mortman

After 3 years i finally made the t-5 swap. The adaper plate was MUCH easier that i thought it as going to be. Fired up the car an spun through all the gears (on stands), FLAWLESS!
Button up a few things tomorrow and take her for a spin...

Question... The T5 Manual states to use ATF! Is this correct or should i use gear oil?

Gun Jam

yes

Use atf...I think dex III or merc V...you'll want to double check and this assumes that its an 83 to 93 t5 (which I think all use atf) I hear some older t5s used gear oil...

I think most of the above is mostly correct

-Gun

mortman

Thank you Gun. just not used to ATF in a manual

rmodel65

world class t5s use ATF if you use gear oil you will urn up the needle bearings in the the tranny with a quickness

most people use synthetic synchromesh from GM....

1slow67

I use valvoline dex/mercov in my WC

mortman

BA thats exactly what I put in. Now i just need to find out where all the smoke is coming from, I am prying its just grease oil and penetrating fluid burning off the exhaust. I only ran it for about 5 minuets today

boogerschnot

Probably so.. my aod smoked like a train for a few minutes after warmup due to all the greasy finger marks everywhere.

musnicki

Fun fun fun. One of my best upgrades for my car was putting in a 5 speed right behind the coil over suspension.

Going 80mph on I-95 at 4k rpms vs going 80mph on I-95 at 2.5k rpms......

tcrote5516

I agree, not that most of us care but getting decent hwy gas mileage is another nice benefit from the swap.

putz54143

cant wait to do mine, i am doing t5 and 347 same time. engine is at the machine shop now. i have the pedals and linkage, now still lookin for trans.