t-5 rubbing on transmission tunnel....trim it?

[jaidedeye]

i just did my AOD to t-5 swap. my t-5 is rubbing and squeeking against the tunnel where the shifter comes into the car. do i need to trim the hole?

 

[04sleeper]

i just did my AOD to t-5 swap. my t-5 is rubbing and squeeking against the tunnel where the shifter comes into the car. do i need to trim the hole?

I had to cut mine larger. I just used the lower rubber boot as a guide and cut it open to the mounting holes on it.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Yes, trim with tin snips

 

[jaidedeye]

sweet..thanks

 

[mytight95]

can't you adjust your mounts etc. so that everything lines up .....i had this problem with it rubbing on the passenger side of the hole on my 95, i raised the pass. side motor mount and lowered the drivers side mount a lil, and then the motor wasn't tweaked any more, and it is sitting in the middle of the tunnel

I don't know if autos come with smaller holes than the fives speed cars originally though???? just trying to be helpful


jason

 

[Mustang5L5]

I don't know if autos come with smaller holes than the fives speed cars originally though???? just trying to be helpful


jason

Yes, AOD cars come with smaller holes than 5-spds....that's why you need to trim

 

[Michael Yount]

A little 'percussion adjustment' with a small sledge hammer sometimes works wonders too.

 

[wht93gtEd]

when I did my swap, I finished late, and I was tired & I didn't feel like cutting it nice and taking my time (cause you don't see it anyway).......so I cut it up with tin snips. It doesn't look good, but it did the job pretty easy.

Now, even though I can't see it, I find myself questioning myself as to why I didn't do it nice. Since I'm a perfectionist, it's bugging the hell out of me!

 

[Michael Yount]

Hence the saying - "Why is it there's never time to do it right the first time, but always time to go back and fix it?"

You'll straighten it out - your OCD has kicked in!!

 

[04sleeper]

I was lucky I had an air saw.

 

[jaidedeye]

i just hit it with a long 1/2 inch extension and hammer

 

[Michael Yount]

The old 'percussion adjustment'. Ironic - on the Volvo swap, when you center the hump in the HO oil pan over the stock Volvo crossmember, the stock Mustang shifter handle pokes right squarely through the middle of the stock Volvo shift boot. If you buy the Converse kit/motormount and tranny plates, there's no cutting, welding or banging required. Cursing, however, is optional -- and seems to help, at least in the short term.

 

[4dStang]

i just did my AOD to t-5 swap. my t-5 is rubbing and squeeking against the tunnel where the shifter comes into the car. do i need to trim the hole?

When I did a swap in my 95 vert, I used a 93- bell and tranny. I was off by about an inch at the hump hole. I ignored it until the trans bumping against the body drove me nuts. I pulled out the dremel with the fiber disk on it, marked a line, covered the shifter hole and grinded it nice and square. Now I can reach the bolts for the shifter.

The lower gasket still fits fine and sealed up well on my short throw B&M. I decided to use the dremel because of the tight space. A jig saw or recip saw is just to big and can hit the tranny. A bigger air grinder with a cut off disk would work too, but watch the sparks.