tranny swap.

[03/5.9/CTD]

i have been thinkin about it, and how much i hate having an auto trans. I know the easiest thing for a auto to manual swap would be finding someone with the exact truck as me with a manual and swapping parts from truck to truck. the hard part is finding someone. would i be better off looking for someone, or going to a junk yard searching for a wrecked one.
and can yall all put in some info on the things i'd need for the swap. I know the list is long, so if yall all can put in a little, it wont be so bad. i dont want to sell my truck and buy another because i love my truck and everything about it except for the tranny.

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2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins quad cab long bed, 48re, Smarty, 4 inch MBRP straight pipe, airaid intake, gutted intake tube, silencer ring MIA, 3% tint, 35% tint on the windshield, 35 BFG A/T's, Air Dog 150 and Gauges comin soon.

[awenthol]

If you can find someone to trade with, that'd be the best bet but it has to be same year range (pcm). If you go the junk yard route, you'd be farther ahead buying a built auto.

[6speedcntryboy]

your werent kiddin about lookin into this, hell yeah hopefully some people will write some good stuff in here

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07' Silver 2500 HD SLT SB QC 4x4 6 speed, AFE stage 2, Quad Max Mileage, 5 in. straight pipe, Linex bedliner, 3% tint on everything, 35% on windshield, ISSPRO gauges

[03/5.9/CTD]

i had been readin about it before tellin you. haha. i knew you'd laugh about it. i am tired of auto trans.

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2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins quad cab long bed, 48re, Smarty, 4 inch MBRP straight pipe, airaid intake, gutted intake tube, silencer ring MIA, 3% tint, 35% tint on the windshield, 35 BFG A/T's, Air Dog 150 and Gauges comin soon.

[cumminator]

do you have the 47re or 48re??? where are you located?

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2003 black 3500drw 4x4 laramie, 6speed,5in exhaust with 6in mitres, sps62, silencer ring MIA, smarty tnt, edge ez,afe stg2 cai, valiar 600hp clutch, arson kit, airdog 150, revtek leveling kit, 33x12.50 mickey thompson MTZ's on 17" rockstars, all lights smoked and blacked out.
future mods- springs, studs, trac bars and maybe a cam.
"Thanks to chuck @ New Era Diesel"

[03/5.9/CTD]

im in east tennessee. may be a dumb question but how can i tell which transmission it is? i have 4.10 gear ratio if that means anything.

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2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins quad cab long bed, 48re, Smarty, 4 inch MBRP straight pipe, airaid intake, gutted intake tube, silencer ring MIA, 3% tint, 35% tint on the windshield, 35 BFG A/T's, Air Dog 150 and Gauges comin soon.

[6speedcntryboy]

i think you got a 48 NOT pos though
maybe cumminator is an option haha hes a 03 6 speed

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07' Silver 2500 HD SLT SB QC 4x4 6 speed, AFE stage 2, Quad Max Mileage, 5 in. straight pipe, Linex bedliner, 3% tint on everything, 35% on windshield, ISSPRO gauges

[03/5.9/CTD]

i have the 48

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2003 Dodge 2500 Cummins quad cab long bed, 48re, Smarty, 4 inch MBRP straight pipe, airaid intake, gutted intake tube, silencer ring MIA, 3% tint, 35% tint on the windshield, 35 BFG A/T's, Air Dog 150 and Gauges comin soon.

[cumminator]

yea im in the market for an auto, and you have a long bed....how convenient

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2003 black 3500drw 4x4 laramie, 6speed,5in exhaust with 6in mitres, sps62, silencer ring MIA, smarty tnt, edge ez,afe stg2 cai, valiar 600hp clutch, arson kit, airdog 150, revtek leveling kit, 33x12.50 mickey thompson MTZ's on 17" rockstars, all lights smoked and blacked out.
future mods- springs, studs, trac bars and maybe a cam.
"Thanks to chuck @ New Era Diesel"

[BBRam]

Anybody ever done this before.

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03-3500, DRW, QC, 4x4, DTT Trans, Mag-Hytec, R700 BD Twins, BD IC Boots, BD Billet Flexplate, Lockup Switch, SMARTY TNT-R BETA/TS MP-8, Eliminator Fuel System, Floor It Stage 3 CP3 & Rail Cap, BIG Stix's by FTE, ARP Head Stud's, Springs, Fluidampr, ATS ARC-FLOW, AFE, Boost, Drive Pressure, Pyro, Fuel Pressure, Tran's Temp, Rail Pressure Gauge, GDP Ladder Bars, GrandRock 7" Miters. Old #'s (R/T .021, 60' 1.76, 1/4 ET 13.14 @ 100.45 mph)

[gator6]

dang it brian i thought that you liked to type.

well you are better off getting somebody to trade with. you will need

nv 5600, clutch,press plate,hyd,clutch pedal.,and the standard belhausing adapter,transfercase input gear, you don't need the crossmember, switch steering columns, abs modual and the ecu are vinlocked they will need to be swapped as well, 6 speeds have a 6"longer drive shaft in the front and 6" shorter in the rear, tranny cooler and lines need swapped, as well as the heat exchanger, cut a hole in the floor (it is pree stamped at the factory, and swap the counsel and cubby hole in the dash, early 03 have a 47re with a computer on the pass firewall to runn the tranny, 48 re's runn of the ecu. all of those harnesses and computers will have to be traded. there is a vacume box under the pass side wiper cowling that has to go with the auto matic. if both trucks have a bell crank you will have to change the rear engine harness, if one dose and the other dosent you will have to change the front and rear engine wireing harness and the bell crank. you also have to swap the big fuse box under the hood so that you will have a clutch switch so that the truck will start. and the throttle cable attaches to this thing under the drivers battery if you have a bell crank, if the other truck dose not then you will have to swap that as well. that should get you started or scare you away.

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03 2500, smarty POD revo, 3600 dd 12 puck, bd short shift, arp studs, hamilton springs,FTE rail cap, issipro boost, fuel press, and egt. rail press, glacier MK2+Big Line, FASS 150 HPFP, MBRP 5", Afe stage 2, 6"BDS short arm, 2" leveling kit, rhino liner on everything, turn over ball and 35" cooper stt's on moto metals. and a ranch hand summit replacement, turn over ball, draw tite brake box, husky liners, tool box.

[gator6]

well brian did i miss anything?

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03 2500, smarty POD revo, 3600 dd 12 puck, bd short shift, arp studs, hamilton springs,FTE rail cap, issipro boost, fuel press, and egt. rail press, glacier MK2+Big Line, FASS 150 HPFP, MBRP 5", Afe stage 2, 6"BDS short arm, 2" leveling kit, rhino liner on everything, turn over ball and 35" cooper stt's on moto metals. and a ranch hand summit replacement, turn over ball, draw tite brake box, husky liners, tool box.