Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #15 – March 23, 2009, 06:37:43 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;262872

Block the throttle wide open(or have some one hold it), and adj the cable till it's short as possible... If it up shifts late/hard lengthen the cable till it's where you like it... This is how I've adjusted mine for years(this includes the totally stock ones) and I've never lost a AOD...

Quote from: V8Demon;262884

...And this is PRECISELY how I do mine as well...

Which tail shaft governor do you have?

That's what I've been doing to no avail :hick:

The tail shaft governor is stock along with the rest of the AOD. From what I've seen in this thread the reason for the lack of correct downshift speed is the fact that I have 3.73 gears. So basicaly my AOD is fine and I need to upgrade/rebuild it to performance specs. Sweet.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #16 – March 23, 2009, 07:05:48 PM

you know, i dont know why people say the AOD is so terrible. go out to the car, rip out the oil cooler lines.. drive it 25 miles or till the transmission wont even move the car anymore. reinstall those lines, perhaps with an auxiliary oil cooler, refill the transmission.. and you'll be suprised when the car comes back to life and lasts for 9-12 months.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #17 – March 23, 2009, 08:27:25 PM

Quote from: ~AC;263461

you know, i dont know why people say the AOD is so terrible. go out to the car, rip out the oil cooler lines.. drive it 25 miles or till the transmission wont even move the car anymore. reinstall those lines, perhaps with an auxiliary oil cooler, refill the transmission.. and you'll be suprised when the car comes back to life and lasts for 9-12 months.

UUUUhhhhhhhhhh ??

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #18 – March 23, 2009, 08:39:15 PM

Somehow I think that would be a BAD IDEA.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #19 – March 23, 2009, 09:41:50 PM

Quote from: 86XR7project;263490

Somehow I think that would be a BAD IDEA.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #20 – March 23, 2009, 10:45:47 PM

Quote from: ~AC;263461

you know, i dont know why people say the AOD is so terrible. go out to the car, rip out the oil cooler lines.. drive it 25 miles or till the transmission wont even move the car anymore. reinstall those lines, perhaps with an auxiliary oil cooler, refill the transmission.. and you'll be suprised when the car comes back to life and lasts for 9-12 months.

An AOD is the pickiest transmission of any car I have ever driven. I think in there stock form they are a waste of time. Ever find one of these cars for $100 because the tranny went out? I'm not saying they can't be built up, but there almost worthless in stock form. I've never had a car lose overdrive because I hadn't broken 60 mph recentally, I've never had a car neutral rev the day after it performed fine, and still had good fluid in it. I've never had a transmission go bad after a filter change. Only on a AOD. I would really like to ditch mine. I'm not saying a 5-speed is the end all, or that an AOD can't be built, but overall they suck.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #21 – March 24, 2009, 09:14:29 AM

Quote from: ~AC;263461

you know, i dont know why people say the AOD is so terrible. go out to the car, rip out the oil cooler lines.. drive it 25 miles or till the transmission wont even move the car anymore. reinstall those lines, perhaps with an auxiliary oil cooler, refill the transmission.. and you'll be suprised when the car comes back to life and lasts for 9-12 months.

That's a idiot post if I ever saw one.... What you smokin, shootin or drinkin???

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #22 – March 24, 2009, 09:22:52 AM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;263587

That's a idiot post if I ever saw one.... What you smokin, shootin or drinkin???

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #23 – March 24, 2009, 12:00:33 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;263587

That's a idiot post if I ever saw one.... What you smokin, shootin or drinkin???

:flame: umm.. riiiiiiight.

Just wait till someone plays the "prank" on you. you can reach those fittings on the transmission by just reaching under the car. and that's exactly what someone did b/c i think it's 100% improbable that both fittings would blow at once without driving the car hard at all (i had no room, or right to drive stupid in traffic, at least hard enough to blow both fittings out screwing up the threads with a stock SO motor.) when i finally got home, the car sat with a burned up trans for a couple months. i wasn't too optimistic b/c when i drained the transmission it looked like sand was in the oil there was so much friction material in it. but i still went to summit and got an auxiliary oil cooler, the fittings and used dunlop hydrolic hose. installed everything, refilled the trans. I took it for a drive, and it slipped a little but came back like nothing had happened. :rollin: :rollin: :flip:

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #24 – March 24, 2009, 01:21:42 PM

Um, you know tranny fluid IS important right?

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #25 – March 24, 2009, 04:17:18 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;263587

That's a idiot post if I ever saw one.... What you smokin, shootin or drinkin???

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #26 – March 24, 2009, 05:06:33 PM

Yea I LOVE my AOD. I have the cable pulled all the way out (tight) and the Baumann kit with everything maxed out. I may back the cable off a little because doing some reading on click click tells me the 20mph-1/8-pedal-tire-chirping 1-2 shift I love might actually blow apart the one way bearing or something. Which sucks but I dont wanna break stuff.

Between the hard-ass, QUICK shifting, and ridiculous response to pedal input for downshifting, especially out of OD (really couldnt believe the improvement I saw), I feel like Im driving a brand new Acura or something. Its just so crisp and snappy. I suppose it helps that the fluid was cherry red, always worked properly and must be fairly healthy. Just gotta tune em a little, I say.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #27 – March 24, 2009, 05:13:31 PM

~AC + Friends = Bad transmission problems

This is obviously true.

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #28 – March 24, 2009, 05:30:42 PM

I think a few people missed the fact that someone sabotaged his car....he didn't disconnect the lines intentionally.

Soooo....actually reading comprehension FAIL! :hick:

Oh AOD how I hate thee...

Reply #29 – March 24, 2009, 08:12:13 PM

Quote from: ZondaC12;263663

I think a few people missed the fact that someone sabotaged his car....he didn't disconnect the lines intentionally.

Soooo....actually reading comprehension FAIL! :hick:

Thanks for pointing that out Zonda. It's odd that no one picked up on that earlier, sorry to hear that someone did that to you though ~AC.

Peace,
Dan