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manual vs automatic transmission swap

I have worked on swaps but do not have any experience with the Ford. I have only had one Ford pickup with an auto and this was only a F150.
I have a friend that has a head and rebiult shop. I could ask him if you have not found any additional info.
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manual vs automatic transmission swap

The Ford transmission is a lot more suceptible to damage from dirty transmission fluid. It maybe a case were the synthetic fluid would be well worth it.
There is a lot of torque from a small diesel. The Cummins will rip the drive train out of the Dodge with a 5 speed.

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Dave;
After giving it a little thought, I guess I would recommend that you get something bigger not smaller. Larger trucks also in the 3 ton range seem to be cheaper used that the HD pickups. If you are towing 20K routinely it would be better to have a bigger more stable truck.
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I have worked on swaps but do not have any experience with the Ford. I have only had one Ford pickup with an auto and this was only a F150. I have a friend that has a head and rebiult shop. I could ask him if you have not found any additional info. Peters

The Ford transmission is a lot more suceptible to damage from dirty transmission fluid. It maybe a case were the synthetic fluid would be well worth it. There is a lot of torque from a small diesel. The Cummins will rip the drive train out of the Dodge with a 5 speed.

Dave; After giving it a little thought, I guess I would recommend that you get something bigger not smaller. Larger trucks also in the 3 ton range seem to be cheaper used that the HD pickups. If you are towing 20K routinely it would be better to have a bigger more stable truck. Peters

I have worked on swaps but do not have any experience with the Ford. I have only had one Ford pickup with an auto and this was only a F150.
I have a friend that has a head and rebiult shop. I could ask him if you have not found any additional info.
Peters

The Ford transmission is a lot more suceptible to damage from dirty transmission fluid. It maybe a case were the synthetic fluid would be well worth it.
There is a lot of torque from a small diesel. The Cummins will rip the drive train out of the Dodge with a 5 speed.

Dave;
After giving it a little thought, I guess I would recommend that you get something bigger not smaller. Larger trucks also in the 3 ton range seem to be cheaper used that the HD pickups. If you are towing 20K routinely it would be better to have a bigger more stable truck.
Peters