Hey fellow ford nuts. I have an idea to preserve my xg while its rebuild begins. Auto to manual. Would it be to much work to convert the xg column shift auto 4 speed to the 5 speed manual. I want to replace the engine and I thought the manual version of the xg would it fit in?. Is there a difference in the auto transmission and manual gear box, size wise or fitting sizes that might make fitting into the auto xg an issue?
I also understand that the gear stick needs a cut and fit but am I allowed to do this or does an engineer need to do this?
I just haven't been able to find information on this topic. Any information or ideas would be good help. Thanks in advance