You saved my life there, man. Transmisson dropped so many times... I about died.


Automatic's top two bellhousing bolts are too damn long for use on the manual. I put the auto's side bolts on the manual's tops. I'm going to the hardware store to grab some new ones.
I gotta get the pedals in and stuff. I have 4" of -3AN line... i pray to God it better fit..

The manual's trans mount is completely different. I'm trying to drill out the holes to fit it. We'll see how this goes.

The floorpan is cut... kinda weird... idk.. I'm content with it... Going to have the shifter in the flipped forward position. RTV on the other cuts.

*As you can tell, I'm pretty exhausted! had a DEP call and went to do a public swear in for the airforce DEP program at some bullriding event. Came home and dealt with the truck for about 4 hours+.

plug in the starter...

I need to remove the prindle stick! (what my girlfriend calls the PRND2L stick on automatics lol).

jump neutral switch.

EXACTLY how do I run my reverse lights? W58's reverse switch and run the wires into the neutral start switch's Reverse connections??


speed sensor.. i wonder how off it will be?

original cut wasnt so far.

... my little arms and the big red vs this thing


eventually got it in




you can see the shifter. I'm flipping it around for real...




this thing.. buzzkill.

 

Good job bro! Almsot ready to smoke some tires!

 

woowooo getting some forward progress today. My friend took my auto transmember bracket and filed/drilled out the holes so the manual's mount can work with it.

I got the auto brake pedal assembly out and transferred the brake switch. I need to drill out the firewall still.


exactly how do I remove the Prindle (PRND2L) stick?!

I got two 19mm hex cap grade 8.8 M12x1.25 bolts with washers and installed them on the side of the transmission.

I still need to hook up the starter, but it's bolted in now.

Once it's all in place, install the driveshaft and bleed the clutch cylinders. The 4' line seems to be enough length! lucky me.


One thing I'm really worried about is the 2JZ clutch fork... I'm not sure if it'll work... we'll see.

 

finally got the truck on the road
pics to come..

 

I'll summarize here.
Everything worked pretty well, but to get the best out of it, try to get the specific stuff.

I'm happy with what I have. I have a W58 now!
I used the 2JZ's clutch fork and slightly modified it to work with the 22RE throw out bearing. just minor grinding for the clips. It works fine.
I used an Exedy Master and Slave cylinder, it's nice to have name brand stuff if I can't get OEM.
The Exedy OEM clutch is good, enough for my applications. I'm about ~225 miles into break in. (I should be driving softly... I'm not.)
I cut a hole into the floorpan... It's off by an inch or two. I say you should get the transmission mounted prior to cutting. *recommended*
The SC300's shifter is short. It's not that bad, really. It could've been worse. A truck shifter top would be nice for you guys who don't like to reach forward a bit.
TRANSMISSION CROSS MEMBER BRACKET. Definitely recommended you guys get a proper manual one. I had to use spacers. if it sat low, it'll hit the ebrake bracket pin. I'm going to remove mine later and get it rewelded so the plate sits higher and the transmission can be more solid. I have everything torqued down, though.
Driveshaft is freaking great, no complaints.
Clutch pedal assembly! I had to cut the 1986's pedal assembly in half. it was only off by an inch or so. bolts right up. cept for the clutch's top bolt.

That's all I can think as of now. Feel free to ask me questions. I installed a tach and my idle was WAY too high. It helps me driving too. Everything feels freaking great

pics will be in my build thread