Thank you Dan. Great input, when I finish with the swap, I'll put together the list of parts and part numbers. Thanks, Ken
Last night I per-assembled the pressure plate to the flywheel and noticed there weren't any dowel pins in the flywheel. So I spent the morning tracking down the FMS pressure plate bolt and dowel pin kit. After getting home I started the parts removal process. I am ready to remove the transmission tomorrow. I am trying to figure out how to remove the shifter linkage. After removing the trans, I hope that getting to the linkage is easy. Here is where I am troubled, I have to change out the the column shifter to the "shifterless" column . I have the upper and plastic cover that will replace the shifter housing. How hard is it to remove the automatic shifter linkage from the stock column without removing the column? I am planning on having the transmission in Monday morning and hopefully driving Monday afternoon. Ken
Ken ... are you converting an column shift column to a floor shift column? Or are you replacing the entire column shift column with a floor shift column? I have converted a column shift auto to a floor shift auto column ... but for my auto to manual swap I used a floor shift manual transmission column.
Are talking about this? Working from the inside of the car, you need to remove the column/firewall seal and drop the column to get a screwdriver or snap ring pliers between the rod and lever to pry it off. I’d disconnect the battery first just incase.
Day 2.... I got the C-4 and all its components out. First time I dropped an automatic. I wished it a good day after putting in my back yard. I then added the Lakewood block plate. Now here was my first new major, my I-6 header now is a quarter blocked off. So I now have a new project, rebuild my header, I'm thinking a step header. Any suggestions will be helpful. The bellhousing fits great. I do have a question about measuring the bellhousing in relation to the center of the flywheel. I have a dial indicator and a magnetic holder. I positioned the holder on the flywheel and could not figure out how to get a center reading. I just wonder if this is really needed. Tomorrow I'll be putting in the clutch assy, toploader, and pedal assy. The header is going to slow down the drive day, that's ok. I've had 2 great days working on the car. Thanks for your help, Ken
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Today's update: 7/9/2011, I measured the runout of the bellhousing to flywheel. It measured .010, I have also read that is the Ford tolerance for runout, the reference was in Peterson's Engine Swapping book. I hope that is a good dimension. Anyway today I got the bellhousing, flywheel, clutch and transmission and shifter in. Tomorrow, I'll finish adding the clutch linkage, changing out the steering column, carpet and bench seat. This has been a very good day! Ken
Today, I think I gave up drinking too soon. I tried to put in the pedal assy to find out the brake shaft coming through the firewall interferes with the pedal housing. I have a 76 Mav and I'm not sure which year the pedal assy I have. Does anyone have any suggestions or parts for sale that will help with this problem? This is still a great project to tackle, I just though I planed for all the problems. Thanks, Ken
The power brake assembly is completely different from a manual transmission (and brakes) Everything from the hanger to the pedals needs to be swapped out. This also means going to manual brakes too. The plus side of this is gaining more room for spark plug changes. I did this just because if this reason. The shock tower supports are also different as well.
Thanks baddad457, What is needed in a swap from power brake booster to a non-power setup? I have no problem with this idea. Ken
Pedals, hanger, manual master cylinder and the shock tower braces Or at least the driver's side. You'll need to reroute a couple of brake lines at the master cylinder too. You can resell all your old parts too. I did this and recouped part of what I spent doing mine.
Thank you baddad457, This project is too much fun. I hope to have the car off the stands next Saturday. In a couple of weeks, I'm planing to start the body work! Thanks, Ken
