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Originally Posted by 1337
Big Dave--
My parents have a '99 F-350 diesel, which we use for a winter beater and for plowing. It's a 4x4/automatic model, which is the worst configuration for fuel economy. It has a 3.73 final drive. To swap in a 3.08 final drive like yours, would I need to change the ring/pinion gear in the differentials, or is it a transmission modification?
Multiades--
Yup, that was me on PansyPatrol.com post. I have located a few '92-'94 Protege F25M-R transmissions on car-part.com. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find *just the gear*, and all the junkyards want to sell the transmission as a whole. Do you have any recommendations on where to find just the 5th gear set? Will I also need the 5th gear synchro from the donor transmission?
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Yeah, I seriously doubt anybody is going to sell you just the gear. Junkyards don't work that way. I had to buy the whole trans for $100, which even so was cheaper than buying a gear new from Ford/Mazda.
I didn't use the syncro from the spare trans because it was 100% compatible with the old syncro and I knew that the one I had been using worked.
Obviously things will be a little different for you with the F25M-R trans, but I'm sure interchangeability will be similar as in my case.
-Chris