Put My Transmission in!

As some of you may know i didn't have reverse for a while and then my whole transmission went up a few weeks ago. i was hesitant at first when i thought about doing the tranny myself but i bought the Hanes manual and read through the steps. It didn't look like a big deal so i got started. i hit a few snags but i have a little bit of patients. Anyway i finished it tonight. I tell you what it wasn't easy lifting it up into the bell housing but i have some good friends that help me when i need them. Also i put in a pro 5.0 short shifter with the white hurst ball shifter to compliment the new tranny and match the reverse glow gauges i got for Christmas. Now i just have to get the passenger exhaust manifold off and the neew long tubes on and ill put up the rest of the exhaust and ill bee back in business. LOL I wasn't planning on keeping in the garage for the winter but S**T happens. Anyway thing seem to be looking up. Also question for those who have done a tranny swap. i didn't have the pump to get the transmission fluid in to plug on the side of the transmission so it poured it into where the shifter bolts in. i think this works too because i remember seeing transmission fluid in there when i took it off. Let me know if i "Fu***D up BIG TIME". lol please say it alright.

You "Fu***D up BIG TIME"!!!...Just kidding I have no idea but I hope everything works out with it.....

hahaha i was about 2 say the same thing juan

let us know how it goes..............

If all of the fluid you put in it stays in it then you should be fine. Yes you did see fluid in that space, just check it every so often. I remember the fluid gauge being behind the pass. side front tire. Which I still think is a dumb idea. So long as a seal somewhere doesn't split, then all is well.

GOOD NEWS. Alright thanks yea. If i were to turn on my car right now you guys would probly hear it from where you are. I really want to see if i did the tranny alright but i have like none of my exhaust done. lol the whole time i was working on this and solving problems i had i just kept thinking how much fun im having. I'm glad im going to school at lincoln tech to be a mechanic. i think im gonna be really happy. ill let you all know how it goes.

Start your car!!!!! I want to hear it all the way in VA!!!!!
Congrats on the swap!

When I put in my MGW shifter, I went ahead and changed the tranny fluid. I poured it in through the sifter hole and it was fine. It was actually recommended to me to do it that way. Much easier than pumping it in from under the car. Of course, my tranny is different.

Congrats on the install. And mucho kudos for having the cojones to do it yourself!!

Studying to be a mechanic at Lincoln Tech, eh? Maybe we should be friends....

yea. working on cars has been a passion of mine for as long as i can remember and my uncle is the same way. he has a shop up in cockysville that i have a job offer to work at and i really like that idea.

That's awesome. I'd always been around cars, but went all corporate. I've been taking a home study course on auto mechanics, and while it's pretty in-depth, I'm sure that there's no way I'm learning what you are.

i kinda know alot through my friends and my uncle but i would really like to learn the things hands on. My only concern is that a v6 mustang is almost as easy as it gets when it comes to working on cars. i've seen some of my friends with like WRX's and EVO's and i don't have a clue whats what what what.

yea man..i kno what u mean...that foreign junk....experience will come w/ time...

most vehicle knowledge crosses over and all. good luck, it all comes with experience.do as much as possible yourself, instead of watching other ppl.