Thursday, April 14, 2011

Tranny Swapping

Well it has most certainly been a long time since I've written on my blog.

This post is about the long, extensive transmission swap I did on my Mustang about a month ago. The swap was pretty basic and straightforward, especially with the transmission swap guide from West Coast Fords, it just took a lot of time to do. The entire swap took me about a week with a handful of help form my friends.

Again I had the car about 3 feet off the ground to do the swap. Apparently I like to do things the hard way.
 It was a really basic swap. Nothing too fancy. Stock clutch and pressure plate, flywheel, and cable. Someday I'll upgrade when I have the money.


The hardest part of the swap was getting the old AOD out without removing the long-tube headers from the car. I ended up having to cut the collector off the drivers side header and weld it back on afterwards. I definitely found myself in some interesting positions that I never knew I'd be able to fit in.



Yeah that's right, we know how to make a party out of a transmission swap.