FedEx Ground: T5 from Indiana

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 06/13/2017 at 12:04 • Filed to: None

5

28

Borg Warner T5 transmission from a 1987 S10. Non-World Class, but has the mechanical speedo connection in the tail housing. For the ‘71 Vandura.

Ash78, voting early and often > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 12:10

10

Don’t ask the flowers to help you carry it.

Wait for it.

They’re a bunch of pansies.

#dadjokes

Seat Safety Switch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 12:14

3

A Vandura with a manual transmission sounds pretty interesting to me.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 12:22

0

Does the world class not have a mechanical sender? Pretty sure my T5 is a World Class and it’s got a revised mechanical speedo sender design.

Dusty Ventures > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 12:24

5

As a delivery driver for [redacted] my first thought was “UGH”

My second thought was that I strongly doubt the packaging is rated for that weight

My third thought was UGH again

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures 06/13/2017 at 12:27

1

At least they hopefully drained the fluid out of it first?

Dusty Ventures > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/13/2017 at 12:34

2

MoCamino > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/13/2017 at 12:44

1

Based on the big oil spot in the cardboard, I’m afraid the answer to that supposition is ‘no’. :(

MonkeePuzzle > Dusty Ventures 06/13/2017 at 13:11

0

I had a pair of complete trailing arms with hubs and brakes/discs still attached. weighed a TONNE! and was packaged in a failed box and a ton of clear tape, identical to this.

the amount of trouble I had dragging it into my garage without the packaging failing I was impressed the delivery company agreed to take it from the seller at all.

Dave the car guy , still here > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 13:13

0

I’m hoping you are sourcing a new disc and pressure plate. Wow, that parts pile in the garage must be growing. If I was on the Left Coast I’d be by to help but as it is I’ll just have to give your moral support.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 13:40

1

all you have to do is keep piling the parts closer together, and before too long, youll have a finished project......

Nothing > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 14:06

0

I want a T5 for the Cougar. 3 speed cruising isn’t much fun.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Ash78, voting early and often 06/13/2017 at 15:07

1

There’s something a out wordplay from a dad that thoroughly exasperates their children. I don’t understand it, but I love it...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Seat Safety Switch 06/13/2017 at 15:11

0

www.tinyurl.com/vandurapics

There’s a three-on-the-tree right now. It’s going to be a 5sp with the shifter on the floor.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/13/2017 at 15:13

0

There’s an adapter of some kind. I think that the mechanical ones in the S10s only went through ‘88. But the tail housings are interchangeable. So some day, if I ever wear out or blow up this trans, I can pretty easily find a WC trans and change over the tail housing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dusty Ventures 06/13/2017 at 15:15

0

I totally hear you. The guy who shipped it to me ships them all over the country. I think the packaging held up well, all things considered. I’m curious to see if the dreyage bill states the weight...

And they did it all, including another box, for about $108 from Indiana to California.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 15:21

0

I just looked and according to the charts I’ve found the 1995 V6 Mustang had a World Class with a mechanical speed sensor (Mustangs didn’t get electronic ones until the New Edge). I’ll take a look at the tag on my tranny next time I’m under the car. Probably important to find out because I did fill it with ATF and not-World-Class T5s take gear oil.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dave the car guy , still here 06/13/2017 at 15:21

0

You have been a HUGE help. Definitely a new clutch kit, though I have to make sure the disk matches the input shaft on the T5, and I may need to shorten the input shaft by 3/16" or so.

Using an older trans with the mechanical speedo connection cost me an extra $300 or so, but part of that I’d have had to spend on a mechanical pretender mechanism. T5s with the electronic speedo are a dime a dozen, relatively speaking and the tail housings are interchangable and a tail housing alone can easily fetch $250 by itself, so I just went the extra distance on that one.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 06/13/2017 at 15:22

0

There’s a gravitational attraction between them.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nothing 06/13/2017 at 15:23

0

No, it’s not. I had a ‘76 Nova with the crappy integrated head I-6 and it was not fun at all.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/13/2017 at 15:31

0

My project is a GM and I think there is some interchangeability with the Fords, but I haven’t scoped it out.

carzcarzcarz > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 15:51

0

Ah the good ol’e T5. Forgot all the other cars it was used it, I’m mainly familiar with them from Mustangs, and thought they had mechanical speedo’s in the WC ones too. I do remember changing those little plastic gears (they had different colors IIRC, white, brown, pink?, blue) to correct for gearing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > carzcarzcarz 06/13/2017 at 15:53

1

One thing at at time... There are a couple of people out there in Internet Land who are obsessed in a big way with the T5 and have some helpful websites.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 16:36

1

for the most part a t5 is a t5 is a t5. Pre-1994 and post-1994 Ford T5s have slightly different input shaft lengths but I had no issue putting a ‘95 T5 in an ‘86 car.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 17:40

0

Very nice!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/13/2017 at 20:40

0

I’ll be putting an ‘88 T5 from an S10 into a ‘71 GMC van that has a Saginaw 3-speed. I’ll have to buy a clutch and pressure plate with the clutch disk matching the transmission input shaft -- spline count being the chief factor -- and possibly shorten the input shaft by 3/16" or so. I’m told that can be done with a hack saw... Maybe I’ll use a Wheel of Death...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 06/13/2017 at 20:47

0

If the parts pile gets big enough, the project will build itself.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/13/2017 at 20:48

1

Totally!

MM54 > Nothing 06/14/2017 at 21:04

0

I’m looking forward to going from 2 automatic gears in the Chevelle to 4 manual ones, I’d imagine 3(a) -> 5(m) is similar