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Called and talked to the junkyard this morning. They're holding a ZF5 from a '00 F350 till next Monday. I can't make the 3.5 hour trip till then. I took a weeks vacation at work next week, so I'm hoping to maybe get this thing driving again.

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I just ordered a LUK clutch set and a Dorman slave cylinder from RockAuto. They say 4-5 days, so it should be here for the install next week.

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I'm sick to my stomach. I just realized that the flywheels are different. Even though they're both 8 bolt, the SD flywheels are heavier and cupped. So I had the one I already had turned for nothing. I guess I'll post it up on the Mustang sites I frequent for the forged guys. I ordered a new, correct one from RockAuto.

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Got a suprise yesterday. My clutch, flywheel, and slave cylinder came in. Was going to bolt the flywheel and clutch up, but my new rear main seal hasn't come in yet. I also got my new brake and clutch pedal pads in and on yesterday, but didn't figure that was too picture worthy.

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Well after 7 hours of driving I have this chilling in the garage.



After I got home I also got the seats and carpet out. There was tons of wet mud on top. I was expecting a bunch of rot under it. I was suprised to see an equal amount of mud under the carpet, but.....I see absolutely no signs of rust, even surface.







I'm about to head back out and cut a hole for the shifter, then massage the tranny on up and see what my clearance is like.

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Went to the junkyard today and found a bunch of small stuff. *Got a tranny shifter (from a '99+ F250, but it's different than my shifter, so I'll have to modify it), Tcase shift ****, clutch hose, clutch reservoir, manual steering column cover, inner shifter boot, and shifter trim piece. *Not bad for $25.

Then I got my clutch mounted up.


Got the tranny slid in place and bolted in, sorry for pic quality (hard to get a good one under the truck).




At this point I realized the tranny mount position is about 1.5" further back than the auto. *So I took the plasma cutter and extended the slot a bit. *


Went to mount it and realized the slots wouldn't cut it, so I welded on a bracket to the crossmember. *I also had to clearance the front of the crossmember to clear the tranny.



Cut in the floor. *Everyone says you have to have a 3" body lift or hack the floor. *The proof is in the picture. *I have no body lift and the hole is fully covered by the inner boot.


All mounted up.

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I got my Tcase linkage bolted up to the tranny (mount bolt distance is different than the one on the 4r70w, had to drill a new hole in the linkage bracket). *Just waiting for a hand to help lift the case back into its home. *I also mounted up the shifter. *It came from an F150 and I suppose the Mazda tranny uses a different style shifter. *I cut the end of it off at the bend, then ground a flat on each side of the mount area and drilled two holes.





I also removed a bunch of the auto crap. *For the gear indicator I just took out the needle, then painted over the front and put black tape behind it to keep it from showing through when the dash lights are on.*

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I temporarily jumped the tranny wires and started her up today. I'll just have to do a permanent splice and wire up the reverse lights. Also forgot to update I did the exhaust while bolting stuff up. I removed all the cats, welded an x-pipe in place of the y-pipe and the welded up a set of Spintech Prostreets. I havent done anything after that, but I plan to have a dual exit in front of the rear wheel.

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Updated the front end a bit from the broken honeycomb grille I had.

Before


After (was red, I painted it with duplicolor black and a satin clear)


I want get some Lightning headlights eventually.

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I also hosed out the cab and carpet and dried them. I got the carpet back in and installed the shift boots and trim. I'm going to scrub the carpet tonight with a good cleaner and then reinstall the seats.