SWR Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Hi I'm thinking of purchasing a 1985 Toyota motorhome with an automatic transmission and I totally hate automatics im wondering how hard is it to change out from an automatic to a manual transmission it is also a duelly to boot also please don't mind my bad spelling I know it stinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 A- 1 spelling mistake. I've seen (and done) worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 11 hours ago, SWR said: Hi I'm thinking of purchasing a 1985 Toyota motorhome with an automatic transmission and I totally hate automatics im wondering how hard is it to change out from an automatic to a manual transmission it is also a duelly to boot also please don't mind my bad spelling I know it stinks I am changing mine right now. I have a 1988 Minicruiser with a 22RE. I bought all the basic parts for $400 from a nearby junkyard in Canada. My auto trans works fine but I hate it. I hate the power loss, I hate the fuel mileage loss, and hate the excess heat it makes. Note - $400 got me a flywheel, clutch, trans and bellhousing, clutch pedal linkage, master and slave clutch cylinders. I then spent another $90 for new trans seals, new rear mount, a brand new clutch disk, slave and master cylinder, pilot bearing, and release-bearing. I am also going to pull the 5 speed trans. apart just to verify all is OK inside. My original plan was to buy a complete truck somewhere for parts. Just so happens that 2WD Toyota trucks where I live are extremely rare. I found many rusted out Toyota trucks cheap but they were all 4WD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 One added comment. If you have a 20-21 footer, and an OEM 4.11 to 1 rear, it is likely 5th overdrive won't do you a lot of good unless you change to something like a 4.56 to 1 in back. Or, at least a 4.30 to 1. I had a 1984 Datsun 20 footer with a 2.4 engine and 5 speed trans and OEM 4.30 dually rear. It was just enough to make 5th OD usable but I think 4.56 is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 To be accurate - some Toyotas have 4.11 to 1 rears and some have 4.10 to 1 rears and even a rare few came OEM with 4.30 to 1 rears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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