Mustang clutch job

[buck91]

Kind of chipping away at a clutch job on my '96 Mustang and haven't gotten very far. I was initially planning to remove the trans from the bellhousing to make reaching the bell hounsing bolts much easier... but it seems like there are no such trans to bell housing bolts to remove, just some grey rtv. Did they run internal bolts on some years? AFAIK this is the original T45 in my 1996 Mustang GT...

Anyways, looks like I'm on the hook for a tough(er) transmission removal and reinstall if I have to access those top bolts with the entire transmission in place. Oh well.

 

[RooflessVW]

It is my understanding that all (or most, at least) T45s have "internal" bell housing bolts - that is, the bolt heads are inside the bell housing. Most transmissions I have seen are the same way, whether manual or automatic.

We did a clutch in a buddy's '95 mustang in high school. I don't remember any of the job being any major trouble.

 

[Elevguy]

Pulled it down as one piece no big deal

 

[bdcardinal]

Originally Posted By: rooflessVW
It is my understanding that all (or most, at least) T45s have "internal" bell housing bolts - that is, the bolt heads are inside the bell housing. Most transmissions I have seen are the same way, whether manual or automatic.

We did a clutch in a buddy's '95 mustang in high school. I don't remember any of the job being any major trouble.


A 1995 Mustang has a T-5 transmission which has external bellhousing holts. The T-45 in the OP's 1996 does not. You just need to use extensions with a swivel on the end to get to the bellhousing bolts. The hardest part I found was getting to all 3 starter bolts.

 

[buck91]

Coming out wasn't too bad. Way back when I left the third starter bolt out- its been over a decade and I STILL remember what a PITA that was. Now, the question will be can I get it back in with two floor jacks and no helpers!

On a related topic... throw out bearing has probably 30k and feels GREAT; hate to replace it with one of these imports (USA make timken) but I dunno.

 

[andyd]

The mantra on the slave cylinder/ throwout bearing on the Ranger board is to replace everything under the bell housing while you have it off. I bought the Rat thinking I was just going replace a clutch disk. 3k$ later the end is nowhere in sight