My son has a 70 mag.302,was a c4.He took it out and put a 94 mustang t5 in it.now for the problem,he put the maverick pedals in and stock master but having a problem figuring out how to do the linkage.Not sure what route to go with.Anyone out there have any suggestions? By the way Frank Cooper (71 gold) makes a awesome cross member for this tranny.I bought him this maverick about 6 years now and he loves it and wants to get it back on the road.Thanks Bob
I'm doing same. Going hydraulic with mine. RAM sells a very affordable hydraulic throwout bearing that I purchased for $136. I'll need a master cylinder and linkage to my clutch pedal to make it work. Check out some of Bryant's threads on the subject.
This thread makes me wonder. I am doing the same thing. I just bought a 87 Fox V8 5 speed Tremec and I also got the bell housing from the car. Do I need a different cross member or can I use my original from a 3 speed in my 71? I have the original clutch/brake set up along with the Z bar. I'm not to the point of installing it yet but want to plan in advance.
i used the t5 bell housing. i make my own pedals for my conversions now unless the car has a factory pedal. if you have the stock pedal, z bar, and all linkage, you can use it with the stock top loader bellhousing and an adapter plate for the t5 and a different clutch disk. note this will only work with the 93 and older t5s. the next way is to convert to hydraulic. there are several ways so the hydraulic. i use cnc stainless lined mastercylinders. they will last for ever and are extremely tolerant for any push rod misalignment. i recommend a 3/4" bore. i will mount the mastercylinder to the fire wall where the clutch push rod hole is. i will put a reinforcement plate on the inside of the firewall. i then build a spacer block that screws on the push rod and extends upwards. i will attach a rod end to the spacer block that will goto the clutch pedal. i try to get the rod end to attach to the clutch pedal at about 2.5"s down from the pivot. the other thing to do is to make sure the attachment point travels though the arch in the correct radius to have the rod above center on the mc at the top and bottom of travel and below center in the middle. i will bend up a 5/16" steel brake line to come out from the mc and to the slave cylinder mounted on the t5. i use a 7/8" speedway or cnc push type slave cylinders. i make my own slave cylinder mount that mounts to the 2 ears on the side of the t5. a custom push rod is needed like the one offered by mustang steve. thats about it. the stock trans crossmemeber wont work with a t5. i cut it up and modify it to fit the t5.
I used the $25 one inch thick fulcrum spacer when I did my pre-'93 t5 swap. This allowed me to use the factory pedals, z-bar, linkage and clutch assembly.
I'm using an adapter plate and my 40-year-old Lakewood bellhousing with a CenterForce conversion diaphragm clutch. Didn't need to add any spacer under the fulcrum. Stock pedals, 66 Mustang linkage.
Jeff, what kind of spring compressors did you use when you did your front springs? Did you use the kind that go on the outside or the inside of the spring? I don't know what kind to buy.
It went on the inside of the spring...I rented the tool from Auto Zone back when the deposit was $25 and never returned it.
I took the springs off of my parts car and about killed myself w/o using spring compressors. The first one almost got me and the second I stood off to the side and reached in w/ a extension to get it loose. I think I better do it the right way this time. If you think the inside type is better for the Mavericks then I will buy one on eBay. I think I will buckle down and order the front end kit if it is not too hard to put in. I ordered the fulcrum spacer kit from Mustang Unlimited like you advised. I really wished you were a lot closer so I could help you and get advice for my car. I did this stuff for a living 35 years ago but things have changed so much since then including my memory.
I've always used inside compressors on these type suspensions, don't think there is enough room between spring and tower to operate most of the outer type compressors..
