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    '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    I found a '92 caravan locally with a 5 speed. Can I use this shifter and pedal box for my '88 when I do my manual swap?

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Something tells me there are some minor changes to work around but absolutely yes.. get everything you possibly can.

    should be a 3.77 523, good all around unit if you dont go stupid with power and abuse. Where are you in southern Md ? I have most all the tools for the manual transmission servicing and some parts if you want to freshen up anything before installing it.
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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    +1 for robbing everything you can off of it. There is a ton of good stuff in every trans out there.

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Quote Originally Posted by 135sohc View Post
    Something tells me there are some minor changes to work around but absolutely yes.. get everything you possibly can.

    should be a 3.77 523, good all around unit if you dont go stupid with power and abuse. Where are you in southern Md ? I have most all the tools for the manual transmission servicing and some parts if you want to freshen up anything before installing it.
    Well my van is a v6 so I cant use the transmission itself from what I understood, because thats a 4cyl bellhousing. I was mainly concerned with the pedal box/shifter/linkage ect for the day when I find a good v6 trans. My plan would be to drive the thing as a beater until it quits and then take it all off. Maybe boost it idk. I am in the Lexington Park area.

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    yes. take pedals. and cables. and shifter. cable bracket. and cable retainer on the fork.

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    PULL THAT TRANSMISSION! The GUTS are worth it!

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Quote Originally Posted by RaiderGT View Post
    Well my van is a v6 so I cant use the transmission itself from what I understood, because thats a 4cyl bellhousing. I was mainly concerned with the pedal box/shifter/linkage ect for the day when I find a good v6 trans. My plan would be to drive the thing as a beater until it quits and then take it all off. Maybe boost it idk. I am in the Lexington Park area.
    Year for year with a few changeover dates, internally the transmission is the same. call it source of parts for when you get a 543 and need something. I'm in Mechanicsville but work down off Pacific drive at JF Taylor, trainer products group.
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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Quote Originally Posted by Reaper1 View Post
    PULL THAT TRANSMISSION! The GUTS are worth it!
    This is a man who knows of what he speaks.

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Cool beans. Im battling what might end up being a cracked block right now anyway so might be 2.5 turbo swap time anyway lol.

    @135sohc ill be at cars and coffee sunday morning at the beanery

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    If you don't pull the whole trans I need the diff out of it if you're willing to pull that out.

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    how many diffs do you want? i have at least a dozen sitting around doing nothing

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Quote Originally Posted by onerippinturbo2 View Post
    how many diffs do you want? i have at least a dozen sitting around doing nothing
    Yes he does. I've seen them with my own 2 eyes. Lol

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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    How would you crack a 3.0? Freeze plug maybe.
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    Re: '92 5 speed (A523?) Parts Compatibility

    Quote Originally Posted by Ondonti View Post
    How would you crack a 3.0? Freeze plug maybe.
    Not to get too off topic, but Im trying to confirm whats going on now. Upon head removal I found milkshake inside the head bolt hole in the block. Im writing about it in my build thread.

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