I have considered importing the 3.0 turbo diesel from canada or somewhere else close. Go figure that we are the only country in the world that doesnt get the diesel (thanks big three!). From some chats with down under Jackaroo (Trooper to Aussies) owners, the diesel has the same tranny options auto and manual. I was going to attempt this swap for the trooper, but having a turbo engine warrants some serious attention since boost can be increased, and it already has an intercooler. The diesel Trooper has a hood scoop similar to the Subaru WRX stock. They also get crazy mileage with the diesels, and tow nicely!

If anyone can prove if the manual tranny bolts to the TOD unit, I know that a manually created signal can tell the TOD unit which setting to be in based on a switch of some kind. The DCCD (Driver Controlled Center Differential) unit on the Subaru STI is the same type of unit except it has Auto/ Manual and you can select in finer units than ours how much bias front to rear you want AND a 50/50 lock. There is even an aftermarket company that offers a plug in device similar to the tranny interceptor we have that adds more range of adjustment to the DCCD. Everything is just based on what electronic signal tells the Center Diff what to do. That means we can scrap ALL sensors and have a manual adjust to the same ranges that the truck already has programmed to go to with only one input source- the driver.