Go back and read every post - very carefully:What is the destroke plate?
Check your tools to see you have the input bearing race removal tool. There are a half a dozen different rotunda ZF-5/6 tool sets. The tricky part with the zf is removing the countershaft forward race and the input bearing race without destroying them. Most of the input races are in there real good.I was able to snag a Ford OEM ZF5 tool kit off E-bay for $35. It has all the special tools needed to rebuild one. I've got a 20T press. For heating the synchros I was going to use an oil bath on a hot plate with a hi-temp thermometer I have. I think I know where to get a diesel gear set for a couple hundred so I'm going to try installing that into my small block case. This is for the future, to start out I'm using the original M5R2 with new bearings and synchros. Its got better ratios than a small block ZF and unless you're towing heavy or beating it off road it should work good with a stock engine. The only thing I don't like about the small block ZF is the internal slave cylinder, it could probably be converted to external with some work, another thing I want to look at when I rebuild the ZF.
Why don't you just run it stock? It's not bad. Spend $15 on the 3200 gov spring for the pump and you're golden.I was able to snag a Ford OEM ZF5 tool kit off E-bay for $35. It has all the special tools needed to rebuild one. I've got a 20T press. For heating the synchros I was going to use an oil bath on a hot plate with a hi-temp thermometer I have. I think I know where to get a diesel gear set for a couple hundred so I'm going to try installing that into my small block case. This is for the future, to start out I'm using the original M5R2 with new bearings and synchros. Its got better ratios than a small block ZF and unless you're towing heavy or beating it off road it should work good with a stock engine. The only thing I don't like about the small block ZF is the internal slave cylinder, it could probably be converted to external with some work, another thing I want to look at when I rebuild the ZF.