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Hi all,

 

A question from New Zealand from a newbie.

 

Has anyone done a conversion from auto tranny to manual gearbox? Looking at a 95 WD21 2.7TD automatic with low kms (mileage), is set up nicely and is pretty neat and tidy, but I'm not a fan of auto transmissions unless its in a big lazy car on the road (and I would still have to think about that).

Has anyone done a swap and what/how much is involved and any issues?

 

Any advice would be appreciated, required parts?

 

Gearbox/transfer case

Cross member

drive shaft/s

Instrument cluster

Clutch pedal/pedal box

Diff ratios

 

Thanks

juju001

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I have done this swap on a 95 vg30 I picked up a donor truck and swapped everything over that I needed, all the mounting points are there even for the clutch pedal. The transmission crossmember will need to be swapped but bolts to the frame the same. The thing with autos and manuals is the autos had a higher gear ratio I believe 4.6 auto 4.3 manual but it doesn't matter just thought id point it out.

 

I would look for a junker wd21 with the td that's a manual. You can swap everything including a new center consol which I recommend you grab, modifying the auto can be a pain. You only need 3-4 wires, when you remove to big group of wires, shift the car into park and remove it, this will save you some trouble, lock that in and you'll bypass the lock when you have the car in drive and can't start it. I didn't do that i cut all the wires off, was an unnecessary headache so I warn everyone I can lol

 

All in all it's not a bad swap, everything lined up so no new drive shafts, like I said all the mounting points are there. I recommend a new clutch maybe pressure plate depending on donor but your typical s... While your there, including the truck new clutch and a couple trips to the scrapers it came to 800$ the. Scrapped the donor for $300. It can be done cheaply.

 

Anyways I did this 2 years ago... I remember it, but Might forget some details if you have any questions. I know there are one or two threads out there for the vg30 swap but I can see there being a difference with the td? Just make sure the donor has the same engine. Good luck!

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A number of people have done this swap, but IIRC, all of them have been on VG30/33 trucks. I'm guessing it would be fairly straight forward, but you would have to find a donor MT that was also from a TD truck. I could be wrong of course, as we don't have the diesel here in the states.

 

Mine is still in progress, but beastpath and a few others have completed theirs with good luck.

 

http://www.overlandtrucks.com/system-f/NPTC.pdf

http://overlandtrucks.com/system-f/Transmission%20Conversion%20Manual_final.pdf

http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/23822-starting-my-at-to-mt-swap/?hl=swap

http://www.nissan4wheelers.com/topic/auto-to-manual-swap-in-progress?page=1

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