AOD popping out of gear

Reply #15 – February 13, 2008, 10:23:00 PM

Quote from: danzajax;203623

Adjusting the TV cable without a pressure gauge is dangerous.

BS, not if you know what you're doing...

Been racing mine since '00, yet to put a gage on it...

Adj it as short as possible(where mine stays), IF shifts are too late/hard lengthen it a bit...
Common sense ought to tell you if its slipping/early shifting, which a too long adjustment will cause...

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #16 – February 13, 2008, 11:44:55 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50

BS, not if you know what you're doing...

Been racing mine since '00, yet to put a gage on it...

Agreed. I've NEVER used one either. I've had the car 10 years...the Tranny had 98 miles on it when I bought it.

I'll add to Tom's post too much pressure is better than not enough.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #17 – February 13, 2008, 11:51:35 PM

Quote from: V8Demon;204059

I'll add to Tom's post too much pressure is better than not enough.

x3

and for you guys with TV RODs
this is what you adjust to get a harder shift................ This is located on the driver side rear of the CFI.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #18 – February 13, 2008, 11:54:55 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;204040

BS, not if you know what you're doing...

Been racing mine since '00, yet to put a gage on it...

Adj it as short as possible(where mine stays), IF shifts are too late/hard lengthen it a bit...
Common sense ought to tell you if its slipping/early shifting, which a too long adjustment will cause...

SO,, in a nutshell,,,,,,,,,,,,,
you floor the gas pedal and stuff a brick over it
lift the clip on the tv cable
pull all the slack forward or out
push the clip back down
road test
redo if required

?????

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #19 – February 14, 2008, 12:36:09 AM

http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=11690&highlight=TV+cable

It has pictures too! :hick:

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #20 – February 15, 2008, 04:12:16 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;204040

BS, not if you know what you're doing...

Been racing mine since '00, yet to put a gage on it...

Adj it as short as possible(where mine stays), IF shifts are too late/hard lengthen it a bit...
Common sense ought to tell you if its slipping/early shifting, which a too long adjustment will cause...

Thats you! if they don't know they will mess it up.
A gauge is the way to go.I use it to see my own ajustments
when I do my own cable.Then to, you got to now how to use a gauge also.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #21 – February 15, 2008, 05:20:44 PM

Quote from: kitzdnm;204430

Then to, you got to now how to use a gauge also.

:flip: :flip: I was using gauges when you were in grade school... No not on AOD's...

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #22 – February 15, 2008, 05:35:06 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;204442

:flip: :flip: I was using gauges when you were in grade school... No not on AOD's...

I ment for others, not you!,We do have beginner's here that want to learn.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #23 – February 15, 2008, 05:37:41 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;204442

:flip: :flip: I was using gauges when you were in grade school... No not on AOD's...

I also doubt your old enough to be my grandad,
I love conflict!!.
I will be nice now.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #24 – February 15, 2008, 05:52:44 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;204040

BS, not if you know what you're doing...

Been racing mine since '00, yet to put a gage on it...

Adj it as short as possible(where mine stays), IF shifts are too late/hard lengthen it a bit...
Common sense ought to tell you if its slipping/early shifting, which a too long adjustment will cause...

I had one burn out because it was improperly adjusted. Ive seen a few chevys also. I guess you might not need a gauge, but it helps. I guess i am just paranoid now.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #25 – February 15, 2008, 06:26:19 PM

Quote from: kitzdnm;204446

I also doubt your old enough to be my grandad,

Hardly... But what grade were you in 1966??? I was a junior in HS...

Also bought my first car, a '57 Ford with aftermarket A/C and by that time owned a vacuum and compression gage... Then a buddy and I took a quickie auto AC class(he was working at a auto shop that did AC work, and I worked at a TV shop) so we could learn how to repair the unit on that old '57... So yes I'm very familiar with gages, plus meters and other test equipment used in electronics troubleshooting,..

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #26 – February 15, 2008, 06:37:32 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;204454

Hardly... But what grade were you in 1966??? I was a junior in HS...

Bought my first car, a '57 Ford with aftermarket A/C and by that time owned a vacuum and compression gage... Then a buddy and I took a quickie auto AC class(he was working at a auto shop that did AC work, and I worked at a TV shop) so we could learn how to repair the unit on that old '57... So yes I'm very familiar with gages, plus meters and other test equipment used in electronics troubleshooting,..

But you might be my long lost dad!,please come claim me!.
Just kiddin!,I don't want to give bad advice to some here.
A gauge is vaulable toward what an AOD will or won't do.
Like said before I do ajustments by feel,because I do know how.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #27 – February 18, 2008, 10:48:09 PM

I'm wanting to get the car back into full duty again and wondering before I do that whether I did my non-gauge adjustment properly. At WOT, I pulled the cable out as far as it would go and popped the black clevis into the grommet. I marked this spot. Pulling it out, I made a mark 5/16" up from black rail. Then marking halfway in between these two, I locked the block into place so it met this halfway point.

I've only driven it around the block and so far it seems much better, but I don't want to beat on it taking it up to freeway speeds without knowing this is done right (as good as it can get without a gauge). The adjustment that was on it was 3/8" low compared to the new marking - basically it was just beyond the "minimum" mark that the one adjustment page posted earlier showed. If I'm okay to test drive it and see how it goes, if it is still acting bad, I'm going to take it in for the $90 diagnosis and probably have it fixed if its as easy as pulling the pan and adjusting whatever (filter, tv, ...). I have no where decent to work in right now and the fluid thing is a pain without a drain hole.

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #28 – February 19, 2008, 06:42:46 PM

Is the car still dropping out of gear occasionally? Ford's valvebodies are known for warping...and often times you'll get sold a complete rebuild at a tranny shop...I had that problem on my old '88 Bird when I first got it on the road...it was the valvebody...same thing on my buddy's old '72 Maverick Grabber...but that was a C4...he thought the tranny was dead...I removed the valvebody and re-installed ( re-using the stock '72 valvebody gasket -hey we were in "no-mans" land South Dakota). After that the trans acted as good as the day it came off the assembly line...

If it still drops out of gear occasionally, I would start looking into valvebody issues...I'm also pressed for time and didn't read the whole thread, so that problem may already have been resolved.

Either way, GOOD LUCK!

-Don

AOD popping out of gear

Reply #29 – February 19, 2008, 08:19:00 PM

Pressures were tested today, as was the filter, and they are perfect. Transmission still wants to rev when in gear, not when switching gears (happens when the shifter is in 1st too). They say its due only to the internal wear and the new fluid brought the problem out. If its a good chance that it is only valve related, I'll try it out, but I'm going to start looking for a 5.0 bolt-on 4r70w and pick up a control system/wiring harness.