I posted some pics the other day but the title was misleading. I am installing the T5 into my car and I will try and up date the thread as I go. I read all the threads I could find and there is a lot of great info on this swap, I will try and add a little update for the 7/9 cars, hopefully in the area of the shifter, trans mount and drive shaft.
I spent two slow days getting the AW71 out, its heavy! I had done the clutch on a 740 and the M46 is much lighter (so is the T5). Also, there are many more connections,lines and linkages on the automatic. Once I got it down, it started leaking all over the place and me!
Today I started at the flex plate, lined up #1 at TDC and the gap on the timing ring was in the lower half of the starter hole, right where it should be. Got it off, found a nice surprise, the rear main seal is bone dry, I'm not going to change it.
Installed the dogdish flywheel with the gap in the same place, bolts lined up fine, torqued to 50ft/lb.
I slid the trans in for a mock up for the shifter and the drive shaft. It lined up right, the input shaft sits in the pilot bearing when I tightened it down. I will have time to do the clutch next week when the drive shaft is at the shop being shortened.
I spent two slow days getting the AW71 out, its heavy! I had done the clutch on a 740 and the M46 is much lighter (so is the T5). Also, there are many more connections,lines and linkages on the automatic. Once I got it down, it started leaking all over the place and me!
Today I started at the flex plate, lined up #1 at TDC and the gap on the timing ring was in the lower half of the starter hole, right where it should be. Got it off, found a nice surprise, the rear main seal is bone dry, I'm not going to change it.
Installed the dogdish flywheel with the gap in the same place, bolts lined up fine, torqued to 50ft/lb.
I slid the trans in for a mock up for the shifter and the drive shaft. It lined up right, the input shaft sits in the pilot bearing when I tightened it down. I will have time to do the clutch next week when the drive shaft is at the shop being shortened.