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T5 Shifter Install #1
brotherbrown831 Nolan B OKC, OK, USA Sign in to contact 1975 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Nov 23, 2014 11:36 AM Joined 10 years ago 191 Posts

For those of you who have installed a T5/V6 in their MGB did you put the engine and transmission in with the shifter already installed, or did you mount the engine/transmission and then cut a hole in the floor big enough to install the shifter through. I cant seem to get the tail of the transmission over the MGB cross brace if the shifter is on the transmission.

1975 MGB Stock

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Re: T5 Shifter Install #2
ex-tyke Graham Creswick Chatham, ON, Canada Sign in to contact 1976 MG MGB	Nov 23, 2014 12:05 PM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 2,748 Posts

Quote: . I cant seem to get the tail of the transmission over the MGB cross brace if the shifter is on the transmission.

I think you've answered your own question - shifter can be installed from underneath the car before the xsmn is bolted down - access for tightening the bolts is from under the car or through the shift opening if sized right.
I've always installed and tightened the shifter from the bottom and it's not a big deal!

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Re: T5 Shifter Install #3
brotherbrown831 Nolan B OKC, OK, USA Sign in to contact 1975 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Nov 23, 2014 12:53 PM Joined 10 years ago 191 Posts

In my excitement I failed to notice their is a plate on the floorboard that when removed makes the opening mutch larger, allowing me to install the shifter then lift the transmission into place. Now I just have to modify it a bit to line up centered in the hole. Its coming along nicely.

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Re: T5 Shifter Install #4
filospinato Jake V Manassas, VA, USA Sign in to contact 1954 Austin-Healey 100 "Field Healey" 1954 Austin-Healey 100 "Jack Rabbit" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1965 MG MGB MkI "Persimmon" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1977 MG MGB MkIV "Martin"	Nov 26, 2014 10:33 AM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 2,518 Posts

Yeah, when I've had to take the transmission out, I always take out the shifter first from above, then stuff a rag into the cavity in the trans. I made a new plate that put the shifter hole farther forward, it makes for a pretty clean installation with the stock shift boot and chrome trim ring.

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Re: T5 Shifter Install #5
bills Bill Spohn W. Vancouver, , BC, Canada Sign in to contact 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 1962 MG MGA MkII Coupe 1965 Jensen CV8 & more	Nov 26, 2014 10:54 AM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 17,982 Posts

Jake - looks like you used an upright mount version of the T5. I wonder if the Camaro version, which mounts at an angle wouldn't have put the shifter right in your 'window' of the stock hole, and you wouldn't have needed to step over the shift lever?

Bill Spohn www.rhodo.citymax.com/carstuff.html
Current: 1958 MGA Twincam (race car (170 bhp)),1962 MGA Deluxe Coupe (98 bhp)
1957 Jamaican MGA (200 bhp)1965 1971 Jensen Interceptor (350 bhp)
2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe (375 bhp)
2007 BMW Z4M coupe (340 bhp)
Recent: 1969 MGC roadster (175 bhp),Jensen CV8 (375 bhp),
1969 Lamborghini Islero S (350 bhp), 1988 Fiero GT turbo (300 bhp)
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