I hate to speak to soon but I can hardly control myself. I finally found the permenant fix for the torque convertor locking and unlocking. Its an nv4500! I found a donor truck on CL and got the guy down to $1800. its a 2000 model and it was a dually but had been converted into a mud truck. The owner rolled it 30 minutes into his first outing and the cab and driverside body got destroyed but the motor and trans/transfercase are still good. best part is I shouldnt have to source any parts except a shifter boot. Getting it for such a good price should enable me to at least break even when I sell the engine and my auto trans/transfer case. My auto is still good and has good firm shifts but nothing takes the place of a stick in my opinion. Did I mention im super excited so I hope something doesnt go wrong. Im picking it up tuesday.

I remember you saying that. He bought it and converted his other truck to a 5 speed right? I dont want mine to be a hack job so hopefully it all goes well.

I sold the donor truck tonight. its not gone yet and I still have to pull the tranny tomorrow but I have money in hand for it. Has been a good week!

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Got a new thread started on the swap.