This will probably be more info than you wanted, but there's a reason the TOB's fail quickly on our cars (even my original stock one got noisy by ~50k miles). The stock adjuster puts it into constant contact with the pressure plate. That means when you're revving, even out of gear, with the clutch pedal not depressed, it's going along for the ride as if you were constantly riding the clutch. Then, people with aftermarket adjusters tend to adjust them the same way, because otherwise you'll get chirping from it as it bounces off of the pressure plate fingers.
In my opinion, the best solution is an aftermarket adjuster, paired with a return spring. That way you can leave appropriate slack between the TOB and the pressure plate fingers, minimizing wear on the TOB, but the return spring keeps it from bouncing off of the fingers (which happens because there's nothing pulling the clutch fork away). This way, you'll double or triple the life of your TOB, instead of it wearing out before the friction material. In my opinion, this was an engineering oversight on the part of Ford, not necessarily low-quality TOB's.
They used to make a kit for this, google for "ldc chicago clutch freeplay correction kit." It's no longer available, but you can easily make one from hardware store parts. Here's one site that tells you how: How to make your own clutch freeplay kit - Mustang Evolution
If you do this along with replacing the bearing retainer, you might not ever have to do it again. I definitely sympathize with DIY (singular Y), the floor jack adapter should do the trick. Just make sure you get those jack-stands nice & high (I never do and then realize I can't get it under there, and wind up trying to balance on just the floor jack cup).
Yeah they're about 80 lbs. dry I think. Getting it down is pretty easy (dropping 80 lbs. of grease-covered metal on your head would still end up badly), getting it back up and mounted is another story without a decent jack, or at least a 2nd set of hands.For what its worth, the T5 isn't very heavy and can be removed by hand on ones back.
i always disconnect it from the bellhousing and remove them as two separate pieces.
Guess it depends on the person.
i would remove and install one all the time when my mustang was still alive.
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