Ford Installation Videos

A customer supplied a video of a TKX conversion kit swap on a 2002 SN95 Mustang replacing his 3650 transmission

Automotive Restoration & Performance Aren’t Just Hobbies. They’re What Drives Us. In 1985, two friends decided to form a company based on their shared passion for driving cool, classic Mustangs. Fast forward 30+ years and CJ Pony Parts is still all about the love of automotive restoration and performance. They’re now one of the…

A video look at the T5 we Installed into a classic ’66 Mustang some details & advice

I’ve owned my ’67 since 1977 when I was 18 years old. I have done almost all the work on it myself

MDL fitted a Tremec TKX into a 1966 Mustang just to see what was involved.

We install the components needed to mate this TKO trans to a Ford Aluminator V8

Overdrive transmissions are a great thing. They enable you to significantly improve the gearing and acceleration of your car while maintaining gas mileage and highway cruise-ability. Unfortunately, overdrives, manual or automatic, weren’t offered in Ford vehicles until the late ’70s. But that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck with the non-overdrive C4’s. C6’s, and…

Our TREMEC TKO small-block conversions are much like the T5 swap. We start with a cable operated 1995 351w Mustang Cobra R model bellhousing. This same bell housing or scatter shield can be used behind any six-bolt 289/302/351 block. The Modern Driveline clutch cable kit or hydraulic kit allows the stock early Mustang, Cougar and…

  Installing a TREMEC T-5 in place of an automatic, behind a small block Ford is relatively straight forward. Using many of the same components and concepts as used in Fox body Mustangs in the ’80s and ’90s simplifies the process. Bell housing Start by using a TREMEC T-5 bell housing assembly from a…

a quick guide to installing a 5-speed into your 71-73 Mustang/Cougar

An illustrated step by step guide to installing MDL Fox Body Hydraulic MasterKit

Installing a five-speed transmission into a classic muscle car could not be any easier these days. Not only is it easy but there are numerous choices to be had. Transmission Choices Many of the five-speed transmissions found in late model Fords (late model being those produced in the past 35 years) can be used in…

Take Five! – Modern Driveline’s Five-Speed conversion package for ’71-’73 Mustangs can be swapped in a weekend Jim Smart July 30, 2014 Classic Mustang five-speed conversions are nothing new, but how we do them is getting better all the time. There are piecemeal conversion kits and there are user-friendly conversion kits that make getting into…

Squeeze Play: What you need to know to fit Ford’s Coyote modular V-8 into your vintage Mustang Mark Houlahan Tech Editor, Mustang Monthly July 6, 2015   Pushrod engines can be so 20th century. Ford hasn’t produced a production engine with a cam-in-block design that actuates the valves via pushrods and rocker arms since 2001…

The MDL T-56 Magnum XL six-speed conversion package fully capable & ready for action in your 2011-current Mustang.

MDL’s light-pedal effort hydraulic clutch package install, 1-2-3 easy