Hello- This is my first post although I have been looking around the site for a long time. I am wondering if anyone on here has ever done a tranny swap or knows of anyone who has. I have a 92 4Runner automatic and I want to swap in a 5 speed? Any help in this matter would be appreciated! By the way it is the 3.slow. Thanks

 

your in for alot of work

 

It's not to bad. You can do it in 2 days max. Do a search for it on here and you should get a link that will give you some good info.You may need the manual tranny's rear driveshaft cause I believe it's 2 inches longer. Good Luck!

 

Well, thank you Elton for that word of encouragement...

Holtzy - A good friend and his dad did the swap on an 86 Hilux. They did in two days. I din't know the particulars, but I do think they had to modify a few brackets, but I think that was it. I'm sure it can't be incredibly difficult. There's gotta be some info on here about it... Good luck!

 

When you do your swap try to get as many things from the same year or around the same year truck as possible. I reused my auto crossmember. Use the search button.

 

The transmission itself is relatively easy. It's the pedal assembly and the clutch cylinder and plumbing that are the pita. It's all basically a bolt in, but its a lot of work.

 

Correct. You can use the hole in your current pedal assembly as a template for drilling through the firewall. After that it's all bolt up. Oh, you will have to cut the floor where the shifter come through and if you reuse your old harness, you will have to do some rewireing for reversing and starting.

 

Thank you for the replies...I think my buddy and I are going to start looking for the parts....I know that it can be done...I tried to search for info on it but no luck...

 

Here is one link that helped me.
http://bbs.off-road.com/ubbthreads/s...ue#Post1262965