Installing new clutch and rear main seal
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jake2582
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it's not that hard. I had never worked on a car before and I changed my clutch. I paid a guy 100 dollars to stand there and tell me what to do. lol. I did mine in the rain with the car on jackstands. If you have never done it before, have someone help you. also, make sure they resurface your flywheel. some cheap places might not even worry about that. it is very important. I would change your pilot bearing while you are in there too
Do it yourself. There's a writeup by 5spd GT in the technical thread sticky in 94-95, or in the link in his signature. I thought it was in the one over here, but I guess I'll have to pester Daggar to add a link for it.
if I don't have access to a lift, I like to put stacks of 2x4's under my tires so the car sits another foot and a half or so off the ground. The hardest part is going to be taking the transmission out and putting it back in. Replacing the seal and the clutch are both cake-walk jobs.
I disagree. The hardest part is getting the H-pipe off if it's been on a while and the bolts are rusty. 
The trans itself weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 80lbs, so it's not bad to bench press it back up into place. Having a buddy get the trans-to-bellhousing bolts started is always nice, but I've never done a T5 R&R with help. Just get the car as high as possible at all four corners. Get it high enough that you can sit Indian style under the trans tunnel. It makes the clutch job easier.
The trans itself weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 80lbs, so it's not bad to bench press it back up into place. Having a buddy get the trans-to-bellhousing bolts started is always nice, but I've never done a T5 R&R with help. Just get the car as high as possible at all four corners. Get it high enough that you can sit Indian style under the trans tunnel. It makes the clutch job easier.I disagree. The hardest part is getting the H-pipe off if it's been on a while and the bolts are rusty.
Rust? What is rust? I live in California
Jaswir
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i was scared myself when i did it for the first time... its alot easyer then it seems! I would compare it to changing brake pads... not hard at ALL!!
get a bunch of 2x4's, I stack them side by side so it's 2 2x4's wide in order to we as wide as your tread patch or close to it. Jack up the front or rear and stack them as high as you want underneath all 4 tires. You don't have to jack up the car anymore after each tire is sitting on 6 or 8 2x4's high. You'll have a lot of room. It's like the car is sitting normally, but just high up in the air. It is also nice because you won't have jacks and stands in your way when you're trying to work underneath. Just make sure you set the E-brake and block the wheels so it won't roll anywhere, and only do it on level ground.
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GT_Rich
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Nothing wrong with 2x4's. I built the ramp / block set pictured below just for the stang. The ramps are nice and long so that I can pull it up on there without anything bottoming out (mine is lowered). Then, the ramps are removable from the blocks, so I can get a jack under the rear axle and jack up the back of the car and put jackstands under the axle.
