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To add to this, the center bolt on the crankshaft, which you must remove to do this work, is EXTREMELY tight. (yes it is standard RH thread) On my '91 (which is nearly identical) I had to remove the metal pulleys from the crank damper, leaving the damper which is a solid irregular shaped chuck of iron, no rubber in mine, and put a two foot pipe wrench on the damper, wedged to the frame to keep the engine from turning while I broke the bolt loose with a 6 ft cheater bar on the breaker bar and socket. I do not retighen it that tight and on later belt changes I've had no problems. The clutch would not hold againist the breaker bar. Rope packed in a cylinder would also work to hold the engine from turning. I think it is essential on your engine to also keep the oil pump drive sproket in time also as it drives the timing for the engine. Get a good synthetic ATF fluid for your tranny, such as AMSOIL ATF. The stuff gets no cooling and the auto makers use it to make the tranny easier to shift, and maintain tight tolerances in the tranny. In the top rear of the tranny are three rubber plugs used to plug the back of the holes bored for the shifter rails. The plugs become hardened with age and heat and will loosen and leak fluid, eventually falling out. When they come out you will lose the fluid in the tranny destroying it over time. These plugs are about $7 each from Ford and should be changed ocassionally. Charles
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