shlammed

Is there something required to make this tranny swap work? From my understanding they are all d-series tranny's so they should fit, however i picked up a 5th gen tranny off the boards for my former boss's 98 sedan and his shop is saying it doesn't fit properly.

Can someone shed some light on this?

thx

360_vortex

5th gen and 6 gen d-series tranny should be interchangable because both are hydraulic and it's d-series

are you sure your boss' shop knows what they are doing?

shlammed

that was my first thought lol

shlammed

and im assuming it wouldn't make a difference if we were talking about an automatic tranny?

shlammed

here are his exact words:

the new one fits.. it would physically connect, but the electrical and cable shifter stuff is all in the wrong location

SilverSleeper

AFAIK it should hook up. I think something is wrong with your mechanic. Our transmissions are shifted by a direct linkage; two physical bars that change the gears, not a cable. I suspect the 5th gen linkage is what doesn't line up on your car but you could just reuse the ones from your own car.