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You've
got to buy a small floor jack, and a transmission jack
that mounts on it. Then you get under your donor car and
remove the shift linkage and the transmission. There are
some U-Tube videos that really help, but it's still
several days and many hours of dirty
work. You'll need at least five jack stands too. You have
to keep the middle section of your car supported on the
passenger side as well as all four corners. When you go to
remove the transmission you'll have to jack the car up on
the drivers side as far as your floor jack will go. |
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When
you get your donor transmission out, you'll want to take
it to a transmission shop for a full rebuild. Normally
about $1,000. Then you'll want to clean and repaint the
transmission and shift linkage. You'll need a Ford Mustang
Shop Manual to align the linkage. |
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You'll
need plenty of time and money for a swap like this. You'll
need to be good with tools or you'll have to pay a fortune
to
get the work done. You'll need to swap your master
cylinders, the clutch linkage, and the pedals that have to
be removed through the dash. You'll need to remove your headers on both cars and your
compete exhaust system too. |
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This
is tough to do when it's 95 degrees in the sun. You'll
need to remove the dash from both cars to remove the swap
the pedals for both cars. You'll have to remove the
steering column, dash, all the wiring for the dashboard,
so take a picture of it before you start disconnecting
wires, You will be breaking 50 year old plastic parts too.
Just call Will at KyMustang.com to replace
the parts. |
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This
is the interior of the car that I started with, a 1965 Mustang.
It has a 289 in it with a toploader 4 speed transmission |
I
made the swap to my 1966 GT, 289 4 Barrel. Now with
"Toploader"
4 Speed Transmission. I love driving it and going through the
gears! |
Done, Sold,
Gone. I sold the red Mustang and gave them the automatic
transmission from the black one. |