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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:02 pm 
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hey all, quick question

everyone swaps thier autos to manuals, but i have a 3 speed in me fairmont, and a 4 speed in the S pac, what would i need to do to swap them over between the 2?. both are EA's.

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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:27 pm 
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Lynx_E's wrote:
hey all, quick question

everyone swaps thier autos to manuals, but i have a 3 speed in me fairmont, and a 4 speed in the S pac, what would i need to do to swap them over between the 2?. both are EA's.

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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:29 pm 
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^^^ bloody useless post wasnt it

the boxes will swap over easy enough, but the wiring is a bit of a pain. Basically you need to swap the TCU and wiring loom over with it.

Also you need to swap tailshafts, and most likely the diff flanges will be different as well.

 

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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:44 pm 
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man if they are both ea's they should have the tailshafts the same, i had an xf tailshaft in my ea 4 speed auto, so they must be the same. with the small bolt on clamps that hold the uni joints onto the diff.

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:35 pm 
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so has noone done this conversion before?

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:42 pm 
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yes it has been done and is possible. and there was some information on this site, I would think that there is some information in the driveline modifications section there somewhere. hey i was kinda iffy about wether an ea t5 manual would go behind an ef 6, and yes it does. so thats good eh.

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:57 pm 
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Well I think you need to swap ECUs as well if you are going to do this swapping. 3 Speed is hydraulic controlled and the 4 speed is controlled via computer. Not sure if that's what stockstandard meant with the TCU cause I don't know what a TCU is :oops:

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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:49 pm 
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Transmission Control Unit.

EA 4 speeds (& some later models inc V8s) have a separate computer to control the tranny & it talks to the ECU. Later on Ford intergrated the tranny control into the EECIV.

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:25 pm 
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i think i have an ea tranny control unit here somewhere you could have it hehe.

 

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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:06 am 
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sam12h wrote:
Transmission Control Unit.

EA 4 speeds (& some later models inc V8s) have a separate computer to control the tranny & it talks to the ECU. Later on Ford intergrated the tranny control into the EECIV.


cheers for the wise enlightenmen sam12h

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