? about transmission install

[Dope 97GT]

I have a couple questions about installing my tranny. I took it out last summer to replace it. I have a 97 GT with a t-45. I put it all back together and it seems that the transmission is angled to the right a bit when i put the cross member into place. When you look down on the tranny from inside the car there is a 1/4 inch gap on the right and about an inch gap on the left. Also it makes the driveshaft hug the right side of the underbody which makes me think something is off. Do any of you have the same thing where it doesnt look like it lines up directly down the center of the car.

Also what transmission fluid should i use?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I believe that there should be alignment dowels on the bellhousing. Perhaps one is not seating in its receptacle hole and is throwing off the alignment?

 

[Dope 97GT]

Everything is bolted up correctly from the tranny to the engine it sits fine.

Does anyone have a pic of the shifter bolted to the transmission without the shifter boot on it?

It kind of looks like the driveshaft is off as well. I dont want to put it back together then get a bad vibration. I dont understand.

 

[Dope 97GT]

I was thinking and i dont know why the tranny crossmember wouldnt line it up into the correct spot. Thats what moves it to the right.

The crossmember is labeled top R on it and im assuming R means the passanger side right.

 

[American_Muscle]

Hmm..the crossmember should line it up.

Isn't the crossmember symmetrical?

I know it's sort of an illusion that the tranny doesn't sit right because the tranny has a groove that slants down right above where the crossmember sits.

But you said the driveshaft hugs the right side of your underbody.

I can check my shifter tomorrow to see if it's in the middle with the boot off.

I just did my tranny swap so it's still easy to get to.

 

[Dope 97GT]

well i looked for pics of what it looks like and found a pic on yellowmustangregistry.com of a pro 5.0 shifter install and its way off. if i can i will take some quick pics and post them up. But it is definitely off to the right for some reason.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

the driveshaft might only be hugging when your looking at it jacked up, w/ the car down the driveshaft raises

 

[Dope 97GT]

It could be cause its jacked up but i dont see why the shifter would sit so far to the right. Here are some pics that i took

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notice how its sits to the right. I would think it would cause severe vibration being so out of line but i dont know what would cause it.

It really is not that bad until you move the tranny crossmember into place then it pushes it right.

 

[Dope 97GT]

anyone have any other ideas or should i just bolt it all up and try it out? I mean it should be right but it looks off

 

[RandyStinchcomb]

yeah, looks like an engine mount issue to me.

 

[Dope 97GT]

i dont see what could have happened to it because i took the tranny out then towed it to my barn then put the new one it...it was out for 6 months but now i dont know what to do.