the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #75 – August 20, 2008, 02:50:27 PM Ugh, I hate you! I still have 10 more days till I get to do mine :( Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #76 – August 20, 2008, 04:47:51 PM Good luck.It's a great swap.I love mine. Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #77 – August 20, 2008, 10:22:00 PM Quote from: kingcars;232869Ugh, I hate you! I still have 10 more days till I get to do mine :(LOL, yeah I know... kinda stole your thunder huh? LOL....:flip: :evilgrin: Quote from: vinnietbird;232879Good luck.It's a great swap.I love mine.Yeah I did it to my '88 5.0L HO Thunderbird, and loved it... hoping this gets me in the low 14's high 13's....:D T5 swap is almost done....got the pedals in first, since I knew they were a B***H... especially having to do it twice in one night.....:mad: here is the AOD on the ground:no AOD trans anymore:flywheel, clutch, bellhousing and cable are all in:and T5 is now in place and bolted down...:Only thing left to do tomorrow is remove the B&M AOD shifter, fill up the T5, do the wiring for the backup lights, and put the starter and exhaust back in, and go for a rip.... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #78 – August 20, 2008, 10:45:21 PM That's awesome! I CANT WAIT to do my swap! Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #79 – August 20, 2008, 10:55:17 PM the hardest part are the pedals... god are they a nightmare, even with air tools... my Tbird the pedals werent too bad, but this thing fought me the entire time... Will have a drive video tomorrow of it... gonna be EXTREMELY hard babying it for 500 miles.... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #80 – August 20, 2008, 11:29:42 PM What wiring for the backup lights?My T-5 plugged right into the AOD harness,good to go.No mods,no cutting,no thing.Plug and play. Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #81 – August 21, 2008, 01:36:21 PM for the neutral saftey swtich? Mine didnt, had to cut the plug of and re wire it...She is DONE, and I drove it out of the barn on its own power... I am going in for a quick shower then going for a test drive... will post a video later tonight.... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #82 – August 21, 2008, 01:45:12 PM Quote from: 1WLD BRD;233017for the neutral saftey swtich? Mine didnt, had to cut the plug of and re wire it...They have a plug on top of the tunnel... Just swap harnesses, no cutting ... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #83 – August 21, 2008, 01:57:04 PM cool nice, HO and t-5 swap done at same time! That should hold you off for awhile Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #84 – August 21, 2008, 02:35:44 PM my t5 didnt have that harness on it, so for now that is what I did... I will try to locate a proper harness for it as right now I dont have back up lights...nope not good enough.... dont get me wrong it is great, and now it is a BLAST to drive! but still not enough... might be intsalling a vortech or a paxton next, this weekend.... we'll see.... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #85 – August 21, 2008, 04:36:08 PM Quote from: 1WLD BRD;233026my t5 didnt have that harness on it, so for now that is what I did... I will try to locate a proper harness for it as right now I dont have back up lights...nope not good enough.... dont get me wrong it is great, and now it is a BLAST to drive! but still not enough... might be intsalling a vortech or a paxton next, this weekend.... we'll see....I wish I had that kind of money.LOL. Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #86 – August 21, 2008, 06:16:12 PM Quote from: vinnietbird;233043I wish I had that kind of money.LOL.I wish I did too.:hick: .. I am unemployed.... but The turbo poop is hopefully sold this weekend, so I will be using some of the cash from its sale to purchase the blower. ..ARG! what is it with my luck lately.... just got in from a test rip and the tranny is leaking from someplace... looks like it is at the joint were the tail stock bolts to the main body... now I have to tear into it AGAIN!!!! christ I am getting sick of being under this car.... screw it I am going camping tomorrow and will deal with it after the weekend... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #87 – August 21, 2008, 06:27:54 PM When you get back into it,just slow down and take your time.You were in a mad hurry this time.A couple of days to gather your thought may not hurt anything. Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #88 – August 21, 2008, 08:22:55 PM not really hurrying... really... ask baXo how quick I work.... I THINK I found the problem, though... aparrently these things dont take 5.0L's of tranny fuild... LOL I just pulled the Fuild check plug and got 2 liters of oil out, so hopefully this fixes it....Going for a test rip now....Problem solved... Quote Selected
the cougar is DONE!!!!.... HO/E303/MAS/T5 conversion complete. Drive Video added Reply #89 – August 21, 2008, 10:22:46 PM Quote from: 1WLD BRD;233078not really hurrying... really... ask baXo how quick I work.... I THINK I found the problem, though... aparrently these things dont take 5.0L's of tranny fuild... LOL I just pulled the Fuild check plug and got 2 liters of oil out, so hopefully this fixes it....Going for a test rip now....Problem solved... I tried to fill me tranny up to specs after i did the floor shifter... Iwish i would have known then what I know now. There was so much money I wasted on wasted fluid Quote Selected
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