XD 4 -> 5 speed conversion (pics)

[Anonymous]

well... I havent posted on here for ages... but the old XD is still kickin along without any problems

over summer I swapped the 4speed for a 5 speed T-5 (4speed was getting pretty tired...!), thought id post the pics up here for something to do early saturday morning

box in new home

had to change the uni on the gearbox end of the tailshaft

needed more floor clearance... washers + new bolts did the trick

couldnt find a crossmember that fit on the day, so made up a simple adapter.... bit of steel with 4 holes in it.

anyway... with the new gearbox, it goes a bit harder in 1-2-3 (shorter ratio's) and cruises nicely at ~ 2100 rpm in 5th at 105 ish fuel economy is also a little better... but cheap as on gas anyway...
since the box is lower... the x-member is closer to the exhaust, it rattles a little bit but only on reverse, so no problem there!

I almost got into trouble with it however, with the 4spd the speed would read about 10 km over... with the new box its reading spot on I managed to get off for 115 in a 100 zone

comments?
(sorry if the pics pissed anyone on modem off!)

 

[addo]

Neat little adaptor plate. Tell me. Why didn't you clean the new box first?

 

[Anonymous]

hmm, to tell you the truth I didnt even think about it...
we took it out of a XF then transplanted it into the XD on the same day, I just didnt think of giving it a wash!

 

[Anonymous]

Was the input shaft the same?

The bellhousing?

Did the shifter come up in the same place?

Was the tailshaft the same length?

Was it a Single Rail htat you took out?

We hve a Single Rail in the Transit which is starting to get tired, and it really wants an extre gear, so we are thinking of fitting a T5.

 

[80broncoman]

I am curious as to what is in the garden hose under your car? And the wire around it?

 

[Anonymous]

Was the input shaft the same?

- yep, input shaft + clutch were the same - you need a new cable however because its on the other side compared to the single rail

The bellhousing?

we used the bellhousing from the car with the 5 speed - so you need a bellhousing from a crossflow 250ci (xf) 5 spd to match up.

Did the shifter come up in the same place?

yep, but we had to cut a little bit out of the floor for extra clearance - wasnt more than ~ 5-10 ml, just bent it back with multigrips. The shifter was a little bit higher, we needed to space the gearbox down ~ 20 ml for floor clearance - hence the use of the washers / longer bolts. If you find a crossmember that was made for the job you might not need the spacing however - 5 ml of that extra spacing was caused by the adapter plate we made up.

Was the tailshaft the same length?

tail shaft was the same length - but we had to change the gearbox end uni joint.

Was it a Single Rail htat you took out?

yep, took out a 4speed single rail !

We hve a Single Rail in the Transit which is starting to get tired, and it really wants an extre gear, so we are thinking of fitting a T5.

the exta gear is nice - the 250 still has ample torque to pull my car along at 100 km.hr in 5th, and still overtakes without a problem without downshifting. plus, with my car it killed the annoying drone I had in 4th at cruise speed with the exhaust I have.



the garden hose is the gas pipeline....
well, I mean its the rubber shield for the copper gas pipe. the wire is going to the gas solenoid in the boot.

 

[Anonymous]

is the starter motor mounted up on the same side?!