Next weekend I plan to remove the well worn C-4 out of my Maverick and replace it with a Top Loader 4 speed. Here is my parts list, (these parts I already have for a previous project that never went anywhere): Top Loader trans, Lakewood Bellhousing, Hurst Competition/Plus shifter and linkage. To buy Mustang Steve cable conversion kit, 300 Flywheel, 302 clutch assy, and all necessary hardware, shifter boot. Please fill in where I have missed anything. Thanks, Ken
Toby, the 300 flywheel is correct, it is a zero balance flywheel. Mercgt73, what is the length of a input shaft I need? I know there is a longer pilot bearing suggested. Thanks for your help. Ken
Gotcha! If the tag on your toploader says it came from a smallblock (200 up to 390?), then you should be good, unless someone changed the input shaft. I am not sure of the exact lengths of the small vs. big block input shafts. Here is a quick blurb I found about it: http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/all-ford-techboard/412018-toploader-input-shaft.html They do talk about the extended pilot, which is an option. But from what I have read (no experience here, just here say), that the "right way" is to replace the input with the correct longer input. I could be way wrong here, but I ran into this with my 390 tagged toploader and my 302. My input shaft was too short. Which I found out AFTER I drove the car for years.
Thanks Rusty, I just looked up the transmission on David Kee's site. My trans is a RUG-E which is a 1967 289 transmission wide ratio. The input shaft length, that goes into the pilot bearing, is 1.135 long. After looking at NAPA's web site,I think I am going with a 1985 F-150 flywheel, 11" clutch, 88 Mustang Release fork. The Lakewood Bellhousing specifies changing the pilot bearing to Ford's C5TZ-7600-A. Tomorrow I'll be hitting the Ford dealer for that. Ken
Ok, cool! Hopefully I did not introduce unnecessary doubt, just wanted to make sure you did not run into the same problem I did. Good luck with it!
Thank you for all your help. The thickness of a 300 flywheel became a concern, I decided to buy a FMS 302 0 balance flywheel, ZOOM 10 1/2" mustang clutch assy and all the arp fasteners. I really want this project to be finished on Monday the 4th. I can't wait to start shifting again. Again Thanks, Ken
I'm putting a toploader into my Mav too. I wonder if you can tell me what Hurst shifter you are using (parts numbers for the shifter and the installation kit would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. John B
Hi John, I am using Hurst Competition/Plus Shifter P/N 391 3180 and Installation kit 373 5587. If you send me your email address, I'll send you a copy of the email's I got from a Maverick/Comet member that includes his input on putting a TopLoader in his Mav. Thanks, Ken
I may be off base here but are you using a Lakewood Scattershield designed for a cable clutch set-up?
Yes, the Lakewood scatter shield is for a clutch cable. I am using a 5.0 fork and clutch. This is where I bought my transmission and the rest of the info to using a cable setup. http://www.toploadertransmissions.com/install.html Ken
Here is a list of all the parts I used for my Automatic to Toploader swap. Since you are not using factory linkage you can remove those parts from the list: Here is the complete list of parts for a swap to make it just like factory ... Here is a list: Clutch Pedal Clutch Pedal Pad Brake Pedal Brake Pedal Pad Pedal Bushings Clutch assist spring & bracket Rod from pedal to equalizer bar Clutch rod boot at firewall Clutch equalizer bar (Z bar) Frame side Z bar bracket Engine side Z bar bracket Bracket bushings, C clips and felts Rod from Z bar to clutch fork Z bar springs Bell housing Engine block plate Pilot bushing Flywheel Clutch disc Pressure plate throw-out bearing Clutch fork Clutch fork pivot Bell housing boot) Transmission Shifter Upper shift boot and bezel Speedometer Cable and Gear Transmission Cross Member Transmission Insulator
