[injected03stang]

thats actually not to bad

[RanGer498]

good job BOB

[stephen]

Good write up.

A hydraulic trans jack can be rented fairly cheaply and would have made reinstalling the transmission much easier. Also it helps to have the trans in gear and turn the output shaft to get the splines to engage.

[B0B]

update:

the spec clutch was GARBAGE. i had to pull it out re-do everything. i got a fidanza 2.1 and put it in and it is awesome. a couple things i think are important to add after doing it again:

when you tighten the pressure plate down, torque all the bolts twice, in a criss cross pattern and don't tighten them all down all the way the first time around. also, when you clean the pressure plate, clutch disc, and flywheel, clean them before you put them in and also as you're about to mount them because grease from your hands can get on them when you're moving them around under your car. use break cleaner, i was told that if you use acetone it may not take all the cosmalene off the parts

[B0B]

Originally Posted by stephen Good write up. A hydraulic trans jack can be rented fairly cheaply and would have made reinstalling the transmission much easier. Also it helps to have the trans in gear and turn the output shaft to get the splines to engage.

i realized i had a trans jack yesterday when i was doing the project. as i was laying under my car i looked under the work bench and there it was, just sitting there never used. lol i felt like an idiot. i used it this time and it made it a little easier. still a pain though.

[B0B]

another edit: my pressure plate bolts came loose after about 500 miles. make sure you use a lot of loc-tite on your pressure plate bolts.