transmision swap

[Mustangfreak]

Ok, I have an automatic right now, and its giving me grief. Like in my other thread, I said it's slipping.

I'm thinking it shouldnt cost to much to swap out to a T5. But I've been told that the pedal assebly is the most pain in the ass part. Why?

has anyone done this, and if so, any tips would be much apriciated! If I can get the coupe mobile reliably I can keep it. The fate of this car rests on your shoulders FEP! haha j/k!

[Zephyr 351C]

The pedal assembly isnt hard to change, its taking the whole dash out to change them thats a PITA. An even bigger PITA is trying to find where the one extra bolt goes.

One thing I would suggest is welding the rear carraige bolts that hold the column to the pedal assembly (I think the fronts are already welded, I know one on mine was) or welding nuts to it instead so you can thread some studs in.

The little clips that hold the rear bolts in the holes could come loose, then its a major pain to put the column back in.

[ashley roachclip]

No need to take the dash out .
Remove the driver seat ,and the rest is a breeze .
It is really a straight forward procedure
you will have to swap holes in the fire wall with the speedometer cable I think it was, but the rest is cake .

[gdniel]

+1

[At1Maverick69]

I've done it a few times. The dash doesn't have to come out, it would be easy if you take off the steering column, and the seat, specially if you're a tall guy. Though I know that the older car(79-84), I think has some differences with the pedal assembly, like said above, it's a very direct bolt in. Of course, some choice cuss words are necessary.

[Zephyr 351C]

The bottom of my dash bolts to the pedal assembly, I could probably get it out and leave the dash but I'd wind up breaking something, most likely the flimsy dash, right in that corner where the fuse box sits, again.

Of course, I've done enough heater cores that taking a dash out is nothing to me. Maybe a half hour job.

[Dean_T]

As alluded to, you want the pedal assembly that uses the crappy plastic self adjusting clutch cable quadrant. Replace crappy plastic quadrant with a good aftermarket quadrant and a firewall adjuster.

Dean T