[old willy]

Well hello again all,

Thanks for the heads up Paul, I will go check it out Admittedly this wonderful place is getting a bit frustrating to navigate.

But for now......
In my effort to catch up here I will post another quick one.

Way back in the mists of time I did some figuring about the shifter placement, some of you were good enough to help me with ideas about tail housings and measurements. So after much head scratching I did come up with a plan but now I need to make it work…

So to recap, what I am working with is a late 80’s “world class” T-5 transmission from a Mustang. They seem to be designed with a tilt towards the driver for some reason but that’s OK for me.
I sourced the "short" shift lug from an S-10 type tail housing and the custom offset shifter unit from Modern Driveline designed to be used with their forward position tail housing kit. The shifter is the short FIA style from California Pony Parts for the original T-10 transmission.

So I checked over and reassembled the T-5 with new shift fork pads, seals and the S-10 lug and a bit of paint too. I then topped it with the MDL shift base and got it back on the engine and back in the chassis.



I figured out where the shift handle needed to be and with a bit of trial and error made up a custom mounting plate for the shifter from some 3/8 steel I had and then turned some shouldered bolts to mount the shifter from below and eliminate the original rubber grommets.






In the end it is about 2 inches forward and 1 inch to the left, pretty darn close to where Chuck has the hole drawn.
It feels good; the shift travel is nice, short and crisp.

As an added bonus to this set up I was able to make the reverse lockout functioning with a simple angled tab arrangement.
I like this arrangement because number one, it is just more correct, I mean, why have the trigger if it doesn’t do anything?
Second I am currently driving a 6 speed stick and guess what…… 6th is right below 5th, sort of exactly where reverse is in the T-5 so to avoid any confusion or horrible noises the functional lockout will be appreciated.

All the way to the right……



Lift trigger…….



Select reverse……..




In the end I think it looks fairly….. OK.

Till next time,

Cheers,

Hudson





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