Originally posted by BrApple:
Originally posted by muntus:
would indicate that since the V6 engine's are the same between the autos and manuals, the bellhousing should bolt right up.




wrong!!! the bell housing are completely different between the zetec and duratec

try searching please ... this ahs been covered ...



I think you might not have been awake when you posted this. He is talking about trans swap of manual and automatic, bolting up a manual trans from a V6 car where an automatic trans had been behind (or next to) in a V6 car.

I don't see anything here about Duratec vs Zetec.

Back to the original question, one of the complications in the swap is that the subframes are different so you need to swap the subframe with the trans.

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