Transmission is done

That is an old transmission shop trick, pull it out say its broke, and your stuck.

Ask another shop how much it cost to put one in, (either type) they may even just tow the car over there and put in a rebuilt for much lower cost (I did that once, it was about 1/2 price).

I do not know the auto to manual path, but you would need a clutch too, and all that stuff.

that is a lot of money to put in a car worth $2000 to $4000 or so.

I could only drive a manual.

Good luck.

Sean,

What was the original reason you took the car in? Mustang's do not have transfer cases. Please explain.

Al in Tucson

Big Al wrote:

What I meant to say was torque converter, I was so mad when I wrote that I must have just wrote transfer case for some reason. :) I took the car in for a regular transmission service, they called me and said that the tranny was leaking in like 6 different places and that it was kicking back fluid and that is why they had to remove it and open it up. I am not any kind of expert on cars so I allowed them to do it because i didn't want to end up with a burnt out transmission. They called me and said it was a bad torque converter and that it was shooting metal flakes into the tranny causing an abrasive action leading to the tranny being worn down so now I had to either get a rebuilt tranny with a 1 year/12,000 mile warranty for $1600, a remanufactured from Ford with a 3 year/36,000 mile warranty for $2000 or a upgraded "bullet proof" tranny with a LIFETIME warranty on parts and labor for $3,000. I know its an old car that isn't worht much (actually the blue book on it is $5,000 and I have put a few upgrades on it) but I plan to keep it for the rest of my life so I thought the upgraded "bullet proof" tranny was the way to go. But then again the guy told me he could do a manual conversion for about $3,000 (I had asked him when dropping off my car) so I wonder if that includes a new T-5 or even a T-56.... :) Anyway I have to have it done because I can't afford a new car and I love this one so I will look into getting it done elsewhere....

So, what you need is nothing more than a good replacement automatic. That should not be hard to come up with.

Al