in the 89-92 you could get an AX15 5 speed manual trans in a Dakota. You could get it in the 4 cylinder trucks and the V6 trucks, not so sure you got an AX15 in a V8 truck. The V6 unit will fit on the 5.2 motor but may be pretty light duty if you get abusive. All factory parts will bolt up. Not so sure the OD gear in the AX15 is much different the the OG gear in your auto OD though.

I'm also pretty sure your 93 Dakota should have the electronic speedo. At least it should have the electronic speed sensor. I believe Dodge went electronic in 89 or 90. The Dakotas build around the conversion had an attachment that had both the mechanical and the electronic speedo drive units on the trans, but the old stuff doesn't work with the modern stuff. The instrument cluster in my 49 truck is out of a 96 Dakota and it doesn't have a speedo cable.

I've got an extra V6 hydraulic bell, flywheel, clutch set up, pedals, slave cylinder, and an AX 15 that has always been noisy in 4th but last summer started getting noisy in 5th. I bought a 92 Dakota V6 AX15 truck, I'm using the trans in my car, but all the clutch stuff and my old trans are available. There may be a few bolts missing now, but pretty much everything is there for an auto to manual swap in a Dakota. Gene