4spd swap checklist for a 68 Dart GT 318/904

JTinAZ said

Just curious if you bought the trans out of AZ? The pics look like a complete unit that was for sale out here recently and I didn’t pull the trigger on it soon enough before it was gone.

If you decide to sell the Hurst unit I’d be interested. Then I just need to find literally everything else. lol.

Anyone know if any 5.9 Magnums have drilled cranks? IIRC you could only get a manual in the trucks with a 5.2 and not a 5.9. Not sure if that was only 1/2 tons or not though.

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I did..I bought it from Venom Classics in Mesa, AZ. I took the plunge since finding one locally wasn’t really an option. Shipping was reasonable and the trans came out of a rotisserie restored 71 Swinger. Their customer wanted to put an automatic in it. My 904 needs a rebuild so, rather than spending the money to rebuild that and the headache of pulling it for the rebuild.. I’d pull it and replace it with a 4spd. It was my plan anyhow when buying the car.. I’m just doing it first than other stuff first. I was gonna do brakes and rear axle upgrade. I’m still gonna do those things, just the order of which I do them was changed up.

I wanna say that the 5.9 was available maybe in a 3/4 ton with a 5spd? I’m not 100%. That’s the era that used the roller bearing that goes in the crank register. So long as the hole is deep enough for the input shaft, it’ll work.