5.0 85 GT

i have my 94 gt that i jsut bought with a motor that shot out the next day, i am looking for another 5.0, this mechanic who usally fixes my car says it will be 1000$ to swap out my old motor and drop in a diff 5.0 out of a t-bird or another mustang that will pop right in...

Now is there anyone who has done a 5.0 swap? is it easy? any special tools needed? i really need to do someitng major myself to save me $$$ in labor...can i tackle it myself? i dont have a ton of experiance but i know what is what... im thinking about just taking the motor out myself, and letting him put the new one back in..hopefully that will save me 3-600 bucks...let me know

302army187

it shouldent be to hard. if you have plenty of time, and another vehicle to use, id say do it yourself.

but if its your only car, you might want to pull the engine yourself, have a buddy tow you to the shop, then let him put it in.

an experenced person can pull, and drop in the engein in a day........as long as theres no unseen circumstances

gtnateam

i pulled my motor with tranny in two hours by my self and it actually wasnt to bad....the reason i had hell is because the longtube headers where still on the exhaust but other than that it was pretty easy

VigCS

Do it yourself. Good learning experience and it's not hard, just time consuming.

I pulled my motor and trans out by myself in about 4 hours over winter break.

5.0 85 GT

ok thx guys, i think ill try and tackle it...

Yenko

If you haven't ever tackled something like this, take a few pictures with your digital camera. If you can't quite figure everything out, it gives you something to look back on. It's not bad at all, we have pulled a ton of engines and transmissions at our shop and one of the toughest was a 4.3 4WD Blazer. The clearance for the bellhousing bolts were hell. We figured out the easiest way is to do it is to drop the transmission cross member and let the tranny hang down to get those "sometimes" tough bellhousing bolts. Now we just pull the transmission in a RWD vehical first. That also makes installing the engine easier. It's much easier to line up the input shaft or the convertor with the engine in. Just my 2 cents, it has probably shaved 2 hours off of our R & Ring engines.

Bullitt91

i did a 4cyl to 5.0 swap the only thing that sucked was pulling it out and dropping it in without scratching or denting anything.

aode08

Ill make this swap CAKE AND ICING for you.

Remove your hood and radiator.

Soak the 4 nuts to headers -hpipe with w40 overnight.Soak the 4 bolts to driveshaft as well.


Pull the engine and tranny together,


Thank me later.

FuzzyDiceRule

hell, if i can replace a shytload of sheetmetal on the velle, you can pull off a puny motor swap

mjr46

not that hard...I like to remove tranny first then motor as all I have to do in that case is lift motor straight up and sit it down upon reinstall