AODE TRANNY ?'S

TRIKY91 · Jul 3, 2009

So I was driving the car around the other day and as I took off the tranny wouldn't shift from 1st to 2nd until about 5k rpm's the same from 2nd to third. So is the tranny ****ed! or is this somewhat of a common occurrence where it can be corrected easily? someone was telling me about a vacuum line that went to the trans but I couldn't find anything. I also haven't had a chance to check/change the filter but checked the fluid and it looks realitively good but could be time for a change. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank,
Tom

wayne94mustang · Jul 3, 2009

no vac line on an AODE....it's computer controled, no vac lines or cables at all.

LAFENATU · Jul 3, 2009

Front band is probably going.

95-stang · Jul 4, 2009

These are not the strongest of boxes, mine folded at only 50 thousand miles most unimpressed.

LAFENATU · Jul 4, 2009

95-stang said:
These are not the strongest of boxes, mine folded at only 50 thousand miles most unimpressed.

Holy shiat.

AODE's are actually fairly stout transmissions. FAR superior to the original AOD. A good shift kit and trans cooler and the stock one will handle 400HP.

Change the internals to the one way mechanical diode and a hardened input shaft and you have a trans that will support 500 - 600.

This is according to Performance Automatic.

95-stang · Jul 4, 2009

I now run a performance automatic box.

A lot of failures [especially here] are due to exported cars not getting recalled for the swap to mercon V [TSB], that and the fact they sat round most of their lives doing nothing which never does most things mechanical much good.