Who has gone to an automatic tranny from a stick, and what all problems did you encounter?

What shifters did you use other then stock was available without having to bastardize your console.

If you did have to bastardize your console what shifters did you use and how did they turn out?

I will likely pull it out next weekend and see if i can not just repair it easily, but even if i can it is still only a very short term fix, and will certainly blow up the next time i really pound on it.

so I am interested in your experiences with auto's.

I would like to look at a lentech but reality will likely force me into a c4

Thanks in advance

if anyone has any tips on doing this swap i would appreciate them and any of those little details that come up at the worst time when swapping over.

Tech articles would be great

Just feeling similar frustrations this evening while trying to put the front end of my 64 Fairlane together.

But, I thought B&M did make some ****ers for the auto in a late model mustang. But, as old age gets a better hold on me, I may be wrong.

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Larry

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Originally posted by Just Strokin:
oooooops.......M&M doesn't like it when you leave the F out of shifter.......lol

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The tranny was a brand new T 5 Z rated tranny, that had a year of use, and was just gone through when i pulled it out two years ago.

The tranny broke under power after granny shifting (not double clutching like i should I cant help but laugh when I think about that )

I can only assume that I have reached the limits of the T5.

I am not pulling the tranny until after it has been appraised and insured.

So I will have to wait a while to find out what the deal is.

For me to say that I am mad, and dissapointed would be an understatement.

I really should have just done what i wanted and stood by what I had said earlier and just waited till next year to really get on it.

Peer pressure really sucks

The old TL's were bad about stripping the small teeth after years of abuse.

but it broke with really very little abuse (first time running et streets) you can bet that it will not last.

its not like this was the stock tranny that has had 100, 000 miles on it it was very low mileage, and an awful lot of highway miles as well (with no power shifting ).

84 to be exact

A friend of mine had done a C4 swap this summer in his Blown 86 Saleen.

Built C4
TCI 3500 convertor
Pro West 3000 convertor
Pro ratchet shifter
Flywheel

He didnt have the auto in his car much more then a week before he decided he liked the tremec better, so he went back to it, and had all his equipment to swap it out laying around.

We have made a deal for it all and hopefully he will be bringing it up here tomorrow (he lives about 300 miles away) and possibly I can get it all back into my car and perhaps get it running before the snow makes it impossible to drive the car.

So the C4 swap is becoming a reality, any tech articles you guys know of or any tips and tricks you have would be appreciated

It's a sad day in manual trannydom