Hello I have a 1990 mustang lx 5.0 and I was looking for someone in the batesville Indiana area that does rear gear installs for a reasonable price
Hello I have a 1990 mustang lx 5.0 and I was looking for someone in the batesville Indiana area that does rear gear installs for a reasonable price
That's a pretty good price. I got quoted (only labor) from a couple of recommended places in OKC ($400) and Fort Worth ($375) to do gears. A local place here in WF wanted $600 for labor alone.I chose not to do it myself mainly because I sold the car and bought a cobra. But I wouldn’t do it myself unless I had access to a lift and a weekend to do the job. The job is straightforward till you start checking clearances and backlash and found out that you may have to pull it all out 2 or 3 times or more till everything checks out.
I found shops around my area that would do the job from $375-$500. The $375 was a shop that worked on only mustangs. Unless you have time and a lift I wouldn’t take on this job myself personally after doing a bit of research
well my issue is that my car is a 1990 and I was wanting 3.73 so my driven gear in the transmission has to be changed from a 8 tooth to a 7 tooth for my speedo to be correct
I most certainly would not recommend doing gears yourself if you're not planning to properly set them up, check back lash, etc.
I've been told this idea that you can replace your stock gear set with a Ford Racing set, reuse the original crush sleeve, and just slap it together because all Ford gears are machined the same. I let a friend of a friend do just that in my '86 GT around 2003 because I didn't know any better. He reused the original bearings and crush sleeve without checking backlash. Wouldn't you know it, it whined like crazy as soon as I drove it down the street.
If you slap in a new set of gears and don't have that problem, it's likely because you got lucky, nothing more.
I changed my ratio to 3.73. I had the gears installed by someone familiar and equipped for the process.
I have a t5 too. I removed the gearbox pulled the tail and swapped the speedo drive gear myself. It wasn’t too bad of a job.