How to: 98 5.0 AWD Auto to 5spd M5R2 and 4406 M

[CDW6212R]

I know that this is an old thread, before anyone chops me up.

I just wanted to contribute something. I built a 95 Mustang using a 1996 Explorer PCM, its wiring harness and PCM - along with a t5 (manual). My car also developed the intermittent misfire. Disconnecting pin 58 for the VSS solved the problem and I still have a working speedometer.

Welcome, and thanks for the addition. I'm going to be swapping in a 99-04 wiring set into my 91 Lincoln, using the 97 Explorer PCM. The VSS should be workable in those early 96/97 computers, but there's still a lot to figure out.

 

[DieselDano]

It's cake, as long as you hav all the diagrams for the donor and recipient.

 

[damarble]

Hey Nick, do you think there would still be enough range of motion in the console hole to shift with a 2" body lift?

 

[96ex5.0]

I have plenty of room and I used a 89 model transmission, with 2" body lift.

 

[damarble]

A 89 trans, 2" body, and a console? Awesome. I have a OBS trans as well and assumed I'd need a 97-98 top cover to make it work, so that saves me $100. My ex doesn't have a full console now but I wanted to add it if I can still shift.

 

[96ex5.0]

A 89 trans, 2" body, and a console? Awesome. I have a OBS trans as well and assumed I'd need a 97-98 top cover to make it work, so that saves me $100. My ex doesn't have a full console now but I wanted to add it if I can still shift.

Yup I'll try and post a pic of it all, I also went with a np205 tcase.

 

[damarble]

That would be awesome, thanks.

 

[96ex5.0]

Pic for every gear position.

 

[96ex5.0]

That would be awesome, thanks.

There you go.

 

[damarble]

That looks great. Did you bend the shifter at all?

Sorry for cluttering up your thread Nick but this seems like the best place to gather this info.

 

[96ex5.0]

That looks great. Did you bend the shifter at all?

Sorry for cluttering up your thread Nick but this seems like the best place to gather this info.

Yeah I heated it up and bent it a bit but afterwards I wish I hadn't. It would have worked fine the way it was.

 

[damarble]

To add to the shifter conversation, here are different M5R2 shifters through the years.

Far left is from a 98 F150. The cross bolt is 90 degrees from OBS shifters. The middle is from a 9th gen F150. The far right is from I think an 8th generation F150. It has significantly more rearward bend.

 

[96ex5.0]

I just used the one that came with the transmission.

 

[damarble]

My engine is in and I went to put the trans in and the shifter is so far forward it doesn't even make it through the hole. I'm not sure how you made it work 96ex5.0.

I found a high mileage 97-98 trans for $400 and a low mileage one for $450 so I'll probably get one of those, probably the low miles one.

 

[96ex5.0]

My engine is in and I went to put the trans in and the shifter is so far forward it doesn't even make it through the hole. I'm not sure how you made it work 96ex5.0.

I found a high mileage 97-98 trans for $400 and a low mileage one for $450 so I'll probably get one of those, probably the low miles one.

Odd I know mine came from an 89 f150, I had to cut my hole I didn't use a pre cut plate that may be the difference.

 

[damarble]

Odd I know mine came from an 89 f150, I had to cut my hole I didn't use a pre cut plate that may be the difference.

It didn't even fall inside the removable panel. I would have to hack into the actual body.

 

[96ex5.0]

It didn't even fall inside the removable panel. I would have to hack into the actual body.

I wonder if it worked for me do to body lift.

 

[damarble]

I wonder if it worked for me do to body lift.

I also have a body lift.

 

[96ex5.0]

I also have a body lift.

Well heck idk.

 

[damarble]

I picked up a 97-98 trans and it fits just like shown by others here - perfectly. As a perk my F150 front driveshaft should fit now, as well as my 4406 shift linkage without modification. They really took it to me though, that $428 transmission was $650 out the door after tax and core.