98 tranny in a 97

[Chris_97]

I have a 97 ford ranger auto tranny with a 95 4.0 and I recently bought a 98 ranger parts truck that was wrecked with a manual tranny in it. It also has the 4.0. I decided I wanted to swap the manual into my auto truck but I've read that they should be the same year trucks. I've never done this swap before and I was wondering What sort of complications will I run into? Anythings appreciated

 

[RonD]

Yes, same year would be better.

here are the issues
'95 4.0l will have a 6 bolt crank bolt pattern for flywheel
'98 will have 8 bolt pattern for crank, so flywheel won't fit on '95 engine, you will need to get a '96 or earlier flywheel from a 4.0l

'97 computer is for automatic so you need to swap that for a manual trans computer
'98 computer is programmed for a 65psi fuel system, '97 was 35psi, not sure it matters but it might, and there are probably other changes.
So best if you can find a '97 4.0l manual trans computer.

'97 Ranger is 2nd generation(or 3rd, lol) and '98 is 3rd generation(or 4th) so there are a few changes.
Not sure if steering column and clutch/brake pedals are interchangeable??


The M5OD-R1 manual transmission is fine, same one was used for the 4.0l from 1990 to 2000.

 

[Chris_97]

Thank you for the help. So basically I need a new flywheel and probably a 97 computer and the rest should be good?