Fox Is This Normal For A T5 Trans?

[James V]

Bought a new Hurst shifter for my 93 fox. Originally this car was a 4 cylinder automatic and was swapped to a T5. I noticed in the instruction video when the guy was removing the old shifter from the transmission, the 2 top bolts looksl further downwards. My top 2 bolts are halfway under the console. Just wondering if this is normal placement for them and does it matter? Might be a stupid question but this is my first project and I'm trying to learn lol. Thank you

 

[RaggedGT]

I think that’s kinda the norm in an original auto car to a 5-speed. You can see where they cut the trans opening bigger to accommodate the shifter etc

 

[Mustang5L5]

Normal for a swap car. Take some snips and enlarge the shifter hole slightly.


On factory 5-spd cars, the opening is slightly bigger with a raised hump spot welded on. LRS sells the hump, but generally it's not needed as long as you can get the inner shift bootvto seal with some creativity

 

[James V]

Also when putting in my new shifter should I put some kind of grease on the ball on the bottom of the shifter before putting it into the plastic cup?

Normal for a swap car. Take some snips and enlarge the shifter hole slightly.


On factory 5-spd cars, the opening is slightly bigger with a raised hump spot welded on. LRS sells the hump, but generally it's not needed as long as you can get the inner shift bootvto seal with some creativity

 

[cleanLX]

no grease needed... have fun working with that nylon cup... .

 

[revhead347]

I always grease the nylon cup a little bit. Doesn't hurt anything and it seems to help.

Kurt

 

[grumpy150]

I think that’s kinda the norm in an original auto car to a 5-speed. You can see where they cut the trans opening bigger to accommodate the shifter etc

My bothers 92 had a auto put in t5 did not have any opening issus? Idk the reason his didn' and yours does but i hope that helps