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Old 12-23-2002, 10:34 PM
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t5 nightmare

help me please....i purchased a t5 that was supposed to be a plug and play tranny.....i reciently did an automatic to a manual swap...the delimma i am having is the torque arm mount wont mount up to the tranny...the bottom 2 holes on the transmission are farther apart than the holes on the torquearm mount that i have......the tranny came out of a 88 iroc or so they say.....and the stud that sticks off the torque arm mount wont sit flush to the tranny(also as you can see none of the holes line up either....) please help me my car hasnt run in almost a year and i want to drive it before new years

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Old 12-23-2002, 11:33 PM
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the automatic and manual torque arm mounts are different .there is also a differece between v6 and v8 mounts
Old 12-24-2002, 09:06 PM
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well for your info my friend had a t5 and we used my 700r4 torque arm mount on it and i have used them universaly before thats wahy this is so weird

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Having trouble figuring out what help you're asking for here..."please help" do what? Light a prayer candle that it will fit?
Old 12-25-2002, 09:49 AM
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i lit a candle, anything else?
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Re: t5 nightmare

Originally posted by 82Z28
help me please....i purchased a t5 that was supposed to be a plug and play tranny.....i reciently did an automatic to a manual swap...the delimma i am having is the torque arm mount wont mount up to the tranny...the bottom 2 holes on the transmission are farther apart than the holes on the torquearm mount that i have......the tranny came out of a 88 iroc or so they say.....and the stud that sticks off the torque arm mount wont sit flush to the tranny(also as you can see none of the holes line up either....) please help me my car hasnt run in almost a year and i want to drive it before new years

thanks
you NEED the torque arm mount from a T5

the auto torque arm mount will not fit a T5
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go to wrecking yard or post parts wanted on classifieds

you need a T 5 mount
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82Z28, I'm looking for the same parts and got a parts break out form gm. 82-83 M.T. and A.T are same parts. 84-90 Are different for the M.T. and A.T. Hope this helps alittle.
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oh great thats just what i wanted to hear before i do MY auto to t-5 swap. one more part to go find
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