Replacing a T5, will this work?

[MustangEater8251]

Coudl I leave the clutch, bellhosuing attached and jsut yank the tranny, off(isn't it like 4-8 bolts) and put it bakc in and not have ot mess with the clutch or the belhousing?

[hockeyman]

yes

-Marc

[viper98885]

Yeah man, there are 4 bolts holding the tranny to the bellhousing. When you remove those bolts, you can pull the tranny away from the bellhousing. Remember not to press the clutch pedal while the tranny is out because your clutch disc will fall out of alignment with the input shaft on the tranny.

[Ian]

yes

[morbid]

uh, what about the main input shaft? doesn't it go deep into the trans? if you yank out just the trans with the bell housing still there, isn't it going to be a problem getting it back in?

[viper98885]

The input shaft is part of the tranny. You will pull the tranny out and the bellhousing and clutch assembly will stay in there. Everything else will come out.

[MustangEater8251]

I am assuming I do not have line anything specific up so a junkyard tranny will go in jsut fine.

[nosv6]

I just did this to a friends car about a month ago and it is no problem but something that will make it a million times easier is to get lon studs the size of the hole in the bell housing get the tranny on those studs and push it right in. If you don't do this you may have to wiggle the sh#$ out of it and to the input shaft of the new tranny to make it line up. Not to bad of a job took me about 5 hours.