5r tranny in a gen 1

[loner4u69]

I read all the post about building a bulit proof a4ld. and all the talk about how the 5R tranny is stronger why cant you bolt 5r to a pushrod 4.0 and make it work? Wouldn't it be cheaper then putting life back in to a a4ld?

 

[BrooklynBay]

The 5R55E transmission is electronic, and requires a computer to control it. Check the thread on swapping a 5R55S with a separate controller. It's in the transmission section along with the Project Frankentranny thread.

 

[dogfriend]

Yes, what Brooklyn said. You can bolt a 5R55E to a pushrod 4.0 (that's what I have) but the 1st Gen doesn't have the computer to make it shift. If you can transplant the engine, transmission, PCM and all the related harnesses, then you are a Ford EEC wizard and master fabricator and you don't need our assistance. :

 

[94explorerEB]

What year did they start using the 5R55E?

 

[BrooklynBay]

1997.

 

[Spdrcer34]

If you can transplant the engine, transmission, PCM and all the related harnesses, then you are a Ford EEC wizard and master fabricator and you don't need our assistance.

Yeah....but WHO would do that?.....



.....Oh yeah....I would.....I did.


Does that make me a EEC wizard and master fabricator?.....

Ryan

 

[dogfriend]

Does that make me a EEC wizard and master fabricator?.....

Possibly...Where did you locate the PCM? Under the hood like the 2ndGen or in the kick panel like the 1stGen?

 

[Spdrcer34]

I put it in the Engine Bay, like the 2nd Gen...

Ryan

 

[dogfriend]

I put it in the Engine Bay, like the 2nd Gen...

Ryan

Then I bow to your fabrication skills.

 

[94explorerEB]

1997.

Then transmission in my 1998 mazda b4000 is the 5r55e correct? I was planning to pull the motor and trans to put into the explorer when its motor went is why I'm asking.

 

[ghosttrain2]

I have also transplanted a 5r55e with the 4.0 sohc into a first gen,with the harness. PCM is now located in the engine compartment as well.

 

[dogfriend]

I have also transplanted a 5r55e with the 4.0 sohc into a first gen,with the harness. PCM is now located in the engine compartment as well.

Yes, but

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