Bret Ludwig

Billy Ray wrote:
> Well..... this recollection was from more than 3 decades ago but I seem to
> recall we found that in addition to all the expected parts there were a
> number of parts that we did not expect that were different in the auto and
> manual transmission equipped. We got it done eventually but as I said it
> was a lot of trouble for not a lot of payback.

If you want the vehicle to be just as though it were factory stock
then yes, there are a lot of little things. However, by using
aftermarket parts you just get around a lot of that crap. For instance
on GM vehicles the floor mounted auto trans turns the collar on the
steering column so the ignition key doens't come out unless you are in
Park, just like a column shift. Buy a Hurst shifter and screw it.
Likewise on the auto-to-manual swap you can use the hydraulic master
and a concentric slave cylinder and get around a lot of awkward and
scarce linkage.

Bret Ludwig

Billy Ray wrote:
> Well..... this recollection was from more than 3 decades ago but I seem to
> recall we found that in addition to all the expected parts there were a
> number of parts that we did not expect that were different in the auto and
> manual transmission equipped. We got it done eventually but as I said it
> was a lot of trouble for not a lot of payback.

If you want the vehicle to be just as though it were factory stock
then yes, there are a lot of little things. However, by using
aftermarket parts you just get around a lot of that crap. For instance
on GM vehicles the floor mounted auto trans turns the collar on the
steering column so the ignition key doens't come out unless you are in
Park, just like a column shift. Buy a Hurst shifter and screw it.
Likewise on the auto-to-manual swap you can use the hydraulic master
and a concentric slave cylinder and get around a lot of awkward and
scarce linkage.

Bret Ludwig

Billy Ray wrote:
> Well..... this recollection was from more than 3 decades ago but I seem to
> recall we found that in addition to all the expected parts there were a
> number of parts that we did not expect that were different in the auto and
> manual transmission equipped. We got it done eventually but as I said it
> was a lot of trouble for not a lot of payback.

If you want the vehicle to be just as though it were factory stock
then yes, there are a lot of little things. However, by using
aftermarket parts you just get around a lot of that crap. For instance
on GM vehicles the floor mounted auto trans turns the collar on the
steering column so the ignition key doens't come out unless you are in
Park, just like a column shift. Buy a Hurst shifter and screw it.
Likewise on the auto-to-manual swap you can use the hydraulic master
and a concentric slave cylinder and get around a lot of awkward and
scarce linkage.