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<blockquote data-quote="scriced" data-source="post: 11455281" data-attributes="member: 37453"><p>Yeah, rowin' the gears is just more fun. Not quicker at the drag strip and not fun in day to day traffic but I grew up with 4-speeds when automatics were a no no so for me "rowin' the gears" is just more fun....!</p><p></p><p>Here's a link to a guy that did the conversion and did a decent job of documenting it with pictures. This guy put the shifter in the middle location on the trans and has a pic of it showing the location on the trans as well as a pic of the shifter in the truck.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nloc.net/vbforum/gen-1-lightnings/200507-5-speed-conversion-complete-long-lots-pics.html" target="_blank">5-speed Conversion Complete (long...lots of pics) - The National Lightning Owners Club Inc</a></p><p></p><p>I bought mine from a guy that did the conversion, it was the second one to be done of those that hang out at NLOC. The first one was done in southern Oregon and that person did all the R & D to get it to work. I still have his parts list that he used and I'll send ya that via PM.</p><p></p><p>There are some gaps here and there in both the install link and parts list so do a search on NLOC as well for 5 speed or manual transmission in the Gen 1 forum. That should give you enough reading for a bit and fill in some of the gaps.</p><p></p><p>That is one of my winter projects to change the shifter location to either the middle or back location on the trans. The forward most location is too far forward for me. Either of the rear locations are too far back and would require modifications to the seat frame to accommodate the shifter.</p><p></p><p>Scott</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scriced, post: 11455281, member: 37453"] Yeah, rowin' the gears is just more fun. Not quicker at the drag strip and not fun in day to day traffic but I grew up with 4-speeds when automatics were a no no so for me "rowin' the gears" is just more fun....! Here's a link to a guy that did the conversion and did a decent job of documenting it with pictures. This guy put the shifter in the middle location on the trans and has a pic of it showing the location on the trans as well as a pic of the shifter in the truck. [url=http://www.nloc.net/vbforum/gen-1-lightnings/200507-5-speed-conversion-complete-long-lots-pics.html]5-speed Conversion Complete (long...lots of pics) - The National Lightning Owners Club Inc[/url] I bought mine from a guy that did the conversion, it was the second one to be done of those that hang out at NLOC. The first one was done in southern Oregon and that person did all the R & D to get it to work. I still have his parts list that he used and I'll send ya that via PM. There are some gaps here and there in both the install link and parts list so do a search on NLOC as well for 5 speed or manual transmission in the Gen 1 forum. That should give you enough reading for a bit and fill in some of the gaps. That is one of my winter projects to change the shifter location to either the middle or back location on the trans. The forward most location is too far forward for me. Either of the rear locations are too far back and would require modifications to the seat frame to accommodate the shifter. Scott [/QUOTE]
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