custom one (or alter a stock bushing or something along those lines)

[mjeff87]

^^^^That would be me :chillin:

 

It ended up being a comedy of error, of sorts.....the parts store gave me a clutch kit that was correctly marked as an AX15 kit, but was actually packed wrong at the factory with AX5 parts. When I went to install the pilot bearing that was in the kit, it was too small for the hole in the crank (and I commented to myself that it looked strikingly similar to an AX5 bearing, too). Thinking I needed a custom part, I had a brass bushing for a Ford tranny turned down to fit the 4.0 crank and installed it. Installed the new flywheel and went to bolt on the clutch cover, and that's when I realized I had the wrong parts. Took them back to the shop and they pulled another AX15 kit out of stock, and lo and behold, it had the correct parts in it, including the right pilot bearing......

 

In addition to the pilot bearing, you will also need a set of manual flywheel bolts. The ones used for the flexplate on the auto are too short to work with the flywheel. Also, you'll have to jump the ground wires on the NSS to close the circuit (B and C wires) and if you want reverse lights you have to splice the A and E wires on the same connector into the backup light switch wiring on the manual tranny.

 

Other than that, it's a piece of cake ;)

 

Jeff

 

edit: start reading on page 4 of my build thread to see what I'm talking about...

http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/view ... hp?t=11205

[Redramman]

Don"t forget the Hydrolic clutch master and slave cylinders (or hydrolic release bearing) and lines and clutch pedal !!!!And the hole in floor for shifter. Also are mauals the same length as automatic?,probably not so you most likely need differant length drive shaft.