5-Speed conversion from HELL!!!

[USMC302]

Yeap, I know exactly what you are talking about, we could not for the life of us get a tranny to flush up to the block, bout a 1/2 to a 1/4 inch away and thought, well, the bolts will pull it the rest of the way together, but we kept trying and eventually got the input shaft lined up right by tilting the motor along with the tranny and everything snugged up. Sorry to hear about the unfortunate event, sucks doing the swap in the first place, but sucks even more doing it twice..

[sykostanger]

Im wanting to do this to my 89 notch, I hope i dont run into too many problems, as it will be my first conversion from auto to standard

[USMC302]

Just take your time and pay attention to detail. Good luck.

[Coupe50h]

wow, Im having a hard time understanding how that happened.
I can never get the trans to mate all the way up either, I always use the fasteners to close the gap as well.
Bellhousing alighnment is supposed to be real important on these cars, however i just stab em in the best i can...good luck

[Dark_5.0]

I have never had any trouble but I pay attention to detail pretty well.

I will be converting my 92LX to a 6 speed in a couple months.

[stang4to8]

did you use the clutch alignment tool? alot of poeple skip that & its pretty important. not using it can cause this same issue.

[goodyear1984]

even when useing the alignment tool u should still look and make sure the clutch is centered perfectly with the pilot bearing ,u might have to loosen the pressure plate a few times but if u get it perfect by eye its eaiser

[7-UP BILL]

Even when using the clutch alignment tool, it still may be off. Whe you're trying to align clutch and trans have someone sit in car and press on clutch pedal to release pressure on disc. It should go right in.