Installed 5.0 engine and T-5 tranny

Since I am unable to pull the car back, I had to install the engine from the side of the car, over the right fender. Strangely enough, it worked! With the help of my neighbor, we installed the engine in the car in just under ten minutes. This was sans transmission, most of the accessories, and the headers.

Putting the transmission proved to be signficantly harder. I decided to put in the transmission fluid in before installation - warning: don't ever do that! All the fluid spilled on us as we tried to hoist into the car, so fill the tranny after it is fully installed. After heaving the hundred pound tranny on my chest for several interminable minutes, we finally coaxed it in after half a dozen tries. The tranny shaft slips right through the clutch-fork and throwout bearing, through the pressure plate and clutch, finally resting on the pressed in clutch bearing.

Fortunately, my driveshaft has a 28 spline shaft so it slipped right into the T-5 tranny. It it my understanding that you must have .75-1.5" of space between the slip yoke base to tranny. Any different and you need a longer/short driveshaft. I'm afraid to measure it!

Two final notes. A new crossmember has to be installed for the T-5, but the rubber mount is still for the old mustang, go figure. Also, when installing the tranny, install it with the shifter off for ease of installation. The new shifter itself sits a little forward of the stock shifter, so be sure to extend the shifter hole by 3 inches before trying to reinstall the shifter!