Thanks for all the input guys! The Limeworks bracket wasn't going to work for me. I don't trust only two 6mm bolts in aluminum to mount it, too much leverage. Also, I wanted to come as close to the OEM location relative to the floorboard as I could get, and that would entail having the front mounting bolt ABOVE the trans top cover and bracket. I also wanted a bracket that used the two cast tabs on the side of the trans case for rigidity.
I did some measuring of the original trans mounting bosses for height and set-back from the bellhousing, then some measuring of the T5 as installed in my truck.
I got some 3 1/2" X 1/8" square tubing, cut off an 8 1/2" piece, cut it at 2" wide for the top and 3/4" wide for the bottom.
http://s931.photobucket.com/user/bajadq/slideshow/WTFThe handle should be at the correct height and set-back, but because the T5 is wider than the orig. trans, it will be about 1 1/2" farther to the right from original. I could maybe gain half of that offset back by mounting the mechanism on the inside of a wider C channel with a cut-out on the top, but that may have it's own issues too.
The 2 pictures in the photo album of the clutch/brake pivot shaft are of the new one I had to make from a 3/4" bolt, with a bushing being the same size as a Ford flathead rod bushing.
Hope this will help for some guys in the future.
