Originally Posted by Jefk

i learned stick in my dads 79 foxbody... After learning o drive it and 'accedintly' spinning the wheels a couple times... yea lol.. He also dropped the auto tranny for a stick

Originally Posted by Jackedup00

Stick is easier to learn in a car also lol.

Originally Posted by Jefk

or a very small truck, my uncle does have a 98ish 4.9 f150 but for fuel economy he uses a mazda m3000, but when i say little, i mean stick your arm out the passenger side window to fix the mirror while driving with minimum stretching little

Originally Posted by Cmanjr

If it's a 4.2 finding an auto for it is going to be harder because the bell housing has a different bolt pattern than the 4.6 or 5.4, meaning you couldn't go to your local salvage yard and grab a trans from a 4.6 or 5.4 which are probably more plentiful. I could be wrong on how plentiful they are though. But I've always seen more 4.6 and 5.4 trucks than I have 4.2 trucks. And I vote you teach them how to drive a stick. It's a good thing to learn how to do. You learn to drive stick, you can drive anything. You learn to drive an automatic, you still have to learn to drive a stick, meaning you can only drive other automatics. If they learn how to drive stick they can drive manual and auto, making it easier. Plus it's just a good thing to know how to do/be able to do

Originally Posted by biggreenf-150

my 4.2 has the automatic

Originally Posted by Cmanjr

I'm aware, I'm just saying finding a used trans that matches the bell housing bolt pattern of a 4.2 is going to be more difficult than it would be for a 4.6 or 5.4

Originally Posted by biggreenf-150

o yea that's probably true

Originally Posted by Jefk

to the junk yard!

Originally Posted by Jackedup00

I was meaning more instead of a 2 foot long stick you've got a shorter easier to toss around stick.