$cost to chang from 9spd man to full auto

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  1. WallyGator

    WallyGator Medium Load Member

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    95 fld120 paid off thinking about helping a friend change trans to full auto.what do you guys think it will cost and involve? all replys welcome.it has a 3406e 450 hp for the engine.thanks Walt
     
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  3. Sportster2000

    Sportster2000 Road Train Member

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    It would take a lot of wiring. You would need a transmission console inside. Wires running from it to the computer on the transmission. And even more wires still to go from the trans to the engine. It can be done, for how much I do not know.
     
  4. WallyGator

    WallyGator Medium Load Member

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    sounds like a good project.LOL but i wonder how much it would cost with junk yard parts?
     
  5. Hardlyevr

    Hardlyevr Road Train Member

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    The biggest thing you might want to check into is whether or not the electronics for the brain for a '95 engine is big or modern enuff to control whatever auto you want to install.
     
  6. shooter19802003

    shooter19802003 Road Train Member

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    What he said. Look into how the shifting is controlled. Is it an internal brain so all you do is run wires from the shifter to the trans. Or is there an external brain that needs to be wired into the motor to also control motor functions. I know on most new vehicles the trans and the motor are controlled together as one unit electronically.
     
  7. Sportster2000

    Sportster2000 Road Train Member

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    Any Eaton Fuller Automated transmission that is newer than a 1st Generation needs a signal from the engine. I do not know about the 1st gen auto shifts from eaton but the 2nd and 3rd gens do need engine info.
     
  8. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    the 1st gen eatons also need a signal from the engine
     
  9. BrainHurtz

    BrainHurtz Light Load Member

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    You could go find an old mechanical allison...
     
  10. blanco

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    The only auto I've driven, used to set speed and roll.. it automatically turned jakes when going down hill and keep same speed.
     
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