I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hell F'N yeah!!

Its 12:25 Pac time and I just finally finish it. As of this moment, I beleive I have the first, fully opperational, 2.6 liter, 2wd, "automatic", Isuzu Rodeo in the world. I just took it out for a test drive and its purrin' like a kitten, and shiften like its late for a party!!! In the end, I had to swap, the transmission, shifter, ignition, radiator, cooler lines, engine wiring harness, PCM(ECU), dash harness, cab harness, pedal, and the gas peddle cable. Just thought I would let you guys know. I'm pretty proud right now. L8r. :SP;

hell yeah congrats man !!! i need to get workin on my pup

sweet, now drag the bitch

killer. hope you think its worth all the hard work! sounds like it is.

Thanks dudes. To be honest, Its cool that I did it, especially since I couldnt even get a transmission shop to touch it. I never realized how much work it was going to be. I wouldnt do it again, thats for damn sure. Next time, I think I'll just relocate the slave cylinder, or just start with a truck that the factory made an automatic.

You did all that work so you didnt have to relocate the clutch master cylinder?

I figured that I would kill two birds with one stone by putting in the automatic. My goal is to bodydrop it and drive it to every show(No trailer queen here!). So I had a couple of choices and decided that the auto would achieve all of what I was looking for. Due to my lack of knowledge about this type of swap, I never thought it would be this deep. I now know why the shops didnt want to do it.

That's awesome man, I don't know shit about Isuzu stuff but it seems you've accomplished a pretty big task on your own. Congrats.

damn. thats a ton of work. congrats on the swap though. i wish i could get my shit runnin now.

what was it all before? 5 speed 4x4 ? what transmission did you use? and what ecm did u swap in?