Calling people who did the AOD to T5 swap

Coupe Devil · 08-16-2001, 11:41 AM

First off lets start by saying you will love your car even more after this swap. I did it on my 90 lx and it wasnt that bad. If you have a roll cage or bar with door bars im sorry because it will be hard to manuver with them in. My advice also is to take the drivers seat out. It just makes it easier to move around. I did mine in two steps. A freind helped me and we changed the pedals in a sat morn. Then I waited to use a friends lift to do the tranny. Altogether it took about 10 to 12 hours. Also you will have to remove the steering column. dont fret though its easy.

There is one bolt in the engine bay on the steering shaft. There are four bolts that hold the column to the bracket under the dash and five or six on the plate against the firewall, all of these must come out.

Also you may have to relocate where the speedo cable runs throiught the firewall. On mine it was either put in the wrong hole from the factory or it just need to be moved. There is a hole about two inches toward the passenger side of the car I used for this. There was a grommet there so I just cut a slit in it a rerouted the cable. you have to take it off the back of the cluster to do this.

You will also have to figure out which wires are for the Neutral safety switch. I will look tonight at mine and tell which to to splice together. You will not have any backup lights unless you find a harness for the plug on the tranny. I never hooked mine up but I didnt have tinted windows.

I agree with MUSTANG928 on the shifter thing. Mine wouldnt come out so I persuaded it with a sawzall. If you dont have it already get a adjustable quad and cable youll love it. Hope this could help.

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08-16-2001, 11:41 AM	#3
Coupe Devil Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,643	First off lets start by saying you will love your car even more after this swap. I did it on my 90 lx and it wasnt that bad. If you have a roll cage or bar with door bars im sorry because it will be hard to manuver with them in. My advice also is to take the drivers seat out. It just makes it easier to move around. I did mine in two steps. A freind helped me and we changed the pedals in a sat morn. Then I waited to use a friends lift to do the tranny. Altogether it took about 10 to 12 hours. Also you will have to remove the steering column. dont fret though its easy. There is one bolt in the engine bay on the steering shaft. There are four bolts that hold the column to the bracket under the dash and five or six on the plate against the firewall, all of these must come out. Also you may have to relocate where the speedo cable runs throiught the firewall. On mine it was either put in the wrong hole from the factory or it just need to be moved. There is a hole about two inches toward the passenger side of the car I used for this. There was a grommet there so I just cut a slit in it a rerouted the cable. you have to take it off the back of the cluster to do this. You will also have to figure out which wires are for the Neutral safety switch. I will look tonight at mine and tell which to to splice together. You will not have any backup lights unless you find a harness for the plug on the tranny. I never hooked mine up but I didnt have tinted windows. I agree with MUSTANG928 on the shifter thing. Mine wouldnt come out so I persuaded it with a sawzall. If you dont have it already get a adjustable quad and cable youll love it. Hope this could help.