Pbum5
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If someone here is in Atlanta you might wat to jump on this..
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to the tranny neutral safety switch, that the car wouldn`t start at all, that the circuit wasnt complete or something, I may very well have misunderstood this though.
Sounds like if I went the 4 speed, the close ratio would be more fun....
I want to know for sure if the T-5 is gonna require transmision tunnel fab work.
I have a factory air car, and if I alter the tunnel, is it gonna affect the way my air conditioner unit sits under the dash in any way.
Surely some of yall have crossed this bridge.
One of you guys indicated I might have to cut into the trans tunnel because the bellhousing on the T-5 is taller. I`m curious if I do cut into it, making the tunnel bigger, will I also be cutting into how much room I have under the dash for my air conditioner unit? I will be raising the floor under the ac unit, but will it be enough to interfer with my instalation of the ac (its the under dash mounted external unit).
I`m trying to keep from getting into a situation I cant get myself out of.....
One of you guys indicated I might have to cut into the trans tunnel because the bellhousing on the T-5 is taller. I`m curious if I do cut into it, making the tunnel bigger, will I also be cutting into how much room I have under the dash for my air conditioner unit? I will be raising the floor under the ac unit, but will it be enough to interfer with my instalation of the ac (its the under dash mounted external unit).
I`m trying to keep from getting into a situation I cant get myself out of.....
I'd like to buy a toploader from someone I trust, but eBay seems like rolling the dice. .
Ahh yeah, I forgot about the connector on the firewall. It'll have (4) holes for two circuits: one going to the backup lights, and the other circuit that goes to the neutral saftey switch on the C-4.
Off hand, without looking at the wires, or looking in the shop manual I don't remember which wires are what, but it would be simple to readout with an ohm meter to determine what goes where.
To bypass the neutral saftey switch for the manual transmission, all you would need are two .157" male bullet terminals and a very short piece of wire. Crimp the terminals onto each end of the short wire, and then plug the terminals into the firewall connector to complete the circuit. This will bypass the saftey switch that was on the C-4 --just be careful, 'cause now the car will start whether the transmission is in gear or not.
If you wanted to hook up the neutral saftey switch on the T-5, Run a wire from the firewall connector down to the switch on the T-5, then run a return wire from the other side of the tranny switch back to a switch mounted on the clutch pedal support. From the other side of the clutch switch contact, run a wire back to the firewall connector. This will complete the circuit, and the engine would only start then if the clutch pedal is pushed in.
You are really overthinking how to bypass the neutral safety switch. I did my bypass at the shifter by splicing the park and drive wires that attach to the shifter together and then I left it as-is under the carpet. The whole thing to me less than 5 minutes.
You must be more fortunate or better at looking. T5s come up all the time for cheap; the last two I bought were $50 and $100, but every time I look for a toploader it's closer to $600 for something I have no idea how well it works and I'd have to pay to ship it across the country. I've never, ever found a toploader for sale locally. Not to say they aren't out there, but I've never seen one.If you can get a Toploader for the same money as a T-5, it's not a crap shoot. Rebuild kits are less than $200 last I checked (David Kee's site) If you need to replace gears, that's another story, but not out of line with T-5 stuff. I bought my Toploader in the Ranger for $150 on ebay. The seller "mis-listed" it as an SROD Got it with the SROD bell, & Hurst Comp + shifter included. He also had the clutch, pressure plate and flywheel included too, but I told him to keep all that, I wasn't going to use it anyway and didn't want to pay shipping on scrap metal. I resold the SROD bell back on ebay for what I paid in shipping ($80-- the SROD bell fits the Tremecs too). I bought two "broken" Toploaders for $150 locally and repaired each, then resold them for a profit later. All you got to do is wait for the right deal, same as everything else. If you can pickup a Toploader for less than $400, even if it needs repairs, it's still a good deal.