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Old 10-10-2014, 09:28 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by darcane View Post
I hope that is repeated with the last manual trannies in light duty pickups (as of '09 or so?)
Yeah, you could get Dodge/RAM half-tons in 2009 with a stick, but that was only 10% of fleet production. I never did find one when I bought my '07. Now you can only get an HD truck with a Cummins with a stick. Everything else is a slush box.

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Originally Posted by cosmick View Post
I love driving a manual, I love not having every automatic fail me sooner or later, but I extremely hate the lack of good manuals in the salvage yards. There's no getting a used T56 for under $ 1500. And that's if you can find one.
Ditto. I grew up on manuals, taught my daughter how to drive one. I plan to teach my grandkids as well. I've searched and can't find a decent used one[edit, T56] for under $2K. At that price, you might as well shell out a few hundred more and get a new one from American Powertrain or something. I'd like to find an NV3500 or Getrag 238 salvage to swap into my truck, but the last ones I found in the spring have already sold. A guy on DodgeTalk did a T56 tranny swap and got another 2 mpg, he told me.
By the way, all these autos mean that most car thieves don't know how to drive a stick shift.

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