May I join Roger in saying thanks for your service.

You didn't indicate to what use you plan to put that K10; may I offer some things to consider? For most intents and purposes, in an off road 4x4, an automatic is so much easier to live with, especially if you are going to be crawling rocks, hills, and timberlands; having an automatic eliminates the need for three feet - you can brake with your left, and gas with your right, and not be going heel and toe all the time. On the other hand, if you're planning to have a street 4x4, or exclusively mud and relatively flat ground play, you can get along pretty well with a stick; in the mud, once you're into it, you are going to be in one gear until the end of the pit, for the most part, and of course, street driving is no contest - a stick is just way more fun.


The other considerations have been covered: availability of parts, amount of work involved, cost. In any newer vehicle, about 1960 vintage or later, all of the systems involved are much less straight forward than in older vehicles, for this sort of conversion. Yes, it can, has been, and will be done, but often the benefits are much less than desired.