Sure hope that I'm looking at something wrong....but...
I just bought an AOD from a local fella. It's a complete 302/tranny from an '85 Crown Vic...got it for $100. He tells me it's an AOD, the pan says "Ford METRIC Automatic Overdrive". But I'm not seeing the TV cable connection. It also has a four wire plug above the shifter connection.
My '88 T-bird is at the mechanic getting inspected so I have nothing to compare it to.
Help! Please tell me this will work. If it won't...:punchballs:
I just picked mine up and it has the same connector above the shifter but mine also has a kickdown lever in with the shifter.
your drive shaft will be too long with that transmission.
They don't use a kickdown on an AOD. It's called a TV cable/rod. :)
I understand that.....guess I just worded it wrong. So does theTV hook on with the shifter rod?
About the driveshaft...can I change the tail shaft?
The arm that attaches to the TV cable is removeable...it may not be attached.
I'm 99% the D/S will be fine, AFIK only the P/U and Lincoln LSC used the longer tranny...
Man I sure hope you guys are right. I'm ssoooo ready to get this thing on the road. I'd hate to have to go shopping for another tranny.
For what it's worth, I once put an AOD from my '87 Cougar into an '89 Crown vic. The driveshaft fit fine, all I did was flip the shift lever over.:burnout:
This is true.I used a tranny from both of those vehicles,and had to shorten my drive shaft.It only cost $35.00.
The TV cable is my biggest concern.
Don't you have one on the old trans? Or you can use a lokar cable, that's what I used when I had a aod.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Lokar/625/KD-2AODHT/10002/-1?CT=999&sendroicid=bbef8492-2d00-41d6-b158-38db0de2603c&sendroiad=1664067519&sendroikwd=Lokar+KD-2AODHT&gclid=CNPAjZy_qJwCFQxM5QodWjoflQ
can you snap a pic of the shifter linkage? that might help to clear things up a bit.
I'm gonna steam off the 302/AOD combo later today. I'll snap a pic then. Actually...it looks just like the AOD in the "tranny swap" thread that is here. http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=25162 (http://"http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=25162")
Really...now that I look closer at the pic in the above linked thread, I see a small rod project forward from the shifter bar. Is that the TV cable connection point??? Hhmm...
I do have all the stuff from the existing combo that is still currently in the car. I'm just shy of these AOD's. I was gonna use one in my 351W Ranger but everyone had bad stuff to say...variations, TV cable, strength, weight, etc, etc. I have a set of 4.56 gears that would be AWESOME in that truck with an AOD.
No pics today......camera battery is dead.
i have been assuming that the lever pointing forward is for the TV cable. maybe someone can chime in and confirm this for us.
If I read this thread correctly, you bought an AOD out of the Crown Vic which in 1985 used a rod for the TV instead of a cable.
Your 88 5.0 Bird used a cable to actuate the TV.
I would think all you had to do was take the nut off of the TV lever and bolt the T-Bird lever onto the Crown Vic trans.
Of course you will have to adjust the TV cable linkage as per factory shop manual to prevent the trans from getting too little ( or too much) line pressure.
In looking at the pic from the link above, yes the TV lever is the lever that is the furthermost away from the trans. The one closest to the trans is the gear selector.
That TV lever is only held on with a 12mm nut I believe.
Thanks!!!
If i remember correctly the tailstocks come in 11 and 13 inch. When i used a lincoln tranny it was the longer of the two. All that needed done was taking a cutoff wheel and removing an inch and a half of the yoke/spline part. It took about 5 minutes to shorten the drive shaft. This was on an 84 and an 86.
Aren't the 87 and down AODs more pr0ne to failure because they have so so lubrication to the rear of the trans? I thought I read some where that the 88 and up AODs were better in that department.