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AOD doesnt want to shift!!

it wont shift into 3rd gear until it is redlining for acouple seconds. i have lost acouple races because of that!! it just redlines for the longest time. when i pick my foot off the pedal and put it back down it shifts sometimes but it dogs out really bad, i didnt used to do that.
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #1 –
Check your TV cable - make sure it moves freely and that the clip that holds it in didn't disintigrate
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #2 –
i had to replace the governor in mine a while back. it was shifting hard into second and wouldn't shift into third at all. its could be going bad, but your best bet is to check and adjust your TV cable first.

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #3 –
haha what is the TV cable and where is it at?
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #4 –
lol, it's the kickdown cable. it's attatched to the throttle body with your throttle cable.

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #5 –
Passenger side, under the throttle body, easier to see with the rubber intake hose off, but not necessary.

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Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #6 –
mine looks pretty much new. what else could cause this problem?
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.
 

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #7 –
Check to make sure it moves freely, both at the throttle body end and the lever at the transmission. My '88 Cougar had the lever at the transmission stick and it would only shift out of first at near redline.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #8 –
where is it on the transmission?
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.

AOD doesnt want to shift!!

Reply #9 –
Down by the shift linkage. There will be two levers: one large one for the shifter, one small one for the TV cable. It'll be easy to pick out, as it will have a cable attached
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Overdrive Not Plugged In?

Reply #10 –
hey guys, wondered if u could help me out...bought an 88 cougar, and it seems to have no overdrive....if you're in OD...and under say 55mph everything's fine, but at the point where the overdrive should kick in, there's nothing there....the guy i bought it from says he put a different transmission in it, and i'm wondering if maybe he didn't reconnect the wiring for the EAOD, as all the other gears work, and it tends to get a little hot on the interstate stuck in 3rd gear (or 4th whatever)...any help would be greatly appreciated