Recent content by Bergretter

Well, sounds like you are committed to the rebuild! On the bright side, you will be so happy when you drive your truck after that 151 has it bearings renewed. Akella (cruiser addiction) was vital to completing this project for me. I'm not sure if you plan on taking this on yourself, but he...

Well Nick, how you coming along? Sorry to not answer your questions posted earlier until now. I did not experience much shake from the manual, more the higher frequency loping vibration and very noticeable bearing noise, which led me to take on the full rebuild. After rebuild, smooth as...

So none of these vibrations were present prior to your swap? You can obviously do some elimination there, as in the tires would have been a problem before the H-151 went in. I'll mention just a couple of things that changed when I swapped in my manual. I had a huge REDUCTION in a deep solid...

Wayne, I had something similar going on with my sunroof in both forward corners as well. I'm not sure if you are experiencing the exact same sound as I was, but I found the screws and small washers that connect those small arms to the deflector could not be tightened and needed replacement...

Nice work guys, I remember the under dash work being quite a bear! With my US LHD conversion I found leaving the stock brake pedal assembly in place worked just fine with the new clutch assembly in place. I ordered the two new pads as mentioned above, then simply trimmed the original metal...

Frank, search H-151 swap information, the thread starts out with myself and a couple other folks (mainly Dana!) trying to gather sourcing information. It leads into the actual swap. Also completed a rebuild of the H-151 after I purchased it if anyone needs info on that. Akella was critical in...

Looking good Nick! Sent you some info on the drive shaft issue. Dana, I'm so excited to see you finally getting to dive into your conversion, awesome! Florida FZJ80, I used my stock full time case with the H151 when completing this conversion in a 1993 LHD equipped with an 1FZ-FE engine, no...

Yes, perfect Jalop80! Thanks for sharing and posting the link.

Changing the seal is cake once the transmission is out of the way! All joking aside, it is a pretty major undertaking. Following the FSM step by step makes the project very doable if you have some level of mechanical ability. Connectors are a bear as mentioned above but once the left front...

If I remember correctly from my A442F removal, it runs over the mating area of bell housing and engine to RH frame rail abeam of bell housing, plastic insert holding it onto the rail. I disconnected it there and kept an eye on the run while backing the tranny off.

Yes! And I've gotta say I'm loving it so far. Lots more shifting than I'm used to in my 40, going from 3 speeds to five. Clutch is very smooth and with the pedal assist, makes it much cushier than other manuals I've used. It seems to accelerate faster without running that huge hydraulic pump...

Couple of photos of the completed interior.

A couple guys asked specifics on reverse light rigging. Here are a couple of pictures that may help. I used harness off my crapped out auto tranny, looped pins 2 (12v hot) and 8 (reverse light circuit) on plug pictured. The ends I'm holding plug into truck (behind starter) just as they did...

Reverse switch issue worked out, once cleaned thoroughly resistance down to 1 ohm. Looped manual transmission reverse switch through AT harness connector pins and now have reverse lights as well as R on the dash when shifter in reverse gear. Vehicle drives nice, smooth shifting clutch and...

Man those new lights look real nice!!!