bigboy72383 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 i have a 95 pathy i just bought with a bad auto trans. i also have a 89 hardbody that is gracious enough to give me its 5 spd. now i know that the auto has the electronic rev/speed sensor. my question is, can the older 5 spd be retrofitted with the new electronics? thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighcowboy Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 just swap the sensors from the hardbody over i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailChaser Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Nope, The hardbody will have a cable screwed into the side of the tranny toward the rear on the passenger side. That is your speedo cable. You can unscrew it and hook up a power drill and it'll register on the dash how fast your drill can go... That being said. You do have a chance to hack up the inside of the 95's cluster enough to get the analog speedo from the 89 to fit in the original speedo's place.(A dremel will be needed.) Then you still have to salvage that cable from the HB and cut a hole in the pathies firewall to gain access to the back of the cluster in your pathies dash. (The newer pathies with electronic speedos don't already have a hole cut in the back of the cluster or the firewall for the cable to pass thru.) I did mine like that during my swap, but haven't gotten around to actually hooking up the speedo cable to the cluster. I can snap a pic or two of what mine came out looking like after I shoehorned it in if you'd like to see how good it can look. The numbers on the analog speedos are a little farther apart and a little more out from the center, but it doesn't look too bad. You can still see plenty of the numbers to know how fast you're going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 ^ i started that but abandoned ship after the cable gave me problems mating up...so im mtg the speedo/ odometer down on the right hand side of the dash to where it can still be seen through the steering wheel...and then i will be getting a gps to verify the speed nad have it located in a more viewable spot. the trannys will swap (for the v6's i dont know about the 4cyl)...u will have to add in the clutch pedal and brake pedal assembly, all the plumbing for the clutch, remove the cover plate in the floor and replace with the 5 spd cover plate and create a jumper for the auto's interlock so it'll get juice to the coil...other than that it should be pretty straight forward... i think u also have to change the pilot bushing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyb33 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 wrong. ok. your 95 auto pathfinder will have the VSS in the transfer case. so, once you pull both transmissions swap tcases and then your VSS will plug back up, its that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89_trailboss Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 sammys half right. you dont have to swap the whole tcase, just the rear part. just unscrew the tail housing and pry it off. then swap them. thats all I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyb33 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 hey my way is right. your way is right as well. so we ARE BOTH RIGHT (i dont like being "half" wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 so whats wrong with relocating my speedo/odo? im right too ...multiple ways to get there but the same result... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailChaser Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I was thinking the tcases were different.? I wish I known that I could just swapp'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyb33 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 yea man. thats why i was a little confused when you were talkin to me about the VSS and whatnot...so i was just like oh well if it dosent work my way who cares...but it did....so we are all right...no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 yea i would have swapped out with cdhicks when he came and got that tranny of wheelmans...ohh well the fabbed up crap is gonna have to work sometime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyb33 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 very true. at least you all got it all working though right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 yep at least for the time being...i just need to get it mounted permanently instead of it flopping around in the floorboard...now that i sold the scout i can push it back in the garage if its nasty out so i can get her ready for some URE runs B4 heading out to cali and if it stops working i'll just somehow use a GPS to record mileage and speed until i get the urge to drop the t case and swap out sensors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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