How hard would it be to change from automatic to manual?

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dannydmc said:

I have a 88 mustang gt the transmission has gone out on it and a rebuild is pretty expensive. So I was thinking if i was going to spend the money to get it rebuilt I could just get a new one specifically a t56 would be what I would put in their if I can. How hard would that be, and what are some prices I'm looking at because I've had a few prices on rebuilds and they are around $2000 and a little over. Anything wold help thanks.

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When the OD went out on our 87GT (with 75k miles) we were quoted an insane number for a rebuild by the dealer. Local mechanic got a low mileage complete AOD from his local used source and it worked fine!! $800 installed/serviced. These units are normally guaranteed to work (free exchange) but you have to eat the labor to put them in and take them out!!

If you'd rather have a stick then go for it as not that big a deal using used components from a wrecked stick car.

I bought a donar car for $600, swaped over all the parts and spent another $400-500 in new parts. So far I've made a couple hondred bucks selling parts off the donar that I don't need. I still have the 5.0 left to sell and the body. So I plan on getting my original $600 back, maybe a little more. Meaning I did my swap for around $400-500.

The job itself is not hard or complicated at all and no special tools are needed. It's just time consuming.