VT_Maverick's 5 Speed Swap

[eternal21]

Mike,
Send me your email in a PM and I can send you a word doc with useful notes that I created.
Cheers,
Scott

Thanks, Scott. I found your post in this thread about all of that and I had to determine which method I wanted to go: clutch pedal down or not when starting the truck. The alarm I'm installing is remote start, so to me, it bypasses the clutch being down anyway, so, I'm going your route.

Since everything else in the garage is a manual, like you, I just make sure I *ALWAYS* make MT transmissions are in neutral prior to starting. PM incoming, and THANK YOU.

Oh, and another thing: in one of your earlier posts you mentioned swapping out the fuel rails. Is this prudent, as I didn't come across a reason for doing so.

[bartmanS4]

Oh, and another thing: in one of your earlier posts you mentioned swapping out the fuel rails. Is this prudent, as I didn't come across a reason for doing so.

Just to be clear, if I said fuel rails I misspoke. I was speaking of the 5 spd tranny fuel lines.

[bartmanS4]

Thanks, Scott. I found your post in this thread about all of that and I had to determine which method I wanted to go: clutch pedal down or not when starting the truck. The alarm I'm installing is remote start, so to me, it bypasses the clutch being down anyway, so, I'm going your route.

Just be careful to never leave you VX in gear! Can you imagine remotely starting a VX that's in 4Lo with 1st gear engaged? Doh! That would be spectacular!

[eternal21]

Just be careful to never leave you VX in gear! Can you imagine remotely starting a VX that's in 4Lo with 1st gear engaged? Doh! That would be spectacular!

Just to be clear, if I said fuel rails I misspoke. I was speaking of the 5 spd tranny fuel lines.

I've had MT vehicles for 20 yrs now, never had that happen ONCE. Thanks for jinxing me *lol*

And I went back and checked, you said "fuel lines" not fuel "rails", so my bad on that one. Yeah, found out that the fuel lines of an auto won't fit, and I had to hose clamp the new lines, just like you mentioned.