sorry to bring an old thread back but any updates lol? I have some new junk yards that have x5s in them and many more 3s/5s with manual transmissions love to see what can be done? my transmission is on its way out again ( i rebuilt it myself at a cost of about 850) so i got abotu 60K out of it. but would rather have a manual....since the truck is no longer my DD i wouldnt mind spending time changing things on it.