I'm in Minnesota also and got a rusty '88 S-10 for free this summer! Drove it home and the T-5 worked good in all gears. Watch for junkers that seem to sit in the same spot when you are driving around, and then stop and ask if they are for sale. By the time I stripped this one out, sold the parts I didn't want and hauled the remains to the scrapyard, I had gotten paid $300 to take the T-5. Then again, I'm a cheap bottomfeeder on a budget.