BowlerGT

Hey everyone, I have a 2000 GT. I've read a lot of posts over getting 3.73 or 4.10 gears. I will be going off to collage and don't want to worry about gas millage dropping. First question will the 4.10's drop my gas millage off much from the 3.73's? Second how hard is it to install the gears, will I need any special tools or anything. I'm not the most knowledgeable mechanic but would like to save money and do it myself. If anyone could give me a good description of what I need to do to install them thanks!

03truebluegt

well first of all gears are extremely hard to put in because they have to be shimmed absolutely perfectly. Otherwise your car will whine, or worse you could do some serious damage to the gears by having hem too tight causing them to bind. I would not recommend you doing them yourself, leave this one up to the professionals. On another note, i just got my 4.10's put in on the 27th and i am absolutely in love. I am taking it easy on the car for a first couple hundred miles but they made a huge difference and the car is much more enjoyable to drive.

SXGT

you need a LOT of tools to do it rigtht , i watched that show on SPIKE TV , the guy with the black cobra or what ever called nightmare, and you have to do teadious measurments

wbacon

It's not that hard just time consuming,besides some good craftmans and a torque wrench all you need is a dial indicator to measure backlash.

Melectrok

How do you find a "good" professional to do this?

2000GT4.6

any self respecting mustang shop or any ford dealer will be able to do it.

You will pay maybe 200-300 bucks for it at a mustang/performance shop, and about 400-500 for a ford dealer.

Dragon02GT

8.8 Gear Install How To

Maybe this will help some. I doubt you have the proper tools to do it though. If you can;t borrow them from someone I would juts have it done. Or, if you are unsure at all after reading it, then have someone do it. It is a much betetr idea to pay someone to do it right the first time than worry about having o get new gears cuz you did it wrong.

97targa

If you never done it befor or never used any kind of micrometer
I wouldn't even attempt it. It would take you forever to do and by the
time you got 1/4 way through you wish you had paid someone the $300 to do it.
Buy a Haynes manual..It'll tell you how to do the gear removal.
You will have to figure the installation part yourself.
You need to know the measurements of the backlash and size spacers needed.
Ohh.. If you don't get it right and have a grindind.binding.chattering noises....
You have to remove the cover and measure and remove all over. Not a fun job.
I know how to do it and absolutely hate it. I hate the smell of GL-5.